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Cliff Lee
Clifford Walker Lee

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

Debut May 15, 1919
Final Game September 7, 1926
Born August 4, 1896 in Lexington, NE
Died August 25, 1980 in Denver, CO

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1919 22 PIT NL  42  112    5   22   2  4   0    2   2      6   8  .196  .237  .286   54   32   2           0    
 1920 23 PIT NL  37   76    9   18   2  2   0    8   0  1   4  14  .237  .275  .316   67   24   1           0    
 1921 24 PHI NL  88  286   31   88  14  4   4   29   5  2  13  34  .308  .338  .427   95  122   5           0    
 1922 25 PHI NL 122  422   65  136  29  6  17   77   2  3  32  43  .322  .371  .540  125  228   7           1    
 1923 26 PHI NL 107  355   54  114  20  4  11   47   3  3  20  39  .321  .357  .493  113  175   7           0    
 1924 27 TOT NL  27   62    5   16   4  2   1    9   0  1   2   7  .258  .281  .435   81   27   1           0    
         PHI NL  21   56    4   14   3  2   1    7   0  1   2   5  .250  .276  .429   78   24   1           0    
         CIN NL   6    6    1    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   2  .333  .333  .500  121    3   0           0    
 1925 28 CLE AL  77  230   43   74  15  6   4   42   2  1  21  33  .322  .378  .491  118  113   7           0    
 1926 29 CLE AL  21   40    4    7   1  0   1    2   0  0   6   8  .175  .283  .275   45   11   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      521 1583  216  475  87 28  38  216  14 11 104 186  .300  .344  .462  106  732  30   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        492   67  148  27  9  12   67   4  3  32  58  .300  .344  .462  106  228   9   0   0   0   0
 Career High    122  422   65  136  29  6  17   77   5  3  32  43  .322  .378  .540  125  228   7   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1919 22 PIT NL  120   92    8   2.4    85| .196  .269| .237  .324| .286  .353| .523  .677|  54  .319  -6.9  -0.8     
 1920 23 PIT NL   81   60    6   2.7    93| .237  .280| .275  .334| .316  .372| .591  .706|  67  .346  -3.5  -0.4   0%
 1921 24 PHI NL  304  205   41   5.4   112| .308  .307| .338  .358| .427  .422| .765  .780|  95  .568  -2.7  -0.3  71%
 1922 25 PHI NL  462  296   83   7.5   119| .322  .311| .371  .370| .540  .433| .911  .803| 125  .683  14.5   1.4  40%
 1923 26 PHI NL  382  251   62   6.6   116| .321  .307| .357  .367| .493  .427| .850  .793| 113  .649   5.3   0.5  50%
 1924 27 TOT NL   65   48    7   3.9   113| .258  .303| .281  .359| .435  .422| .716  .781|  81  .431  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         PHI NL   59   44    6   3.7   114| .250  .304| .276  .361| .429  .424| .705  .785|  78  .401  -2.3  -0.2   0%
         CIN NL    6    4    1   6.7   103| .333  .289| .333  .344| .500  .402| .833  .746| 121  .670   0.2   0.0   0%
 1925 28 CLE AL  258  164   43   7.0   116| .322  .301| .378  .371| .491  .422| .869  .793| 118  .640   5.6   0.5  66%
 1926 29 CLE AL   46   33    3   2.4   110| .175  .291| .283  .363| .275  .408| .558  .771|  45  .230  -3.3  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1718 1149  253   5.9   113| .300  .303| .344  .362| .462  .418| .806  .780| 106  .604   6.9   0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1919 22 PIT NL C 28 85 17 4 0 .962 .972 3.64 4.78 4 OF 6 11 0 1 0 .917 .965 1.83 2.18 2 2 2 1920 23 PIT NL C 19 51 24 2 3 .974 .968 3.95 4.59 3 OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.20 1 1 0 1921 24 PHI NL 1B 48 502 20 7 35 .987 .990 10.88 10.45 OF 27 40 2 3 0 .933 .966 1.56 2.24 2 1 24 C 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 .972 3.50 4.10 0 1922 25 PHI NL OF 89 167 10 6 3 .967 .962 1.99 2.26 83 0 6 1B 18 173 7 3 16 .984 .990 10.00 10.22 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.90 1923 26 PHI NL OF 83 136 4 6 1 .959 .964 1.69 2.28 54 0 32 1B 16 131 9 2 10 .986 .990 8.75 10.21 1924 27 TOT NL OF 14 23 1 0 0 1.000 .964 1.71 2.24 0 0 14 PHI NL OF 13 23 1 0 0 1.000 .964 1.85 2.24 0 0 13 1B 4 41 2 0 4 1.000 .989 10.75 10.38 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1925 28 CLE AL OF 70 129 7 7 2 .951 .965 1.94 2.27 0 15 56 1926 29 CLE AL OF 9 23 0 0 0 1.000 .966 2.56 2.23 6 1 2 C 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 3.97 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1921 24 PHI NL 1B 48 502 20 7 35 .987 .990 10.88 10.45 1922 25 PHI NL 1B 18 173 7 3 16 .984 .990 10.00 10.22 1923 26 PHI NL 1B 16 131 9 2 10 .986 .990 8.75 10.21 1924 27 PHI NL 1B 4 41 2 0 4 1.000 .989 10.75 10.38 1922 25 PHI NL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.90 1919 22 PIT NL C 28 85 17 4 0 .962 .972 3.64 4.78 4 1920 23 PIT NL C 19 51 24 2 3 .974 .968 3.95 4.59 3 1921 24 PHI NL C 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 .972 3.50 4.10 0 1926 29 CLE AL C 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 3.97 0 1919 22 PIT NL OF 6 11 0 1 0 .917 .965 1.83 2.18 2 2 2 1920 23 PIT NL OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.20 1 1 0 1921 24 PHI NL OF 27 40 2 3 0 .933 .966 1.56 2.24 2 1 24 1922 25 PHI NL OF 89 167 10 6 3 .967 .962 1.99 2.26 83 0 6 1923 26 PHI NL OF 83 136 4 6 1 .959 .964 1.69 2.28 54 0 32 1924 27 TOT NL OF 14 23 1 0 0 1.000 .964 1.71 2.24 0 0 14 PHI NL OF 13 23 1 0 0 1.000 .964 1.85 2.24 0 0 13 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1 1925 28 CLE AL OF 70 129 7 7 2 .951 .965 1.94 2.27 0 15 56 1926 29 CLE AL OF 9 23 0 0 0 1.000 .966 2.56 2.23 6 1 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 300 533 24 23 6 .960 .964 1.86 2.26 148 20 136 1B 86 847 38 12 65 .987 .990 10.29 10.35 C 52 142 44 6 3 .969 .971 3.58 4.64 7 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 439 1522 106 42 74 .975 .979 3.71 4.13
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Slugging %
1922 NL-.540-3
1923 NL-.493-8

OPS
1922 NL-.912-3

Home Runs
1922 NL-17-3

Strikeouts
1922 NL-43-9

Adjusted OPS+
1922 NL-125-8

Extra-Base Hits
1922 NL-52-9

Offensive Win%
1922 NL-.683-6

At Bats per Home Run
1922 NL-24.8-3
1923 NL-32.3-6

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1366) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (889) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.0 (986) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

May, 1921: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

June 20, 1924: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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