Declan Cronin vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Declan Cronin
Gen ZNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMiami MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Declan Cronin 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 4.98 and 1.488 for Declan Cronin. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Declan Cronin and Thornton Lee

Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.98
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
9.52
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
3.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
8.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
39.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.451
1.451
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
34.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Declan Cronin and Thornton Lee

Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
7.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Declan Cronin and Thornton Lee

Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
885
600
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Declan Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA