Thornton Lee vs. Harry Salmon — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salmon
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Thornton Lee and Harry Salmon are fairly close on the surface numbers. Harry Salmon had the edge in WHIP (1.238 vs 1.358). By the career numbers, Harry Salmon 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 Harry Salmon

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
1.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.62
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.47
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.72
56.72
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.89
68.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.71
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
3.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3326
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1108.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1170
9.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
4.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.694
0.694
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4188
34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
563
4.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3835
31.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
34

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Harry Salmon

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3580
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1193.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
3.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
2.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.35
93.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.707
1.707
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.41
64.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Harry Salmon

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
239
249.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
575
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
537
560.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
117.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
100.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11.48
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31.42
32.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
136
141.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
127
132.52
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
59.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
41
42.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
102.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35.51
37.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
575
575
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
25.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100