Bill Lee

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: October 21, 1909 in Plaquemine, LA us

Died: June 15, 1977 in Plaquemine, LA

Buried: Protestant Cemetery, Plaquemine, LA

School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: April 29, 1934 (Age 24-190d, 7,718th in major league history)
vs. STL 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: June 29, 1947 (Age 37-251d)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: William Crutcher Lee

Nicknames: Big Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.4

169

157

ERA

3.54

462

379

2864.0

998

WHIP

1.343

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Team Record in Appearances: 29-15 / in Starts: 25-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 3

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	160	4	Apr 22	CHC		STL	L,5-6	GS-9		99	8.1	8	5	4	6	6	0	0	4.32	3.77	38	13	5	2	1	8	49			0	1	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.061	2.82	0.10%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a3
2	161	7	Apr 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.00	4.05	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	.73	-0.017	2.39	-0.03%	0.18	8b 1-3 1 out d1	8b end d 2
3	162	10	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	W,12-5	GS-9	W(1-0)	2	8.1	13	5	5	1	4	1	0	4.67	4.03	38	12	8	0	4	13	40			0	0	0	37	3	1	0	1	0	0	.34	0.200	.84	0.30%	-0.95	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a7
May				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
4	163	14	May 2	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-8	L(1-1)	3	7.1	10	6	4	2	2	1	0	4.74	4.35	33	11	8	0	1	10	38			0	0	0	30	4	1	0	2	0	1	1.38	-0.518	4.52	-1.01%	-2.27	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out d2
5	164	18	May 6	CHC		BSN	W,13-9	GS-5		3	4.0	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	5.02	4.83	20	6	3	1	2	4	42			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.026	3.60	-0.05%	-0.59	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out a2
6	165	21	May 10	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	GS-1	L(1-2)	3	0.2	2	3	3	4	1	0	0	5.83	5.13	8	0	1	0	0	2	33			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.278	7.28	-0.73%	-3.27	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d3
7	166	25	May 15	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	2	0	2	0	5.45	5.61	28	15	6	0	2	5	53			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.002	2.96	0.00%	0.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
8	167	28	May 19	CHC	@	NYG	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(2-2)	3	10.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.27	4.93	35	13	17	3	1	2	85			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.886	4.41	1.67%	4.99	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
9	168	32	May 23	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	1	3.74	4.66	36	16	13	3	1	3	72			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.309	3.29	0.64%	3.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	169	35	May 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.22	4.54	36	15	11	2	2	6	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.308	2.43	0.73%	4.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
11	170	39	May 30(2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-2)	2	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.82	4.26	33	12	10	2	1	5	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.538	4.35	1.25%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Jun				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
12	171	41	Jun 3	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.51	4.16	32	13	13	1	3	2	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.397	3.68	1.06%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	172	45	Jun 7	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	2	0	2.46	4.31	33	14	6	0	1	7	67			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	0.377	6.20	1.40%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	173	49	Jun 12(1)	CHC		BRO	W,9-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	0	1	4	0	0	2.29	4.17	28	12	5	1	0	6	64			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.16	0.084	4.46	0.19%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
15	174	53	Jun 17(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(7-3)	4	8.0	5	1	1	2	1	1	0	2.20	4.25	31	11	12	2	2	5	67			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.185	4.37	0.51%	2.56	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	175	58	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	W(8-3)	2	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.11	4.14	35	13	8	1	1	6	71			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.349	3.60	0.72%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
17	176	60	Jun 24	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS-1		3	0.2	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.33	4.16	7	3	1	1	0	2	29			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.58	-0.297	8.27	-0.93%	-3.10	1b start a 1	1b -23 2 out d2
18	177	62	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	7-7		1	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	2.54	4.25	6	1	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.174	3.84	-0.55%	-2.50	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d4
19	178	64	Jun 29	CHC		STL	L,5-10	GS-4	L(8-4)	2	3.0	8	5	5	0	3	0	0	2.85	4.17	17	6	1	0	1	7	26			1	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.358	3.08	-0.71%	-3.47	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 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
20	179	66	Jul 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-9	W(9-4)	3	8.0	9	3	2	0	3	0	0	2.81	4.05	33	13	8	2	0	9	57			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	2	0	2	1.25	0.181	4.10	0.36%	1.39	1b start tie	9b -23 0 out a3
21	180	71	Jul 10	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-5)	6	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.87	3.98	28	8	10	1	1	6	53			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	1	0	1	.68	-0.048	1.47	-0.06%	0.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	181	75	Jul 14(2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	5	1	1	5	6	0	0	2.75	3.94	35	9	10	0	4	5	74			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.21	0.418	1.34	0.28%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
23	182	79	Jul 17(2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	SHO	W(11-5)	2	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.59	3.84	34	14	6	1	0	5	82			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.372	1.38	0.43%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	183	84	Jul 23(1)	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	W(12-5)	5	9.0	14	4	4	1	6	0	0	2.67	3.74	41	9	11	0	4	14	48			0	0	0	39	3	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.135	1.83	0.19%	0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	184	86	Jul 24	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	9-GF(15)	W(13-5)	0	7.0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.56	3.74	27	10	11	0	3	4		0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.31	0.873	8.53	1.93%	3.56	9t --- 0 out d1	15t end tie
26	185	89	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-9		4	8.1	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.64	3.71	34	18	4	0	1	7	52			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.39	0.198	3.88	0.33%	0.93	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a1
27	186	91	Jul 31(1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	8-GF(12)	L(13-6)	1	4.1	5	1	1	2	2	1	0	2.63	3.78	19	5	5	0	0	5		0	0	0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.151	3.85	0.15%	1.21	8b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
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
28	187	94	Aug 3	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-8	GS-4	L(13-7)	2	4.0	7	5	5	0	2	3	0	2.81	3.95	17	6	2	0	2	7	30			0	2	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.283	1.55	-0.54%	-3.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
29	188	98	Aug 7(2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-5	GS-	L(13-8)	3	5.0	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.88	3.94	20						47						18					0
30	189	102	Aug 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	W(14-8)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.88	3.91	35	13	11	1	1	7	61			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.099	3.70	0.23%	1.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
31	190	106	Aug 16(1)	CHC		STL	W,5-4	GS-8		3	8.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	2.95	3.91	32	16	6	0	2	5	53			3	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.056	2.06	-0.08%	0.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
32	191	111	Aug 21(1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	GS-9	W(15-8)	4	8.2	10	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.00	3.89	36	16	6	0	2	10	48			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	.93	0.203	1.30	0.17%	0.14	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
33	192	116	Aug 25(1)	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	W(16-8)	3	9.0	4	2	2	3	6	1	0	2.96	3.90	34	13	8	1	1	4	74			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.520	1.00	0.20%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	193	120	Aug 28(1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	GS-2		2	1.2	4	5	2	0	0	2	0	3.01	4.01	10	3	3	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	.85	-0.332	1.37	-0.32%	-4.09	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d5
35	194	123	Aug 31	CHC		BSN	L,4-6	GS-9	L(16-9)	2	8.1	13	6	6	3	2	1	0	3.14	4.05	39	23	1	0	0	10	32			1	0	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.31	-0.506	2.51	-0.58%	-0.61	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out tie
Sept				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
36	195	128	Sep 5(1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(17-9)	4	9.0	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.02	3.99	37	10	16	2	1	8	70			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.448	2.94	0.72%	4.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
37	196	130	Sep 7	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	3.97	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.112	6.95	0.22%	0.63	8b --- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
38	197	134	Sep 11	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(18-9)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.90	3.93	30	13	7	2	2	4	81			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.661	5.73	1.91%	4.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
39	198	137	Sep 17(1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-0	SHO	W(19-9)	5	9.0	13	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.80	3.86	38	14	7	1	2	10	66			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.57	0.569	10.12	2.21%	4.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
40	199	141	Sep 22(1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-0	SHO	W(20-9)	4	9.0	10	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.71	3.82	37	17	7	1	3	9	69			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.27	0.469	6.17	1.37%	4.45	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
41	200	147	Sep 26	CHC		STL	W,6-3	CG	W(21-9)	3	9.0	12	3	3	0	4	0	0	2.72	3.77	37	17	6	2	4	10	55			1	0	0	37	4	0	0	2	0	0	.93	0.279	10.49	1.88%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
42	201	148	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.71	3.76	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.22	0.115	110.99	1.82%	-0.39	9t -23 2 out a2	9t end a 1
43	202	149	Sep 28	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	8-8		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	3.76	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.006	37.66	-0.12%	0.51	8t 12- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d2
44	203	150	Sep 29	CHC		PIT	W,10-1	CG	W(22-9)	0	9.0	7	1	1	7	2	0	0	2.65	3.80	39	11	12	0	2	7	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.168	30.94	4.17%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
							29-15		W-L:22-9,Sv:2	2.7	292.0	282	95	86	74	122	18	2	2.65	3.80	1198	1.56		5%	8%	249	57	6	50%	8	5	0	1112	43	9	5	33	0	11	1.10	6.764	5.04	21.40%	54.29

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