Thornton Lee vs. Bill Stafford — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Stafford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Thornton Lee and Bill Stafford are fairly close on the surface numbers. Thornton Lee carried a career ERA of 3.56 against Bill Stafford's 3.52. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Thornton Lee and Bill Stafford — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Lee and Bill Stafford

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
2.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.81
51.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.91
55.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
3.52
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2357
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
785.2
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
707
8.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.88
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
3.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.31
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
5.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.915
0.915
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3290
37.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.4
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
3.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3001
34.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.69
37.69

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Bill Stafford

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
2.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2354
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.34
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.88
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.871
0.871
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.91
55.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Bill Stafford

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
415.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
270
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
245
544.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.428
0.428
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
38
84.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
29
64.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
15.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
9
20
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
8.6
19.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
49
108.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
46
102.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
15
33.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
14
31.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
29
64.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
5.04
11.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.68
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
15.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
140
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.29
4.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
35.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0