Don Lee
[edit] Biography
Born on February 26, 1934 in Globe, Arizona, Don Lee (Donald Edward Lee) played for the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros, California Angels and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 9 year career. Lee broke into the bigs on April 23, 1957 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.44 ERA in 165 innings pitched in 1960, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Don Lee's best season was 1962, when he posted a 3.46 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 102 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 11
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 4.66
| 19
| 22
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 38.2
| 48
| 6
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1960
| WAS
| A
| 44
| 20
| 8
| 7
| 3.44
| 88
| 72
| 63
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 165
| 160
| 16
| 64
| 3
| 6
| 3
|
| 1961
| MIN
| A
| 37
| 10
| 3
| 6
| 3.52
| 65
| 49
| 45
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 115
| 93
| 12
| 35
| 1
| 1
| 4
|
| 1962
| MIN
| A
| 9
| 9
| 3
| 3
| 4.50
| 28
| 27
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 51
| 8
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 7
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| 27
| 22
| 8
| 8
| 3.11
| 74
| 64
| 53
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 153.1
| 153
| 12
| 39
| 1
| 2
| 3
|
| 1962
| TOT
| A
| 36
| 31
| 11
| 11
| 3.46
| 102
| 91
| 79
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 205.1
| 204
| 20
| 63
| 1
| 4
| 10
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| 40
| 22
| 8
| 11
| 3.68
| 89
| 74
| 63
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 154
| 148
| 12
| 51
| 4
| 5
| 9
|
| 1964
| LA
| A
| 33
| 8
| 5
| 4
| 2.72
| 73
| 39
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 89.1
| 99
| 6
| 25
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| 1965
| HOU
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.38
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1965
| CAL
| A
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.43
| 12
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 21
| 4
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1965
| Total
|
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.32
| 15
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 29
| 4
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 2
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2.50
| 9
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 17
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| 1966
| CHI
| N
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 7.11
| 7
| 19
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 28
| 3
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1966
| TOT
| N
| 25
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 4.86
| 16
| 24
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 45
| 4
| 16
| 2
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 32
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 4.60
| 19
| 27
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 53
| 4
| 19
| 2
| 3
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 212
| 97
| 36
| 43
| 3.55
| 448
| 360
| 309
| 13
| 4
| 11
| 783.1
| 774
| 77
| 262
| 12
| 18
| 30
|
| Total
|
|
| 244
| 97
| 40
| 44
| 3.61
| 467
| 387
| 332
| 13
| 4
| 11
| 828.1
| 827
| 81
| 281
| 14
| 21
| 31
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1957
| DET
| A
| P
| 11
| 6
| 38.2
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1960
| WAS
| A
| P
| 44
| 20
| 165
| 6
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| MIN
| A
| P
| 37
| 10
| 115
| 8
| 29
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| .949
|
| 1962
| MIN
| A
| P
| 9
| 9
| 52
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| .933
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| P
| 27
| 22
| 153.1
| 8
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1962
| TOT
| A
| P
| 36
| 31
| 205.1
| 13
| 28
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 8
| 0
| .976
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| P
| 40
| 22
| 154
| 8
| 21
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| .967
|
| 1964
| LA
| A
| P
| 33
| 8
| 89.1
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| HOU
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| CAL
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1965
| Total
|
| P
| 17
| 0
| 22
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 18
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1966
| CHI
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| TOT
| N
| P
| 25
| 0
| 37
| 3
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 244
| 97
| 828.1
| 43
| 140
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 8
| 17
| 23
| 0
| .968
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 11
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| WAS
| A
| 44
| 43
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 3
| .116
| .191
| .209
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| MIN
| A
| 37
| 30
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .067
| .065
| .067
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| MIN
| A
| 9
| 19
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .211
| .250
| .211
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| LA
| A
| 27
| 49
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .184
| .184
| .204
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1962
| TOT
| A
| 36
| 68
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 2
| .191
| .203
| .206
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 25
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1963
| LA
| A
| 40
| 45
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .156
| .156
| .178
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1964
| LA
| A
| 33
| 23
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .261
| .292
| .348
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| HOU
| N
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| CAL
| A
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| Total
|
| 17
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .500
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| CHI
| N
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| TOT
| N
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 32
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 212
| 224
| 12
| 36
| 1
| 13
| .161
| .182
| .201
| 6
| 0
| 6
| 80
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 244
| 226
| 12
| 37
| 1
| 13
| .164
| .185
| .204
| 6
| 0
| 6
| 80
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (June 27, 1956).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Charlie Lau to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Casey Wise, Don Kaiser and Mike Roarke (October 15, 1959).
- Selected by Washington Senators from Milwaukee Braves in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 30, 1959).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Jim Donohue (May 29, 1962).
- Traded by California Angels to Houston Astros in exchange for Al Spangler (June 1, 1965).
- Sold by Houston Astros to Chicago Cubs (June 21, 1966).
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