Thornton Lee vs. Pete Smith — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Pete Smith
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Thornton Lee posted a stronger line than Pete Smith. Thornton Lee posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.56 vs 6.75) and WHIP (1.358 vs 1.500). 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 Pete Smith

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
8.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
2.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
3.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
38.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.96
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.393
1.393
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
34.23
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Pete Smith

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.96
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.93
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Pete Smith

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
1400
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA