Tom Lee vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Tom Lee
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinNorth AmericaBaltimore MonumentalsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Lee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.5 and 1.315 for Tom Lee. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Lee and Dick Matthews

Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.65
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.91
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
3.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
9.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
2.37
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
5.11
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.831
0.831
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
747
40.18
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
7.05
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.05
7.05
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
37.81
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.55
6.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.18
40.18
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Tom Lee and Dick Matthews

Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
813
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.73
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
2.76
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.69
84.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.677
2.677
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Lee and Dick Matthews

Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
145.95
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
572.97
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
140.54
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
129.73
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.72
41.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
151.35
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
120
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
167.57
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
59.46
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
64.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.53
51.52
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
27.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.5
18.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.83
0.83
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA