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Mark Lee

Mark Linden Lee

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: June 14, 1953 in Inglewood, CA
School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 13th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1978
Teams (by GP): Padres/Pirates 1978-1981

Final Game: October 4, 1981
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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
1978 25 SDP NL 5 1 .833 3.28 56 0 21 0 0 2 85.0 74 34 31 2 36 13 31 2 4 3 357 101 1.294 7.8 0.2 3.8 3.3 0.86
1979 26 SDP NL 2 4 .333 4.29 46 1 18 0 0 5 65.0 88 34 31 3 25 5 25 2 0 1 302 82 1.738 12.2 0.4 3.5 3.5 1.00
1980 27 PIT NL 0 1 .000 4.76 4 0 3 0 0 0 5.2 5 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 26 83 1.412 7.9 0.0 4.8 3.2 0.67
1981 28 PIT NL 0 2 .000 2.75 12 0 6 0 0 2 19.2 17 6 6 1 5 1 5 0 1 1 83 135 1.119 7.8 0.5 2.3 2.3 1.00
4 Yrs 7 8 .467 3.64 118 1 48 0 0 9 175.1 184 77 71 6 69 19 63 4 5 6 768 95 1.443 9.4 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.91
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .467 3.64 67 1 27 0 0 5 100 105 44 41 3 39 11 36 2 3 3 439 95 1.443 9.4 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.91
PIT (2 yrs) 0 3 .000 3.20 16 0 9 0 0 2 25.1 22 9 9 1 8 1 7 0 1 2 109 118 1.184 7.8 0.4 2.8 2.5 0.88
SDP (2 yrs) 7 5 .583 3.72 102 1 39 0 0 7 150.0 162 68 62 5 61 18 56 4 4 4 659 92 1.487 9.7 0.3 3.7 3.4 0.92

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
1978 25 SDP NL 85.0 56 0 34 3.60 4.06 -0.22 -0.33 93.9 3.71 0 0.0 .9 -0.1 0.6 9 .500 .500 $
1979 26 SDP NL 65.0 46 1 34 4.71 4.33 0.11 -0.31 94.6 3.69 -8 -0.8 1.4 -0.3 -0.6 -1 .482 .495 $
1980 27 PIT NL 5.2 4 0 3 4.76 3.90 0.19 -0.30 103.7 3.53 -1 -0.1 1.8 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .478 .499 $
1981 28 PIT NL 19.2 12 0 6 2.75 3.99 -0.29 -0.30 103.0 4.09 3 0.3 1.5 0.0 0.5 4 .526 .502 $
4 Seasons 175.1 118 1 77 3.95 4.15 -0.09 -0.32 95.5 3.74 -6 -0.6 1.2 -0.4 0.4 11 .495 .499 $
PIT (2 yrs) 25.1 16 0 9 3.20 3.97 -0.18 -0.30 103.1 3.96 2 0.2 1.5 -0.0 0.4 4 .514 .501 $
SDP (2 yrs) 150.0 102 1 68 4.08 4.18 -0.08 -0.32 94.2 3.70 -8 -0.8 1.2 -0.4 0.0 7 .492 .497 $

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
1978 25 SDP NL 56 357 308 34 74 9 2 2 6 5 36 31 .240 .321 .302 .623 .259 93 7 2 8 3 13 6
1979 26 SDP NL 46 302 265 34 88 9 3 3 4 1 25 25 .332 .392 .423 .815 .357 112 9 2 9 1 5 6
1980 27 PIT NL 4 26 22 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 .227 .320 .273 .593 .250 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
1981 28 PIT NL 12 83 73 6 17 2 1 1 3 0 5 5 .233 .282 .329 .611 .239 24 0 0 5 0 1 3
4 Yrs 118 768 668 77 184 21 6 6 14 6 69 63 .275 .345 .352 .697 .295 235 16 4 23 4 19 15
162 Game Avg. 67 439 382 44 105 12 3 3 8 3 39 36 .275 .345 .352 .697 .295 134 9 2 13 2 11 9
MLB Averages .261 .325 .384 .710 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1978 25 SDP NL 0.7 0.1 380 1.0 5.2 -4.2 .84 1.1 0.2 -1.6 -0.2 0.84 6.5 14 8 34
1979 26 SDP NL -5.3 -0.5 311 -0.5 5.7 -6.2 1.14 -0.9 0.4 -9.3 -1.0 1.14 -9.8 18 5 22
1980 27 PIT NL -0.4 -0.0 28 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .80 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 0.80 0.3 1 0 3
1981 28 PIT NL 2.3 0.2 88 0.3 2.1 -1.8 1.49 -0.0 0.2 4.2 0.4 1.49 1.4 5 2 5
4 Yrs -2.6 -0.3 807 0.6 13.2 -12.6 1.02 0.2 0.4 -6.8 -0.7 1.02 -1.6 38 15 64

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
1979 26 SDP NL 46 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 22 8 1 0 5.4 4.0
1 Yr 46 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 22 8 1 0 5.4 4.0
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 99 -2 4.3 4.2 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
1978 25 SDP NL 56 56 21 5 1 2 2 0 100% 6 4 35 17 49% 7 .839 14 8 34 8 7 41 21 35 30 11 33 15 4.6
1979 26 SDP NL 46 45 18 2 4 8 5 3 63% 10 2 46 19 41% 8 1.137 18 5 22 11 5 29 23 22 20 13 23 14 4.1
1980 27 PIT NL 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 .803 1 0 3 0 1 3 1 3 2 1 3 0 4.3
1981 28 PIT NL 12 12 6 0 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 6 0 0% 6 1.494 5 2 5 3 3 6 3 9 8 2 8 2 4.9
4 Yrs 118 117 48 7 8 13 9 4 69% 19 6 90 36 40% 1.026 38 15 64 22 16 79 48 69 60 27 67 31 4.4

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%
1978 25 SDP NL 357 66% 0.6% 8.7% 10.1% 3.6% 18% 1.69 78% 60 7 12%
1979 26 SDP NL 302 57% 1.0% 8.3% 8.3% 5.0% 17% 1.78 79% 76 9 12%
1980 27 PIT NL 26 54% 0.0% 7.7% 11.5% 3.9% 20% 4.00 77% 3 0 0%
1981 28 PIT NL 83 45% 1.2% 6.0% 6.0% 4.8% 24% 1.45 81% 11 0 0%
4 Yrs 768 59% 0.8% 8.2% 9.0% 4.3% 18% 1.73 79% 150 16 11%
MLB Averages 44% 1.9% 12.5% 8.4% 6.5% 28% 1.10 76% 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
1978 25 SDP NL 357 74 2 0 18 0 2 1 1 27 12 2 44% 6 3 1 120 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 13 0
1979 26 SDP NL 302 88 3 0 16 2 1 1 2 19 11 1 58% 6 1 1 148 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1980 27 PIT NL 26 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 0 1 0 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 28 PIT NL 83 17 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 50% 3 1 0 35 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Yrs 768 184 6 0 37 2 4 2 4 51 25 4 49% 15 6 2 313 14 6 70% 14 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 20 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

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+
1978 25 5 1 .833 3.28 56 0 21 0 0 2 85.0 74 34 31 2 36 13 31 2 4 3 357 101 1.294 7.8 0.2 3.8 3.3 0.86 101
1979 26 7 5 .583 3.72 102 1 39 0 0 7 150.0 162 68 62 5 61 18 56 4 4 4 659 92 1.487 9.7 0.3 3.7 3.4 0.92 92
1980 27 7 6 .538 3.76 106 1 42 0 0 7 155.2 167 71 65 5 64 18 58 4 4 5 685 91 1.484 9.7 0.3 3.7 3.4 0.91 91
1981 28 7 8 .467 3.64 118 1 48 0 0 9 175.1 184 77 71 6 69 19 63 4 5 6 768 95 1.443 9.4 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.91 95

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
1978 25 4 4 .500 4.27 78.0 81 41 37 2 39 29 2 1.538 9.3 4.5 3.3 0.74 0.2 56
1979 26 2 4 .333 5.10 60.0 93 38 34 3 26 23 2 1.983 14.0 3.9 3.5 0.88 0.5 46
1980 27 0 0 4.50 6.0 5 3 3 0 3 2 0 1.333 7.5 4.5 3.0 0.67 0.0 4
1981 28 2 1 .667 3.00 30.0 27 11 10 2 8 8 0 1.167 8.1 2.4 2.4 1.00 0.6 12
4 Yrs 8 9 .471 4.34 174.0 206 93 84 7 76 62 4 1.621 10.7 3.2 0.82 0.4 118

* 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.

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