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Thornton Lee

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: September 13, 1906 in Sonoma, CA us

Died: June 9, 1997 in Tucson, AZ

School: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)

Debut: September 19, 1933 (Age 27-006d, 7,635th in major league history)
vs. BOS 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 18, 1948 (Age 41-279d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Thornton Starr Lee

Nicknames: Lefty

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Relatives: Father of Don Lee

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.3

117

124

ERA

3.56

374

272

2331.1

937

WHIP

1.358

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-15 / in Starts: 13-14
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	58 (37-17-4)
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	60 (31-19-10)

Most Driven In
B Kennedy	1
M Kreevich	1
E McNair	1
M Tresh	1
T Turner	1

Most Driven In By
J Kuhel	4
M Kreevich	2
T Wright	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	200	7 (6)	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.44	-0.028	.82	-0.03%	-0.54	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	201	13 (5)	May 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	9	.42	-0.005	.56	0.00%	0.16	P
3	202	18 (4)	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.100	.182	.200	.382	9	1.27	-0.140	2.28	-0.15%	-1.29	P
4	203	24 (5)	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	GS-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	9	1.41	-0.053	1.77	-0.04%	-0.50	P
5	204	29 (4)	May 23	CHW		PHA	W,13-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	9	1.25	-0.052	1.73	-0.04%	1.29	P
6	205	37 (7)	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.250	.485	9	1.21	0.014	1.86	0.01%	-0.04	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	206	40 (2)	Jun 2 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.294	.572	9	1.32	0.071	1.84	0.06%	0.67	P
8	207	43 (2)	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.250	.488	9	.73	-0.057	.96	-0.05%	-0.60	P
9	208	49 (5)	Jun 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.217	.426	9	.72	-0.057	1.14	-0.06%	-0.48	P
10	209	55 (5)	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.200	.392	9	1.63	-0.096	1.04	-0.04%	-0.78	P
11	210	60 (4)	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.241	.250	.491	9	.79	0.052	.61	0.02%	0.53	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	211	66 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.219	.242	.250	.492	9	.75	-0.096	.23	-0.02%	-1.35	P
13	212	74 (7)	Jul 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.222	.229	.451	9	.65	-0.051	.25	-0.01%	-0.60	P
14	213	79 (4)	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.250	.256	.506	9						P
15	214	83 (3)	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.244	.262	.268	.530	9						P
16	215	89 (5)	Jul 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.261	.267	.528	9	.70	0.063	.52	0.03%	0.08	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	216	93 (3)	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	W,10-2	CG	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.300	.333	.633	9	.59	0.144	.59	0.09%	1.75	P
18	217	98 (4)	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.315	.346	.661	9	.72	0.085	.56	0.04%	0.52	P
19	218	102 (3)	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.321	.370	.692	9	1.21	0.068	.69	0.02%	0.77	P
20	219	108 (5)	Aug 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.322	.368	.690	9	1.31	-0.001	.91	0.00%	-0.24	P
21	220	113 (4)	Aug 20 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.367	.700	9	1.35	0.036	1.32	0.02%	0.09	P
22	221	119 (5)	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.349	.667	9	.75	-0.060	.95	-0.05%	-0.48	P
23	222	123 (3)	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.300	.328	.628	9	1.58	-0.174	.96	-0.06%	-1.27	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	223	129 (5)	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.315	.333	.648	9	1.03	0.023	.17	0.00%	0.35	P
25	224	134 (4)	Sep 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.312	.329	.640	9	.86	-0.045	.15	-0.01%	-0.30	P
26	225	139 (4)	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.313	.329	.641	9	.82	0.092	.13	0.01%	0.72	P
27	226	145 (5)	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.298	.313	.610	9	1.09	-0.134	.31	-0.02%	-1.88	P
28	227	151 (5)	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	GS-7	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.307	.321	.628	9	1.23	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.57	P
							13-15		93	84	7	23	4	0	0	5	4	0	29	0	5		1	2	0	0	.274	.307	.321	.628		.96	-0.333	.80	-0.27%	-2.84

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