Charlie Lea
Charles William Lea
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: December 25, 1956 in Orleans, France
High School: Kingsbury (Memphis, TN)
School: University of Memphis
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1980
Final Game: October 1, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1980 23 MON NL 7 5 .583 3.72 21 19 1 0 0 0 104.0 103 51 43 5 55 4 56 2 0 2 458 96 1.519 8.9 0.4 4.8 4.8 1.02
1981 24 MON NL 5 4 .556 4.62 16 11 2 2 2 0 64.1 63 34 33 4 26 0 31 1 0 4 267 76 1.383 8.8 0.6 3.6 4.3 1.19
1982 25 MON NL 12 10 .545 3.24 27 27 0 4 2 0 177.2 145 70 64 16 56 6 115 0 1 8 722 112 1.131 7.3 0.8 2.8 5.8 2.05
1983 26 MON NL 16 11 .593 3.12 33 33 0 8 4 0 222.0 195 87 77 15 84 4 137 1 3 8 917 115 1.257 7.9 0.6 3.4 5.6 1.63
1984 27 MON NL 15 10 .600 2.89 30 30 0 8 0 0 224.1 198 82 72 19 68 3 123 3 0 6 918 119 1.186 7.9 0.8 2.7 4.9 1.81 AS
1987 30 MON NL 0 1 .000 36.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 9 12 6.000 36.0 9.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
1988 31 MIN AL 7 7 .500 4.85 24 23 0 0 0 0 130.0 156 79 70 19 50 2 72 5 4 6 585 84 1.585 10.8 1.3 3.5 5.0 1.44
7 Seasons 62 48 .564 3.54 152 144 3 22 8 0 923.1 864 407 363 79 341 19 535 12 8 36 3876 102 1.305 8.4 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.57
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .564 3.54 35 33 1 5 2 0 212 198 94 83 18 78 4 123 3 2 8 890 102 1.305 8.4 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.57
MON (6 yrs) 55 41 .573 3.32 128 121 3 22 8 0 793.1 708 328 293 60 291 17 463 7 4 30 3291 107 1.259 8.0 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.59
MIN (1 yr) 7 7 .500 4.85 24 23 0 0 0 0 130.0 156 79 70 19 50 2 72 5 4 6 585 84 1.585 10.8 1.3 3.5 5.0 1.44
NL (6 yrs) 55 41 .573 3.32 128 121 3 22 8 0 793.1 708 328 293 60 291 17 463 7 4 30 3291 107 1.259 8.0 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.59
AL (1 yr) 7 7 .500 4.85 24 23 0 0 0 0 130.0 156 79 70 19 50 2 72 5 4 6 585 84 1.585 10.8 1.3 3.5 5.0 1.44

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1984 MON NL 27 1 1 0 1.000 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.500 13.5 4.5 0.0 9.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 23 MON NL 21 458 393 51 103 25 2 5 12 7 55 56 .262 .353 .374 .727 .293 147 5 2 5 3 4
1981 24 MON NL 16 267 235 34 63 13 3 4 5 4 26 31 .268 .341 .400 .741 .292 94 8 1 3 2 0
1982 25 MON NL 27 722 654 70 145 22 4 16 15 9 56 115 .222 .283 .341 .624 .246 223 10 0 11 1 6
1983 26 MON NL 33 917 820 87 195 33 9 15 24 13 84 137 .238 .307 .355 .662 .266 291 11 1 4 8 4
1984 27 MON NL 30 918 828 82 198 36 5 19 22 11 68 123 .239 .296 .364 .659 .257 301 15 3 9 10 3
1987 30 MON NL 1 9 7 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 .571 .667 1.143 1.810 .600 8 0 0 0 0 0
1988 31 MIN AL 24 584 518 79 156 32 4 19 20 2 50 72 .301 .365 .488 .853 .317 253 12 5 6 5 2
7 Seasons 152 3875 3455 407 864 162 27 79 98 46 341 535 .250 .317 .381 .698 .274 1317 61 12 38 29 19
162 Game Avg. 35 890 794 94 198 37 6 18 23 11 78 123 .250 .317 .381 .698 .274 303 14 3 9 7 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1980 23 MON NL 21 19 6 5 8 2 4 10 9 .526 2 3 0 0 9 47% 49 68 29 26 7 3 8 4.7 4.2 5.3
1981 24 MON NL 16 11 5 4 2 0 0 7 4 .636 0 3 2 2 5 45% 48 91 3 5 1 2 6 3.8 3.7 5.2
1982 25 MON NL 27 27 12 10 5 3 4 16 11 .593 1 2 4 2 16 59% 56 91 21 17 7 0 14 4.5 4.5 6.6
1983 26 MON NL 33 33 16 11 6 2 6 20 13 .606 0 4 8 4 22 67% 55 88 22 26 4 0 13 4.4 4.1 6.7
1984 27 MON NL 30 30 15 10 5 2 5 17 13 .567 2 3 8 0 22 73% 58 77 13 12 4 0 12 3.9 3.8 7.5
1987 30 MON NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 1 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 1.0
1988 31 MIN AL 24 23 7 7 9 2 3 12 11 .522 2 7 0 0 12 52% 45 72 23 8 4 0 14 5.6 4.6 5.4 89 6 10 7 0 109
7 Seasons 152 144 61 48 35 11 22 82 62 .569 7 22 22 8 86 60% 53 91 3 95 27 5 68 4.5 4.2 6.3 89 6 10 7 0 109
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1980 23 MON NL 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 1.108 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1981 24 MON NL 16 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 0.840 1 0 4 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 3 0 4.2
1988 31 MIN AL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.922 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14.0 70
3 Seasons 61 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 0.970 3 0 5 2 2 4 3 5 5 2 5 0 5.4 70

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1980 23 MON NL 458 50% 1.1% 12.2% 12.0% 7.0% 31% 1.20 73% 87 5 6%
1981 24 MON NL 267 50% 1.5% 11.6% 9.7% 7.5% 32% 1.14 76% 45 8 18%
1982 25 MON NL 722 51% 2.2% 15.9% 7.8% 5.8% 29% 0.84 73% 108 10 9%
1983 26 MON NL 917 52% 1.6% 14.9% 9.2% 6.2% 29% 0.81 74% 154 11 7%
1984 27 MON NL 918 48% 2.1% 13.4% 7.4% 6.5% 30% 0.76 76% 151 15 10%
1987 30 MON NL 9 56% 11.1% 11.1% 22.2% 22.2% 50% 0.00 56% 2 0 0%
1988 31 MIN AL 585 52% 3.3% 12.3% 8.6% 9.4% 35% 0.50 0.65 74% 23% 9.3% 29% 101 12 12%
7 Seasons 3876 51% 2.0% 13.8% 8.8% 6.9% 31% 0.50 0.83 74% 23% 9.3% 29% 648 61 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 31 MIN AL 585 2128 3.64 1314 62% 21% 13% 31% 35% 79% 0% 49% 83% 56% 6% 35 18 21% 122 63 13 28% 14 15 0 0 0
1 Season 585 2128 3.64 1314 62% 21% 13% 31% 35% 79% 0% 49% 83% 56% 6% 35 18 21% 122 63 13 28% 14 15 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1980 23 MON NL 458 103 5 0 13 2 3 1 4 21 14 1 67% 4 2 0 176 12 7 63% 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1981 24 MON NL 267 63 4 0 5 3 1 0 4 14 9 1 64% 0 4 1 89 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 9 0
1982 25 MON NL 722 145 16 0 3 9 7 5 11 20 11 3 55% 10 8 0 247 15 9 63% 14 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1983 26 MON NL 917 195 15 0 21 8 7 7 8 58 27 11 47% 7 8 2 304 24 13 65% 24 12 0 0 0 1 6 3 24 0
1984 27 MON NL 918 198 19 0 6 9 10 6 13 44 23 3 52% 9 6 2 332 22 11 67% 21 10 1 1 0 0 2 0 23 0
1987 30 MON NL 9 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1988 31 MIN AL 585 156 9 3 19 0 6 6 13 11 8 33 20 1 61% 4 6 2 228 20 2 91% 17 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 24 0
7 Seasons 3876 864 9 3 79 0 54 37 42 31 48 190 106 20 56% 34 36 7 1381 98 46 68% 92 44 6 1 0 1 13 5 100 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1980 23 7 5 .583 3.72 21 19 1 0 0 0 104.0 103 51 43 5 55 4 56 2 0 2 458 96 1.519 8.9 0.4 4.8 4.8 1.02 96
1981 24 12 9 .571 4.06 37 30 3 2 2 0 168.1 166 85 76 9 81 4 87 3 0 6 725 87 1.467 8.9 0.5 4.3 4.7 1.07 87
1982 25 24 19 .558 3.64 64 57 3 6 4 0 346.0 311 155 140 25 137 10 202 3 1 14 1447 99 1.295 8.1 0.7 3.6 5.3 1.47 99
1983 26 40 30 .571 3.44 97 90 3 14 8 0 568.0 506 242 217 40 221 14 339 4 4 22 2364 105 1.280 8.0 0.6 3.5 5.4 1.53 105
1984 27 55 40 .579 3.28 127 120 3 22 8 0 792.1 704 324 289 59 289 17 462 7 4 28 3282 108 1.253 8.0 0.7 3.3 5.2 1.60 108
1985 28 55 40 .579 3.28 127 120 3 22 8 0 792.1 704 324 289 59 289 17 462 7 4 28 3282 108 1.253 8.0 0.7 3.3 5.2 1.60 108
1986 29 55 40 .579 3.28 127 120 3 22 8 0 792.1 704 324 289 59 289 17 462 7 4 28 3282 108 1.253 8.0 0.7 3.3 5.2 1.60 108
1987 30 55 41 .573 3.32 128 121 3 22 8 0 793.1 708 328 293 60 291 17 463 7 4 30 3291 107 1.259 8.0 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.59 107
1988 31 62 48 .564 3.54 152 144 3 22 8 0 923.1 864 407 363 79 341 19 535 12 8 36 3876 102 1.305 8.4 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.57 102

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1980 23 4 6 .400 4.45 97.0 108 53 48 5 58 52 2 1.711 10.0 5.4 4.8 0.90 0.5 21
1981 24 3 6 .333 5.79 87.0 99 62 56 6 41 42 2 1.609 10.2 4.2 4.3 1.02 0.6 16
1982 25 10 9 .526 3.63 171.0 151 77 69 17 58 111 0 1.222 7.9 3.1 5.8 1.91 0.9 27
1983 26 13 10 .565 3.62 209.0 203 93 84 16 87 129 1 1.388 8.7 3.7 5.6 1.48 0.7 33
1984 27 13 10 .565 3.45 211.0 211 90 81 20 72 116 3 1.341 9.0 3.1 4.9 1.61 0.9 30
1987 30 0 0 36.00 1.0 4 4 4 1 2 1 0 6.000 36.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 9.0 1
1988 31 5 8 .385 5.46 122.0 161 82 74 20 52 68 5 1.746 11.9 3.8 5.0 1.31 1.5 24
7 Seasons 48 49 .495 4.17 898.0 937 461 416 85 370 519 13 1.455 9.4 5.2 1.40 0.9 152

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1984 (P)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1984 NL  2.889 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1983 NL  16 (5th)
1984 NL  15 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 NL  .593 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1982 NL  1.131 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 NL  7.345 (3rd)
1983 NL  7.905 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1984 NL  224.3 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1983 NL  8 (7th)
1984 NL  8 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 NL  2 (10th)
1982 NL  2 (9th)
1983 NL  4 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1984 NL  19 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 NL  8 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1983 NL  115 (10th)
1984 NL  119 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 29 (803), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Elmer Riddle (951)
  8. Dave Rozema (949)
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  4. Pat Zachry (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Steve Blass (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Virgil Trucks (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Sanford (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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