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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
Schools: 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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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 44 251 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 3 882 103 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 73 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 4 891 175 1.110 8.6 0.5 1.4 6.9 5.00 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2009 30 CLE AL 4 7 .364 3.39 17 17 0 1 1 0 114.0 130 43 43 8 27 1 82 2 0 5 490 131 1.377 10.3 0.6 2.1 6.5 3.04
8 Seasons 80 46 .635 4.07 177 173 1 8 3 0 1079.0 1109 532 488 125 316 10 801 35 1 30 4600 108 1.321 9.3 1.0 2.6 6.7 2.53
162 Game Avg. 16 9 .635 4.07 34 34 0 2 1 0 210 215 103 95 24 61 2 156 7 0 6 894 108 1.321 9.3 1.0 2.6 6.7 2.53

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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 CLE AL 3 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
8 Seasons 13 35 32 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .063 .091 .063 .153 -58 2 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 436 399 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 150 .063 .091 .063 .153 -58 25 0 0 25 0 0

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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 CLE AL 30 P 17 17 114.0 18 6 11 1 0 .944 1.34 1.00 .961 1.64 0.44
8 Seasons P 177 173 1079.0 123 44 71 8 4 .935 0.96 0.65 .955 1.63 0.44
8 Seasons TOT 177 173 1079.0 123 44 71 8 4 .935 0.96 0.65 .890 1.63 0.44

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 (P)

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 (1033rd)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2005-AL--4--6%
2008-AL--1--94%
1 Cy Young
1.00 Career Shares (46th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL--2.539--1st
Active--4.070--33rd

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL--14--8th
2005 AL--18--2nd
2008 AL--22--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 AL--.636--8th
2005 AL--.783--1st
2008 AL--.880--1st
Active--.635--7th
Career--.635--41st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2008 AL--1.110--2nd
Active--1.321--35th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Active--9.250--49th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--1.370--1st
2009 AL--2.132--10th
Active--2.636--26th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL--8.095--5th
Active--6.681--37th
Career--6.681--117th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 AL--223.3--2nd
2009 AL--114.0--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL--170--9th

Games Started s c a p y
2004 AL--33--8th
2006 AL--33--6th
2009 AL--17--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL--4--2nd

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL--2--1st
2009 AL--1--2nd
Active--3--50th

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
2009 AL--130--1st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL--5.000--3rd
2009 AL--3.037--10th
Active--2.535--20th
Career--2.535--75th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--.484--1st
2009 AL--.632--7th

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL--7--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2009 AL--5--6th

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

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 AL--891--5th
2009 AL--490--2nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL--175--1st
2009 AL--131--8th
Active--108--35th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 18 (108), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 44 (581), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 29 (446), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (388), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2003Cleveland Indians$300,900
2004Cleveland Indians$303,200
2005Cleveland Indians$345,000
2006Cleveland Indians$406,200
2007Cleveland Indians$3,000,000
2008Cleveland Indians$4,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$8,355,300
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Clifton Cliff Phifer Lee

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