Jon Edwards vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Jon Edwards
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jon Edwards 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 3.67 and 1.608 for Jon Edwards. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jon Edwards and Thornton Lee

Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
10.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
7.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.7
6.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
9.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.94
9.94
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.848
1.848
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
41.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.608
1.608
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
33.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.26
41.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jon Edwards and Thornton Lee

Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
10.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.122
0.122
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Edwards and Thornton Lee

Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
885
600
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Edwards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA