Thornton Lee vs. Jack Sharrott — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jack Sharrott
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Sharrott as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Sharrott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.352 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Jack Sharrott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Lee and Jack Sharrott

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
3.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
934
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
311.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
7.63
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.96
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.944
0.944
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1363
39.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
5.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1189
34.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.4
39.4

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Jack Sharrott

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1815
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.75
84.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.613
1.613
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Jack Sharrott

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PA
96
187.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PA
308
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
299
582.47
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
138.31
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
107.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27.42
53.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
187.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
155.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
91.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
83.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
171.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29.93
58.31
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PA
9
17.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
60.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.94
9.94
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
29.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Sharrott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
29.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Sharrott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100