Lance Cormier vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Lance Cormier
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance Cormier 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 5.07 and 1.683 for Lance Cormier. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lance Cormier and Thornton Lee

Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
5.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1406
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
468.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
10.31
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.31
10.31
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
4.36
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
5.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
40.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.31
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
5.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1849
35.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.63
40.63
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Lance Cormier and Thornton Lee

Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
5.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1406
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.19
96.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.348
0.348
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lance Cormier and Thornton Lee

Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
290
3283.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
47
532.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
8.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.91
-10.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
192.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
3.12
3.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA