Charlie Lea

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 194lb (193cm, 87kg)

Born: December 25, 1956 in Orleans, France fr

Died: November 11, 2011 in Collierville, TN

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, TN

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 15th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kingsbury HS (Memphis, TN), the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN), the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN) and the Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Memphis (Memphis, TN).

High School: Kingsbury HS (Memphis, TN)

Schools: Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN), University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS), University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)

Debut: June 12, 1980 (Age 23-170d, 14,316th in major league history)
vs. SDP 8.0 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 31-281d)
vs. CAL 5.2 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Charles William Lea

Pronunciation: \LEE\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

ERA

3.54

152

144

923.1

535

WHIP

1.305

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-10 / in Starts: 10-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 1

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	53	Jun 12	MON		SDP	W,9-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	8	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.13	2.88	34	4	15	1	2	8	63			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	.72	0.279	1.68	0.39%	2.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
2	2	57	Jun 16	MON	@	SFG	L,1-5	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	7.0	7	3	2	2	2	0	0	1.80	2.95	29	8	10	1	0	7	53			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.94	-0.129	2.12	-0.18%	0.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
3	3	62	Jun 21	MON	@	SDP	W,7-4	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.2	7	3	3	5	0	0	0	2.38	3.55	33	15	6	1	0	7	48			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	.86	0.250	1.91	0.33%	0.17	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 2 out a3
4	4	68	Jun 28	MON		PIT	L,3-4	GS-7	L(2-2)	6	6.1	3	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.79	3.75	24	8	7	0	1	3	57			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.130	3.14	-0.28%	-0.50	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	73	Jul 3	MON	@	NYM	L,2-7	GS-2	L(2-3)	4	2.0	3	5	1	1	0	1	0	2.90	4.20	11	3	4	0	0	3	37			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.410	3.50	-0.73%	-4.13	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
6	6	76	Jul 5	MON	@	NYM	L,5-7	5-5		1	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	4.17	4	2	2	0	1	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.083	2.75	-0.15%	-1.21	5b 123 0 out d1	5b 1-3 2 out d4
7	7	82	Jul 13	MON		CHC	W,2-1	GS-6		7	5.1	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.68	3.91	21	9	1	0	0	5	56			0	1	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.040	2.90	0.06%	0.83	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
8	8	87	Jul 19(1)	MON	@	HOU	L,2-4	GS-7	L(2-4)	5	6.2	4	3	3	5	6	1	0	2.89	4.10	28	7	10	3	1	0	55			2	1	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	0.093	3.15	0.14%	1.50	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out tie
9	9	92	Jul 23	MON	@	ATL	L,5-6	GS-3		3	2.1	4	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.13	4.14	13	2	2	0	0	4	40			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	-0.139	4.15	-0.22%	-1.14	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out tie
10	10	96	Jul 28(1)	MON		CIN	L,2-3	GS-9	L(2-5)	4	8.0	6	3	1	3	6	0	0	2.83	3.88	33	9	9	0	1	6	65			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.152	3.89	0.20%	1.61	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	102	Aug 3	MON		ATL	W,6-5	GS-6	W(3-5)	5	5.2	8	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.02	3.81	28	6	5	0	3	8	42			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.143	4.12	-0.25%	-1.05	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a2
12	12	108	Aug 8	MON	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	7.2	7	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.94	3.90	32	10	8	0	3	7	58			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.282	2.54	0.54%	1.52	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out a3
13	13	114	Aug 13	MON	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-3		4	2.2	2	3	3	4	0	0	0	3.21	4.02	13	5	2	0	0	2	38			1	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.195	3.52	-0.38%	-1.91	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d3
14	14	119	Aug 19	MON		LAD	L,2-3	GS-7		5	6.2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.93	3.87	25	12	5	1	0	4	68			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.325	3.07	0.59%	2.57	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out a1
15	15	124	Aug 24	MON		SDP	W,12-9	GS-2		4	1.2	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.33	3.94	12	3	1	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.235	3.51	-0.42%	-2.31	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	16	132	Sep 2	MON	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-7	W(5-5)	8	7.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	1	3.16	3.96	27	10	8	2	0	4	63			2	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.31	0.310	5.03	0.72%	1.95	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
17	17	137	Sep 7	MON	@	SFG	L,3-6	GS-4		4	4.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.32	3.90	18	4	3	0	0	6	39			1	1	0	15	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.02	-0.214	4.55	-0.57%	-1.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
18	18	140	Sep 11	MON		CHC	W,6-5	GS-3		3	2.1	3	2	2	4	4	0	1	3.44	3.95	14	0	2	0	0	3	43			0	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.157	5.57	-0.43%	-1.51	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out a2
19	19	144	Sep 16(1)	MON	@	NYM	W,5-3	GS-6		4	5.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.54	3.94	23	10	3	0	0	5	42			1	0	0	20	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.114	5.32	-0.34%	-0.64	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out tie
20	20	152	Sep 24	MON	@	CHC	W,8-4	GS-6	W(6-5)	7	5.1	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.71	3.96	24	5	7	0	2	7	41			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.108	4.27	-0.36%	-1.38	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a1
21	21	162	Oct 5	MON		PHI	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	W(7-5)	10	2.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.72	3.94	12	5	2	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.68	-0.294	.00	0.00%	-1.11	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
							11-10		W-L:7-5	4.5	104.0	103	51	43	55	56	5	2	3.72	3.94	458	1.22		4%	6%	96	49	3	100%	12	7	0	393	25	2	4	5	3	4	1.11	-0.620	3.32	-1.31%	-5.40

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