Dick Colpaert vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Dick Colpaert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Colpaert 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 5.91 and 1.781 for Dick Colpaert. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Colpaert and Thornton Lee

Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.84
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.78
7.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
7.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
5.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
39.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.594
1.594
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
32.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.66
39.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Dick Colpaert and Thornton Lee

Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Colpaert and Thornton Lee

Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
885
600
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Colpaert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Colpaert
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA