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Bill Lee
William Francis (III) Lee (Spaceman)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.
School University of Southern California

Debut June 25, 1969
vs. CLE 4.0 IP, 2 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER
Final Game May 7, 1982
Born December 28, 1946 in Burbank, CA

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1969 22 BOS AL   1   3  20   1   0   0   3  0   52.0   56   27   26   9   28   45   2   3   232   0   0  4.50  3.85   85 1.615
 1970 23 BOS AL   2   2  11   5   0   0   2  1   37.0   48   20   19   3   14   19   0   2   167   1   0  4.62  3.98   86 1.676
 1971 24 BOS AL   9   2  47   3   0   0  13  2  102.0  102   35   31   7   46   74   1   1   451   7   0  2.74  3.74  137 1.451
 1972 25 BOS AL   7   4  47   0   0   0  16  5   84.3   75   31   30   5   32   43   1   4   346   8   0  3.20  3.25  102 1.269
 1973 26 BOS AL  17  11  38  33  18   1   1  1  284.7  275  100   87  20   76  120   5   3  1173   2   0  2.75  4.05  147 1.233 AS
 1974 27 BOS AL  17  15  38  37  16   1   0  0  282.3  320  123  110  25   67   95   4   3  1190   0   0  3.51  3.88  111 1.371
 1975 28 BOS AL  17   9  41  34  17   4   0  0  260.0  274  123  114  20   69   78   3   2  1093   1   0  3.95  4.13  105 1.319 MVP-23
 1976 29 BOS AL   5   7  24  14   1   0   7  3   96.0  124   68   60  13   28   29   3   2   440   1   0  5.63  3.95   70 1.583
 1977 30 BOS AL   9   5  27  16   4   0   4  1  128.0  155   67   63  14   29   31   0   1   543   1   0  4.43  4.56  103 1.438
 1978 31 BOS AL  10  10  28  24   8   1   3  0  177.0  198   89   68  20   59   44   2   0   768   2   0  3.46  4.16  120 1.452
 1979 32 MON NL  16  10  33  33   6   3   0  0  222.0  230   91   75  20   46   59   1   0   925   1   1  3.04  3.67  121 1.243
 1980 33 MON NL   4   6  24  18   2   0   4  0  118.0  156   71   65  13   22   34   3   1   522   1   0  4.96  3.57   72 1.508
 1981 34 MON NL   5   6  31   7   0   0  16  6   88.7   90   33   29   6   14   34   2   2   365   2   0  2.94  3.49  119 1.173
 1982 35 MON NL   0   0   7   0   0   0   1  0   12.3   19    7    6   1    1    8   0   0    56   0   0  4.38  3.65   83 1.622
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .569 119  90 416 225  72  10  70 19 1944.3 2122  885  783 176  531  713  27  24  8271  27   1  3.62  3.92  108 1.364
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   9  44  23   7   1   7  2  206.0  225   93   83  18   56   75   2   2   877   2   0  3.62  3.92  108 1.364
 Career High     17  15  47  37  18   4  16  6  284.7  320  123  114  25   76  120   5   4  1190   8   1  2.74  4.56  147 1.173

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 22 BOS AL  20   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
 1970 23 BOS AL  11   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1971 24 BOS AL  47   23    0    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   8  .217  .250  .217   30    5   3   0   0   0   0
 1972 25 BOS AL  47   16    3    3   0  1   1    1   0  0   0   7  .188  .188  .500   95    8   0   0   0   0   0
 1976 29 BOS AL   3    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1979 32 MON NL  33   74    5   16   2  0   0    6   0  0   0  21  .216  .216  .243   26   18   7   0   0   0   0
 1980 33 MON NL  25   41    2    9   1  0   0    0   0  0   0  12  .220  .220  .244   30   10   0   0   0   0   0
 1981 34 MON NL  31   22    1    8   0  0   1    2   0  0   0   4  .364  .364  .500  143   11   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     225  197   12   41   3  1   2   10   0  0   1  63  .208  .212  .264   31   52  10   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        142    9   30   2  1   1    7   0  0   1  45  .208  .212  .264   31   37   7   0   0   0   1
 Career High     47   74    5   16   2  1   1    6   0  0   1  21                          18   7   0   0   0   1

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 22 BOS AL   10   11    0   0.0   100| .000  .262| .000  .340| .000  .395| .000  .735|-100  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1970 23 BOS AL   11   11    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .343| .000  .407| .000  .750|-100  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1971 24 BOS AL   27   21    2   2.6    99| .217  .264| .250  .337| .217  .392| .467  .729|  30  .305  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1972 25 BOS AL   16   13    2   4.1    88| .188  .253| .188  .323| .500  .365| .688  .688|  95  .560  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1976 29 BOS AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1979 32 MON NL   81   65    4   1.7    99| .216  .268| .216  .333| .243  .397| .459  .730|  26  .143  -7.7  -0.8   0%
 1980 33 MON NL   41   32    2   1.7    95| .220  .267| .220  .329| .244  .387| .464  .716|  30  .157  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1981 34 MON NL   22   14    4   7.7    93| .364  .264| .364  .329| .500  .378| .864  .707| 143  .760   1.0   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      208  167   14   2.3    97| .208  .265| .212  .332| .264  .390| .476  .723|  31  .242 -19.3  -1.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1969 22 BOS AL   P   20      2    6    1    0  .889  .952  0.40  0.69  1.38  1.89    1   52.0
 1970 23 BOS AL   P   11      1   10    0    1 1.000  .948  1.00  0.67  2.68  1.85    5   37.0
 1971 24 BOS AL   P   47      2   19    1    0  .955  .959  0.45  0.77  1.85  1.98    3  102.0
 1972 25 BOS AL   P   47      6   24    0    2 1.000  .949  0.64  0.75  3.20  1.86    0   84.3
 1973 26 BOS AL   P   38     10   57    6    2  .918  .950  1.76  0.86  2.12  1.86   33  284.7 AS
 1974 27 BOS AL   P   38      9   69    8    3  .907  .947  2.05  0.83  2.49  1.81   37  282.3
 1975 28 BOS AL   P   41      9   54    5    4  .926  .940  1.54  0.85  2.18  1.87   34  260.0
 1976 29 BOS AL   P   24      2   22    2    1  .923  .949  1.00  0.85  2.25  1.87   14   96.0
                 DH    2
 1977 30 BOS AL   P   27      3   32    1    4  .972  .949  1.30  0.84  2.46  1.95   16  128.0
 1978 31 BOS AL   P   28      9   32    3    2  .932  .953  1.46  0.85  2.08  1.90   24  177.0
 1979 32 MON NL   P   33     11   41    1    2  .981  .951  1.58  0.66  2.11  1.80   33  222.0
 1980 33 MON NL   P   24      7   19    0    2 1.000  .952  1.08  0.69  1.98  1.91   18  118.0
 1981 34 MON NL   P   31     12   27    0    1 1.000  .958  1.26  0.68  3.96  1.97    7   88.7
 1982 35 MON NL   P    7      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.43  0.70  2.20  1.98    0   12.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1976 29 BOS AL  DH    2

 1969 22 BOS AL   P   20      2    6    1    0  .889  .952  0.40  0.69  1.38  1.89    1   52.0
 1970 23 BOS AL   P   11      1   10    0    1 1.000  .948  1.00  0.67  2.68  1.85    5   37.0
 1971 24 BOS AL   P   47      2   19    1    0  .955  .959  0.45  0.77  1.85  1.98    3  102.0
 1972 25 BOS AL   P   47      6   24    0    2 1.000  .949  0.64  0.75  3.20  1.86    0   84.3
 1973 26 BOS AL   P   38     10   57    6    2  .918  .950  1.76  0.86  2.12  1.86   33  284.7
 1974 27 BOS AL   P   38      9   69    8    3  .907  .947  2.05  0.83  2.49  1.81   37  282.3
 1975 28 BOS AL   P   41      9   54    5    4  .926  .940  1.54  0.85  2.18  1.87   34  260.0
 1976 29 BOS AL   P   24      2   22    2    1  .923  .949  1.00  0.85  2.25  1.87   14   96.0
 1977 30 BOS AL   P   27      3   32    1    4  .972  .949  1.30  0.84  2.46  1.95   16  128.0
 1978 31 BOS AL   P   28      9   32    3    2  .932  .953  1.46  0.85  2.08  1.90   24  177.0
 1979 32 MON NL   P   33     11   41    1    2  .981  .951  1.58  0.66  2.11  1.80   33  222.0
 1980 33 MON NL   P   24      7   19    0    2 1.000  .952  1.08  0.69  1.98  1.91   18  118.0
 1981 34 MON NL   P   31     12   27    0    1 1.000  .958  1.26  0.68  3.96  1.97    7   88.7
 1982 35 MON NL   P    7      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.43  0.70  2.20  1.98    0   12.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 416     83  415   28   24  .947  .949  1.20  0.78  2.31  1.87  225 1944.3
                 DH    2   Games not counted in Overall Total below            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       416     83  415   28   24  .947  .949  1.20  0.78  2.31  1.87  225   1944

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1975   WS    BOS CIN     L   2   2   3.14  0  0  0  0  14.1  12   5   3   7 
 1981   NLDS  MON PHI     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.2   2   0   0   1 
        NLCS  MON LAD     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Ser      1-2   4   2   2.93  0  0  0  0  15.1  15   5   3   8 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1975   WS    BOS CIN     L   2   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .167  .167  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   NLDS  MON PHI     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  MON LAD     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   1-2   4   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .167  .167  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1973   BOS AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1973

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1975-AL-23-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

ERA
1973 AL-2.75-3
1979 NL-3.04-7

Wins
1979 NL-16-7

Won-Loss %
1975 AL-.654-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1973 AL-1.233-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1973 AL-2.40-7
1974 AL-2.14-6
1975 AL-2.39-9
1979 NL-1.86-4

Comp. Games
1973 AL-18-10
1975 AL-17-9

Shutouts
1975 AL-4-7
1979 NL-3-6

Home Runs Allow.
1974 AL-25-8

Hits Allowed
1974 AL-320-1
1975 AL-274-4
1979 NL-230-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1974 AL-110-9
1975 AL-114-5

Adjusted ERA+
1973 AL-147-3
1979 NL-121-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 29 (799) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 13.0 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 17.0 (667) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1968 amateur draft.
December 7, 1978: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Montreal Expos for Stan Papi.
May 9, 1982: Released by the Montreal Expos.
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Uniforms
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All-Star 1973	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1975-AL-23-0.01 Car-1456-0.01 shares	ERA 1973 AL-2.75-3 1979 NL-3.04-7	Wins 1979 NL-16-7	Won-Loss % 1975 AL-.654-6	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1973 AL-1.233-9
Bases on Balls/9IP 1973 AL-2.40-7 1974 AL-2.14-6 1975 AL-2.39-9 1979 NL-1.86-4	Comp. Games 1973 AL-18-10 1975 AL-17-9	Shutouts 1975 AL-4-7 1979 NL-3-6	Home Runs Allow. 1974 AL-25-8	Hits Allowed 1974 AL-320-1 1975 AL-274-4 1979 NL-230-10	Earned Runs Allow. 1974 AL-110-9 1975 AL-114-5
Adjusted ERA+ 1973 AL-147-3 1979 NL-121-8