Vern Bickford vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Vern Bickford
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Vern Bickford and Thornton Lee are fairly close on the surface numbers. Thornton Lee had the edge in ERA (3.56 vs 3.71). By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Vern Bickford and Thornton Lee

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
1.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.66
53.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.87
81.87
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
3.71
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3229
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1076.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
8.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
467
3.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
3.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.852
0.852
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4641
38.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
4.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4149
34.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Vern Bickford and Thornton Lee

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
409.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
153
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
454.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
621
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
607.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
42.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Bickford and Thornton Lee

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
265.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
412
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
365
531.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
57
83.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
53
77.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
8.71
12.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
61
88.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
67
97.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
23
33.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
28
40.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
51
74.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
4.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
123.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
53.88
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA