Thornton Lee vs. Tully Sparks — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tully Sparks
Pre-GenerationalGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Tully Sparks posted a stronger line than Thornton Lee. Tully Sparks posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.82 vs 3.56) and WHIP (1.229 vs 1.358). By the career numbers, Tully Sparks 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 Tully Sparks

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
1.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
1.04
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.9
46.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.99
85.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7031
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2343.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2250
8.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
2.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
780
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
0.602
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9583
36.8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1067
4.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8866
34.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.8
36.8

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Tully Sparks

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7011
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2337
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
428
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
544
2.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
533
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.68
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
2.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.4
93.4
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.073
2.073
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.82
53.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Tully Sparks

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
314
212.4
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
885
600
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
887
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
801
541.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
92
62.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
72
48.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
20
13.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
21.88
14.8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
116
78.47
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
147
99.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
45
30.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
27.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
86
58.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.69
2.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
35.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
137.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.37
4.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
20.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA