Jesse Biddle vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Jesse Biddle
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jesse Biddle 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 5.07 and 1.660 for Jesse Biddle. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jesse Biddle and Thornton Lee

Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
8.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
5.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
9.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.621
1.621
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
41.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.96
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
394
34.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.33
41.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jesse Biddle and Thornton Lee

Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
8.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.091
0.091
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jesse Biddle and Thornton Lee

Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
29700
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
212.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
203.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA