Jose Cabrera vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Jose Cabrera
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Cabrera 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 4.95 and 1.487 for Jose Cabrera. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Cabrera and Thornton Lee

Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
6.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
4.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
813
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
9.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
3.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
6.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.055
1.055
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1188
39.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.36
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
5.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1048
34.8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.45
39.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jose Cabrera and Thornton Lee

Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
6.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
813
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Cabrera and Thornton Lee

Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
198
4950
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
575
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
3.87
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-26.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
300
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA