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Thornton Lee played 16 major-league seasons (1933-1948) as a P (374). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 27 | CLE | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | 1.000 | 170 |
| 1934 | 28 | CLE | 24 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .095 | .279 | -25 |
| 1935 | 29 | CLE | 32 | 61 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .197 | .476 | 27 |
| 1936 | 30 | CLE | 43 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .122 | .304 | -21 |
| 1937 | 31 | CHA | 30 | 71 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .211 | .532 | 37 |
| 1938 | 32 | CHA | 34 | 97 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .258 | .691 | 76 |
| 1939 | 33 | CHA | 33 | 91 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .165 | .398 | 5 |
| 1940 | 34 | CHA | 28 | 84 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .274 | .628 | 69 |
| 1941 | 35 | CHA | 35 | 114 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .254 | .578 | 59 |
| 1942 | 36 | CHA | 11 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .200 | .467 | 36 |
| 1943 | 37 | CHA | 19 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .071 | .143 | -57 |
| 1944 | 38 | CHA | 15 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .095 | .190 | -44 |
| 1945 | 39 | CHA | 29 | 78 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .179 | .421 | 26 |
| 1946 | 40 | CHA | 7 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .267 | .533 | 55 |
| 1947 | 41 | CHA | 21 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .207 | .465 | 34 |
| 1948 | 42 | NY1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .182 | -49 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 27 | CLE | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.1 | 7 | 11 | 4.15 | 103 |
| 1934 | 28 | CLE | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85.2 | 41 | 44 | 5.04 | 89 |
| 1935 | 29 | CLE | 32 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 180.2 | 81 | 71 | 4.04 | 110 |
| 1936 | 30 | CLE | 43 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 127 | 49 | 67 | 4.89 | 103 |
| 1937 | 31 | CHA | 30 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 204.2 | 80 | 60 | 3.52 | 131 |
| 1938 | 32 | CHA | 33 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 245.1 | 77 | 94 | 3.49 | 137 |
| 1939 | 33 | CHA | 33 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 235 | 81 | 70 | 4.21 | 110 |
| 1940 | 34 | CHA | 28 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 228 | 87 | 56 | 3.47 | 126 |
| 1941 | 35 | CHA | 35 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 300.1 | 130 | 92 | 2.37 | 175 |
| 1942 | 36 | CHA | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 76 | 25 | 31 | 3.32 | 110 |
| 1943 | 37 | CHA | 19 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 127 | 35 | 50 | 4.18 | 79 |
| 1944 | 38 | CHA | 15 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 113.1 | 39 | 25 | 3.02 | 114 |
| 1945 | 39 | CHA | 29 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 228.1 | 108 | 76 | 2.44 | 138 |
| 1946 | 40 | CHA | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 43.1 | 23 | 23 | 3.53 | 99 |
| 1947 | 41 | CHA | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 86.2 | 57 | 56 | 4.47 | 83 |
| 1948 | 42 | NY1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 32.2 | 17 | 12 | 4.41 | 90 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | P | 24 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 1935 | P | 32 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 3 | 3 |
| 1936 | P | 43 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 0 |
| 1937 | P | 30 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 0 |
| 1938 | P | 33 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 2 |
| 1939 | P | 33 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 0 |
| 1940 | P | 28 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 2 |
| 1941 | P | 35 | 0 | 10 | 52 | 5 | 2 |
| 1942 | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 1943 | P | 19 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| 1944 | P | 15 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 2 |
| 1945 | P | 29 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 4 |
| 1946 | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 1947 | P | 21 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 1948 | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Thornton Lee won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1941 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1941 (ML), TSN All-Star 1941 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1941.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 144 / 336 | 1 |
Thornton Lee ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #128 | starting pitchers | 1941 | 175 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.