Joe Edelen vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Joe Edelen
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Edelen 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 6.75 and 1.566 for Joe Edelen. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Edelen and Thornton Lee

Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
5.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
6.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
11.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.12
11.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.816
0.816
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
39.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
6.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.478
1.478
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
36.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Joe Edelen and Thornton Lee

Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
5.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Edelen and Thornton Lee

Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
2314.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
44.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
59.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA