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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: 15-14 / in Starts: 14-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 1

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 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	395	5	Apr 22(1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	11	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.86	2.56	33	11	8	0	0	11	44			2	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.046	2.19	-0.06%	0.36	1t start tie	7t 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
2	396	12	May 2	PHI		NYG	L,8-9	GS-5		9	5.0	9	7	3	3	1	0	0	4.50	3.20	29	13	6	0	3	6	27			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	.93	-0.277	1.49	-0.27%	-4.60	1t start tie	5t 3 out d7
3	397	17	May 9	PHI		CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.43	3.03	34						67						33	1	0			0
4	398	21	May 13(2)	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	GS-	W(2-1)	3	8.1	14	5	5	0	3	0	0	3.99	2.73	39						38						39					0
5	399	27	May 20(1)	PHI		STL	L,2-6	GS-4	L(2-2)	6	3.2	6	4	1	4	0	0	0	3.82	3.09	23	6	7	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.27	-0.273	.25	-0.03%	-2.51	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d3
6	400	32	May 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	L(2-3)	5	8.1	5	2	1	5	1	0	0	3.27	3.33	36	24	1	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.54	0.018	.21	0.00%	0.85	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
7	401	38	May 31	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-8	GS-2	L(2-4)	4	2.0	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	3.53	3.30	13	6	2	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.266	.16	-0.02%	-3.02	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
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
8	402	45	Jun 7(1)	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	GS-	L(2-5)	6	8.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.51	3.23	35						52						33					0
9	403	52	Jun 13(2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-4	GS-		5	8.1	8	3	3	8	3	0	0	3.47	3.45	40						50						30					0
10	404	56	Jun 17(1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,11-9	GS-8	W(3-5)	3	7.2	11	7	6	3	0	0	1	3.88	3.55	39	10	14	2	4	11	28			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	3	.96	0.099	.00	0.00%	-2.28	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out a5
11	405	63	Jun 23	PHI		NYG	W,9-8	GS-5		5	4.1	8	4	3	2	0	0	0	4.02	3.58	22	4	8	1	1	8	31			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.01	-0.298	.00	0.00%	-3.15	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a2
12	406	68	Jun 28	PHI		STL	L,1-6	GS-4	L(3-6)	4	3.2	8	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.42	3.55	20	4	7	0	2	7	25			0	1	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.271	.00	0.00%	-3.30	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d5
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
13	407	74	Jul 4(1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-6	GS-2		5	1.1	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.81	3.57	10	1	2	1	1	6	25			0	0	0	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.456	.00	0.00%	-4.42	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out d1
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Boston Braves
14	408	80	Jul 15(2)	BSN	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-8		10	8.0	9	3	2	3	2	1	0	4.57	3.70	35	10	11	1	0	9	53			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.070	1.52	-0.04%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
15	409	85	Jul 21(1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(4-6)	5	9.0	9	1	1	5	0	0	0	4.23	3.77	38	8	17	5	0	8	60			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.22	0.335	.87	0.14%	3.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
16	410	91	Jul 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-7)	5	7.1	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.92	3.75	29	7	16	0	0	4	62			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.35	0.283	.23	0.03%	2.40	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a2
17	411	96	Jul 31(2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,9-4	7-11	BS(1)	3	4.1	3	2	1	4	0	0	0	3.84	3.82	20	6	7	0	2	3		2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.42	0.033	.04	0.00%	0.46	7b 12- 2 out a2	11b 3 out tie
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
18	412	100	Aug 4	BSN		BRO	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-7)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.54	3.74	31	7	16	0	0	6	75			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.747	.02	0.01%	4.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	413	105	Aug 9	BSN		CHC	W,7-3	CG	W(6-7)	4	9.0	6	3	3	6	0	0	0	3.50	3.81	37	11	14	0	3	6	57			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.05	0.107	.00	0.00%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	414	111	Aug 14(1)	BSN		PIT	L,5-7	GS-8		4	7.1	8	4	4	6	0	1	0	3.58	3.99	32	11	7	0	0	8	40			0	3	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.103	.00	0.00%	0.32	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
21	415	116	Aug 16(2)	BSN		CIN	L,3-8	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.55	3.98	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
22	416	118	Aug 19(1)	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(7-7)	2	9.0	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.39	3.92	35						66						33	2	0			0
23	417	123	Aug 26(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	W(8-7)	6	9.0	10	5	4	1	1	1	0	3.43	3.94	37	11	14	2	0	10	49			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.42	0.199	.00	0.00%	-0.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
24	418	125	Aug 31	BSN		PHI	L,5-6	GS-7	L(8-8)	4	7.0	9	6	3	1	2	1	0	3.45	3.96	31	14	5	0	0	9	42			2	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.489	.00	0.00%	-2.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
25	419	133	Sep 6(2)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-7	GS-5	L(8-9)	5	4.1	11	7	7	0	1	1	0	3.75	3.99	23	5	6	1	0	11	14			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.264	.00	0.00%	-3.84	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out d4
26	420	138	Sep 11	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-4		4	4.0	8	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.82	4.06	20	6	3	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-1.04	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
27	421	142	Sep 16(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.82	4.01	29	13	5	0	0	9	47			0	0	0	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.060	.00	0.00%	0.43	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
28	422	146	Sep 18(2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-6	5-6		1	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.83	3.99	10	1	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.02	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
29	423	150	Sep 23(1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	9	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.64	3.95	37	14	11	0	2	9	66			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	0.447	.00	0.00%	3.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
							15-14		W-L:9-9,BSv:1	4.3	183.0	218	96	74	66	25	6	1	3.64	3.95	820	1.07		4%	5%	168	46	2	0%	6	7	0	736	32	4	3	15	0	18	1.23	-0.581	.36	-0.24%	-11.70

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