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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-17 / in Starts: 20-16
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 115 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	73 (36-22-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 115 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	77 (39-24-12)

Most Driven In
D Bartell	2
Self	1

Most Driven In By
J Gleeson	2
Self	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	209	1	Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.62	-0.056	1.68	-0.09%	-0.82	P
2	210	5 (3)	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.92	-0.139	2.89	-0.26%	-1.34	P
3	211	8 (2)	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	212	9	Apr 29	CHC		STL	L,0-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.58	-0.030	1.81	-0.06%	-0.21	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	213	13 (3)	May 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	.66	0.026	1.80	0.04%	0.27	P
6	214	17 (3)	May 8	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.500	.808	9	.52	0.138	1.22	0.19%	1.49	P
7	215	21 (3)	May 13	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.500	.853	9	.48	0.030	1.38	0.05%	0.62	P
8	216	26 (4)	May 18	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.421	.721	9	.65	-0.049	1.83	-0.08%	-0.71	P
9	217	30 (3)	May 22	CHC		BSN	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.409	.713	9	1.91	-0.021	5.73	-0.04%	-0.34	P
10	218	34 (3)	May 26	CHC		PIT	L,5-14	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.391	.683	9	.30	-0.008	.77	-0.01%	-0.11	P
11	219	37 (2)	May 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.259	.346	.605	9	1.22	-0.091	3.31	-0.15%	-0.65	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	220	42 (4)	Jun 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.241	.321	.563	9	.71	-0.038	1.67	-0.05%	-0.57	P
13	221	46 (3)	Jun 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.226	.300	.526	9	1.26	-0.065	2.89	-0.09%	-0.55	P
14	222	51 (4)	Jun 14	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	GS-8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.250	.323	.573	9	1.29	0.062	3.05	0.09%	0.46	P
15	223	56 (4)	Jun 18 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,9-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.212	.257	.303	.560	9	.48	-0.007	.61	-0.01%	-0.38	P
16	224	61 (4)	Jun 23	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.189	.231	.270	.501	9	1.38	-0.099	2.66	-0.12%	-0.57	P
17	225	66 (4)	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.209	.244	.453	9	.43	-0.044	1.19	-0.07%	-0.99	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	226	71 (4)	Jul 3	CHC		STL	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.163	.200	.233	.433	9	1.12	-0.069	3.31	-0.12%	-0.87	P
19	227	76 (4)	Jul 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.229	.429	9	1.74	-0.175	3.03	-0.18%	-0.95	P
20	228	80 (3)	Jul 15	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.157	.189	.216	.404	9	1.72	-0.058	3.65	-0.07%	-0.43	P
21	229	85 (4)	Jul 19	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.196	.222	.419	9	.73	-0.025	1.84	-0.04%	-0.24	P
22	230	89 (3)	Jul 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.186	.211	.397	9	2.06	-0.166	4.25	-0.21%	-1.31	P
23	231	93 (3)	Jul 27	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.175	.197	.371	9	.95	-0.100	1.22	-0.08%	-1.35	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	232	98 (4)	Aug 3	CHC		PHI	W,9-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.141	.167	.188	.354	9	.68	-0.057	.56	-0.03%	-1.31	P
25	233	102 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.134	.159	.179	.339	9	.45	-0.036	.72	-0.04%	-1.05	P
26	234	107 (4)	Aug 11	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.127	.151	.169	.320	9	1.61	-0.182	.74	-0.05%	-1.76	P
27	235	111 (3)	Aug 15	CHC	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.127	.162	.169	.331	9	1.55	-0.008	1.86	-0.01%	-0.08	P
28	236	114 (2)	Aug 19	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.145	.177	.184	.361	9	.70	-0.043	.40	-0.02%	-0.46	P
29	237	119 (4)	Aug 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-3	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.141	.183	.179	.362	9						P
30	238	123 (3)	Aug 27 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.176	.173	.349	9	.97	-0.078	2.05	-0.10%	-0.56	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	239	127 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.179	.360	9	.88	0.000	1.66	0.00%	0.17	P
32	240	133 (5)	Sep 7	CHC		STL	L,2-4	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.149	.187	.184	.371	9	1.26	-0.114	1.07	-0.06%	-0.47	P
33	241	137 (3)	Sep 12	CHC		BSN	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.179	.176	.355	9	.31	-0.035	.02	0.00%	-1.32	P
34	242	143 (5)	Sep 16	CHC		PHI	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	.138	.173	.170	.344	9	.52	-0.071	.01	0.00%	-1.21	P
35	243	147 (3)	Sep 20	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.134	.168	.165	.333	9	1.39	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
36	244	150 (2)	Sep 23	CHC	@	STL	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.131	.165	.162	.327	9	1.56	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
37	245	155 (4)	Sep 30 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.126	.159	.155	.314	9						P
							20-17		115	103	3	13	0	0	1	3	4	0	16	0	7		2	1	0	0	.126	.159	.155	.314		.99	-1.801	1.75	-1.64%	-19.14

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