Thornton Lee vs. CC Sabathia — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
CC Sabathia
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Thornton Lee and CC Sabathia are fairly close on the surface numbers. Thornton Lee posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.56 vs 3.74) and home runs allowed (0.47 per nine innings vs 0.96). CC Sabathia had the advantage in WHIP (1.271 vs 1.358). 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 Thornton Lee and CC Sabathia

Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
1.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
560
1.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.82
99.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1485
3.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10732
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3577.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3404
8.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
0.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1099
2.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3093
7.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.172
1.172
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.31
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14989
37.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1623
4.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.23
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
0.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13580
34.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and CC Sabathia

Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
1.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
560
1.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10732
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3577.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
0.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
1.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
1.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.58
93.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.82
99.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and CC Sabathia

Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
562
2655.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
571.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
118.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
19
89.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.52
35.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
174.8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
27
127.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
7
33.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
70.87
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
89.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
5.65
26.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
170.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
3.53
3.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
15.59
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
33.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA