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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: 27-12 / in Starts: 22-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 4

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 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	36	3	Apr 19	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	5	2	2	5	4	0	0	2.70	4.23	26	7	8	1	1	2	55			0	3	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.064	2.58	0.10%	1.29	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
2	37	8	Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	6-GF	BW(1-1)	5	4.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	1.69	4.31	18	4	6	0	2	3		1	1	1	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.22	0.312	5.02	0.42%	1.60	6b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
3	38	11	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	5	1	1	3	7	1	1	1.37	4.35	36	10	10	0	0	5	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.443	2.87	0.68%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
4	39	15	May 8(2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-6	L(2-2)	9	6.0	10	6	3	1	4	1	1	2.10	4.51	30	8	7	0	3	9	37			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.83	-0.231	2.81	-0.47%	-2.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
5	40	19	May 13	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	7	2	2	6	3	0	0	2.08	4.51	39	11	12	2	2	7	62			1	0	0	32	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.89	0.515	6.96	1.14%	2.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
6	41	25	May 20	CHC		BSN	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-2)	6	9.0	6	0	0	4	1	0	0	1.65	4.46	33	13	12	2	2	3	72			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.64	0.262	1.90	0.47%	4.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	42	30	May 26	CHC		BRO	W,8-3	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	4	3	3	5	4	0	0	1.88	4.38	36	14	9	0	1	4	66			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.244	2.00	0.43%	1.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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	43	34	Jun 1(2)	CHC		STL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(5-3)	5	7.0	8	4	0	2	2	0	1	1.66	4.32	32	11	8	2	1	8	53			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.127	1.84	-0.18%	-0.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
9	44	40	Jun 8(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-4		6	4.0	5	5	5	2	4	1	0	2.26	4.42	19	6	2	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.254	1.43	-0.34%	-2.79	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
10	45	46	Jun 13(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	GS-2		4	1.2	3	6	1	3	0	1	0	2.34	4.73	12	5	1	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.47	-0.457	1.85	-0.35%	-4.96	1b start a 1	2b --- 2 out d3
11	46	48	Jun 15	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	W(6-3)	1	9.0	9	4	2	3	3	0	0	2.30	4.58	39	12	14	3	3	7	57			0	1	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	.68	0.104	1.00	0.09%	0.67	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
12	47	52	Jun 19(2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	4	4	0	0	2.05	4.48	33	10	10	0	0	5	77			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.660	2.12	0.67%	4.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	48	54	Jun 22(1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-4	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.08	4.41	12	2	6	3	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.148	2.71	0.18%	0.83	7b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
14	49	57	Jun 24	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-9	GS-6		1	5.2	15	9	9	2	5	2	0	2.84	4.57	34	9	4	0	1	14	6			0	0	0	31	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.35	-0.574	4.24	-1.08%	-5.96	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d5
15	50	64	Jun 30	CHC		PIT	L,7-9	GS-1		5	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.22	4.57	5	2	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.260	3.36	-0.49%	-3.02	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d3
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
16	51	67	Jul 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-9		2	8.1	11	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.22	4.49	40	11	10	0	0	11	49			0	1	0	36	3	1	1	1	0	2	1.76	-0.175	4.32	-0.26%	0.00	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out tie
17	52	72	Jul 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,13-1	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.04	4.47	34	21	4	3	0	6	66			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	2	0	0	.39	0.115	.82	0.15%	3.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
18	53	76	Jul 13(2)	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(9-3)	5	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.88	4.35	33						70						33	2	0			0
19	54	80	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	L(9-4)	3	9.0	7	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.89	4.25	35	13	10	3	2	3	64			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.116	2.48	0.17%	1.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
20	55	85	Jul 21(2)	CHC		NYG	W,11-5	GS-		3	7.2	8	5	5	4	2	1	0	3.06	4.34	33						41						29					0
21	56	90	Jul 24(2)	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG(11)	W(10-4)	2	11.0	11	6	5	3	5	1	0	3.14	4.34	45	17	10	0	1	10	55			0	2	0	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.222	6.75	-0.53%	-0.11	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
22	57	93	Jul 27(1)	CHC		CIN	W,9-8	5-7	H(1)	2	1.2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.16	4.32	8	3	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.011	6.26	-0.03%	-0.87	5t 12- 1 out a2	7t 1-3 0 out a3
23	58	96	Jul 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-6		W(11-4)	2	9.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.10	4.31	31												30					0
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	59	100	Aug 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-8	GS-7	L(11-5)	2	7.0	6	4	3	0	1	1	0	3.13	4.33	27	10	10	2	0	6	52			0	1	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	.49	-0.154	2.88	-0.55%	-0.44	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
25	60	103	Aug 4(2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	7-8	H(2)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	4.33	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	-0.132	16.27	-0.42%	-0.88	7b 1-3 2 out a2	8b 1-- 0 out a1
26	61	107	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	W,9-5	GS-3		3	2.0	3	4	2	3	0	0	0	3.19	4.37	14	5	4	1	2	2	35			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.01	-0.225	4.87	-0.65%	-2.78	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out d2
27	62	108	Aug 9	CHC		STL	L,1-3	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	4.36	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.020	1.88	0.09%	0.54	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
28	63	109	Aug 10	CHC		STL	L,2-4	8-GF		0	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.19	4.36	10	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	-0.015	6.44	-0.06%	0.07	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
29	64	111	Aug 14(1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-9	GS-1		3	0.2	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.34	4.36	7	2	0	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.256	4.34	-0.80%	-2.99	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d3
30	65	115	Aug 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	W(12-5)	2	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.22	4.32	33	19	4	0	2	4	73			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	0	.53	0.311	2.40	0.85%	3.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
31	66	120	Aug 21(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,19-5	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	14	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.30	4.26	43	15	6	0	0	14	41			0	0	0	40	1	0	0	1	0	1	.54	0.234	2.44	0.64%	0.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a14
32	67	124	Aug 25	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-4	GS-8	W(14-5)	3	7.0	11	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.37	4.30	30	17	5	1	0	7	38			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.22	-0.073	8.73	-0.31%	-0.72	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
33	68	127	Aug 29	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	W(15-5)	3	9.0	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.26	4.26	34	19	6	0	2	7	67			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	2	.69	0.262	3.54	0.81%	2.34	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
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
34	69	131	Sep 2(2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	GS-4	L(15-6)	3	3.0	3	3	2	2	2	0	1	3.30	4.26	16	6	2	0	0	3	43			0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.197	9.58	-0.86%	-2.40	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d3
35	70	135	Sep 7	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	SHO	W(16-6)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	1	3.17	4.21	34	10	13	2	4	5	78			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.98	0.468	5.77	1.65%	4.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
36	71	139	Sep 11	CHC		BSN	W,15-3	CG	W(17-6)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.16	4.13	40	15	7	2	0	9	62			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	2	.89	0.095	7.57	0.48%	1.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
37	72	143	Sep 15	CHC		BRO	W,6-3	CG	W(18-6)	3	9.0	6	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.15	4.08	35	13	7	0	2	6	66			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	.80	0.218	8.84	1.45%	1.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
38	73	147	Sep 19	CHC		NYG	W,6-1	CG	W(19-6)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.07	4.03	33	12	10	0	1	6	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.405	8.73	2.48%	3.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
39	74	151	Sep 27(1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	W(20-6)	7	9.0	6	2	0	2	1	0	0	2.96	4.02	35	20	8	2	4	4	70			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.12	0.358	.00	0.00%	2.96	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
							27-12		W-L:20-6,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:2	3.2	252.0	241	106	83	84	100	11	5	2.96	4.02	1059	1.55		5%	6%	195	54	6	33%	4	12	0	963	28	7	4	22	0	23	1.03	1.991	4.08	5.57%	18.47

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