Thornton Lee
1933–1948 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Giants
375G
.200AVG
.226OBP
.253SLG
More career statistics
167H
4HR
66RBI
0SB
117–124W–L
2,331.1IP
937K
3.56ERA
272GS
10SV
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 835 | 836 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 208 | 207 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 885 | 886 |
| Batting · RBI | 66 | 65 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,999 | 10,003 |
| Pitching · p er | 921 | 926 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,327 | 2,326 |
| Pitching · p hr | 121 | 122 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,994 | 6,995 |
| Pitching · p k | 937 | 942 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,105 | 1,106 |
| Pitching · p w | 838 | 837 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375 | 885 | 835 | 63 | 167 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 27 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 211 | .200 | .226 | .253 | .479 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,331.3 | 374 | 272 | 155 | 117 | 124 | 10 | 2,327 | 1,105 | 921 | 121 | 838 | 937 | 0 | 0 | 3.56 | 1.358 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1940-07-19 to 1940-08-20
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1937-10-03 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1939-08-23 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1933-09-24 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 177 | 404 | 74 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 92 | .194 | .210 | .243 |
| Away | 198 | 482 | 93 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 115 | .205 | .226 | .260 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .236 | .300 | .255 |
| May | 70 | 157 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 41 | .169 | .185 | .176 |
| June | 67 | 152 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 28 | .171 | .191 | .212 |
| July | 68 | 167 | 32 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 41 | .201 | .222 | .252 |
| August | 77 | 169 | 36 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 41 | .222 | .231 | .340 |
| September | 66 | 173 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 45 | .220 | .237 | .274 |
| October | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 71 | 168 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 49 | .153 | .179 | .229 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 65 | 166 | 32 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 34 | .203 | .217 | .278 |
| detroit-tigers | 58 | 105 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | .188 | .200 | .228 |
| cleveland-guardians | 53 | 150 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 30 | .234 | .240 | .270 |
| boston-red-sox | 40 | 89 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | .176 | .202 | .200 |
| st-louis-browns | 36 | 89 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | .218 | .236 | .264 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 29 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 16 | .254 | .287 | .282 |
| chicago-white-sox | 12 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | .240 | .286 | .360 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 |  Cleveland Guardians | 3 | 8 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .375 | 17 | 8 |
| 1934 | Cleveland Guardians | 24 | 21 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .095 | 85 | 42 |
| 1935 | Cleveland Guardians | 32 | 61 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .197 | 180 | 81 |
| 1936 | Cleveland Guardians | 43 | 42 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .119 | 127 | 49 |
| 1937 |  Chicago White Sox | 30 | 71 | 15 | – | 4 | – | .211 | 204 | 81 |
| 1938 | Chicago White Sox | 34 | 97 | 25 | 4 | 15 | – | .258 | 245 | 77 |
| 1939 | Chicago White Sox | 33 | 91 | 15 | – | 4 | – | .165 | 235 | 81 |
| 1940 | Chicago White Sox | 28 | 84 | 23 | – | 5 | – | .274 | 228 | 87 |
| 1941 | Chicago White Sox | 35 | 114 | 29 | – | 8 | – | .254 | 300 | 131 |
| 1942 | Chicago White Sox | 11 | 30 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 76 | 25 |
| 1943 | Chicago White Sox | 19 | 42 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .071 | 127 | 35 |
| 1944 | Chicago White Sox | 15 | 42 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .095 | 113 | 40 |
| 1945 | Chicago White Sox | 29 | 78 | 14 | – | 6 | – | .179 | 228 | 108 |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 7 | 15 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .267 | 43 | 23 |
| 1947 | Chicago White Sox | 21 | 29 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .207 | 86 | 57 |
| 1948 |  New York Giants | 11 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 32 | 17 |