Thornton Lee vs. Cy Swaim — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Cy Swaim
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Swaim 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 4.48 and 1.489 for Cy Swaim. 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 Cy Swaim

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.19
76.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
4.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
856
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
285.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
10.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.74
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
2.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.592
0.592
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258
39.68
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
6.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1157
36.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Cy Swaim

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
882
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.57
86.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Cy Swaim

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
42
233.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
108
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
588.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.445
0.445
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
116.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
111.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
4.7
26.12
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
22
122.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
22
122.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
50
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
72.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
122.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
4.72
26.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
88.89
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.75
6.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100