Thornton Lee Baseball player

Thornton Starr Lee (September 13, 1906 – June 9, 1997), also nicknamed "Lefty", was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians (1933–36), Chicago White Sox (1937–47) and New York Giants (1948). Lee batted and threw left-handed. He is the father of pitcher Don Lee, a former big leaguer.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 13, 1906
Date of deathJune 09, 1997

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 19, 1933
Career endJune 18, 1948
batting sideLeft
former teams
Cleveland Indians
San Francisco Giants
position
Pitcher
teams
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
San Francisco Giants
throwing sideLeft

Thornton Lee on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3526/is_200201/ai_n8321175
  2. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/L/Lee_Thornton.stm
  3. http://www.gopoly.com/index.php?p=hall_of_fame&id=158