Bob Friend vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Bob Friend
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bob Friend and Thornton Lee are fairly close on the surface numbers. Thornton Lee had the edge in home runs allowed (0.47 per nine innings vs 0.71). By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bob Friend and Thornton Lee

Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
1.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
1.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
0.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.14
46.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.56
82.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
0.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1438
3.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10833
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3611
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3772
9.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
0.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
894
2.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1734
4.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
0.728
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15214
37.92
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1652
4.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14274
35.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Bob Friend and Thornton Lee

Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
1.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
1.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9315
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3105
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.83
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
428
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
2.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
533
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.95
96.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.425
1.425
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.1
71.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Friend and Thornton Lee

Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
602
278.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1297
600
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
885
600
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1137
525.98
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
138
63.84
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
118
54.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
16
7.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
20
9.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
23.81
11.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
164
75.87
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
176
81.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
56
25.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
60
27.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
114
52.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.22
-3.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
17.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
375
173.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
3.46
3.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
55.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.93
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
6.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA