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Don Lee

Donald Edward Lee

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 26, 1934 in Globe, AZ
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1957
Teams (by GP): Angels/Twins/Senators/Cubs/Astros/... 1957-1966

Final Game: August 21, 1966
Relatives: Son of Thornton Lee
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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
1957 23 DET AL 1 3 .250 4.66 11 6 2 0 0 0 38.2 48 22 20 6 18 0 19 1 0 0 179 84 1.707 11.2 1.4 4.2 4.4 1.06
1958 24 DET AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 53 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00
1960 26 WSH AL 8 7 .533 3.44 44 20 10 1 0 3 165.0 160 72 63 16 64 3 88 3 0 6 698 116 1.358 8.7 0.9 3.5 4.8 1.38
1961 27 MIN AL 3 6 .333 3.52 37 10 14 4 0 3 115.0 93 49 45 12 35 1 65 4 0 1 466 120 1.113 7.3 0.9 2.7 5.1 1.86
1962 28 TOT AL 11 11 .500 3.46 36 31 4 5 2 2 205.1 204 91 79 20 63 1 102 10 0 4 880 113 1.300 8.9 0.9 2.8 4.5 1.62
1962 28 MIN AL 3 3 .500 4.50 9 9 0 1 0 0 52.0 51 27 26 8 24 0 28 7 0 2 232 92 1.442 8.8 1.4 4.2 4.8 1.17
1962 28 LAA AL 8 8 .500 3.11 27 22 4 4 2 2 153.1 153 64 53 12 39 1 74 3 0 2 648 124 1.252 9.0 0.7 2.3 4.3 1.90
1963 29 LAA AL 8 11 .421 3.68 40 22 4 3 2 1 154.0 148 74 63 12 51 4 89 9 0 5 661 93 1.292 8.6 0.7 3.0 5.2 1.75
1964 30 LAA AL 5 4 .556 2.72 33 8 5 0 0 2 89.1 99 39 27 6 25 1 73 1 0 1 388 122 1.388 10.0 0.6 2.5 7.4 2.92
1965 31 TOT MLB 0 1 .000 5.32 17 0 6 0 0 0 22.0 29 14 13 4 8 2 15 2 0 1 102 66 1.682 11.9 1.6 3.3 6.1 1.88
1965 31 CAL AL 0 1 .000 6.43 10 0 3 0 0 0 14.0 21 11 10 4 5 2 12 1 0 1 68 54 1.857 13.5 2.6 3.2 7.7 2.40
1965 31 HOU NL 0 0 3.38 7 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 8 3 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 34 104 1.375 9.0 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1966 32 TOT NL 4 1 .800 4.86 25 0 12 0 0 0 37.0 45 24 20 4 16 2 16 0 0 3 170 75 1.649 10.9 1.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
1966 32 HOU NL 2 0 1.000 2.50 9 0 4 0 0 0 18.0 17 5 5 1 4 1 9 0 0 2 74 140 1.167 8.5 0.5 2.0 4.5 2.25
1966 32 CHC NL 2 1 .667 7.11 16 0 8 0 0 0 19.0 28 19 15 3 12 1 7 0 0 1 96 53 2.105 13.3 1.4 5.7 3.3 0.58
9 Yrs 40 44 .476 3.61 244 97 58 13 4 11 828.1 827 387 332 81 281 14 467 31 0 21 3553 105 1.338 9.0 0.9 3.1 5.1 1.66
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .476 3.61 49 19 12 3 1 2 165 165 77 66 16 56 3 93 6 0 4 709 105 1.338 9.0 0.9 3.1 5.1 1.66
CAL (4 yrs) 21 24 .467 3.35 110 52 16 7 4 5 410.2 421 188 153 34 120 8 248 14 0 9 1765 106 1.317 9.2 0.7 2.6 5.4 2.07
MIN (3 yrs) 14 16 .467 3.63 90 39 24 6 0 6 332.0 304 148 134 36 123 4 181 14 0 9 1396 113 1.286 8.2 1.0 3.3 4.9 1.47
HOU (2 yrs) 2 0 1.000 2.77 16 0 7 0 0 0 26.0 25 8 8 1 7 1 12 1 0 2 108 127 1.231 8.7 0.3 2.4 4.2 1.71
DET (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 4.87 12 6 3 0 0 0 40.2 49 24 22 7 19 0 19 2 0 0 188 81 1.672 10.8 1.5 4.2 4.2 1.00
CHC (1 yr) 2 1 .667 7.11 16 0 8 0 0 0 19.0 28 19 15 3 12 1 7 0 0 1 96 53 2.105 13.3 1.4 5.7 3.3 0.58
AL (8 yrs) 36 43 .456 3.55 212 97 43 13 4 11 783.1 774 360 309 77 262 12 448 30 0 18 3349 107 1.323 8.9 0.9 3.0 5.1 1.71
NL (2 yrs) 4 1 .800 4.60 32 0 15 0 0 0 45.0 53 27 23 4 19 2 19 1 0 3 204 79 1.600 10.6 0.8 3.8 3.8 1.00

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 Awards
1957 23 DET AL 38.2 11 6 22 5.12 4.21 0.20 0.00 101.3 4.06 -4 -0.5 1.2 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .458 .497 $
1958 24 DET AL 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 4.59 0.17 0.00 96.0 4.25 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .395 .499 $
1960 26 WSH AL 165.0 44 20 72 3.93 4.38 -0.08 -0.00 103.7 4.61 14 1.5 1.2 -0.1 2.6 27 .534 .509 $
1961 27 MIN AL 115.0 37 10 49 3.83 4.62 -0.08 -0.04 105.1 4.89 14 1.5 1.0 -0.1 2.3 25 .541 .509 $
1962 28 MIN AL 52.0 9 9 27 4.67 4.52 0.17 0.08 98.9 4.37 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.3 3 .488 .499 $
1962 28 LAA AL 153.1 27 22 64 3.76 4.48 -0.02 0.06 96.3 4.40 13 1.4 1.0 -0.1 2.5 25 .552 .509 $
1963 29 LAA AL 154.0 40 22 74 4.32 4.11 0.14 0.02 95.2 3.80 -7 -0.8 1.4 -0.2 0.2 4 .480 .495 $
1964 30 LAA AL 89.1 33 8 39 3.93 4.09 0.34 -0.04 93.6 3.47 -3 -0.4 1.9 -0.2 0.1 3 .489 .498 $
1965 31 CAL AL 14.0 10 0 11 7.07 3.91 0.17 -0.16 95.1 3.40 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .439 .496 $16,500
1965 31 HOU NL 8.0 7 0 3 3.38 4.00 -0.44 -0.17 91.6 3.91 0 0.1 .5 -0.0 0.1 1 .508 .500 $
1966 32 HOU NL 18.0 9 0 5 2.50 4.15 -0.47 -0.17 97.4 4.34 3 0.4 .9 -0.0 0.5 6 .544 .502 $
1966 32 CHC NL 19.0 16 0 19 9.00 4.37 -0.30 -0.18 105.9 4.76 -9 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .439 .494 $
9 Seasons 828.1 244 97 387 4.20 4.33 0.03 -0.00 99.1 4.26 13 1.4 1.2 -0.8 7.0 81 .506 .501 $16,500
CAL (4 yrs) 410.2 110 52 188 4.12 4.24 0.13 0.02 95.3 3.94 -3 -0.4 1.5 -0.5 2.3 28 .497 .499 $16,500
MIN (3 yrs) 332.0 90 39 148 4.01 4.48 -0.04 -0.01 103.4 4.67 27 2.9 1.1 -0.2 5.2 55 .532 .506 $
HOU (2 yrs) 26.0 16 0 8 2.77 4.10 -0.46 -0.17 95.6 4.21 4 0.4 .7 -0.1 0.6 7 .528 .501 $
DET (2 yrs) 40.2 12 6 24 5.31 4.23 0.20 0.00 101.1 4.07 -5 -0.6 1.1 0.0 -0.3 -2 .453 .498 $
CHC (1 yr) 19.0 16 0 19 9.00 4.37 -0.30 -0.18 105.9 4.76 -9 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .439 .494 $

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
1957 23 DET AL 11 178 155 22 48 5 1 6 0 2 18 19 .310 .381 .471 .852 .318 73 4 1 2 2 0 2
1958 24 DET AL 1 9 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .143 .333 .571 .905 .000 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
1960 26 WSH AL 44 707 630 72 160 21 9 16 1 6 64 88 .254 .324 .392 .716 .272 247 12 3 6 4 3 7
1961 27 MIN AL 37 466 420 49 93 13 0 12 0 4 35 65 .221 .286 .338 .624 .235 142 11 4 5 2 1 6
1962 28 LAA AL 27 648 597 64 153 18 5 12 5 7 39 74 .256 .304 .363 .667 .274 217 11 3 6 3 1 12
1962 28 MIN AL 9 232 199 27 51 7 1 8 2 1 24 28 .256 .355 .422 .777 .262 84 3 7 1 1 0 0
1962 28 TOT AL 36 880 796 91 204 25 6 20 7 8 63 102 .256 .317 .378 .695 .271 301 14 10 7 4 1 12
1963 29 LAA AL 40 661 589 74 148 24 3 12 5 1 51 89 .251 .317 .363 .680 .274 214 8 9 4 8 4 7
1964 30 LAA AL 33 387 354 39 99 15 4 6 3 2 25 73 .280 .327 .395 .723 .336 140 6 1 5 2 1 6
1965 31 CAL AL 10 68 60 11 21 4 0 4 0 0 5 12 .350 .409 .617 1.026 .386 37 2 1 2 0 2 2
1965 31 HOU NL 7 34 30 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 .267 .353 .333 .686 .296 10 1 1 0 0 0 0
1965 31 TOT MLB 17 102 90 14 29 4 1 4 0 0 8 15 .322 .390 .522 .912 .352 47 3 2 2 0 2 2
1966 32 CHC NL 16 96 81 19 28 6 1 3 0 0 12 7 .346 .421 .556 .977 .342 45 1 0 1 2 1 2
1966 32 HOU NL 9 74 68 5 17 2 0 1 0 0 4 9 .250 .292 .324 .615 .276 22 1 0 2 0 1 2
1966 32 TOT NL 25 170 149 24 45 8 1 4 0 0 16 16 .302 .365 .450 .815 .313 67 2 0 3 2 2 4
9 Yrs 244 3560 3190 387 827 115 25 81 17 23 281 467 .259 .323 .387 .710 .280 1235 60 31 34 24 14 46
162 Game Avg. 49 710 636 77 165 23 5 16 3 5 56 93 .259 .323 .387 .710 .280 246 12 6 7 5 3 9
MLB Averages .253 .319 .385 .703 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1957 23 DET AL -3.1 -0.3 180 -1.1 3.5 -4.6 1.18 -0.9 -0.0 -8.1 -0.8 1.18 -8.3 2 0 3
1958 24 DET AL -0.8 -0.1 10 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .15 -0.1 -0.4 -1.1 -0.1 0.15 -0.9 0 0 1
1960 26 WSH AL 9.2 0.9 720 0.7 13.2 -12.5 1.07 0.5 0.1 8.9 0.9 1.07 3.6 7 7 10
1961 27 MIN AL 10.0 1.0 475 0.5 7.7 -7.2 .92 1.9 -1.3 9.7 1.0 0.92 20.1 7 3 17
1962 28 TOT AL 9.9 1.0 905 0.2 16.2 -16.0 1.04 0.3 -0.1 8.9 0.9 1.04 5.0 2 0 3
1962 28 MIN AL -1.2 -0.1 239 -0.3 4.6 -4.8 1.14 -0.4 0.2 -0.7 -0.1 1.14 -4.0 0 0 0
1962 28 LAA AL 11.1 1.1 666 0.5 11.7 -11.2 1.00 0.7 -0.2 9.6 1.0 1.00 9.1 2 0 3
1963 29 LAA AL -6.2 -0.6 677 -1.2 10.2 -11.4 .96 -0.6 -0.7 -10.4 -1.1 0.96 -4.5 5 7 6
1964 30 LAA AL 1.9 0.2 395 0.3 7.3 -7.0 1.05 -0.1 0.5 0.7 0.1 1.05 -0.6 10 7 8
1965 31 TOT MLB -4.1 -0.4 105 -0.8 0.7 -1.5 .61 -0.8 -0.6 -6.8 -0.7 0.61 -8.7 2 5 10
1965 31 CAL AL -4.5 -0.5 70 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .52 -0.8 0.1 -6.2 -0.6 0.52 -9.1 2 3 5
1965 31 HOU NL 0.3 0.0 35 -0.5 0.2 -0.6 .80 0.0 -0.6 -0.6 -0.1 0.79 0.4 0 2 5
1966 32 TOT NL -5.4 -0.5 173 -0.6 2.2 -2.8 .86 -0.6 -0.1 -11.4 -1.1 0.86 -6.8 7 3 15
1966 32 HOU NL 2.4 0.2 76 0.7 1.4 -0.6 1.01 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.0 1.01 2.2 3 1 5
1966 32 CHC NL -7.8 -0.8 97 -1.3 0.8 -2.2 .74 -0.8 -1.0 -11.8 -1.2 0.74 -9.1 4 2 10
9 Yrs 11.4 1.2 3640 -2.0 61.0 -63.0 1.00 -0.4 -1.6 -9.6 -1.0 1.00 -1.3 42 32 73

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1957 23 DET AL 11 6 1 2 3 0 0 3 3 .500 1 0 0 0 2 33% 45.3 62 24 10 3 3 2 4.7 5.7 5.7
1960 26 WSH AL 44 20 5 5 10 2 3 11 9 .550 3 6 1 0 10 50% 50.9 77 17 19 3 10 6 4.7 3.4 5.6
1961 27 MIN AL 37 10 2 6 2 0 3 4 6 .400 0 1 4 0 6 60% 53.1 72 14 9 4 2 5 3.8 3.2 6.4
1962 28 TOT AL 36 31 11 10 10 1 5 16 15 .516 5 6 5 2 18 58% 51.4 82 20 25 9 14 10 4.6 3.5 6.2
1962 28 MIN AL 9 9 3 3 3 0 0 6 3 .667 1 1 1 0 4 44% 48.4 72 28 8 4 2 5 4.7 4.3 5.8
1962 28 LAA AL 27 22 8 7 7 1 5 10 12 .455 4 5 4 2 14 64% 52.6 82 20 17 5 12 5 4.6 3.1 6.4
1963 29 LAA AL 40 22 6 11 5 1 5 10 12 .455 1 0 3 2 11 50% 50.6 83 25 26 9 13 5 4.1 4.4 5.7
1964 30 LAA AL 33 8 2 3 3 0 2 5 3 .625 1 1 0 0 5 63% 51.9 69 32 19 6 2 5 3.4 3.9 5.8
6 Yrs 201 97 27 37 33 4 18 49 48 .505 11 14 13 4 52 54% 51 83 14 108 34 44 33 4.3 3.8 5.9
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 116 -14 4.2 4.1 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1957 23 DET AL 11 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 3 1.181 2 0 3 1 1 3 4 1 1 3 1 1 2.6
1958 24 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .152 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1960 26 WSH AL 44 24 10 3 2 4 3 1 75% 5 1 12 1 8% 8 1.070 7 7 10 6 3 15 7 17 16 3 16 8 6.6
1961 27 MIN AL 37 27 14 1 0 3 3 0 100% 4 1 20 9 45% 7 .916 7 3 17 4 4 19 13 14 16 3 16 8 5.6
1962 28 TOT AL 36 5 4 0 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 2 1 50% 1.042 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 5 1 7.4
1962 28 LAA AL 27 5 4 0 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 2 1 50% 7 1.005 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 5 1 7.4
1963 29 LAA AL 40 18 4 2 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 22 11 50% 5 .958 5 7 6 4 2 12 11 7 10 7 10 4 4.6
1964 30 LAA AL 33 25 5 3 1 3 2 1 67% 4 0 29 8 28% 5 1.049 10 7 8 6 4 15 14 11 16 6 17 2 5.2
1965 31 TOT MLB 17 17 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 16 7 44% .610 2 5 10 2 1 14 7 10 8 4 8 2 3.9
1965 31 CAL AL 10 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 5 56% 8 .517 2 3 5 1 1 8 4 6 5 3 5 1 4.2
1965 31 HOU NL 7 7 3 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 2 29% 7 .795 0 2 5 1 0 6 3 4 3 1 3 1 3.4
1966 32 TOT NL 25 25 12 4 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 14 10 71% .859 7 3 15 2 5 18 8 17 14 7 14 4 4.4
1966 32 HOU NL 9 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 6 1.013 3 1 5 0 3 6 1 8 7 1 7 0 6.0
1966 32 CHC NL 16 16 8 2 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 11 7 64% 7 .741 4 2 10 2 2 12 7 9 7 6 7 4 3.6
9 Yrs 235 147 58 13 7 18 11 7 61% 22 3 121 52 43% .990 42 32 73 28 20 99 65 82 87 33 88 30 5.1

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%
1957 23 DET AL 178 60% 3.4% 10.7% 10.1% 6.7% 25% 0.70 74% 33 4 12%
1958 24 DET AL 9 67% 11.1% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 100% 0.20 67% 1 0 0%
1960 26 WSH AL 707 57% 2.3% 12.5% 9.1% 6.5% 29% 1.02 75% 134 12 9%
1961 27 MIN AL 466 63% 2.6% 14.0% 7.5% 5.4% 27% 0.98 74% 85 11 13%
1962 28 TOT AL 880 56% 2.3% 11.6% 7.2% 5.8% 25% 0.92 77% 162 14 9%
1962 28 MIN AL 232 55% 3.5% 12.1% 10.3% 6.9% 31% 1.05 71% 45 3 7%
1962 28 LAA AL 648 57% 1.9% 11.4% 6.0% 5.4% 23% 0.88 79% 117 11 9%
1963 29 LAA AL 661 55% 1.8% 13.5% 7.7% 5.9% 26% 0.81 75% 116 8 7%
1964 30 LAA AL 387 59% 1.6% 18.9% 6.5% 6.5% 25% 1.11 72% 73 6 8%
1965 31 TOT MLB 102 63% 3.9% 14.7% 7.8% 8.8% 31% 2.06 70% 21 3 14%
1965 31 CAL AL 68 66% 5.9% 17.7% 7.4% 11.8% 38% 1.33 65% 11 2 18%
1965 31 HOU NL 34 56% 0.0% 8.8% 8.8% 2.9% 13% 4.25 79% 10 1 10%
1966 32 TOT NL 170 61% 2.4% 9.4% 9.4% 7.7% 29% 0.88 77% 35 2 6%
1966 32 HOU NL 74 54% 1.4% 12.2% 5.4% 4.1% 18% 1.00 78% 7 1 14%
1966 32 CHC NL 96 66% 3.1% 7.3% 12.5% 10.4% 36% 0.79 76% 28 1 4%
9 Yrs 3560 58% 2.3% 13.1% 7.9% 6.2% 27% 0.94 75% 660 60 9%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 14.4% 8.4% 6.5% 29% 1.05 74% 11%

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
1957 23 DET AL 178 48 6 0 5 4 2 5 1 8 3 1 38% 2 0 0 63 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1958 24 DET AL 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 26 WSH AL 707 160 16 0 14 8 8 8 8 27 15 3 56% 7 6 1 262 1 6 14% 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0
1961 27 MIN AL 466 93 12 0 6 6 6 9 3 22 14 3 64% 6 1 1 167 0 4 0% 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1962 28 TOT AL 880 204 20 0 8 11 9 9 11 37 16 6 43% 12 4 3 318 7 8 47% 7 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 0
1962 28 MIN AL 232 51 8 0 5 5 3 3 5 15 6 4 40% 0 2 1 80 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1962 28 LAA AL 648 153 12 0 3 6 6 6 6 22 10 2 45% 12 2 2 238 5 7 42% 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1963 29 LAA AL 661 148 12 1 16 3 9 4 8 40 25 5 63% 7 5 0 233 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1964 30 LAA AL 387 99 6 1 12 3 3 2 4 25 5 9 20% 6 1 2 142 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1965 31 TOT MLB 102 29 4 0 5 1 3 2 2 6 4 1 67% 2 1 1 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1965 31 CAL AL 68 21 4 0 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 50% 2 1 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 31 HOU NL 34 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1966 32 TOT NL 170 45 4 0 3 2 2 3 1 13 6 2 46% 4 3 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1966 32 HOU NL 74 17 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1966 32 CHC NL 96 28 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 13 6 2 46% 2 1 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 Yrs 3560 827 81 2 69 39 42 42 39 178 88 30 49% 46 21 8 1302 17 23 43% 17 20 0 2 0 1 1 0 69 0
MLB Averages 51% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1957 23 1 3 .250 4.66 11 6 2 0 0 0 38.2 48 22 20 6 18 0 19 1 0 0 179 84 1.707 11.2 1.4 4.2 4.4 1.06 84
1958 24 1 3 .250 4.87 12 6 3 0 0 0 40.2 49 24 22 7 19 0 19 2 0 0 188 81 1.672 10.8 1.5 4.2 4.2 1.00 81
1959 25 1 3 .250 4.87 12 6 3 0 0 0 40.2 49 24 22 7 19 0 19 2 0 0 188 81 1.672 10.8 1.5 4.2 4.2 1.00 81
1960 26 9 10 .474 3.72 56 26 13 1 0 3 205.2 209 96 85 23 83 3 107 5 0 6 886 107 1.420 9.1 1.0 3.6 4.7 1.29 107
1961 27 12 16 .429 3.65 93 36 27 5 0 6 320.2 302 145 130 35 118 4 172 9 0 7 1352 112 1.310 8.5 1.0 3.3 4.8 1.46 112
1962 28 23 27 .460 3.58 129 67 31 10 2 8 526.0 506 236 209 55 181 5 274 19 0 11 2232 112 1.306 8.7 0.9 3.1 4.7 1.51 112
1963 29 31 38 .449 3.60 169 89 35 13 4 9 680.0 654 310 272 67 232 9 363 28 0 16 2893 108 1.303 8.7 0.9 3.1 4.8 1.56 108
1964 30 36 42 .462 3.50 202 97 40 13 4 11 769.1 753 349 299 73 257 10 436 29 0 17 3281 109 1.313 8.8 0.9 3.0 5.1 1.70 109
1965 31 36 43 .456 3.55 219 97 46 13 4 11 791.1 782 363 312 77 265 12 451 31 0 18 3383 107 1.323 8.9 0.9 3.0 5.1 1.70 107
1966 32 40 44 .476 3.61 244 97 58 13 4 11 828.1 827 387 332 81 281 14 467 31 0 21 3553 105 1.338 9.0 0.9 3.1 5.1 1.66 105

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1957 23 2 2 .500 4.85 39.0 51 23 21 6 19 19 1 1.795 11.8 4.4 4.4 1.00 1.4 11
1958 24 0 0 9.00 2.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 1
1960 26 10 8 .556 3.52 166.0 167 72 65 17 67 88 3 1.410 9.1 3.6 4.8 1.31 0.9 44
1961 27 7 5 .583 3.27 113.0 89 46 41 11 33 64 4 1.080 7.1 2.6 5.1 1.94 0.9 37
1962 28 12 10 .545 3.58 201.0 205 89 80 20 63 100 10 1.333 9.2 2.8 4.5 1.59 0.9 36
1963 29 7 9 .438 4.44 146.0 159 80 72 13 55 84 10 1.466 9.8 3.4 5.2 1.53 0.8 40
1964 30 5 4 .556 3.43 84.0 107 36 32 6 27 68 1 1.595 11.5 2.9 7.3 2.52 0.6 33
1965 31 1 1 .500 6.75 20.0 31 17 15 4 9 14 2 2.000 14.0 4.1 6.3 1.56 1.8 17
1966 32 1 2 .333 5.66 35.0 47 24 22 4 17 15 0 1.829 12.1 4.4 3.9 0.88 1.0 25
9 Yrs 45 41 .523 3.91 806.0 857 389 350 82 291 452 32 1.424 9.6 5.0 1.55 0.9 244

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Games Played s c a p y
1960 AL  44 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 AL  10 (4th)
1963 AL  9 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1960 AL  115 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Donald dave Don donald Edward Lee

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