Dick Burns vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Dick Burns
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati Outlaw RedsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Burns as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Burns posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.201 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Dick Burns had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Burns and Thornton Lee

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.08
48.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.38
91.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1381
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
460.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1987
38.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
5.94
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1907
37.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Dick Burns and Thornton Lee

Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3213
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1071
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.99
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.62
83.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burns and Thornton Lee

Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
130
140.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
554
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
544
589.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
157.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
109.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
28.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
47.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.22
61.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
228.52
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
167.87
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
105.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
110.47
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.48
69.83
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
32.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.47
18.47
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA