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Bill Lee
William Crutcher Lee (Big Bill)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 21, 1909 in Plaquemine, LA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1934
Final Game: June 29, 1947
Died: June 15, 1977 in Plaquemine, LA
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Standard Batting

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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
1934	24	CHC	NL	40	83	76	6	10	3	0	0	7	0		4	11	.132	.175	.171	.346	-6	13	3	0	3			1
1935	25	CHC	NL	39	107	102	8	24	3	0	0	11	0		2	15	.235	.250	.265	.515	38	27	2	0	3			1	MVP-24
1936	26	CHC	NL	43	99	87	5	12	0	1	1	3	0		2	14	.138	.167	.195	.362	-4	17	0	1	9			1
1937	27	CHC	NL	42	102	87	4	15	2	0	1	4	0		3	23	.172	.200	.230	.430	15	20	1	0	12			1
1938	28	CHC	NL	44	112	101	10	20	3	1	0	13	1		4	20	.198	.229	.248	.476	29	25	3	0	7			1	AS,MVP-2
1939	29	CHC	NL	37	115	103	3	13	0	0	1	3	0		4	16	.126	.159	.155	.314	-16	16	1	0	8			1	AS,MVP-19
1940	30	CHC	NL	37	81	76	4	10	2	0	0	3	0		2	20	.132	.165	.158	.322	-10	12	0	1	2			1
1941	31	CHC	NL	28	69	59	8	11	0	0	2	5	0		1	9	.186	.200	.288	.488	39	17	2	0	9			1
1942	32	CHC	NL	32	81	69	2	11	2	0	0	7	0		7	13	.159	.237	.188	.425	27	13	5	0	5			1
1943	33	TOT	NL	26	47	43	3	8	0	0	0	1	0		2	9	.186	.222	.186	.408	20	8	0	0	2			1
1943	33	CHC	NL	13	30	26	3	7	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.269	.321	.269	.591	72	7	0	0	2			1
1943	33	PHI	NL	13	17	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.059	.059	.059	.118	-65	1	0	0	0			1
1944	34	PHI	NL	31	79	72	5	14	0	0	0	4	0		4	12	.194	.237	.194	.431	24	14	2	0	3			1
1945	35	TOT	NL	29	68	55	1	8	0	0	0	3	0		5	10	.145	.217	.145	.362	2	8	1	0	8			1
1945	35	PHI	NL	13	28	24	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.167	.200	.167	.367	4	4	1	0	3			1
1945	35	BSN	NL	16	40	31	0	4	0	0	0	2	0		4	5	.129	.229	.129	.358	1	4	0	0	5			1
1946	36	BSN	NL	25	52	47	0	8	0	0	0	7	0		2	5	.170	.204	.170	.374	6	8	0	0	3			1
1947	37	CHC	NL	14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	81	1	0	0	0			1
14 Seasons				467	1098	980	59	165	15	2	5	71	1		42	177	.168	.204	.203	.407	12	199	20	2	74
162 Game Avg.				162	381	340	20	57	5	1	2	25	0		15	61	.168	.204	.203	.407	12	69	7	1	26
				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
CHC (11 yrs)				369	882	789	53	134	15	2	5	57	1		31	145	.170	.203	.213	.416	14	168	17	2	60
PHI (3 yrs)				57	124	113	6	19	0	0	0	5	0		5	22	.168	.203	.168	.372	7	19	3	0	6
BSN (2 yrs)				41	92	78	0	12	0	0	0	9	0		6	10	.154	.214	.154	.368	4	12	0	0	8

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1934	24	CHC	NL	83	72	2	0.7	103	.154	.132	.285	.175	.340	.171	.405	.346	.744	-6	.032	-11.4	-1.1	.246	.092	.039
1935	25	CHC	NL	107	83	7	2.2	104	.276	.235	.287	.250	.342	.265	.409	.515	.751	38	.208	-9.1	-0.9	.363	.049	.029
1936	26	CHC	NL	99	84	3	1.0	105	.153	.138	.288	.167	.348	.195	.403	.362	.751	-4	.052	-13.4	-1.3	.267	.080	.057	.0
1937	27	CHC	NL	102	85	4	1.2	105	.222	.172	.285	.200	.347	.230	.404	.430	.751	15	.088	-10.9	-1.1	.315	.092	.057	.0
1938	28	CHC	NL	112	91	6	1.8	101	.247	.198	.278	.229	.343	.248	.396	.476	.739	29	.159	-10.2	-1.0	.357	.099	.050	.0
1939	29	CHC	NL	115	99	3	0.8	105	.140	.126	.283	.159	.349	.155	.404	.314	.753	-16	.041	-17.5	-1.8	.220	.068	.029	.0
1940	30	CHC	NL	81	68	2	0.8	96	.179	.132	.269	.165	.334	.158	.388	.322	.721	-10	.042	-11.4	-1.2	.227	.053	.026
1941	31	CHC	NL	69	59	3	1.4	91	.188	.186	.261	.200	.331	.288	.368	.488	.699	39	.115	-5.2	-0.5	.360	.119	.102	.0
1942	32	CHC	NL	81	68	3	1.2	84	.196	.159	.251	.237	.322	.188	.349	.425	.672	27	.106	-6.1	-0.7	.317	.130	.029
1943	33	TOT	NL	47	37	2	1.5	88	.235	.186	.262	.222	.330	.186	.356	.408	.686	20	.139	-4.5	-0.5	.286	.047	.000
1943	33	CHC	NL	30	21	2	2.6	89	.318	.269	.264	.321	.332	.269	.358	.591	.690	72	.313	-0.9	-0.1	.474	.077	.000
1943	33	PHI	NL	17	16	0	0.0	86	.083	.059	.260	.059	.328	.059	.353	.118	.681	-65	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.063	.000	.000
1944	34	PHI	NL	79	63	3	1.3	92	.233	.194	.264	.237	.331	.194	.371	.431	.703	24	.102	-7.3	-0.8	.300	.056	.000
1945	35	TOT	NL	68	56	2	1.0	96	.178	.145	.272	.217	.341	.145	.375	.362	.716	2	.061	-7.3	-0.8	.271	.091	.000
1945	35	PHI	NL	28	24	1	1.1	94	.211	.167	.270	.200	.339	.167	.372	.367	.711	4	.079	-3.1	-0.3	.238	.042	.000
1945	35	BSN	NL	40	32	1	0.8	97	.154	.129	.273	.229	.343	.129	.377	.358	.720	1	.048	-4.2	-0.4	.296	.129	.000
1946	36	BSN	NL	52	42	2	1.3	93	.190	.170	.264	.204	.339	.170	.369	.374	.708	6	.107	-6.0	-0.6	.256	.043	.000
1947	37	CHC	NL	3	2	0	0.0	102	.333	.333	.269	.333	.344	.333	.399	.667	.743	81	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
14 Seasons				1098	909	42	1.2	98	.201	.168	.275	.204	.339	.203	.388	.407	.728	12	.090	-120.5	-12.3	.292	.079	.035	1.7
162 Game Avg.				381	315	15	1.2	98	.201	.168	.275	.204	.339	.203	.388	.407	.728	12	.090	-120.5	-12.3	.292	.079	.035	1
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CHC (11 yrs)				882	732	35	1.3	100	.202	.170	.277	.203	.340	.213	.393	.416	.733	14	.093	-96.3	-9.8	.301	.084	.043	1.7
PHI (3 yrs)				124	103	4	1.0	91	.209	.168	.265	.203	.332	.168	.369	.372	.701	7	.073	-14.0	-1.5	.247	.044	.000
BSN (2 yrs)				92	74	3	1.1	95	.176	.154	.267	.214	.341	.154	.372	.368	.713	4	.079	-10.2	-1.1	.273	.077	.000

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1935	25	CHC	NL	WS	DET	L	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0
1938	28	CHC	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							4	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0
2 WS							4	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1938	CHC	NL	28		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939	CHC	NL	29		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances)					1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1934	24	40	83	76	6	10	3	0	0	7	0		4	11	.132	.175	.171	.346	-6	13	3	0	3
1935	25	79	190	178	14	34	6	0	0	18	0		6	26	.191	.217	.225	.442	19	40	5	0	6
1936	26	122	289	265	19	46	6	1	1	21	0		8	40	.174	.201	.215	.416	11	57	5	1	15
1937	27	164	391	352	23	61	8	1	2	25	0		11	63	.173	.201	.219	.419	12	77	6	1	27
1938	28	208	503	453	33	81	11	2	2	38	1		15	83	.179	.207	.225	.432	16	102	9	1	34
1939	29	245	618	556	36	94	11	2	3	41	1		19	99	.169	.198	.212	.410	10	118	10	1	42
1940	30	282	699	632	40	104	13	2	3	44	1		21	119	.165	.194	.206	.400	8	130	10	2	44
1941	31	310	768	691	48	115	13	2	5	49	1		22	128	.166	.194	.213	.407	10	147	12	2	53
1942	32	342	849	760	50	126	15	2	5	56	1		29	141	.166	.198	.211	.409	12	160	17	2	58
1943	33	368	896	803	53	134	15	2	5	57	1		31	150	.167	.200	.209	.409	12	168	17	2	60
1944	34	399	975	875	58	148	15	2	5	61	1		35	162	.169	.203	.208	.411	13	182	19	2	63
1945	35	428	1043	930	59	156	15	2	5	64	1		40	172	.168	.204	.204	.408	13	190	20	2	71
1946	36	453	1095	977	59	164	15	2	5	71	1		42	177	.168	.204	.203	.406	12	198	20	2	74
1947	37	467	1098	980	59	165	15	2	5	71	1		42	177	.168	.204	.203	.407	12	199	20	2	74

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1934	24	43	84	80	6	10	3	0	0	7	0	4	12	.125	.167	.163	.329	2	40
1935	25	41	108	106	7	24	3	0	0	10	0	2	16	.226	.241	.255	.495	6	39
1936	26	45	92	89	4	11	0	1	1	2	0	2	15	.124	.152	.180	.332	2	43
1937	27	44	95	92	4	16	2	0	1	4	0	3	24	.174	.200	.228	.428	4	42
1938	28	47	112	108	11	22	3	1	0	14	1	4	21	.204	.232	.250	.482	6	44
1939	29	39	111	107	2	12	0	0	1	2	0	4	17	.112	.144	.140	.284	2	37
1940	30	39	83	80	5	11	2	0	0	3	0	2	21	.138	.169	.163	.331	2	37
1941	31	29	64	63	10	13	0	0	2	6	0	1	9	.206	.219	.302	.520	4	28
1942	32	34	84	75	3	14	3	0	0	10	0	9	14	.187	.274	.227	.500	4	32
1943	33	27	51	48	4	11	0	0	0	1	0	3	9	.229	.275	.229	.504	3	26
1944	34	32	81	76	6	16	0	0	0	5	0	5	12	.211	.259	.211	.470	4	31
1945	35	30	64	58	1	9	0	0	0	4	0	6	10	.155	.234	.155	.390	2	29
1946	36	26	52	50	0	9	0	0	0	9	0	2	5	.180	.212	.180	.392	2	25
1947	37	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
14 Seasons		491	1084	1035	63	178	16	2	5	77	1	47	185	.172	.209	.206	.415	43	467
162 Game Avg.		162	358	341	21	59	5	1	2	25	0	16	61	.172	.209	.206	.415	14	467

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1938 * 1939 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1935 NL (24, 1%) 1938 NL (2, 49%) 1939 NL (19, 2%) 0.52 Career Shares (417th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1937 NL  12 (6th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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