Thornton Lee vs. Ken Takahashi — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ken Takahashi
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Takahashi as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Takahashi posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.390 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Ken Takahashi had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Lee and Ken Takahashi

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
9.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
7.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.57
7.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
7.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.57
7.57
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
38.2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
32.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Ken Takahashi

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
9.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.98
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Ken Takahashi

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
8400
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Ken Takahashi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Takahashi
Career
Per 600 PA