Dick Conway vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Dick Conway
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational 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 Conway 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 4.78 and 1.537 for Dick Conway. 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 Conway and Thornton Lee

Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
4.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
10.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
3.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
3.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.733
0.733
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.36
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1598
40.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
7.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1447
37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Dick Conway and Thornton Lee

Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1518
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.28
88.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.915
1.915
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Conway and Thornton Lee

Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
58
154.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
225
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
204
544
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
125.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
106.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
7
18.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19.24
51.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
146.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
181.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.572
0.572
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
72
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
14
37.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
109.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21.58
57.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.23
10.23
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.91
0.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA