Dave Downs vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Dave Downs posted a stronger line than Thornton Lee. Dave Downs posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.74 vs 3.56) and WHIP (1.217 vs 1.358). By the career numbers, Dave Downs had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Dave Downs and Thornton Lee

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
33.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Dave Downs and Thornton Lee

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Downs and Thornton Lee

Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA