Mort Flohr vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Mort Flohr
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Mort Flohr 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 5.87 and 2.185 for Mort Flohr. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mort Flohr and Thornton Lee

Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.88
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.87
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.21
7.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
9.98
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.88
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
9.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
44.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.185
2.185
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
34.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.9
44.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Mort Flohr and Thornton Lee

Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.929
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mort Flohr and Thornton Lee

Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
750
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
80.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
150
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Flohr
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA