Jim Dougherty vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Jim Dougherty
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Dougherty 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 5.99 and 1.669 for Jim Dougherty. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Dougherty and Thornton Lee

Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
7.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
10.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.46
10.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
4.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
5.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
40.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
6.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.52
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.648
1.648
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
35.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jim Dougherty and Thornton Lee

Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
7.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.354
0.354
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Dougherty and Thornton Lee

Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
4740
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
14.87
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
13.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Dougherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Dougherty
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA