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Thornton Lee

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Full Name: Thornton Starr Lee Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205 First Game: September 19, 1933
Birthdate: September 13, 1906 Final Game: June 18, 1948
Birthplace: Sonoma, California MLB Experience: 16 years
Died: June 9, 1997
Deathplace: Tucson, Arizona
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on September 13, 1906 in Sonoma, California, Thornton Lee (Thornton Starr Lee) played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and New York Giants over the course of his 16 year career. Lee broke into the bigs on September 19, 1933 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 5.04 ERA in 85.2 innings pitched in 1934, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Thornton Lee's best season was 1941, when he posted a 2.37 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 130 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1933 CLE A 3 2 1 1 4.15 7 9 8 2 0 0 17.1 13 1 11 0 0 0
1934 CLE A 24 6 1 1 5.04 41 57 48 0 0 0 85.2 105 8 44 0 1 3
1935 CLE A 32 20 7 10 4.04 81 90 81 8 1 1 180.2 179 6 71 0 1 4
1936 CLE A 43 8 3 5 4.89 49 86 69 2 0 3 127 138 2 67 0 3 2
1937 CHI A 30 25 12 10 3.52 80 91 80 13 2 0 204.2 209 17 60 0 1 1
1938 CHI A 33 30 13 12 3.49 77 123 95 18 1 1 245.1 252 12 94 0 2 3
1939 CHI A 33 29 15 11 4.21 81 121 110 15 2 3 235 260 14 70 0 2 3
1940 CHI A 28 27 12 13 3.47 87 100 88 24 1 0 228 223 13 56 0 4 2
1941 CHI A 35 34 22 11 2.37 130 98 79 30 3 1 300.1 258 18 92 0 2 4
1942 CHI A 11 8 2 6 3.32 25 38 28 6 1 0 76 82 4 31 0 2 2
1943 CHI A 19 19 5 9 4.18 35 66 59 7 1 0 127 129 8 50 0 0 4
1944 CHI A 15 14 3 9 3.02 39 51 38 6 0 0 113.1 105 3 25 0 2 1
1945 CHI A 29 28 15 12 2.44 108 81 62 19 1 0 228.1 208 6 76 0 1 10
1946 CHI A 7 7 2 4 3.53 23 24 17 2 0 0 43.1 39 1 23 0 2 1
1947 CHI A 21 11 3 7 4.47 57 50 43 2 1 1 86.2 86 5 56 0 1 2
1948 NY N 11 4 1 3 4.41 17 20 16 1 0 0 32.2 41 3 12 0 0 1
Total NL 11 4 1 3 4.41 17 20 16 1 0 0 32.2 41 3 12 0 0 1
Total AL 363 268 116 121 3.54 920 1085 905 154 14 10 2298.2 2286 118 826 0 24 42
Total 374 272 117 124 3.56 937 1105 921 155 14 10 2331.1 2327 121 838 0 24 43

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1933 CLE A P 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1934 CLE A P 24 0 0 4 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1935 CLE A P 32 0 0 11 41 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1936 CLE A P 43 0 0 3 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1937 CHI A P 30 0 0 9 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1938 CHI A P 33 0 0 1 46 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .904
1939 CHI A P 33 0 0 6 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1940 CHI A P 28 0 0 5 31 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1941 CHI A P 35 0 0 10 52 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .925
1942 CHI A P 11 0 0 1 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1943 CHI A P 19 0 0 3 17 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .870
1944 CHI A P 15 0 0 3 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .946
1945 CHI A P 29 0 0 6 38 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1946 CHI A P 7 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .778
1947 CHI A P 21 0 0 4 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .905
1948 NY N P 11 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 374 0 0 67 428 38 21 0 0 0 0 0 .929

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1933 CLE A 3 8 2 3 0 3 .375 .375 .625 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1934 CLE A 24 21 1 2 0 1 .095 .136 .143 1 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0
1935 CLE A 32 61 6 12 0 7 .197 .246 .230 2 0 3 17 1 3 0 0 0
1936 CLE A 43 41 3 5 0 1 .122 .182 .122 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 0 0
1937 CHI A 30 71 5 15 0 4 .211 .222 .310 3 2 1 16 0 5 0 0 0
1938 CHI A 34 97 14 25 4 16 .258 .258 .433 3 1 0 23 0 4 0 0 0
1939 CHI A 33 91 8 15 0 4 .165 .200 .198 3 0 4 18 0 0 0 0 2
1940 CHI A 28 84 7 23 0 5 .274 .307 .321 4 0 4 30 0 5 0 0 2
1941 CHI A 35 114 7 29 0 8 .254 .280 .298 5 0 4 20 0 1 0 0 4
1942 CHI A 11 30 0 6 0 2 .200 .200 .267 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2
1943 CHI A 19 42 1 3 0 3 .071 .071 .071 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0
1944 CHI A 15 42 2 4 0 2 .095 .095 .095 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 3
1945 CHI A 29 78 6 14 0 6 .179 .229 .192 1 0 5 15 0 2 0 0 7
1946 CHI A 7 15 0 4 0 3 .267 .267 .267 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1
1947 CHI A 21 29 0 6 0 1 .207 .258 .207 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0
1948 NY N 11 11 1 1 0 0 .091 .091 .091 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2
Total NL 11 11 1 1 0 0 .091 .091 .091 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2
Total AL 364 824 62 166 4 66 .201 .228 .255 24 4 27 205 1 22 0 0 21
Total 375 835 63 167 4 66 .200 .226 .253 24 4 27 208 1 22 0 0 23

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox as part of 3-team trade in which Chicago White Sox sent Jack Salveson to Washington Senators; and Washington Senators sent Earl Whitehill to Cleveland Indians (December 10, 1936).
  • Released by Chicago White Sox (September 27, 1947).
  • Signed by New York Giants (April 3, 1948).
  • Released by New York Giants (June 19, 1948).

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