Bill Day vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Bill Day
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Day 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 4.66 and 1.802 for Bill Day. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Day and Thornton Lee

Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.57
78.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
10.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.49
10.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
5.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
42.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
8.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
37.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.93
42.93
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Bill Day and Thornton Lee

Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.21
86.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.786
1.786
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Day and Thornton Lee

Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
14
195.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
1.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
5
69.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.02
-42.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.17
7.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA