Tommy Bond vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Tommy Bond
Pre-GenerationalIrelandThrows RightBats RightEuropeBoston 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 Tommy Bond as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tommy Bond posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.14 and WHIP 1.091 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Tommy Bond had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Bond and Thornton Lee

Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
1.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.01
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
0.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.94
58.94
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.84
97.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
0.96
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
862
2.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10886
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3628.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3765
9.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.34
9.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
972
2.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15082
37.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1931
4.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14887
36.92
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.41
37.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Tommy Bond and Thornton Lee

Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
1.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12912
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4304
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
0.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
928
1.94
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
428
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1402
2.93
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
533
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1264
2.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.16
90.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.431
2.431
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.58
10.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Bond and Thornton Lee

Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
488
146.62
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1997
600
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
885
600
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1975
593.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
471
141.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
407
122.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
15.92
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
3.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
19.23
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127.86
38.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
546
164.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
493
148.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
52.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
116.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149.28
44.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
22
6.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
18.93
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.7
31.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Tommy Bond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA