Thornton
Lee
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: September 13, 1906 in Usa, CA, SONOMA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1935    1936    1937    1939   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1933 26 NYG NL   9 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 7
1934 27 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 6 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1935 28 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 8
1936 29 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7
1937 30 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1938 31 NYA AL $ 3,228,571 7 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1939 32 NYA AL $ 3,228,571 7 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6
1940 33 NYA AL $ 3,228,571 7 5 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6
1941 34 NYA AL $ 4,000,000 7 5 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 5 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000 9 6 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1933 26 NYG NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1934 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1935 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1936 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1937 30 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1938 31 NYA AL $ 3,228,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1939 32 NYA AL $ 3,228,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1940 33 NYA AL $ 3,228,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1941 34 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1933 26 AAA   18 7 .720 29 29 1 1 0 209.0 208 71 6 65 128 3.06 .257 .312 .324 .636  
1934 27 NYG NL 7 15 .318 28 28 12 1 0 217.7 266 113 16 82 71 4.67 .303 .360 .436 .796 9.9
    AAA   4 3 .571 8 8 2 1 0 57.3 54 25 3 23 33 3.92 .243 .314 .338 .652  
1935 28 NYG NL 8 6 .571 17 17 5 0 0 127.0 138 62 4 33 49 4.39 .272 .314 .372 .686 6.3
  NYA AL 11 11 .500 24 24 7 1 0 168.3 178 73 6 42 58 3.90 .266 .309 .371 .679 11.7
  TOT   19 17 .528 41 41 12 1 0 295.3 316 135 10 75 107 4.11 .268 .311 .371 .682 18.1
1936 29 NYA AL 24 11 .686 42 42 15 2 0 313.0 330 130 12 66 106 3.74 .267 .303 .365 .669 24.6
1937 30 NYA AL 19 12 .613 42 42 5 2 0 327.3 358 138 21 87 143 3.79 .274 .318 .401 .719 20.4
1938 31 NYA AL 7 6 .538 44 12 2 0 12 129.3 138 53 5 38 48 3.69 .271 .322 .369 .691 11.9
1939 32 NYA AL 20 8 .714 38 30 10 3 2 243.0 242 91 10 57 92 3.37 .260 .303 .353 .656 19.6
1940 33 NYA AL 17 11 .607 37 37 9 2 0 280.0 282 105 14 86 80 3.38 .263 .316 .367 .683 20.9
1941 34 NYA AL 6 19 .240 43 27 3 0 0 204.0 260 133 24 85 56 5.87 .311 .373 .483 .856 1.2
8 Years Sim 119 99 .546 315 259 68 11 14 2009.7 2192 898 112 576 703 4.02 .276 .324 .391 .715 126.6
2 Years AAA 22 10 .688 37 37 3 2 0 266.3 262 96 9 88 161 3.24 .254 .313 .327 .640  
Season Average 14 12 .538 39 32 8 1 1 251.2 274 112 14 72 87 4.02 .276 .324 .391 .715  
Career Highs 24 19 .714 44 42 15 3 12 327.3 358 138 24 87 143 5.87 .311 .373 .483 .856  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1608 635 80 409 466   .286 .335 .405 .740
vs LH   584 263 32 167 237   .250 .300 .358 .659
Home 58 50 .537 162 129 30 4 5 1024.0 1119 459 57 280 365 4.03 .275 .321 .393 .714
Away 61 49 .555 153 130 38 7 9 985.6 1073 439 55 296 338 4.01 .277 .328 .390 .718
Mar/Apr 21 12 .636 41 37 13 1 1 287.7 311 124 10 77 100 3.88 .275 .321 .368 .689
May 19 13 .594 53 42 9 2 6 327.3 325 131 18 102 120 3.60 .258 .314 .373 .686
June 21 22 .488 55 48 16 2 0 371.0 393 174 25 98 106 4.22 .270 .316 .396 .712
July 20 14 .588 50 39 9 2 4 308.3 322 126 18 93 110 3.68 .268 .320 .382 .703
August 21 14 .600 61 38 6 2 3 305.6 358 158 22 93 114 4.65 .289 .339 .427 .766
Sep/Oct 17 24 .415 55 55 17 2 0 409.6 483 185 19 113 153 4.06 .291 .337 .397 .733
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1934 27 NYG NL 28 75 7 21 2 0 1 12 0 0 2 19 .280 .308 .347 .654 8.2 0.6
1935 28 NYG NL 17 44 2 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 14 .205 .205 .205 .409 1.5 0.0
  NYA AL 24 54 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 .148 .164 .167 .330 0.6 0.0
  TOT   41 98 5 17 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 30 .173 .182 .184 .365 2.1 0.0
1936 29 NYA AL 42 117 9 22 3 1 1 9 0 0 1 28 .188 .195 .256 .451 4.8 0.0
1937 30 NYA AL 42 107 13 27 1 0 0 13 0 0 3 22 .252 .270 .262 .532 8.1 0.0
1938 31 NYA AL 44 33 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 8 .182 .250 .212 .462 1.9 0.0
1939 32 NYA AL 38 80 7 15 1 1 0 11 0 0 2 19 .188 .202 .225 .427 3.4 0.0
1940 33 NYA AL 37 90 11 20 4 0 1 10 0 0 2 25 .222 .239 .300 .539 6.7 0.0
1941 34 NYA AL 43 66 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 .136 .136 .152 .288 -0.4 0.0
8 Years Sim 315 666 59 137 14 2 3 71 0 0 13 169 .206 .222 .246 .468 34.9 0.6
162 Game Average 342 30 70 7 1 1 36 0 0 6 86 .206 .222 .246 .468 18.0  
Career Highs 44 117 13 27 4 1 1 13 0 0 3 30 .280 .308 .347 .654 8.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   504 46 109 8 2 2 59 0 0 10 118 .216 .233 .252 .485 24.7
vs LH   162 13 28 6 0 1 12 0 0 3 51 .173 .188 .228 .416 4.4
Home 162 309 27 68 7 0 1 31 0 0 7 84 .220 .241 .252 .493 15.7
Away 153 357 32 69 7 2 2 40 0 0 6 85 .193 .206 .241 .447 13.4
RISP   181 0 46 4 0 0 64 0 0 3 35 .254 .262 .276 .538 11.9
Close/Late   43 6 13 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 10 .302 .348 .372 .720 5.6
Mar/Apr 37 100 10 20 3 1 1 10 0 0 3 29 .200 .221 .280 .501 5.5
May 53 109 8 28 2 1 0 13 0 0 1 23 .257 .261 .294 .555 7.5
June 55 125 7 23 1 0 1 11 0 0 3 31 .184 .203 .216 .419 3.9
July 45 103 14 20 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 22 .194 .210 .214 .423 3.2
August 53 93 10 21 4 0 0 11 0 0 2 24 .226 .242 .269 .511 5.1
Sep/Oct 55 136 10 25 2 0 1 17 0 0 2 40 .184 .206 .221 .426 3.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1934 27 NYG NL P 28 28 217.7 9 43 6 6 .897 2.15    
1935 28 NYG NL P 17 17 127.0 7 25 0 0 1.000 2.27    
  NYA AL P 24 24 168.3 10 34 1 0 .978 2.35    
  TOT   P 41 41 295.3 17 59 1 0 .987 2.32    
1936 29 NYA AL P 42 42 313.0 25 74 2 7 .980 2.85    
1937 30 NYA AL P 42 42 327.3 19 67 3 6 .966 2.36    
1938 31 NYA AL P 44 12 129.3 11 30 1 4 .976 2.85    
1939 32 NYA AL P 38 30 243.0 22 53 1 5 .987 2.78    
1940 33 NYA AL P 37 37 280.0 21 60 2 5 .976 2.60    
1941 34 NYA AL P 43 27 204.0 20 34 2 1 .964 2.38    
Career Totals   315 259 2009.7 144 420 18 34 .969 2.53    
Career Highs   44 42 327.3 25 74 6 7 .987 2.85    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1934 27 NYG NL 1 2 .333 4 4 2 0 0 30.3 41 12 0 4 9 3.56 .320 .341 .383 .724
1939 32 NYA AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 1 0 0 9.00 .368 .368 .632 1.000
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 3 .250 6 4 2 0 0 34.3 48 16 1 4 9 4.19 .327 .344 .415 .759
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1934 27 NYG NL 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182
1939 32 NYA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1935-5-3.90
1936-3-3.74
1937-10-3.79
1939-3-3.37
1940-3-3.38
Wins
1936-2-24
1937-9-19
1939-6-20
1940-9-17
Losses
1934-9-15
1941-3-19
Winning Pct
1936-1-.686
1937-7-.613
1939-2-.714
1940-6-.607
Saves
1938-5-12
Games Started
1936-10-42
1937-8-42
Complete Games
1936-7-15
Shutouts
1934-9-1
1935-8-1
1936-4-2
1937-9-2
1939-1-3
1940-4-2
Innings Pitched
1937-8-327.3
Hits Allowed
1937-6-358
Homeruns Allowed
1937-9-21
1941-6-24
Strikeouts
1937-8-143
Walks per 9IP
1935-5-2.2
1936-6-1.9
1939-7-2.1
Hits per 9IP
1935-9-9.5
1936-9-9.5
Strikeouts per 9IP
1937-10-3.9
WHiP
1935-3-1.31
1936-2-1.27
1939-3-1.23
1940-10-1.31
OAVG
1935-8-.266
1936-7-.267
1939-9-.260
OOBP
1935-3-.309
1936-2-.303
1939-3-.303
1940-9-.316
OSLG
1935-5-.371
1936-4-.365
1939-5-.353
1940-5-.367
OOPS
1935-3-.679
1936-3-.669
1939-3-.656
1940-4-.683
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 80    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  7. Tex Clevenger (939)
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  1. Rip Sewell (992)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1933
Had first career hit on 5/20/1934, off Chief Hogsett (SLC)
Earned first career win on 5/20/1934
Hit first career homerun on 9/13/1934, off Charley Root (CLE)
Traded from New York (G) to New York (A) on 6/16/1935 (Going to NYG: P Danny Macfayden, P Bud Tinning. Going to NYA: P Thornton Lee, 1B Fred Sington, 2B Lonny Frey, P Kent Greenfield, RF Beauty Mcgowan)
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Injured on 8/6/1935 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1936, winning 2 games with a 1.04 ERA
Injured on 5/18/1936 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,228,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,228,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Injured on 7/14/1939 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,228,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1940, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1940, going 6-0, 1.55
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/4/1941 to a 1-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
10/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $430,000 per year, for 1 years
Released by New York (A) on 10/22/1942