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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: 11-26 / in Starts: 10-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 2

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	241	1	Apr 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	8	2	2	1	2	2	0	2.25	6.12	34	9	14	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.10	0.048	2.93	0.08%	1.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
2	242	4	Apr 20	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.0	10	2	2	5	2	0	0	2.40	5.40	35	10	8	0	0	10	46			1	1	0	29	3	1	0	1	0	2	1.56	-0.213	3.57	-0.29%	-0.51	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out tie
3	243	8	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	11	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.00	4.66	38	15	11	2	2	9	48			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	1	0	0	.78	0.149	1.59	0.18%	0.36	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a5
4	244	12	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	4.0	8	7	7	0	1	3	0	4.82	5.75	20	11	0	0	0	8	19			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.679	3.04	-1.10%	-4.95	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d2
5	245	14	Apr 30	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	W(2-2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.66	5.65	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.132	3.79	0.17%	0.47	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
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
6	246	16	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	GS-	L(2-3)	4	7.1	7	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.71	5.39	31						45						26					0
7	247	20	May 10	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	GS-6	L(2-4)	4	5.1	7	5	4	0	2	0	0	4.97	4.99	24	9	6	2	0	7	38			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	-0.187	2.47	-0.20%	-1.04	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
8	248	24	May 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	W(3-4)	5	9.0	9	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.80	4.91	38	19	4	1	1	8	54			0	0	0	35	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.51	0.340	3.05	0.41%	0.09	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
9	249	28	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	GS-6	W(4-4)	3	5.1	6	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.98	4.98	23	5	6	0	0	5	41			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.038	2.92	0.07%	-0.56	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a2
10	250	32	May 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-5)	5	8.0	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	4.64	4.79	30	13	9	2	1	5	61			4	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.053	1.93	-0.08%	0.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	251	36	May 30(1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	GS-2	L(4-6)	3	1.2	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.93	4.84	10	4	1	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.249	3.53	-0.34%	-2.64	1t start tie	2t -23 2 out d3
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	252	39	Jun 2(1)	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	L(4-7)	2	9.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.70	4.66	36	12	11	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	33	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.56	-0.208	2.73	-0.22%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	253	44	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	W,11-5	GS-7	W(5-7)	3	6.2	7	5	5	7	2	1	0	4.87	4.89	31	7	8	1	2	7	35			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	2	0	0	1.22	0.022	1.11	0.01%	-0.26	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out a4
14	254	49	Jun 11(1)	CHC		NYG	L,0-4	GS-8	L(5-8)	4	8.0	9	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.84	4.78	33	14	6	1	2	8	47			0	1	1	30	2	1	1	1	0	1	.48	-0.161	.73	-0.15%	-0.21	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
15	255	53	Jun 16(1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	GS-		4	7.0	7	3	2	1	3	0	0	4.67	4.62	28						55						26					0
16	256	58	Jun 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-6	L(5-9)	4	6.0	8	6	6	5	2	0	0	4.93	4.63	31	8	9	2	1	7	29			0	1	0	25	4	1	2	1	0	1	.95	-0.308	.86	-0.17%	-3.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
17	257	63	Jun 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(5-10)	5	8.0	9	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.98	4.56	34	9	11	0	0	9	43			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.515	2.62	-0.60%	-0.81	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
18	258	66	Jun 30(1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	4.54	4	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.11	0.006	.17	0.01%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
19	259	67	Jun 30(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	9-GF		-1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	4.54	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.67	-0.167	6.77	-0.12%	-1.00	9b 123 1 out tie	9b end d 1
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	260	69	Jul 2	CHC		PIT	W,10-0	SHO	W(6-10)	1	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.56	4.38	32	12	10	0	6	5	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.169	.15	0.06%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
21	261	75	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	GS-8	L(6-11)	4	8.0	9	4	3	2	3	1	0	4.49	4.40	35	14	7	0	0	9	51			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	-0.264	.64	-0.09%	-0.21	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
22	262	80	Jul 14(1)	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	GS-5		6	4.2	9	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.67	4.46	22	8	4	1	0	8	26			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.14	-0.310	.49	-0.08%	-2.05	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d2
23	263	85	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,4-7	GS-3	L(6-12)	3	2.1	6	5	4	2	0	0	0	4.85	4.47	15	3	4	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.337	.31	-0.06%	-3.74	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d3
24	264	87	Jul 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-9	4-7		1	3.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.73	4.43	14	5	4	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	.55	0.072	.12	0.01%	1.67	4t --- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d2
25	265	88	Jul 21(1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-8	6-GF		0	3.1	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	4.74	4.53	15	8	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	-0.016	.02	0.00%	-1.16	6t 12- 2 out d5	9t end d 6
26	266	92	Jul 25	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-4	GS-8	W(7-12)	3	7.1	8	4	3	1	3	0	0	4.69	4.43	31	12	9	1	1	6	50			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	-0.054	.14	0.00%	-1.72	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a2
27	267	97	Jul 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7	GS-2	L(7-13)	4	1.2	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.94	4.46	12	4	4	2	0	2	23			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.456	.15	-0.03%	-4.42	1b start a 2	2b --3 2 out d3
28	268	98	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	4.96	4.45	7	3	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	.05	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-2.54	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 6
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
29	269	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS-10	W(8-13)	6	9.1	11	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.84	4.36	38	13	12	1	0	10	55			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.38	0.205	.28	0.03%	0.75	1b start tie	10b 1-3 1 out a2
30	270	107	Aug 11(1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-7		3	7.0	9	3	2	0	2	0	0	4.75	4.28	29	10	8	2	0	9	51			1	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.052	.06	0.00%	0.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
31	271	112	Aug 16(2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	L(8-14)	4	9.0	13	6	6	2	4	0	0	4.81	4.20	41	11	11	0	0	13	39			0	0	0	37	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.241	.03	0.00%	-1.73	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
32	272	116	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	GS-3		4	2.0	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	5.01	4.22	13	4	2	0	1	5	24			0	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	-0.317	.04	-0.01%	-4.03	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d4
33	273	121	Aug 25(2)	CHC		NYG	L,8-12	GS-6		3	5.0	7	6	6	1	4	1	0	5.17	4.23	23	11	0	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.441	.03	-0.01%	-3.63	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d2
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
34	274	127	Sep 1(1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-5	L(8-15)	6	4.2	8	6	6	2	0	0	1	5.32	4.25	25	5	10	3	0	7	22			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.296	.00	0.00%	-3.76	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d5
35	275	139	Sep 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-6	L(8-16)	12	5.2	4	3	3	3	1	0	1	5.31	4.26	25	12	6	0	0	2	47			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.210	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d1
36	276	149	Sep 25(1)	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(9-16)	10	11.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	5.07	4.13	38						88						36	0	0			0
37	277	153	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4		L(9-17)	2	5.1	9	3	2	2	4	0	0	5.03	4.09	28												26					0
							11-26		W-L:9-17	3.1	211.1	246	129	118	70	70	12	2	5.03	4.09	927	1.42		5%	4%	200	44	5	20%	13	5	1	837	43	8	8	20	0	15	1.08	-4.575	1.30	-2.53%	-32.13

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