Thornton Lee vs. R. Smith — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
R. Smith
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and R. Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Thornton Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.358 compared to 9 and 1.800 for R. Smith. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Lee and R. Smith

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and R. Smith

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and R. Smith

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA