Joe Brown vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Joe Brown
Pre-GenerationalCANNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Brown 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 5.11 and 1.352 for Joe Brown. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Brown and Thornton Lee

Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
11.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
40.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
7.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
39.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.7
40.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Joe Brown and Thornton Lee

Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.24
90.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.609
1.609
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Brown and Thornton Lee

Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
20
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
120
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
112.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
23.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
17
127.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
16
120
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
11
82.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
22.99
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
112.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA