Thornton Lee vs. Pete Vuckovich — Career Comparison

Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Pete Vuckovich
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young Award

Looking at the career totals, Thornton Lee and Pete Vuckovich are fairly close on the surface numbers. Thornton Lee had the edge in ERA (3.56 vs 3.66). By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Thornton Lee and Pete Vuckovich

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.58
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.41
57.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.03
65.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.23
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
3.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
4366
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1455.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1454
8.99
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
0.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
545
3.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
882
5.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.981
0.981
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
6189
38.27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.41
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
4.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.41
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.77
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.374
1.374
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5501
34.02
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27

Fielding Stats for Thornton Lee and Pete Vuckovich

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.77
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4366
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1455.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.37
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.91
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.64
93.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.03
65.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thornton Lee and Pete Vuckovich

Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PAverified
286
724.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
237
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
208
526.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
33
83.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
26
65.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.72
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.72
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
6.36
16.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
40
101.27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
36
91.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
15
37.97
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
13
32.91
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
28
70.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
8.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
124.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.84
4.84
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
60.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.06
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.59
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.53
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100