Jake Brigham vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Jake Brigham
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth 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 Jake Brigham 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 8.64 and 2.220 for Jake Brigham. 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 Brigham and Thornton Lee

Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.384
0.384
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
15.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.12
15.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
45.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
39.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.36
45.36
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jake Brigham and Thornton Lee

Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
6.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Brigham and Thornton Lee

Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
3600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-23.84
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Brigham
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA