Thornton Lee

PITCHER · L/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1933–1948 BORN: SONOMA, USA

All-Star ×2

Career

117 W · 3.56 ERA · 937 K

2331.1 IP · 1.36 WHIP · 374 G

1948 Season

1-3 · 4.41 ERA

32.2 IP · 17 K · 1.62 WHIP

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Thornton Lee was a pitcher in MLB history. Across 374 career appearances, with a 3.56 ERA and 937 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1933	CLE	1	1	4.15	3	2	0	17.1	13	8	11	7	1.38
1934	CLE	1	1	5.04	24	6	0	85.2	105	48	44	41	1.74
1935	CLE	7	10	4.04	32	20	1	180.2	179	81	71	81	1.38
1936	CLE	3	5	4.89	43	8	3	127.0	138	69	67	49	1.61
1937	CWS	12	10	3.52	30	25	0	204.2	209	80	60	80	1.31
1938	CWS	13	12	3.49	33	30	1	245.1	252	95	94	77	1.41
1939	CWS	15	11	4.21	33	29	3	235.0	260	110	70	81	1.40
1940	CWS	12	13	3.47	28	27	0	228.0	223	88	56	87	1.22
1941	CWS	22	11	2.37	35	34	1	300.1	258	79	92	130	1.17
1942	CWS	2	6	3.32	11	8	0	76.0	82	28	31	25	1.49
1943	CWS	5	9	4.18	19	19	0	127.0	129	59	50	35	1.41
1944	CWS	3	9	3.02	15	14	0	113.1	105	38	25	39	1.15
1945	CWS	15	12	2.44	29	28	0	228.1	208	62	76	108	1.24
1946	CWS	2	4	3.53	7	7	0	43.1	39	17	23	23	1.43
1947	CWS	3	7	4.47	21	11	1	86.2	86	43	56	57	1.64
1948	NY1	1	3	4.41	11	4	0	32.2	41	16	12	17	1.62
Career Totals	—	117	124	3.56	374	272	10	2331.1	2327	921	838	937	1.36

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1933	CLE	3	8	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	.375	.375	.625	1.000
1934	CLE	24	21	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	11	.095	.136	.143	.279
1935	CLE	32	61	6	12	2	0	0	7	0	3	17	.197	.246	.230	.476
1936	CLE	43	41	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	12	.122	.182	.122	.304
1937	CWS	30	71	5	15	3	2	0	4	0	1	16	.211	.222	.310	.532
1938	CWS	34	97	14	25	3	1	4	16	0	0	23	.258	.258	.433	.691
1939	CWS	33	91	8	15	3	0	0	4	0	4	18	.165	.200	.198	.398
1940	CWS	28	84	7	23	4	0	0	5	0	4	30	.274	.307	.321	.628
1941	CWS	35	114	7	29	5	0	0	8	0	4	20	.254	.280	.298	.578
1942	CWS	11	30	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	10	.200	.200	.267	.467
1943	CWS	19	42	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	.071	.071	.071	.143
1944	CWS	15	42	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	.095	.095	.095	.190
1945	CWS	29	78	6	14	1	0	0	6	0	5	15	.179	.229	.192	.421
1946	CWS	7	15	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	.267	.267	.267	.533
1947	CWS	21	29	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	11	.207	.258	.207	.465
1948	NY1	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182
Career Totals	—	375	835	63	167	24	4	4	66	0	27	208	.200	.226	.253	.479

Awards & Achievements

Baseball Magazine All-Star (2): 1941, 1941
TSN All-Star (1): 1941

All-Star Selections

1941, 1945

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.