Chris Beck vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Chris Beck
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Chris Beck as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Thornton Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.358 compared to 5.88 and 1.746 for Chris Beck. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Beck and Thornton Lee

Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
7.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
5.88
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
10.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.25
10.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.87
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
5.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
41.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
6.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.715
1.715
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
35.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.26
41.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Chris Beck and Thornton Lee

Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
7.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Beck and Thornton Lee

Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103
30900
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA