Willie Burns vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Willie Burns
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Thornton Lee posted a stronger line than Willie Burns. Thornton Lee posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.56 vs 7.91) and WHIP (1.358 vs 1.903). By the career numbers, Thornton Lee 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 Willie Burns and Thornton Lee

Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.98
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
7.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
12.55
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.55
12.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
3.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
44.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
9.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.72
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.903
1.903
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
38.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.13
44.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Willie Burns and Thornton Lee

Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.98
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.74
89.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.24
43.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Burns and Thornton Lee

Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
406.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
61
563.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
9
83.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
40.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
147.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
4
36.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
7
64.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.53
41.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA