Thornton Lee vs. Jess Todd — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jess Todd
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jess Todd 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 7.62 and 1.976 for Jess Todd. 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 Jess Todd

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
7.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
7.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
13.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.66
13.66
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
9.21
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
44.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
7.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.941
1.941
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
38.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Jess Todd

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
7.94
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Jess Todd

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
885
600
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jess Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Jess Todd
Career
Per 600 PA