Thornton Lee vs. Ken Sanders — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ken Sanders
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Sanders as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Sanders posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Ken Sanders had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Lee and Ken Sanders

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.4
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.19
39.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1970
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
656.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
7.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.73
7.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
3.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.93
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.23
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2741
37.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
3.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
3.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.252
1.252
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2414
33.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.57
37.57

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Ken Sanders

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1967
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
655.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.77
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
2.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
2.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.81
95.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.447
0.447
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Ken Sanders

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
3662.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
67
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
52
465.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
13
116.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
53.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
8
71.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
12.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
116.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.15
5.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
71.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA