Stew Cliburn vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Stew Cliburn
Baby BoomersMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Stew Cliburn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Stew Cliburn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.324 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Stew Cliburn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stew Cliburn and Thornton Lee

Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
555
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
8.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.87
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
4.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.811
0.811
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
766
37.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.55
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
33.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Stew Cliburn and Thornton Lee

Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.529
0.529
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Stew Cliburn and Thornton Lee

Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
885
600
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Cliburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Cliburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA