Bill Lee

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: October 21, 1909 in Plaquemine, LA us

Died: June 15, 1977 in Plaquemine, LA

Buried: Protestant Cemetery, Plaquemine, LA

School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: April 29, 1934 (Age 24-190d, 7,718th in major league history)
vs. STL 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: June 29, 1947 (Age 37-251d)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: William Crutcher Lee

Nicknames: Big Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.4

169

157

ERA

3.54

462

379

2864.0

998

WHIP

1.343

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-17 / in Starts: 20-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	204	1	Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	11	2	1	2	4	0	0	1.00	2.37	39	10	13	2	4	10	61			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.57	0.439	4.27	0.72%	2.77	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
2	205	5	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.00	2.15	35	9	10	1	1	8	63			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.01	0.332	3.16	0.62%	1.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	206	8	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	9-GF	BL(2-1)	2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.50	2.87	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.59	-0.634	19.00	-1.29%	-1.65	9b 1-3 0 out a2	9b end d 1
4	207	9	Apr 29	CHC		STL	L,0-2	CG	L(2-2)	0	9.0	7	2	1	3	1	0	0	2.00	3.04	38	15	12	0	5	7	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	1	0	1	1	.94	0.150	2.96	0.28%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	208	13	May 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-3	L(2-3)	4	2.2	6	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.34	3.17	16	3	2	1	0	6	25			1	0	0	12	3	1	0	1	1	0	.90	-0.337	2.45	-0.55%	-3.94	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 2 out d4
6	209	17	May 8	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	9	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.03	3.32	38	10	13	4	1	8	58			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.33	0.375	3.10	0.52%	2.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
7	210	21	May 13	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	2	1	7	1	1	0	2.64	3.85	42	17	11	1	1	6	63			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.19	0.240	3.42	0.42%	2.41	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
8	211	26	May 18	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	7	2	2	7	7	0	0	2.54	3.78	38	8	9	0	2	7	65			2	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.324	3.64	0.55%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	212	30	May 22	CHC		BSN	L,3-5	GS-8	L(5-4)	3	8.0	9	5	5	4	2	0	0	2.92	3.75	35	19	2	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	31	1	0	2	2	0	0	1.05	-0.195	3.16	-0.35%	-0.92	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
10	213	34	May 26	CHC		PIT	L,5-14	GS-4	L(5-5)	3	3.1	6	5	4	1	2	0	0	3.31	3.68	19	9	3	1	0	4	31			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.405	3.43	-0.62%	-3.88	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d3
11	214	37	May 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-8	L(5-6)	2	7.2	8	5	4	0	1	0	0	3.45	3.54	30	11	10	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.035	3.90	-0.06%	0.64	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	215	42	Jun 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	GS-4		5	3.1	7	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.76	3.62	19	6	3	0	0	7	27			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	1	0	.97	-0.201	2.29	-0.29%	-3.28	1b start a 2	4b 1-3 1 out a2
13	216	46	Jun 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS-6	L(5-7)	3	6.0	7	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.02	3.82	24	7	7	0	1	6	40			0	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	.62	-0.264	1.42	-0.36%	-1.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
14	217	51	Jun 14	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	GS-8	L(5-8)	5	8.0	7	2	2	2	3	2	0	3.87	3.99	34	14	8	1	2	7	61			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.093	2.69	0.13%	2.08	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
15	218	56	Jun 18(2)	CHC		BRO	W,9-1	CG	W(6-8)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.62	3.80	37	11	12	0	2	8	71			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	.85	0.333	1.07	0.25%	3.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
16	219	61	Jun 23	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(7-8)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.57	3.70	36	22	1	0	0	8	60			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.182	2.52	0.21%	1.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
17	220	66	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,7-6	GS-9	W(8-8)	5	8.1	10	6	6	0	2	2	0	3.77	3.81	36	8	18	1	5	8	41			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	2	1	1.13	-0.074	3.18	-0.12%	-1.78	1b start a 3	9b 1-- 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	221	71	Jul 3	CHC		STL	L,3-5	CG	L(8-9)	3	9.0	12	5	5	0	6	3	0	3.86	3.93	38	16	5	1	3	11	49			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.263	3.36	-0.47%	-0.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
19	222	76	Jul 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG(11)	W(9-9)	3	11.0	14	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.81	3.86	47	16	12	1	4	14	52			2	0	0	41	5	0	1	0	1	0	1.67	0.381	2.91	0.40%	1.39	1b start a 1	11b 3 out a1
20	223	80	Jul 15	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-8	L(9-10)	7	7.0	12	7	7	4	1	0	0	4.06	3.87	38	16	6	0	2	11	22			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	-0.698	3.08	-0.89%	-3.05	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out d1
21	224	85	Jul 19	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-8		3	8.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.97	3.76	31	13	6	0	4	6	62			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.035	2.62	0.05%	1.68	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
22	225	89	Jul 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-5	GS-8	W(10-10)	3	8.0	11	5	4	2	0	2	0	3.99	3.90	37	15	9	0	2	11	40			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.261	1.98	-0.32%	-0.96	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
23	226	93	Jul 27	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	W(11-10)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.83	3.84	32	20	1	1	0	4	74			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.25	0.530	1.61	0.41%	3.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	227	98	Aug 3	CHC		PHI	W,9-6	GS-8	W(12-10)	6	7.1	13	6	5	1	3	1	0	3.93	3.84	33	15	1	0	1	13	32			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.147	.43	0.07%	-2.34	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a4
25	228	102	Aug 8(1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-3	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	7	1	0	3.88	3.84	36	12	6	2	0	7	64			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.56	0.236	.90	0.23%	1.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
26	229	107	Aug 11	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(14-10)	2	9.0	6	2	0	3	4	0	0	3.71	3.79	35	14	9	2	0	5	72			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.51	0.443	.69	0.12%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	230	111	Aug 15	CHC	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-5		3	4.1	9	6	5	0	1	1	1	3.85	3.83	21	7	3	0	0	9	24			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.495	1.33	-0.36%	-4.05	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d2
28	231	114	Aug 19	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-10)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.69	3.77	33	12	12	0	2	6	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.360	.42	0.12%	4.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
29	232	119	Aug 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-3	GS-	W(16-10)	3	5.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.73	3.77	24						41						22					0
30	233	123	Aug 27(1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(16-11)	3	8.0	6	4	3	2	4	0	0	3.71	3.72	32	10	10	3	0	6	58			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.137	2.07	-0.17%	-0.24	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	234	127	Sep 1(2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-8	L(16-12)	4	7.1	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.71	3.76	31	19	3	1	0	6	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.050	1.67	0.06%	0.66	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d2
32	235	133	Sep 7	CHC		STL	L,2-4	CG(10)	L(16-13)	5	10.0	7	4	1	3	3	0	0	3.60	3.72	43	15	15	2	6	7	68			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	1	4	1.70	0.027	1.43	0.01%	1.10	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
33	236	137	Sep 12	CHC		BSN	W,8-3	CG	W(17-13)	4	9.0	8	3	2	0	1	0	0	3.54	3.68	35	27	0	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.212	.04	0.01%	1.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
34	237	143	Sep 16	CHC		PHI	W,8-2	CG	W(18-13)	3	9.0	9	2	1	3	4	0	0	3.45	3.64	39	16	10	0	2	6	64			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.300	.02	0.00%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
35	238	147	Sep 20	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG	L(18-14)	3	9.0	10	4	4	4	3	0	0	3.47	3.63	39	23	1	0	0	8	50			0	1	0	32	2	1	1	1	1	0	1.01	-0.031	.00	0.00%	0.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
36	239	150	Sep 23	CHC	@	STL	L,3-7	GS-6	L(18-15)	2	6.0	10	5	4	1	4	1	0	3.52	3.64	28	7	7	1	0	9	37			0	0	0	27	3	0	1	1	0	0	.93	-0.281	.00	0.00%	-1.82	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
37	240	155	Sep 30(2)	CHC		STL	W,5-1	CG	W(19-15)	6	9.0	4	1	0	3	6	0	0	3.41	3.59	34						80						31	1	1			0
							20-17		W-L:19-15,BSv:1	3.5	282.1	295	125	107	85	105	18	1	3.41	3.59	1203	1.81		4%	7%	263	53	2	100%	6	9	0	1088	45	6	6	26	12	16	1.11	0.878	2.12	-0.66%	13.91

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