Ed Bagley vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Ed Bagley
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Bagley 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 4.39 and 1.507 for Ed Bagley. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Bagley and Thornton Lee

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
4.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1143
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
10.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.09
10.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
3.47
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
3.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.774
0.774
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1750
41.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
7.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.35
7.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.507
1.507
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
37.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.76
6.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.34
41.34
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Ed Bagley and Thornton Lee

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.98
85.98
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.769
1.769
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Bagley and Thornton Lee

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
48
158.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
182
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
173
570.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.459
0.459
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
31
102.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
25
82.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
19.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9.11
30.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
39
128.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
40
131.87
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.445
0.445
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
56.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
11
36.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
89.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
8.17
26.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
29.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
102.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.87
5.87
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA