Carlos Diaz vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Carlos Diaz
Baby BoomersHawaiiThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Carlos Diaz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carlos Diaz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.21 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Carlos Diaz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carlos Diaz and Thornton Lee

Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
6.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.42
68.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
3.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
774
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
8.69
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
3.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
7.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1103
38.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.69
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
3.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
985
34.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Carlos Diaz and Thornton Lee

Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
6.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.04
98.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Carlos Diaz and Thornton Lee

Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
179
6317.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
14
494.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.07
-37.88
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
176.47
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Diaz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA