Dick Egan vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Dick Egan
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Egan 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 5.15 and 1.549 for Dick Egan. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Egan and Thornton Lee

Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
6.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
5.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
9.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
3.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
6.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.076
1.076
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
40.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
5.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
36.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Dick Egan and Thornton Lee

Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
6.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.21
86.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.338
0.338
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Egan and Thornton Lee

Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
8880
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
480
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Egan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Egan
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA