Jake Brentz vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Jake Brentz
MillenialMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Brentz 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 5.19 and 1.500 for Jake Brentz. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Brentz and Thornton Lee

Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
10.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
5.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
7.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
11.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.03
11.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.904
1.904
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
41.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.486
1.486
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
33.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.02
41.02
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jake Brentz and Thornton Lee

Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
10.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.113
0.113
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Brentz and Thornton Lee

Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
48000
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
205.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brentz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA