Mike Crudale vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Mike Crudale
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Crudale as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Crudale posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.09 and WHIP 1.227 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Mike Crudale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Crudale and Thornton Lee

Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
8.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
6.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
3.93
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
37.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
32.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Mike Crudale and Thornton Lee

Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
8.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.72
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.183
0.183
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Crudale and Thornton Lee

Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
21300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Crudale
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA