Charlie Lea

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 194lb (193cm, 87kg)

Born: December 25, 1956 in Orleans, France fr

Died: November 11, 2011 in Collierville, TN

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, TN

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 15th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kingsbury HS (Memphis, TN), the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN), the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN) and the Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Memphis (Memphis, TN).

High School: Kingsbury HS (Memphis, TN)

Schools: Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN), University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS), University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)

Debut: June 12, 1980 (Age 23-170d, 14,316th in major league history)
vs. SDP 8.0 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 31-281d)
vs. CAL 5.2 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Charles William Lea

Pronunciation: \LEE\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

ERA

3.54

152

144

923.1

535

WHIP

1.305

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-7 / in Starts: 7-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 2

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	22	4	Apr 16	MON		CHC	W,7-0	7-7		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.60	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.07	0.00%	0.44	7t --- 0 out a6	7t 3 out a6
2	23	7	Apr 19(2)	MON	@	NYM	L,2-7	GS-3	L(0-1)	2	2.2	9	6	6	2	1	1	0	14.73	7.24	18	4	3	1	0	8	15			2	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.521	1.00	-0.31%	-5.18	1b start tie	3b 1-3 2 out d4
3	24	15	Apr 28	MON	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS-4		8	4.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	10.57	4.95	16	7	2	1	0	5	40			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.208	1.52	-0.15%	-1.19	1b start tie	4b 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
4	25	18	May 2	MON		LAD	L,0-4	7-8		3	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	8.38	4.36	9	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.014	.19	0.01%	0.87	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
5	26	22	May 6	MON		SDP	L,5-13	6-7		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.36	3.78	4	0	2	0	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.84	6t 12- 2 out d10	7t 3 out d10
6	27	27	May 10(2)	MON		SFG	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	0	0	0	4	8	0	0	4.05	3.05	29	8	9	1	0	0	91			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.448	.65	0.22%	3.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	28	32	May 16	MON	@	SFG	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-1)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	1	2.79	2.81	32	12	7	0	0	4	83			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.66	0.313	.48	0.14%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
8	29	37	May 22	MON	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS-7	W(3-1)	5	7.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.25	2.74	24	12	9	3	0	0	70			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	.52	0.216	.38	0.10%	3.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
9	30	42	May 27	MON		STL	W,4-1	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	7.0	4	1	1	7	4	0	0	2.09	3.02	29	6	8	0	2	4	62			2	2	2	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.291	1.46	0.22%	2.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
10	31	46	Jun 1	MON	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	6.2	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.54	2.98	29	11	8	1	1	8	40			0	0	0	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.202	1.15	-0.17%	-1.18	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d3
11	32	51	Jun 6	MON	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS-4	L(4-3)	4	3.1	10	9	9	1	0	2	0	3.91	3.51	20	4	5	0	2	10	3			0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	1	0	.76	-0.546	.60	-0.26%	-6.71	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 1 out d6
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
12	33	66	Aug 22(2)	MON	@	ATL	L,1-9	GS-2	L(4-4)	76	2.0	4	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.25	3.65	13	2	2	0	1	4	33			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	-0.219	2.59	-0.21%	-2.11	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
13	34	68	Aug 25	MON		CIN	W,9-1	8-GF		2	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.26	3.64	9	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.13	8t --- 0 out a9	9t end a 8
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
14	35	75	Sep 1	MON	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-6	W(5-4)	6	6.0	5	3	2	0	2	0	0	4.14	3.47	23	7	9	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.132	1.67	-0.14%	-0.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
15	36	83	Sep 9	MON	@	PHI	L,8-11	8-GF(8)		7	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.24	3.67	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.305	2.54	-0.37%	-2.14	8b 12- 1 out tie	8b end d 3
16	37	90	Sep 16(2)	MON		STL	W,4-3	GS-1		6	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.62	3.70	6	2	0	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.279	2.64	-0.45%	-2.86	1t start tie	1t -2- 2 out d3
							9-7		W-L:5-4	4.4	64.1	63	34	33	26	31	4	1	4.62	3.70	267	1.08		5%	5%	57	48	4	50%	5	4	2	235	13	3	0	8	2	0	.83	-1.122	1.01	-1.37%	-6.77

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