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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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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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1980 23 MON NL 21 39 37 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 11 .081 .103 .135 .238 -34 5 1 0 0 1 0 1
1981 24 MON NL 16 20 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .133 .188 .133 .321 -8 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
1982 25 MON NL 27 71 65 0 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 22 .123 .186 .138 .324 -8 9 4 0 1 0 0 1
1983 26 MON NL 33 84 70 6 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 29 .114 .139 .129 .267 -25 9 3 0 12 0 0 1
1984 27 MON NL 30 85 72 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 .111 .123 .111 .234 -32 8 2 0 12 0 0 1 AS
1987 30 MON NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Seasons 128 299 259 11 29 2 1 0 6 0 0 10 93 .112 .144 .127 .272 -23 33 10 0 29 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 378 328 14 37 3 1 0 8 0 0 13 118 .112 .144 .127 .272 -23 42 13 0 37 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 MON NL 23 P 21 19 104.0 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.67 .950 1.91 0.69
1981 MON NL 24 P 16 11 64.1 13 5 8 0 2 1.000 1.82 0.81 .954 1.97 0.68
1982 MON NL 25 P 27 27 177.2 29 6 22 1 1 .966 1.42 1.04 .952 1.96 0.70
1983 MON NL 26 P 33 33 222.0 48 19 27 2 0 .958 1.86 1.39 .952 1.92 0.68
1984 MON NL 27 P 30 30 224.1 53 19 33 1 1 .981 2.09 1.73 .953 1.88 0.67 AS
1987 MON NL 30 P 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.60
1988 MIN AL 31 P 24 23 130.0 24 12 12 0 1 1.000 1.66 1.00 .958 1.78 0.67
7 Seasons P 152 144 923.1 181 65 112 4 5 .978 1.73 1.16 .953 1.90 0.68
7 Seasons TOT 152 144 923.1 181 65 112 4 5 .978 1.73 1.16 .931 1.90 0.68

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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1983 NL  12 (4th)
1984 NL  12 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 15th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.

January 11, 1977: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

February 16, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

February 4, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Montreal Expos$650,000
1986Montreal Expos$850,000
1988Minnesota Twins$62,500
Career (may be incomplete)$1,562,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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