Jack Fee vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Jack Fee
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Fee 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 4.28 and 1.750 for Jack Fee. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Fee and Thornton Lee

Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
8.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.98
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
43.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
6.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
35.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.65
43.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jack Fee and Thornton Lee

Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Fee and Thornton Lee

Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
7
200
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.05
-1.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA