David Lee

David Emmer Lee

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 12, 1973 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Langley HS (Pittsburgh, PA)
School: Mercyhurst College (Erie, PA)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 23rd round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 1999
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Padres/Indians 1999-2004

Final Game: April 23, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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
1995		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1996	23	COL-min	A-,A+	5	3	.625	1.29	25	0	21	0	0	8	35.0	27	9	5	1	22	3	34	5	0	3	152		1.400	6.9	0.3	5.7	8.7	1.55	POR,SAL · NORW,CARL
1997	24	COL-min	A	4	8	.333	4.08	51	0	49	0	0	22	53.0	61	30	24	5	23	0	59	1	0	4	239		1.585	10.4	0.8	3.9	10.0	2.57	AVL · SALL
1998	25	COL-min	A+	3	5	.375	3.77	54	0	52	0	0	25	57.1	57	26	24	2	15	1	54	3	1	3	244		1.256	8.9	0.3	2.4	8.5	3.60	SAL · CARL
1999	26	COL-min	AA,AAA	0	0		0.78	22	0	21	0	0	13	23.0	8	3	2	1	4	0	23	1	0	2	83		0.522	3.1	0.4	1.6	9.0	5.75	CAR,CSP · SOUL,PCL
1999	26	COL	NL	3	2	.600	3.67	36	0	11	0	0	0	49.0	43	21	20	4	29	1	38	4	1	3	212	159	1.469	7.9	0.7	5.3	7.0	1.31
2000	27	COL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	5.96	47	0	39	0	0	12	48.1	50	38	32	9	28	1	44	2	1	1	223		1.614	9.3	1.7	5.2	8.2	1.57	CSP · PCL
2000	27	COL	NL	0	0		11.12	7	0	3	0	0	1	5.2	10	9	7	3	6	0	6	1	0	0	35	55	2.824	15.9	4.8	9.5	9.5	1.00
2001	28	SDP-min	AAA,AA	1	0	1.000	0.64	11	0	2	0	0	1	14.0	7	1	1	0	5	1	17	0	0	2	52		0.857	4.5	0.0	3.2	10.9	3.40	POR,MOB · PCL,SOUL
2001	28	SDP	NL	1	0	1.000	3.70	41	0	11	0	0	0	48.2	52	20	20	6	27	1	42	6	1	1	222	108	1.623	9.6	1.1	5.0	7.8	1.56

2002	29	MIN-min	AAA	9	1	.900	4.59	51	0	30	0	0	5	64.2	80	44	33	5	31	3	70	2	0	5	303		1.716	11.1	0.7	4.3	9.7	2.26	EDM · PCL
2003	30	LAD-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.13	56	0	30	0	0	9	60.1	47	22	21	4	36	3	61	2	1	0	264		1.376	7.0	0.6	5.4	9.1	1.69	LVG · PCL
2003	30	CLE	AL	1	0	1.000	4.70	8	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	4	4	4	1	6	1	7	0	0	1	34	98	1.304	4.7	1.2	7.0	8.2	1.17
2004	31	CLE-min	AAA	2	4	.333	4.88	51	0	37	0	0	9	66.1	63	37	36	6	35	3	55	5	0	2	302		1.477	8.5	0.8	4.7	7.5	1.57	BFL · IL
2004	31	CLE	AL	0	0		10.38	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	8	7	5	0	4	0	4	0	0	1	27	45	2.769	16.6	0.0	8.3	8.3	1.00
2005	32	NYM-STL-SFG-min	AAA	2	5	.286	5.48	40	0	18	0	0	5	47.2	55	33	29	7	20	1	33	9	0	2	220		1.573	10.4	1.3	3.8	6.2	1.65	NFK,MEM,FRE · IL,PCL
2006	33	FLA-HOU-BOS-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.93	36	0	10	0	0	1	50.1	47	24	22	5	30	3	52	4	0	2	235		1.530	8.4	0.9	5.4	9.3	1.73	ABQ,RRK,PAW · PCL,IL
5 Yrs				5	2	.714	4.37	96	0	29	0	0	1	115.1	117	61	56	14	72	3	97	11	2	6	530	113	1.639	9.1	1.1	5.6	7.6	1.35
162 Game Avg.				4	1	.714	4.37	68	0	21	0	0	1	82	83	43	40	10	51	2	69	8	1	4	375	113	1.639	9.1	1.1	5.6	7.6	1.35

COL (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	4.45	43	0	14	0	0	1	54.2	53	30	27	7	35	1	44	5	1	3	247	132	1.610	8.7	1.2	5.8	7.2	1.26
CLE (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	6.75	12	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	12	11	9	1	10	1	11	0	0	2	61	69	1.833	9.0	0.8	7.5	8.3	1.10
SDP (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.70	41	0	11	0	0	0	48.2	52	20	20	6	27	1	42	6	1	1	222	108	1.623	9.6	1.1	5.0	7.8	1.56

NL (3 yrs)				4	2	.667	4.09	84	0	25	0	0	1	103.1	105	50	47	13	62	2	86	11	2	4	469	122	1.616	9.1	1.1	5.4	7.5	1.39
AL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	6.75	12	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	12	11	9	1	10	1	11	0	0	2	61	69	1.833	9.0	0.8	7.5	8.3	1.10

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1999	26	COL	NL	49.0	36	0	21	3.86	5.08	-0.47	-0.38	133.1	6.88	16	1.6	.8	-0.3	1.7	22	.545	.510	$200,000
2000	27	COL	NL	5.2	7	0	9	14.29	5.27	0.41	-0.40	125.0	5.58	-6	-0.5	.6	0.1	-0.4	-5	.429	.497	$222,500
2001	28	SDP	NL	48.2	41	0	20	3.70	5.04	-0.27	-0.38	93.4	4.60	5	0.5	.5	-0.2	0.6	10	.512	.503	$

2003	30	CLE	AL	7.2	8	0	4	4.70	5.09	0.14	-0.38	103.6	4.74	0	0.0	.5	-0.0	0.1	1	.501	.500	$
2004	31	CLE	AL	4.1	4	0	7	14.54	5.47	-0.09	-0.40	88.6	4.57	-5	-0.4	.1	0.2	-0.2	-4	.394	.497	$
5 Seasons				115.1	96	0	61	4.76	5.09	-0.29	-0.38	112.3	5.63	11	1.2	.6	-0.2	1.8	23	.512	.501	$422,500

COL (2 yrs)				54.2	43	0	30	4.94	5.10	-0.38	-0.39	132.3	6.75	11	1.1	.8	-0.2	1.3	17	.526	.503	$422,500
CLE (2 yrs)				12.0	12	0	11	8.25	5.23	0.06	-0.39	98.2	4.68	-5	-0.4	.4	0.2	-0.1	-3	.465	.499	$
SDP (1 yr)				48.2	41	0	20	3.70	5.04	-0.27	-0.38	93.4	4.60	5	0.5	.5	-0.2	0.6	10	.512	.503	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1999	26	COL	NL	36	212	174	21	43	7	1	4	11	4	29	38	.247	.364	.368	.731	.291	64	5	4	3	2	1	2
2000	27	COL	NL	7	35	28	9	10	2	0	3	1	0	6	6	.357	.486	.750	1.236	.368	21	0	1	0	0	0	2
2001	28	SDP	NL	41	222	187	20	52	12	0	6	2	4	27	42	.278	.385	.439	.823	.329	82	4	6	1	1	1	0

2003	30	CLE	AL	8	34	28	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	6	7	.143	.294	.250	.544	.150	7	0	0	0	0	1	1
2004	31	CLE	AL	4	27	23	7	8	2	1	0	2	0	4	4	.348	.444	.522	.966	.421	12	0	0	0	0	0	2
5 Yrs				96	530	440	61	117	23	2	14	16	8	72	97	.266	.380	.423	.803	.310	186	9	11	4	3	3	7
162 Game Avg.				68	375	312	43	83	16	1	10	11	6	51	69	.266	.380	.423	.803	.310	132	6	8	3	2	2	5
MLB Averages																.266	.337	.427	.764	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1999	26	COL	NL	9.6	0.9	229	0.2	2.8	-2.6	.69	0.5	-0.2	11.2	1.0	0.69	7.8	7	7	21
2000	27	COL	NL	-3.0	-0.3	37	-0.1	0.4	-0.4	.70	-0.4	0.3	-4.7	-0.4	0.70	-7.5	1	1	4
2001	28	SDP	NL	2.9	0.3	231	0.3	1.9	-1.5	.44	-0.4	1.1	4.5	0.5	0.44	-2.6	5	5	31

2003	30	CLE	AL	0.1	0.0	35	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.36	0.0	0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.36	0.8	1	1	6
2004	31	CLE	AL	-3.7	-0.3	29	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.11	-0.3	-0.7	-6.1	-0.5	0.11	-4.2	0	0	4
5 Yrs				5.8	0.6	561	0.4	5.3	-4.9	.54	-0.6	1.3	4.7	0.5	0.54	-5.8	14	14	66

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1999	26	COL	NL	36	36	11	3	2	0	0	0		2	2	24	5	21%	6	.691	7	7	21	7	5	24	15	21	21	4	22	4	4.1	25
2000	27	COL	NL	7	7	3	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	2	1	50%	9	.703	1	1	4	5	0	2	1	6	1	3	1	1	2.4	20
2001	28	SDP	NL	41	41	11	1	0	0	0	0		4	4	24	8	33%	8	.442	5	5	31	13	1	27	15	26	18	10	18	4	3.6	21

2003	30	CLE	AL	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	3	1	33%	8	.364	1	1	6	1	0	7	2	6	1	2	1	1	2.9	17
2004	31	CLE	AL	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	6	.108	0	0	4	0	0	4	1	3	2	1	2	1	3.3	27
5 Yrs				96	96	29	5	2	1	1	0	100%	9	8	55	17	31%		.537	14	14	66	26	6	64	34	62	43	20	44	11	3.6	22

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1999	26	COL	NL	212	68%	1.9%	17.9%	13.7%	5.7%	28%	0.41	0.54	63%	18%	5.2%	21%	47	5	11%
2000	27	COL	NL	35	49%	8.6%	17.1%	17.1%	14.3%	50%	0.19	0.00	54%	32%	23.1%	19%	9	0	0%
2001	28	SDP	NL	222	57%	2.7%	18.9%	12.2%	8.1%	35%	0.39	0.62	63%	33%	6.5%	9%	53	4	8%

2003	30	CLE	AL	34	68%	2.9%	20.6%	17.7%	2.9%	25%	1.10	1.29	59%	19%	11.1%	10%	7	0	0%
2004	31	CLE	AL	27	59%	0.0%	14.8%	14.8%	11.1%	38%	1.25	1.25	70%	5%	0.0%	13%	6	0	0%
5 Yrs				530	62%	2.6%	18.3%	13.6%	7.4%	33%	0.44	0.59	63%	24%	7.1%	15%	122	9	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.9%	16.7%	8.9%	8.0%	34%	0.77	1.07	70%	22%	8.3%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1999	26	COL	NL	213	890	4.18	541	61%	21%	19%	34%	26%	79%	1%	48%	76%	50%	5%	11	5	18%	39	25	3	18%	8	5	-1	0	0
2000	27	COL	NL	35	137	3.91	76	55%	28%	21%	22%	29%	72%	0%	40%	71%	60%	6%	2	2	20%	7	4	1	17%	2	0	0	0	0
2001	28	SDP	NL	223	880	3.95	518	59%	25%	17%	30%	28%	75%	1%	44%	77%	52%	4%	9	2	17%	39	16	2	26%	6	6	-1	0	0

2003	30	CLE	AL	34	136	4.00	80	59%	24%	18%	33%	26%	76%	7%	45%	77%	56%	9%	3	0	18%	6	4	1	43%	2	2	0	0	0
2004	31	CLE	AL	27	108	4.00	67	62%	34%	9%	28%	28%	66%	0%	41%	86%	67%	0%	0	0	30%	8	4	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				532	2151	4.04	1282	60%	24%	18%	31%	27%	76%	1%	45%	77%	53%	5%	25	9	19%	99	53	7	25%	19	13	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1999	26	COL	NL	212	43	2	0	4	0	4	4	0	4	0	11	6	0	55%	2	3	0	90	11	4	73%	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	11	0
2000	27	COL	NL	35	10	1	0	3	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0%	2	0	0	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	28	SDP	NL	222	52	3	0	6	0	12	1	5	4	2	11	4	3	36%	0	1	1	109	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

2003	30	CLE	AL	34	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	100%	1	1	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2004	31	CLE	AL	27	8	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	50%	2	1	0	8	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				530	117	7	1	14	0	24	7	7	9	5	31	15	3	48%	7	6	1	238	16	8	67%	14	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	18	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
1999	26	3	2	.600	3.67	36	11	0	49.0	43	21	20	4	29	1	38	4	1	3	212	159	1.469	7.9	0.7	5.3	7.0	1.31	159
2000	27	3	2	.600	4.45	43	14	1	54.2	53	30	27	7	35	1	44	5	1	3	247	132	1.610	8.7	1.2	5.8	7.2	1.26	132
2001	28	4	2	.667	4.09	84	25	1	103.1	105	50	47	13	62	2	86	11	2	4	469	122	1.616	9.1	1.1	5.4	7.5	1.39	122
2002	29	4	2	.667	4.09	84	25	1	103.1	105	50	47	13	62	2	86	11	2	4	469	122	1.616	9.1	1.1	5.4	7.5	1.39	122
2003	30	5	2	.714	4.14	92	27	1	111.0	109	54	51	14	68	3	93	11	2	5	503	120	1.595	8.8	1.1	5.5	7.5	1.37	120
2004	31	5	2	.714	4.37	96	29	1	115.1	117	61	56	14	72	3	97	11	2	6	530	113	1.639	9.1	1.1	5.6	7.6	1.35	113

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1999	26	3	2	.600	2.52	50.0	36	16	14	3	24	39	3	1.200	6.5	4.3	7.0	1.63	0.5	36
2000	27	0	0		6.43	7.0	8	6	5	2	5	7	1	1.857	10.3	6.4	9.0	1.40	2.6	7
2001	28	3	2	.600	4.00	45.0	53	22	20	6	28	39	6	1.800	10.6	5.6	7.8	1.39	1.2	41

2003	30	0	0		4.50	8.0	4	4	4	1	6	7	0	1.250	4.5	6.8	7.9	1.17	1.1	8
2004	31	0	0		7.20	5.0	8	4	4	0	4	5	0	2.400	14.4	7.2	9.0	1.25	0.0	4
5 Yrs		6	4	.600	3.68	115.0	109	52	47	12	67	97	10	1.530	8.5		7.6	1.45	0.9	96

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