Juan Cruz vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Juan Cruz
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Juan Cruz 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 4.05 and 1.435 for Juan Cruz. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Juan Cruz and Thornton Lee

Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
6.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.35
51.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.5
8.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
4.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1965
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
7.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.92
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
4.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
9.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.06
9.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2858
39.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
4.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.62
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2409
33.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.27
39.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Juan Cruz and Thornton Lee

Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
6.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.52
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1965
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
655
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.51
91.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.5
8.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Juan Cruz and Thornton Lee

Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
450
3333.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
81
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
70
518.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
8
59.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
44.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.64
12.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
11
81.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
12
88.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
29.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.37
-2.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
207.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
51.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.81
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA