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Bill Lee

William Crutcher Lee (Big Bill)

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

Born: October 21, 1909 in Plaquemine, LA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1934
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Phillies/Braves 1934-1947

Final Game: June 29, 1947
Died: June 15, 1977 in Plaquemine, LA
Buried: Protestant Cemetery, Plaquemine, LA
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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 -7 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 73 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 80 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1934 24 CHC NL 83 -12 0 0 0 0 7 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1935 25 CHC NL 107 -9 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1 MVP-24
1936 26 CHC NL 99 -13 0 0 0 0 8 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1937 27 CHC NL 102 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1938 28 CHC NL 112 -10 0 0 0 0 9 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-2
1939 29 CHC NL 115 -16 0 0 0 0 9 3 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1 AS,MVP-19
1940 30 CHC NL 81 -12 0 0 0 0 6 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $17,500 1
1941 31 CHC NL 69 -5 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1942 32 CHC NL 81 -6 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1943 33 CHC NL 30 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1943 33 PHI NL 17 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1944 34 PHI NL 79 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1945 35 PHI NL 28 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1945 35 BSN NL 40 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1946 36 BSN NL 52 -6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1947 37 CHC NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
14 Seasons 1098 -118 0 0 0 0 76 32 -10 -1.5 -10 -1.0 -0.5 $17,500
CHC (11 yrs) 882 -95 0 0 0 0 64 25 -6 -0.9 -6 -0.6 -0.3 $17,500
PHI (3 yrs) 124 -13 0 0 0 0 7 4 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $
BSN (2 yrs) 92 -10 0 0 0 0 5 3 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $

Advanced Batting

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 .286 .175 .341 .171 .406 .346 .747 -7 .032 -11.5 -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 1.0 106 .153 .138 .290 .167 .349 .195 .405 .362 .754 -4 .052 -13.5 -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 97 .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 .323 .188 .349 .425 .672 27 .106 -6.2 -0.7 .317 .130 .029
1943 33 TOT NL 47 37 2 1.5 87 .235 .186 .261 .222 .329 .186 .354 .408 .683 20 .139 -4.5 -0.5 .286 .047 .000
1943 33 CHC NL 30 21 2 2.6 88 .318 .269 .262 .321 .331 .269 .356 .591 .687 73 .313 -0.9 -0.1 .474 .077 .000
1943 33 PHI NL 17 16 0 0.0 85 .083 .059 .259 .059 .326 .059 .351 .118 .678 -65 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .063 .000 .000
1944 34 PHI NL 79 63 3 1.3 91 .233 .194 .263 .237 .330 .194 .370 .431 .700 24 .102 -7.2 -0.8 .300 .056 .000
1945 35 TOT NL 68 56 2 1.0 95 .178 .145 .271 .217 .341 .145 .374 .362 .715 2 .061 -7.3 -0.8 .271 .091 .000
1945 35 PHI NL 28 24 1 1.1 93 .211 .167 .268 .200 .338 .167 .370 .367 .708 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 94 .190 .170 .264 .204 .339 .170 .369 .374 .709 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 80 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
14 Seasons 1098 909 42 1.2 98 .201 .168 .275 .204 .339 .203 .389 .407 .728 12 .090 -120.6 -12.4 .292 .079 .035 1.7
162 Game Avg. 381 315 15 1.2 98 .201 .168 .275 .204 .339 .203 .389 .407 .728 12 .090 -120.6 -12.4 .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 .278 .203 .340 .213 .393 .416 .734 14 .093 -96.5 -9.8 .301 .084 .043 1.7
PHI (3 yrs) 124 103 4 1.0 91 .209 .168 .264 .203 .331 .168 .367 .372 .698 7 .073 -13.9 -1.5 .247 .044 .000
BSN (2 yrs) 92 74 3 1.1 95 .176 .154 .268 .214 .341 .154 .372 .368 .713 4 .079 -10.2 -1.1 .273 .077 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

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

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1934 24 CHC NL 83 0.0% 13.3% 4.8% 3.6% 30% 2.75 6.9 10.9 78%
1935 25 CHC NL 107 0.0% 14.0% 1.9% 2.8% 13% 7.50 6.8 9.3 81%
1936 26 CHC NL 99 1.0% 14.1% 2.0% 2.0% 17% 7.00 6.2 87.0 29.0 73%
1937 27 CHC NL 102 1.0% 22.6% 2.9% 2.9% 20% 7.67 3.8 87.0 21.8 62%
1938 28 CHC NL 112 0.0% 17.9% 3.6% 3.6% 20% 5.00 5.1 7.8 72%
1939 29 CHC NL 115 0.9% 13.9% 3.5% 0.9% 8% 4.00 6.4 103.0 34.3 75%
1940 30 CHC NL 81 0.0% 24.7% 2.5% 2.5% 20% 10.00 3.8 25.3 69%
1941 31 CHC NL 69 2.9% 13.0% 1.5% 2.9% 18% 9.00 6.6 29.5 11.8 70%
1942 32 CHC NL 81 0.0% 16.1% 8.6% 2.5% 18% 1.86 5.3 9.9 69%
1943 33 TOT NL 47 0.0% 19.2% 4.3% 0.0% 0% 4.50 4.8 43.0 72%
1943 33 CHC NL 30 0.0% 13.3% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 6.5 26.0 73%
1943 33 PHI NL 17 0.0% 29.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.4 71%
1944 34 PHI NL 79 0.0% 15.2% 5.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 6.0 18.0 76%
1945 35 TOT NL 68 0.0% 14.7% 7.4% 0.0% 0% 2.00 5.5 18.3 66%
1945 35 PHI NL 28 0.0% 17.9% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 5.00 4.8 24.0 68%
1945 35 BSN NL 40 0.0% 12.5% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 1.25 6.2 15.5 65%
1946 36 BSN NL 52 0.0% 9.6% 3.9% 0.0% 0% 2.50 9.4 6.7 81%
1947 37 CHC NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
14 Seasons 1098 0.5% 16.1% 3.8% 2.0% 13% 4.21 5.5 196.0 13.8 73%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.0% 8.8% 6.3% 27% 1.02 9.9 66.1 8.2 79%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Cumulative Batting

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 -7 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 12 190 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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 (432nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1938 NL  7.3 (3rd)

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

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