Michael Brady vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Michael Brady
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Brady 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 5.68 and 1.295 for Michael Brady. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Michael Brady and Thornton Lee

Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
9.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.38
9.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.71
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
6.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.947
0.947
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
38.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
34.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.65
38.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Michael Brady and Thornton Lee

Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Michael Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.188
0.188
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Brady and Thornton Lee

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