Thornton Lee vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Thatcher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Grant Thatcher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.378 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Lee and Grant Thatcher

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
4.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Grant Thatcher

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.22
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Grant Thatcher

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
15
562.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
38.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA