Bill Lee
William Crutcher Lee (Big Bill)
All-Star Player
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 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
1934 24 CHC NL 13 14 .481 3.40 35 29 4 16 4 1 214.1 218 91 81 9 74 104 2 1 9 910 115 1.362 9.2 0.4 3.1 4.4 1.41
1935 25 CHC NL 20 6 .769 2.96 39 32 5 18 3 1 252.0 241 106 83 11 84 100 5 0 7 1058 133 1.290 8.6 0.4 3.0 3.6 1.19 MVP-24
1936 26 CHC NL 18 11 .621 3.31 43 33 4 20 4 1 258.2 238 106 95 14 93 102 3 0 6 1081 120 1.280 8.3 0.5 3.2 3.5 1.10
1937 27 CHC NL 14 15 .483 3.54 42 33 5 17 2 3 272.1 289 122 107 14 73 108 0 0 2 1146 113 1.329 9.6 0.5 2.4 3.6 1.48
1938 28 CHC NL 22 9 .710 2.66 44 37 5 19 9 2 291.0 281 95 86 18 74 121 2 1 3 1194 144 1.220 8.7 0.6 2.3 3.7 1.64 AS,MVP-2
1939 29 CHC NL 19 15 .559 3.44 37 36 1 20 1 0 282.1 295 125 108 18 85 105 1 1 4 1202 115 1.346 9.4 0.6 2.7 3.3 1.24 AS,MVP-19
1940 30 CHC NL 9 17 .346 5.03 37 30 6 9 1 0 211.1 246 129 118 12 70 70 2 1 2 927 75 1.495 10.5 0.5 3.0 3.0 1.00
1941 31 CHC NL 8 14 .364 3.76 28 22 1 12 0 1 167.1 179 87 70 6 43 62 2 0 6 723 94 1.327 9.6 0.3 2.3 3.3 1.44
1942 32 CHC NL 13 13 .500 3.85 32 30 1 18 1 0 219.2 221 99 94 4 67 75 1 1 3 939 83 1.311 9.1 0.2 2.7 3.1 1.12
1943 33 TOT NL 4 12 .250 4.01 26 19 5 6 0 3 139.0 153 72 62 8 48 35 1 0 4 597 84 1.446 9.9 0.5 3.1 2.3 0.73
1943 33 CHC NL 3 7 .300 3.56 13 12 1 4 0 0 78.1 83 37 31 4 27 18 0 0 3 336 94 1.404 9.5 0.5 3.1 2.1 0.67
1943 33 PHI NL 1 5 .167 4.60 13 7 4 2 0 3 60.2 70 35 31 4 21 17 1 0 1 261 73 1.500 10.4 0.6 3.1 2.5 0.81
1944 34 PHI NL 10 11 .476 3.15 31 28 1 11 3 1 208.1 199 88 73 9 57 50 3 0 4 872 114 1.229 8.6 0.4 2.5 2.2 0.88
1945 35 TOT NL 9 9 .500 3.58 29 26 1 8 1 0 183.2 219 95 73 6 66 25 0 0 4 820 107 1.552 10.7 0.3 3.2 1.2 0.38
1945 35 PHI NL 3 6 .333 4.66 13 13 0 2 0 0 77.1 107 52 40 0 30 13 0 0 3 373 82 1.772 12.5 0.0 3.5 1.5 0.43
1945 35 BSN NL 6 3 .667 2.79 16 13 1 6 1 0 106.1 112 43 33 6 36 12 0 0 1 447 137 1.392 9.5 0.5 3.0 1.0 0.33
1946 36 BSN NL 10 9 .526 4.18 25 21 3 8 0 0 140.0 148 73 65 7 45 32 1 0 0 602 82 1.379 9.5 0.5 2.9 2.1 0.71
1947 37 CHC NL 0 2 .000 4.50 14 2 4 0 0 0 24.0 26 16 12 2 14 9 1 0 0 116 88 1.667 9.8 0.8 5.3 3.4 0.64
14 Seasons 169 157 .518 3.54 462 378 46 182 29 13 2864.0 2953 1304 1127 138 893 998 24 5 54 12187 106 1.343 9.3 0.4 2.8 3.1 1.12
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .518 3.54 37 31 4 15 2 1 232 239 106 91 11 72 81 2 0 4 987 106 1.343 9.3 0.4 2.8 3.1 1.12
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
CHC (11 yrs) 139 123 .531 3.51 364 296 37 153 25 9 2271.1 2317 1013 885 112 704 874 19 5 45 9632 108 1.330 9.2 0.4 2.8 3.5 1.24
PHI (3 yrs) 14 22 .389 3.74 57 48 5 15 3 4 346.1 376 175 144 13 108 80 4 0 8 1506 97 1.397 9.8 0.3 2.8 2.1 0.74
BSN (2 yrs) 16 12 .571 3.58 41 34 4 14 1 0 246.1 260 116 98 13 81 44 1 0 1 1049 101 1.384 9.5 0.5 3.0 1.6 0.54

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
1935 25 CHC NL WS L DET 0 0 4.35 2 1 1 0 0 1 10.1 11 5 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 45 1.548 9.6 0.0 4.4 4.4 1.00
1938 28 CHC NL WS L NYY 0 2 .000 2.45 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 15 6 3 0 1 0 8 1 0 0 48 1.455 12.3 0.0 0.8 6.5 8.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 2 .000 3.38 4 3 1 0 0 1 21.1 26 11 8 0 6 0 13 1 0 0 93 1.500 11.0 0.0 2.5 5.5 2.17
2 WS 0 2 .000 3.38 4 3 1 0 0 1 21.1 26 11 8 0 6 0 13 1 0 0 93 1.500 11.0 0.0 2.5 5.5 2.17

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
1938 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1939 CHC NL 29 0 0 1 .000 6.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 2 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 16 2.000 9.0 3.0 9.0 12.0 1.33
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 1 .000 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 2 1 4 1 6 0 0 0 27 1.333 6.0 1.5 6.0 9.0 1.50

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+
1934 24 13 14 .481 3.40 35 29 4 16 4 1 214.1 218 91 81 9 74 104 2 1 9 910 115 1.362 9.2 0.4 3.1 4.4 1.41 115
1935 25 33 20 .623 3.17 74 61 9 34 7 2 466.1 459 197 164 20 158 204 7 1 16 1968 124 1.323 8.9 0.4 3.0 3.9 1.29 124
1936 26 51 31 .622 3.22 117 94 13 54 11 3 725.0 697 303 259 34 251 306 10 1 22 3049 123 1.308 8.7 0.4 3.1 3.8 1.22 123
1937 27 65 46 .586 3.30 159 127 18 71 13 6 997.1 986 425 366 48 324 414 10 1 24 4195 120 1.314 8.9 0.4 2.9 3.7 1.28 120
1938 28 87 55 .613 3.16 203 164 23 90 22 8 1288.1 1267 520 452 66 398 535 12 2 27 5389 124 1.292 8.9 0.5 2.8 3.7 1.34 124
1939 29 106 70 .602 3.21 240 200 24 110 23 8 1570.2 1562 645 560 84 483 640 13 3 31 6591 122 1.302 9.0 0.5 2.8 3.7 1.33 122
1940 30 115 87 .569 3.42 277 230 30 119 24 8 1782.0 1808 774 678 96 553 710 15 4 33 7518 114 1.325 9.1 0.5 2.8 3.6 1.28 114
1941 31 123 101 .549 3.45 305 252 31 131 24 9 1949.1 1987 861 748 102 596 772 17 4 39 8241 112 1.325 9.2 0.5 2.8 3.6 1.30 112
1942 32 136 114 .544 3.49 337 282 32 149 25 9 2169.0 2208 960 842 106 663 847 18 5 42 9180 109 1.324 9.2 0.4 2.8 3.5 1.28 109
1943 33 140 126 .526 3.53 363 301 37 155 25 12 2308.0 2361 1032 904 114 711 882 19 5 46 9777 107 1.331 9.2 0.4 2.8 3.4 1.24 107
1944 34 150 137 .523 3.49 394 329 38 166 28 13 2516.1 2560 1120 977 123 768 932 22 5 50 10649 108 1.323 9.2 0.4 2.7 3.3 1.21 108
1945 35 159 146 .521 3.50 423 355 39 174 29 13 2700.0 2779 1215 1050 129 834 957 22 5 54 11469 108 1.338 9.3 0.4 2.8 3.2 1.15 108
1946 36 169 155 .522 3.53 448 376 42 182 29 13 2840.0 2927 1288 1115 136 879 989 23 5 54 12071 106 1.340 9.3 0.4 2.8 3.1 1.13 106
1947 37 169 157 .518 3.54 462 378 46 182 29 13 2864.0 2953 1304 1127 138 893 998 24 5 54 12187 106 1.343 9.3 0.4 2.8 3.1 1.12 106

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1934 24 14 10 .583 3.48 220.0 229 94 85 9 78 107 2 1.395 9.4 3.2 4.4 1.37 0.4 35
1935 25 18 10 .643 2.93 258.0 247 93 84 11 86 102 5 1.291 8.6 3.0 3.6 1.19 0.4 39
1936 26 18 11 .621 3.20 264.0 241 104 94 14 94 104 3 1.269 8.2 3.2 3.5 1.11 0.5 43
1937 27 17 13 .567 3.50 278.0 296 120 108 14 75 110 0 1.335 9.6 2.4 3.6 1.47 0.5 42
1938 28 22 10 .688 2.74 296.0 295 100 90 19 78 123 2 1.260 9.0 2.4 3.7 1.58 0.6 44
1939 29 18 14 .563 3.50 288.0 309 124 112 19 89 107 1 1.382 9.7 2.8 3.3 1.20 0.6 37
1940 30 8 15 .348 5.37 213.0 261 141 127 13 74 71 2 1.573 11.0 3.1 3.0 0.96 0.5 37
1941 31 9 9 .500 4.13 170.0 193 87 78 6 46 63 2 1.406 10.2 2.4 3.3 1.37 0.3 28
1942 32 10 14 .417 4.72 221.0 253 129 116 5 77 75 1 1.493 10.3 3.1 3.1 0.97 0.2 32
1943 33 6 8 .429 4.90 134.0 168 81 73 9 53 34 1 1.649 11.3 3.6 2.3 0.64 0.6 26
1944 34 13 10 .565 3.39 210.0 212 88 79 10 61 50 3 1.300 9.1 2.6 2.1 0.82 0.4 31
1945 35 11 9 .550 3.59 188.0 226 83 75 6 68 26 0 1.564 10.8 3.3 1.2 0.38 0.3 29
1946 36 6 9 .400 4.89 138.0 163 83 75 8 50 32 1 1.543 10.6 3.3 2.1 0.64 0.5 25
1947 37 1 1 .500 4.50 26.0 28 14 13 2 15 10 1 1.654 9.7 5.2 3.5 0.67 0.7 14
14 Seasons 171 143 .545 3.75 2904.0 3121 1341 1209 145 944 1014 24 1.400 9.7 3.1 1.07 0.4 462

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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1935 NL  2.964 (5th)
1936 NL  3.305 (6th)
1938 NL  2.660 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
1935 NL  20 (4th)
1936 NL  18 (4th)
1937 NL  14 (10th)
1938 NL  22 (1st)
1939 NL  19 (5th)
Career  169 (181st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1935 NL  .769 (1st)
1936 NL  .621 (6th)
1938 NL  .710 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1936 NL  1.280 (10th)
1938 NL  1.220 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 NL  9.154 (10th)
1935 NL  8.607 (6th)
1936 NL  8.281 (3rd)
1938 NL  8.691 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 NL  2.289 (10th)
1941 NL  2.313 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 NL  4.367 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 NL  43 (8th)
1938 NL  44 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1937 NL  3 (8th)
1943 NL  3 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1935 NL  252.0 (8th)
1936 NL  258.7 (7th)
1937 NL  272.3 (2nd)
1938 NL  291.0 (2nd)
1939 NL  282.3 (3rd)
Career  2864.0 (153rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1935 NL  100 (8th)
1936 NL  102 (10th)
1937 NL  108 (10th)
1938 NL  121 (4th)
1939 NL  105 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1935 NL  32 (6th)
1936 NL  33 (5th)
1937 NL  33 (5th)
1938 NL  37 (1st)
1939 NL  36 (1st)
Career  378 (146th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1934 NL  16 (9th)
1935 NL  18 (9th)
1936 NL  20 (5th)
1937 NL  17 (8th)
1938 NL  19 (4th)
1939 NL  20 (3rd)
1942 NL  18 (8th)
Career  182 (167th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1934 NL  4 (4th)
1935 NL  3 (6th)
1936 NL  4 (1st)
1937 NL  2 (10th)
1938 NL  9 (1st)
1944 NL  3 (8th)
Career  29 (124th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1936 NL  14 (10th)
1937 NL  14 (10th)
1938 NL  18 (4th)
1939 NL  18 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 NL  74 (8th)
1935 NL  84 (4th)
1936 NL  93 (4th)
1939 NL  85 (8th)
Career  893 (156th)

Hits s c a p y
1935 NL  241 (9th)
1937 NL  289 (3rd)
1938 NL  281 (3rd)
1939 NL  295 (2nd)
1940 NL  246 (5th)
1942 NL  221 (8th)
1945 NL  219 (10th)
Career  2953 (133rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1938 NL  1.635 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 NL  .378 (8th)
1935 NL  .393 (9th)
1941 NL  .323 (6th)
1942 NL  .164 (1st)
1945 NL  .294 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1934 NL  14 (8th)
1937 NL  15 (5th)
1939 NL  15 (5th)
1940 NL  17 (3rd)
1941 NL  14 (5th)
Career  157 (129th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1937 NL  107 (6th)
1939 NL  108 (6th)
1940 NL  118 (1st)
1942 NL  94 (2nd)
Career  1127 (155th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1934 NL  9 (2nd)
1935 NL  7 (5th)
1936 NL  6 (10th)
1941 NL  6 (6th)
1943 NL  4 (7th)
1945 NL  4 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1935 NL  1058 (7th)
1936 NL  1081 (8th)
1937 NL  1146 (2nd)
1938 NL  1194 (3rd)
1939 NL  1202 (3rd)
1942 NL  939 (10th)
Career  12187 (122nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1935 NL  133 (6th)
1936 NL  120 (8th)
1938 NL  144 (1st)
1939 NL  115 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 18 (112), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 121 (152), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 51 (252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Dizzy Trout (928)
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  9. Burt Hooton (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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