Ed Clark vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Ed Clark
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Clark 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 6.75 and 1.500 for Ed Clark. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Clark and Thornton Lee

Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
38.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Ed Clark and Thornton Lee

Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Clark and Thornton Lee

Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
24.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA