Cliff Lee
Clifton Phifer Lee
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 30, 1978 in Benton, AR
High School: Benton (Benton, AR)
School: University of Arkansas
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed July 6, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 2002
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Standard Fielding

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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
2002 CLE AL 23 P 2 2 10.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.61 1.50 .967 1.65 0.50
2003 CLE AL 24 P 9 9 52.1 7 1 5 1 0 .857 1.03 0.67 .957 1.74 0.49
2004 CLE AL 25 P 33 33 179.0 12 5 7 0 0 1.000 0.60 0.36 .942 1.66 0.45
2005 CLE AL 26 P 32 32 202.0 18 5 10 3 0 .833 0.67 0.47 .961 1.69 0.46 CYA-4
2006 CLE AL 27 P 33 33 200.2 21 3 17 1 0 .952 0.90 0.61 .957 1.56 0.41
2007 CLE AL 28 P 20 16 97.1 13 7 5 1 2 .923 1.11 0.60 .954 1.60 0.42
2008 CLE AL 29 P 31 31 223.1 31 16 14 1 2 .968 1.21 0.97 .952 1.60 0.42 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 TOT MLB 30 P 34 34 231.2 42 11 29 2 2 .952 1.55 1.18 .955 1.59 0.41
2009 CLE AL 30 P 22 22 152.0 26 8 17 1 1 .962 1.48 1.14 .954 1.53 0.40
2009 PHI NL 30 P 12 12 79.2 16 3 12 1 1 .938 1.69 1.25 .956 1.72 0.42
8 Seasons P 194 190 1196.2 147 49 89 9 6 .939 1.04 0.71 .954 1.62 0.43
8 Seasons TOT 194 190 1196.2 147 49 89 9 6 .939 1.04 0.71 .893 1.62 0.43

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2002 CLE AL 23 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CLE AL 24 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 CLE AL 25 33 1 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 CLE AL 26 32 3 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 CLE AL 27 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 CLE AL 28 20 2 2 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 CLE AL 29 31 2 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 CLE AL 30 22 22 3 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 PHI NL 30 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 194 44 25 194 194 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
2002 CLE AL 23 46 70% 22% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CLE AL 24 218 70% 25% 7 86% 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
2004 CLE AL 25 821 69% 22% 9 89% 0 5 1 3 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
2005 CLE AL 26 853 77% 26% 19 58% 0 5 1 4 10 9 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
2006 CLE AL 27 895 78% 26% 18 89% 0 3 0 3 18 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2007 CLE AL 28 452 76% 26% 10 80% 1 7 0 2 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
2008 CLE AL 29 901 77% 34% 24 71% 1 16 3 11 14 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 5 60%
2009 CLE AL 30 656 78% 33% 21 86% 0 8 1 4 17 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 8 88%
2009 PHI NL 30 332 74% 26% 14 86% 0 3 1 2 12 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 71%
8 Seasons 5174 75% 28% 124 79% 2 48 7 29 90 71 6 9 0 4 5 4 6 4 4 2 35 77%
MLB Averages 74% 31% 88% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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