Thornton Lee vs. Tom Phoebus — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tom Phoebus
Silent GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Thornton Lee and Tom Phoebus are fairly close on the surface numbers. Thornton Lee carried a career ERA of 3.56 against Tom Phoebus's 3.33. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Thornton Lee and Tom Phoebus — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Lee and Tom Phoebus

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.13
74.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
3.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3090
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1030
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
888
7.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
489
4.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
6.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4375
38.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
3.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3835
33.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.23
38.23

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Tom Phoebus

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3089
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1029.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
1.88
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.83
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.21
97.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.13
74.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Tom Phoebus

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
202
327.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
370
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
335
543.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
57
92.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
47
76.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
10
16.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
13.76
22.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
71
115.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
70
113.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
22
35.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
21
34.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
41
66.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
9.51
15.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
21.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
202.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
2.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
35.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Tom Phoebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Phoebus
Career
Per 600 PA