Norm Charlton vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Norm Charlton
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Norm Charlton 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 3.71 and 1.372 for Norm Charlton. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norm Charlton and Thornton Lee

Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
6.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
3.71
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2698
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
899.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
798
7.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.99
7.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
409
4.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
808
8.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3845
38.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
2.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
4.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.342
1.342
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3331
33.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Norm Charlton and Thornton Lee

Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
6.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2698
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
899.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.27
92.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.12
6.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Charlton and Thornton Lee

Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
608
3541.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
103
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
87
506.8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
46.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
34.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
9.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
58.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
14
81.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
34.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.25
-7.31
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
291.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
58.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Charlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Charlton
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA