Rick Camp vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Rick Camp
Baby BoomersGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Camp as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Camp posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.37 and WHIP 1.447 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Rick Camp had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Camp and Thornton Lee

Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
3.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.47
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.7
15.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
3.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2827
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
942.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
9.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.69
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
3.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.789
0.789
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4049
38.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.62
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
4.01
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.386
1.386
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3601
34.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.67
38.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Rick Camp and Thornton Lee

Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
3.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.62
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2827
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
942.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
2.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.48
92.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.594
0.594
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.7
15.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Camp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Camp and Thornton Lee

Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
414
1260.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
197
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
175
532.99
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
13
39.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
8
24.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
20
60.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
20
60.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
6
18.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
7
21.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
12
36.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.02
-18.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
258.88
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Camp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Camp
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA