Tom Cheney vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Tom Cheney
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting 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 Tom Cheney. Thornton Lee posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.56 vs 3.77) and home runs allowed (0.47 per nine innings vs 1.02). 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 Tom Cheney and Thornton Lee

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.74
61.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
3.77
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
7.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.38
7.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.02
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
4.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
6.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.266
1.266
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1981
38.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
4.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1730
33.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Tom Cheney and Thornton Lee

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1398
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.76
91.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.678
0.678
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.74
61.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Cheney and Thornton Lee

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
474.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
153
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
133
521.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
18
70.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
16
62.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.84
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.84
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
11.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
20
78.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
23
90.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
8
31.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
9
35.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
17
66.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
125.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.78
4.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
58.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA