Jim Devlin vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Jim Devlin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth 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 Jim Devlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Devlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Jim Devlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Devlin and Thornton Lee

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.38
52.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
8.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
4.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.869
0.869
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
39.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
35.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jim Devlin and Thornton Lee

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.72
87.72
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.174
2.174
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Devlin and Thornton Lee

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
23
181.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
70
552.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.91
54.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
102.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.2
64.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
63.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA