Maurice Busby vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Maurice Busby and Thornton Lee are fairly close on the surface numbers. Thornton Lee posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.56 vs 10.13) and WHIP (1.358 vs 2.063). Maurice Busby had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.47). 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 Maurice Busby and Thornton Lee

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
12.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
49.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
12.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.063
2.063
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
43.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.78
49.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Maurice Busby and Thornton Lee

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Maurice Busby and Thornton Lee

Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
279.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
720
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
309.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Maurice Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA