Roy Evans vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Roy Evans
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Evans 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 3.66 and 1.475 for Roy Evans. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Evans and Thornton Lee

Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.63
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.28
40.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.95
80.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
3.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1843
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
614.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
673
9.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
3.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
3.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2665
39.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
5.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.475
1.475
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2396
35.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.04
39.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Roy Evans and Thornton Lee

Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1842
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.55
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.23
90.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.869
1.869
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Evans and Thornton Lee

Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
84
214.47
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
201
513.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
32
81.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
10.28
26.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
36
91.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
140.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
11
28.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
9.72
24.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
53.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
252.77
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
2.37
2.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA