Daisy Davis vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Daisy Davis
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Daisy Davis 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 3.78 and 1.319 for Daisy Davis. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Daisy Davis and Thornton Lee

Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.24
43.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
3.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
971
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
9.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
5.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.794
0.794
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1407
39.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
5.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1322
36.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Daisy Davis and Thornton Lee

Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1029
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.47
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.56
82.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Daisy Davis and Thornton Lee

Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
164.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
140
575.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
22
90.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
19
78.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
5.08
20.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
106.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
28
115.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
12
49.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.69
15.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
82.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA