Jan Dukes vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Jan Dukes
Silent GenerationWyomingThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jan Dukes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jan Dukes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Jan Dukes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jan Dukes and Thornton Lee

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
6.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
37.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.6
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
31.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jan Dukes and Thornton Lee

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.188
0.188
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jan Dukes and Thornton Lee

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
3200
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
24.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA