Thornton Lee vs. Mike Smithson — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mike Smithson
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Thornton Lee posted a stronger line than Mike Smithson. Thornton Lee posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.56 vs 4.58) and home runs allowed (0.47 per nine innings vs 1.11). 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 Mike Smithson

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.91
46.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
690
4.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4069
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1356.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1473
9.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
1.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
2.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
4.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.821
0.821
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5861
38.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
4.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5324
35.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Mike Smithson

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.35
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4069
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1356.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
1.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.69
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.49
95.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Mike Smithson

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
240
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
885
600
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA