Thornton Lee vs. Chuck Taylor — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Chuck Taylor
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Chuck Taylor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chuck Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.283 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Chuck Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Lee and Chuck Taylor

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
4.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.31
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
3.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1821
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
607
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
8.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2471
36.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.46
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2241
33.23
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Chuck Taylor

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
4.52
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.31
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
606.2
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.44
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.52
98.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.436
0.436
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.89
6.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Chuck Taylor

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
305
1591.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
115
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
101
526.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.465
0.465
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
16
83.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
11
57.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
20.87
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3.79
19.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
22
114.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
19
99.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.401
0.401
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
5
26.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.17
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
15
78.26
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
2.22
11.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.65
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
177.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
3.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Chuck Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA