Bill Burns vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Bill Burns
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bill Burns posted a stronger line than Thornton Lee. Bill Burns posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.72 vs 3.56) and WHIP (1.187 vs 1.358). By the career numbers, Bill Burns had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bill Burns and Thornton Lee

Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.47
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.59
36.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.65
72.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.72
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2153
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
717.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
8.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
2.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2846
35.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
4.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.187
1.187
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2661
33.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Bill Burns and Thornton Lee

Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1620
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
540
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
4.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
5.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
4.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.43
92.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.402
2.402
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Burns and Thornton Lee

Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
118
269.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
263
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
245
558.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
48
109.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
39
88.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
18.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
9
20.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.02
34.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
58
132.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
146.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
12
27.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
7
15.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
19
43.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.27
34.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
34.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
143.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
4.17
4.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA