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Cliff Lee

Clifton Phifer Lee

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mariners/Phillies/Rangers 2002-2010
2011 Contract Status: Free Agent, 5 yrs/$23M (06-10) (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 6.100, Free Agent: 2011 [?], Agents: Darek Braunecker [?]
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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
2002 23 CLE AL 0 1 .000 1.74 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 6 2 2 0 8 1 6 0 1 0 44 260 1.355 5.2 0.0 7.0 5.2 0.75
2003 24 CLE AL 3 3 .500 3.61 9 9 0 0 0 0 52.1 41 28 21 7 20 1 44 2 0 3 210 122 1.166 7.1 1.2 3.4 7.6 2.20
2004 25 CLE AL 14 8 .636 5.43 33 33 0 0 0 0 179.0 188 113 108 30 81 1 161 11 0 6 802 80 1.503 9.5 1.5 4.1 8.1 1.99
2005 26 CLE AL 18 5 .783 3.79 32 32 0 1 0 0 202.0 194 91 85 22 52 1 143 0 0 4 838 111 1.218 8.6 1.0 2.3 6.4 2.75 CYA-4
2006 27 CLE AL 14 11 .560 4.40 33 33 0 1 0 0 200.2 224 114 98 29 58 3 129 8 0 3 882 102 1.405 10.0 1.3 2.6 5.8 2.22
2007 28 CLE AL 5 8 .385 6.29 20 16 1 1 0 0 97.1 112 73 68 17 36 1 66 7 0 5 443 72 1.521 10.4 1.6 3.3 6.1 1.83
2008 29 CLE AL 22 3 .880 2.54 31 31 0 4 2 0 223.1 214 68 63 12 34 1 170 5 0 4 891 168 1.110 8.6 0.5 1.4 6.9 5.00 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 30 TOT MLB 14 13 .519 3.22 34 34 0 6 2 0 231.2 245 88 83 17 43 1 181 5 0 7 969 131 1.243 9.5 0.7 1.7 7.0 4.21
2009 30 CLE AL 7 9 .438 3.14 22 22 0 3 1 0 152.0 165 53 53 10 33 1 107 3 0 6 641 134 1.303 9.8 0.6 2.0 6.3 3.24
2009 30 PHI NL 7 4 .636 3.39 12 12 0 3 1 0 79.2 80 35 30 7 10 0 74 2 0 1 328 126 1.130 9.0 0.8 1.1 8.4 7.40
2010 31 TOT AL 9 4 .692 2.40 17 17 0 6 1 0 139.0 117 42 37 9 7 1 114 0 1 2 538 175 0.892 7.6 0.6 0.5 7.4 16.29 AS
2010 31 SEA AL 8 3 .727 2.34 13 13 0 5 1 0 103.2 92 31 27 5 6 0 89 0 1 2 408 175 0.945 8.0 0.4 0.5 7.7 14.83
2010 31 TEX AL 1 1 .500 2.55 4 4 0 1 0 0 35.1 25 11 10 4 1 1 25 0 0 0 130 174 0.736 6.4 1.0 0.3 6.4 25.00
9 Seasons 99 56 .639 3.81 211 207 1 19 5 0 1335.2 1341 619 565 143 339 11 1014 38 2 34 5617 113 1.258 9.0 1.0 2.3 6.8 2.99
162 Game Avg. 16 9 .639 3.81 34 34 0 3 1 0 217 218 101 92 23 55 2 165 6 0 6 914 113 1.258 9.0 1.0 2.3 6.8 2.99
CLE (8 yrs) 83 48 .634 4.01 182 178 1 10 3 0 1117.0 1144 542 498 127 322 10 826 36 1 31 4751 108 1.312 9.2 1.0 2.6 6.7 2.57
PHI (1 yr) 7 4 .636 3.39 12 12 0 3 1 0 79.2 80 35 30 7 10 0 74 2 0 1 328 126 1.130 9.0 0.8 1.1 8.4 7.40
TEX (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.55 4 4 0 1 0 0 35.1 25 11 10 4 1 1 25 0 0 0 130 174 0.736 6.4 1.0 0.3 6.4 25.00
SEA (1 yr) 8 3 .727 2.34 13 13 0 5 1 0 103.2 92 31 27 5 6 0 89 0 1 2 408 175 0.945 8.0 0.4 0.5 7.7 14.83
AL (9 yrs) 92 52 .639 3.83 199 195 1 16 4 0 1256.0 1261 584 535 136 329 11 940 36 2 33 5289 113 1.266 9.0 1.0 2.4 6.7 2.86
NL (1 yr) 7 4 .636 3.39 12 12 0 3 1 0 79.2 80 35 30 7 10 0 74 2 0 1 328 126 1.130 9.0 0.8 1.1 8.4 7.40

Player Value--Pitchers

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Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2002 23 CLE AL 10.1 2 2 7 0 1.3 5 0.5
2003 24 CLE AL 52.1 9 28 32 0 .9 4 0.4 $300,900
2004 25 CLE AL 179.0 33 113 118 -4 1.0 5 0.5 $303,200
2005 26 CLE AL 202.0 32 91 114 7 1.0 23 2.3 $345,000 CYA-4
2006 27 CLE AL 200.2 33 114 139 -6 .9 25 2.4 $406,200
2007 28 CLE AL 97.1 16 73 67 -1 .9 -6 -0.6 $3,000,000
2008 29 CLE AL 223.1 31 68 140 2 1.0 72 7.3 $4,000,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 30 CLE AL 152.0 22 53 91 -2 1.0 38 3.9 $6,000,000
2009 30 PHI NL 79.2 12 35 46 0 .8 11 1.1
2010 31 SEA AL 103.2 13 31 61 3 1.0 30 3.0 $9,000,000 AS
2010 31 TEX AL 35.1 4 11 22 -0 1.1 11 1.2 AS
9 Seasons 1335.2 207 619 837 -1 1.0 218 22.0 $23,355,300
CLE (8 yrs) 1116.9 178 542 708 -4 1.0 166 16.7 $14,355,300
PHI (1 yr) 79.2 12 35 46 0 .8 11 1.1
TEX (1 yr) 35.1 4 11 22 -0 1.1 11 1.2
SEA (1 yr) 103.2 13 31 61 3 1.0 30 3.0 $9,000,000

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
2009 30 PHI NL NLDS W COL 1 0 1.000 1.10 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 11 4 2 0 3 0 10 0 0 2 62 0.857 6.1 0.0 1.7 5.5 3.33
2009 30 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 26 0.375 3.4 0.0 0.0 11.3
2009 30 PHI NL WS L NYY 2 0 1.000 2.81 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 13 6 5 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 63 1.000 7.3 0.0 1.7 7.3 4.33
1 Season (3 Series) 4 0 1.000 1.56 5 5 0 2 0 0 40.1 27 10 7 0 6 0 33 0 0 2 151 0.818 6.0 0.0 1.3 7.4 5.50
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 1.10 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 11 4 2 0 3 0 10 0 0 2 62 0.857 6.1 0.0 1.7 5.5 3.33
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 26 0.375 3.4 0.0 0.0 11.3
1 WS 2 0 1.000 2.81 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 13 6 5 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 63 1.000 7.3 0.0 1.7 7.3 4.33

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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
2004 25 CLE AL 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 26 CLE AL 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-4
2006 27 CLE AL 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 28 CLE AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 29 CLE AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 30 TOT MLB 15 41 38 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .184 .205 .237 .442 16 9 1 0 2 0 0 1
2009 30 CLE AL 3 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
2009 30 PHI NL 12 33 33 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .212 .212 .273 .485 26 9 1 0 0 0 0 1
2010 31 SEA AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
9 Seasons 26 71 68 2 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 27 .132 .145 .162 .307 -19 11 1 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 442 424 12 56 12 0 0 6 0 0 6 168 .132 .145 .162 .307 -19 69 6 0 12 0 0
CLE (8 yrs) 13 35 32 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .063 .091 .063 .153 -58 2 0 0 2 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 12 33 33 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .212 .212 .273 .485 26 9 1 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 14 38 35 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .057 .083 .057 .140 -61 2 0 0 2 0 0
NL (1 yr) 12 33 33 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .212 .212 .273 .485 26 9 1 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 25 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $303,200 1
2005 26 CLE AL 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 $345,000 1 CYA-4
2006 27 CLE AL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $406,200 1
2007 28 CLE AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $3,000,000 1
2008 29 CLE AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $4,000,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 30 CLE AL 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $6,000,000 1
2009 30 PHI NL 33 -3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0.2 1
2010 31 SEA AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 $9,000,000 1 AS
7 Seasons 71 -10 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 0.1 $23,054,400
CLE (6 yrs) 35 -6 0 0 0 0 5 0 -1 -0.1 $14,054,400
PHI (1 yr) 33 -3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0.2
SEA (1 yr) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 $9,000,000

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
2009 30 PHI NL NLDS COL W 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0
2009 30 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
2009 30 PHI NL WS NYY L 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 5 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .273 .273 .273 .545 3 0 0 2 0 0
1 NLDS 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr 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 1.65
2003 CLE AL 24 P 9 9 52.1 7 1 5 1 0 .857 0 0 1.03 0.67 .957 1.74 1.71
2004 CLE AL 25 P 33 33 179.0 12 5 7 0 0 1.000 -1 -7 0.60 0.36 .942 1.66 1.65
2005 CLE AL 26 P 32 32 202.0 18 5 10 3 0 .833 -2 -12 0.67 0.47 .961 1.70 1.68 CYA-4
2006 CLE AL 27 P 33 33 200.2 22 3 18 1 0 .955 -1 -6 0.94 0.64 .959 1.56 1.54
2007 CLE AL 28 P 20 16 97.1 13 7 5 1 2 .923 -2 -25 1.11 0.60 .954 1.60 1.59
2008 CLE AL 29 P 31 31 223.1 31 16 14 1 2 .968 -2 -11 1.21 0.97 .952 1.60 1.59 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 TOT MLB 30 P 34 34 231.2 42 11 29 2 2 .952 -1 -5 1.55 1.18 .955 1.59 1.58
2009 CLE AL 30 P 22 22 152.0 26 8 17 1 1 .962 -2 -16 1.48 1.14 .954 1.53 1.51
2009 PHI NL 30 P 12 12 79.2 16 3 12 1 1 .938 1 15 1.69 1.25 .956 1.72 1.70
2010 TOT AL 31 P 17 17 139.0 19 8 8 3 0 .842 -1 -8 1.04 0.94 .963 1.65 1.63 AS
2010 SEA AL 31 P 13 13 103.2 13 5 5 3 0 .769 -1 -12 0.87 0.77 .969 1.65 1.63
2010 TEX AL 31 P 4 4 35.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.53 1.50 .950 1.66 1.62
9 Seasons P 211 207 1335.2 167 57 98 12 6 .928 -10 -9 1.04 0.73 .956 1.63 1.61
9 Seasons TOT 211 207 1335.2 167 57 98 12 6 .928 -10 -9 1.04 0.73 .956 1.63 1.61

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 (P)
2010 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 AL Cy Young
2008 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2008 AL (12, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1041st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 AL (4, 6%)
2008 AL (1, 94%)
1 Cy Young
1.00 Career Shares (47th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2008 AL  7.3 (2nd)
2010 AL  4.2 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2008 AL  7.3 (1st)
2010 AL  4.2 (1st)
Active  22.0 (29th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  2.54 (1st)
2010 AL  2.40 (1st)
Active  3.81 (16th)

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  14 (8th)
2005 AL  18 (2nd)
2008 AL  22 (1st)
Active  99 (33rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 AL  .636 (8th)
2005 AL  .783 (1st)
2008 AL  .880 (1st)
2010 AL  .692 (9th)
Active  .639 (4th)
Career  .639 (36th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2008 AL  1.110 (2nd)
2010 AL  .892 (1st)
Active  1.258 (16th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  7.576 (8th)
Active  9.036 (32nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  1.370 (1st)
2010 AL  .453 (1st)
Active  2.284 (10th)
Career  2.284 (192nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  8.095 (5th)
Active  6.832 (31st)
Career  6.832 (106th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 AL  223.3 (2nd)
2010 AL  139.0 (5th)
Active  1335.7 (48th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL  170 (9th)
Active  1014 (49th)

Games Started s c a p y
2004 AL  33 (8th)
2006 AL  33 (6th)
Active  207 (49th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL  4 (2nd)
2009 NL  3 (3rd)
2009 AL  3 (5th)
2010 AL  6 (1st)
Active  19 (13th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (1st)
2009 NL  1 (6th)
2009 AL  1 (7th)
2010 AL  1 (2nd)
Active  5 (22nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  29 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  81 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
2008 AL  214 (9th)
Active  1341 (49th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  5.000 (3rd)
2010 AL  16.286 (1st)
Active  2.991 (13th)
Career  2.991 (38th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  .484 (1st)
2010 AL  .583 (9th)
Active  .964 (27th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2004 AL  11 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 AL  891 (5th)
Active  5617 (49th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  168 (1st)
2010 AL  175 (1st)
Active  113 (22nd)
Career  113 (249th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  44 (1st)
2009 AL  21 (9th)
2010 AL  27 (1st)
Active  74 (40th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2008 AL  4.7 (1st)
2009 AL  2.2 (9th)
2010 AL  3.0 (1st)
Active  8.3 (35th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 AL  49.28 (1st)
2010 AL  33.14 (1st)
Active  94.82 (37th)
Career  94.82 (182nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.9 (1st)
2010 AL  3.8 (1st)
Active  11.5 (29th)
Career  11.5 (141st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 AL  4.7 (2nd)
2010 AL  3.5 (1st)
Active  10.4 (24th)
Career  10.4 (131st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.3 (1st)
2009 AL  2.8 (7th)
2010 AL  3.8 (1st)
Active  10.8 (32nd)
Career  10.8 (161st)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2010 AL  3 (2nd)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 25 (67), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 62 (401), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 44 (301), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 2000.

June 27, 2002: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore and Lee Stevens to the Cleveland Indians for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew.

July 29, 2009: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Ben Francisco to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jason Knapp (minors), Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald and Lou Marson.

December 16, 2009: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Seattle Mariners for J.C. Ramirez (minors), Phillippe Aumont (minors) and Tyson Gillies (minors).

July 9, 2010: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Mark Lowe and cash to the Texas Rangers for Blake Beavan (minors), Josh Lueke (minors), Matthew Lawson (minors) and Justin Smoak.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200324Cleveland Indians$300,9004/3/03 AP
200425Cleveland Indians$303,2004/7/04 AP
200526Cleveland Indians$345,000
200627Cleveland Indians$406,200
200728Cleveland Indians$3,000,000
200829Cleveland Indians$4,000,000
200930Cleveland Indians$6,000,000
201031Seattle Mariners$9,000,000
2011 StatusFree Agent, Earliest Free Agent: 2011
Career to date (may be incomplete)$23,355,300
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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