Jack Bracken vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Jack Bracken
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Bracken 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 6.21 and 1.680 for Jack Bracken. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Bracken and Thornton Lee

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.72
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
12.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.33
12.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
42.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
8.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.46
8.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
38.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.03
42.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jack Bracken and Thornton Lee

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.083
2.083
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Bracken and Thornton Lee

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
12
163.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
6
81.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
41.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
190.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
6
81.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
109.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA