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Bill Lee

William Francis Lee (Spaceman)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 28, 1946 in Burbank, CA
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1969
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Expos 1969-1982

Final Game: May 7, 1982
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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
1969 22 BOS AL 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1970 23 BOS AL 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 24 BOS AL 47 27 23 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .217 .250 .217 .467 30 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1972 25 BOS AL 47 16 16 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 .188 .188 .500 .688 95 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 26 BOS AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1974 27 BOS AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 28 BOS AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-23
1976 29 BOS AL 26 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 30 BOS AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 31 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 32 MON NL 33 81 74 5 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 21 .216 .216 .243 .459 26 18 0 0 7 0 0 1
1980 33 MON NL 25 41 41 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .220 .220 .244 .463 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 34 MON NL 31 22 22 1 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .364 .364 .500 .864 143 11 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 35 MON NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Seasons 419 208 197 12 41 3 1 2 10 0 0 1 63 .208 .212 .264 .476 31 52 1 0 10 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 80 76 5 16 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 24 .208 .212 .264 .476 31 20 0 0 4 0 0
BOS (10 yrs) 323 64 60 4 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 26 .133 .148 .217 .364 -0 13 1 0 3 0 0
MON (4 yrs) 96 144 137 8 33 3 0 1 8 0 0 0 37 .241 .241 .285 .526 45 39 0 0 7 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 323 64 60 4 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 26 .133 .148 .217 .364 -0 13 1 0 3 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 96 144 137 8 33 3 0 1 8 0 0 0 37 .241 .241 .285 .526 45 39 0 0 7 0 0

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
1969 22 BOS AL 10 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1970 23 BOS AL 11 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1971 24 BOS AL 27 -2 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1972 25 BOS AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1979 32 MON NL 81 -7 -1 0 1 0 7 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1980 33 MON NL 41 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1981 34 MON NL 22 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
7 Seasons 208 -18 -2 0 1 0 17 6 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $
BOS (4 yrs) 64 -8 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $
MON (3 yrs) 144 -10 -1 0 1 0 12 4 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $

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
1969 22 BOS AL 10 11 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .262 .000 .340 .000 .396 .000 .736 -100 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1970 23 BOS AL 11 11 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .267 .000 .343 .000 .407 .000 .750 -100 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1971 24 BOS AL 27 21 2 2.6 99 .333 .217 .264 .250 .337 .217 .392 .467 .729 30 .304 -2.3 -0.2 .333 .043 .000
1972 25 BOS AL 16 13 2 4.1 88 .250 .188 .253 .188 .323 .500 .365 .688 .688 95 .560 -0.4 -0.1 .615 .313 .313 .0
1979 32 MON NL 81 65 4 1.7 99 .302 .216 .268 .216 .333 .243 .397 .459 .730 26 .143 -7.8 -0.8 .310 .027 .027
1980 33 MON NL 41 32 2 1.7 95 .310 .220 .267 .220 .329 .244 .387 .463 .716 30 .157 -4.0 -0.4 .313 .024 .024
1981 34 MON NL 22 14 4 7.7 93 .412 .364 .264 .364 .329 .500 .378 .864 .707 143 .760 1.0 0.1 .786 .136 .136 .0
14 Seasons 208 167 14 2.3 97 .295 .208 .265 .212 .332 .264 .390 .476 .723 31 .242 -19.4 -2.0 .338 .061 .056 .0
162 Game Avg. 80 65 5 2.3 97 .295 .208 .265 .212 .332 .264 .390 .476 .723 31 .242 -19.4 -2.0 .338 .061 .056
BOS (10 yrs) 64 56 4 1.9 97 .212 .133 .261 .148 .335 .217 .388 .364 .723 -0 .207 -8.6 -0.9 .264 .100 .083 .0
MON (4 yrs) 144 111 10 2.4 97 .323 .241 .267 .241 .331 .285 .391 .526 .723 45 .259 -10.8 -1.1 .375 .044 .044 .0
AL (10 yrs) 64 56 4 1.9 97 .212 .133 .261 .148 .335 .217 .388 .364 .723 -0 .207 -8.6 -0.9 .264 .100 .083 .0
NL (4 yrs) 144 111 10 2.4 97 .323 .241 .267 .241 .331 .285 .391 .526 .723 45 .259 -10.8 -1.1 .375 .044 .044 .0

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
1975 28 BOS AL WS CIN L 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 34 MON NL NLDS PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 34 MON NL NLCS LAD L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 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
1973 BOS AL 26 DNP

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
1969 22 BOS AL 10 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 1.00 40%
1970 23 BOS AL 11 0.0% 45.5% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2 1.00 55%
1971 24 BOS AL 27 0.0% 29.6% 3.7% 0.0% 0% 8.00 2.9 23.0 5.50 56%
1972 25 BOS AL 16 6.3% 43.8% 0.0% 12.5% 67% 2.3 16.0 16.0 6.00 50%
1979 32 MON NL 81 0.0% 25.9% 0.0% 2.5% 13% 3.5 12.3 2.14 65%
1980 33 MON NL 41 0.0% 29.3% 0.0% 2.4% 11% 3.4 2.33 71%
1981 34 MON NL 22 4.6% 18.2% 0.0% 4.6% 13% 5.5 22.0 11.0 2.33 77%
14 Seasons 208 1.0% 30.3% 0.5% 2.9% 15% 63.00 3.1 98.5 19.7 2.31 63%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.5% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.56 6.6 45.4 8.7 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1969 22 BOS AL -2.8 -0.3 10 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .91 -0.3 -0.0 -3.3 -0.3 0.93 -3.2 0
1970 23 BOS AL -3.1 -0.3 11 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.07 -0.3 0.0 -3.3 -0.3 1.05 -3.0 0
1971 24 BOS AL -2.3 -0.2 27 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .80 -0.2 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.86 -2.2 0
1972 25 BOS AL -0.4 -0.1 16 0.0 0.3 -0.2 .71 -0.1 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.90 -0.9 0
1973 26 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1974 27 BOS AL 0.0
1975 28 BOS AL 0.0
1976 29 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 30 BOS AL 0.0
1978 31 BOS AL 0.0
1979 32 MON NL -7.8 -0.8 81 -0.2 1.1 -1.2 .89 -0.7 0.5 -5.2 -0.5 0.96 -6.9 0
1980 33 MON NL -4.0 -0.4 41 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .83 -0.5 0.2 -3.5 -0.4 0.84 -4.7 0.00 1
1981 34 MON NL 1.0 0.1 22 0.0 0.4 -0.4 1.03 0.0 -0.0 0.4 0.0 0.78 0.2 0
1982 35 MON NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Seasons -19.4 -2.0 208 -1.1 2.3 -3.5 .88 -2.0 0.7 -17.3 -1.8 0.90 -20.7 0.00 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 22 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 23 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 BOS AL 0 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 BOS AL 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 32 MON NL 1 0 31% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
1980 33 MON NL 0 0 22% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1981 34 MON NL 0 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 1 0 25% 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 14% 10 9 1 3 0 1 1 1 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1969 22 BOS AL 10 80% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1970 23 BOS AL 11 45% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 BOS AL 27 89% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 5 0 0% 5 3 60% 12 2 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 BOS AL 16 69% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 10 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1979 32 MON NL 81 85% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 17 0 0% 17 6 35% 45 6 13% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 0
1980 33 MON NL 41 88% 9 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 17 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1981 34 MON NL 22 95% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 9 1 11% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
14 Seasons 208 84% 41 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 15 10 67% 33 1 3% 32 10 31% 109 9 8% 9 2 22% 6 2 33% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%

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
1969 22 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
1970 23 31 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
1971 24 78 48 44 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .114 .133 .114 .247 -32 5 1 0 3 0 0
1972 25 125 64 60 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 26 .133 .148 .217 .364 -0 13 1 0 3 0 0
1973 26 163 64 60 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 26 .133 .148 .217 .364 -0 13 1 0 3 0 0
1974 27 201 64 60 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 26 .133 .148 .217 .364 -0 13 1 0 3 0 0
1975 28 242 64 60 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 26 .133 .148 .217 .364 -0 13 1 0 3 0 0
1976 29 268 64 60 4 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 26 .133 .148 .217 .364 -0 13 1 0 3 0 0
1977 30 295 64 60 4 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 26 .133 .148 .217 .364 -0 13 1 0 3 0 0
1978 31 323 64 60 4 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 26 .133 .148 .217 .364 -0 13 1 0 3 0 0
1979 32 356 145 134 9 24 2 1 1 8 0 0 1 47 .179 .185 .231 .417 14 31 1 0 10 0 0
1980 33 381 186 175 11 33 3 1 1 8 0 0 1 59 .189 .193 .234 .427 18 41 1 0 10 0 0
1981 34 412 208 197 12 41 3 1 2 10 0 0 1 63 .208 .212 .264 .476 31 52 1 0 10 0 0
1982 35 419 208 197 12 41 3 1 2 10 0 0 1 63 .208 .212 .264 .476 31 52 1 0 10 0 0

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
1969 22 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 20
1970 23 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1971 24 47 23 22 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 .182 .217 .182 .399 1 47
1972 25 49 18 18 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 .222 .222 .500 .722 2 47
1979 32 33 74 74 5 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 21 .216 .216 .243 .459 4 33
1980 33 25 41 41 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 .220 .220 .244 .463 2 25
1981 34 47 33 33 2 12 0 0 2 3 0 0 6 .364 .364 .545 .909 6 31
7 Seasons 232 210 209 13 45 3 1 3 11 0 1 65 .215 .219 .282 .501 15 214
162 Game Avg. 162 147 146 9 31 2 1 2 8 0 1 45 .215 .219 .282 .501 10 214

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1988 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1973

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 AL (23, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

              

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