Joe Cowley vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Joe Cowley
Baby BoomersKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Thornton Lee posted a stronger line than Joe Cowley. Thornton Lee posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.56 vs 4.2) and home runs allowed (0.47 per nine innings vs 1.32). By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Joe Cowley and Thornton Lee

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.9
56.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
4.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1408
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
469.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
7.94
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
4.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.202
1.202
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2026
38.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
4.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1759
33.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Joe Cowley and Thornton Lee

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1408
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.968
0.968
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Cowley and Thornton Lee

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
3031.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
33.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
157.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
126.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.11
34.98
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.75
4.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA