William Crutcher Lee
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[edit] Biography
Born on October 21, 1909 in Plaquemine, Louisiana, Bill Lee (William Crutcher Lee) played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves over the course of his 14 year career. Lee broke into the bigs on April 29, 1934 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.40 ERA in 214.1 innings pitched in 1934, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Lee's best season was 1938, when he posted a 2.66 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 121 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | CHI | N | 35 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 3.40 | 104 | 91 | 81 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 214.1 | 218 | 9 | 74 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 1935 | CHI | N | 39 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 2.96 | 100 | 106 | 83 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 252 | 241 | 11 | 84 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 1936 | CHI | N | 43 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 3.31 | 102 | 106 | 95 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 258.2 | 238 | 14 | 93 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 1937 | CHI | N | 42 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 3.54 | 108 | 122 | 107 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 272.1 | 289 | 14 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1938 | CHI | N | 44 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 2.66 | 121 | 95 | 86 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 291 | 281 | 18 | 74 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1939 | CHI | N | 37 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 3.44 | 105 | 125 | 108 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 282.1 | 295 | 18 | 85 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1940 | CHI | N | 37 | 30 | 9 | 17 | 5.03 | 70 | 129 | 118 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 211.1 | 246 | 12 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1941 | CHI | N | 28 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 3.76 | 62 | 87 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 167.1 | 179 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1942 | CHI | N | 32 | 30 | 13 | 13 | 3.85 | 75 | 99 | 94 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 219.2 | 221 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1943 | PHI | N | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4.60 | 17 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 60.2 | 70 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1943 | CHI | N | 13 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3.56 | 18 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 78.1 | 83 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1943 | TOT | N | 26 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 4.01 | 35 | 72 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 153 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1944 | PHI | N | 31 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 3.15 | 50 | 88 | 73 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 208.1 | 199 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1945 | PHI | N | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4.66 | 13 | 52 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.1 | 107 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1945 | BOS | N | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2.79 | 12 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 106.1 | 112 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1945 | TOT | N | 29 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 3.58 | 25 | 95 | 73 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 183.2 | 219 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1946 | BOS | N | 25 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 4.18 | 32 | 73 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 148 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | CHI | N | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 462 | 379 | 169 | 157 | 3.54 | 998 | 1304 | 1127 | 182 | 29 | 13 | 2864 | 2953 | 138 | 893 | 0 | 54 | 24 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | CHI | N | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .940 |
| 1935 | CHI | N | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .901 |
| 1936 | CHI | N | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 61 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .913 |
| 1937 | CHI | N | P | 42 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 70 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .947 |
| 1938 | CHI | N | P | 44 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .940 |
| 1939 | CHI | N | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 80 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .950 |
| 1940 | CHI | N | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .897 |
| 1941 | CHI | N | P | 28 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .891 |
| 1942 | CHI | N | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .970 |
| 1943 | PHI | N | P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .875 |
| 1943 | CHI | N | P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1943 | TOT | N | P | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .909 |
| 1944 | PHI | N | P | 31 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1945 | PHI | N | P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .952 |
| 1945 | BOS | N | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1945 | TOT | N | P | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1946 | BOS | N | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .976 |
| 1947 | CHI | N | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .818 |
| Total | P | 462 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 662 | 58 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .934 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | CHI | N | 40 | 76 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 | .132 | .175 | .171 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1935 | CHI | N | 39 | 102 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 11 | .235 | .250 | .265 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1936 | CHI | N | 43 | 87 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .138 | .167 | .195 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | CHI | N | 42 | 87 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .172 | .200 | .230 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1938 | CHI | N | 44 | 101 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 13 | .198 | .229 | .248 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1939 | CHI | N | 37 | 103 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .126 | .159 | .155 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1940 | CHI | N | 37 | 76 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .132 | .165 | .158 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHI | N | 28 | 59 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | .186 | .200 | .288 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1942 | CHI | N | 32 | 69 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | .159 | .237 | .188 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1943 | PHI | N | 13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | CHI | N | 13 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .269 | .321 | .269 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | TOT | N | 26 | 43 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .186 | .222 | .186 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | PHI | N | 31 | 72 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | .194 | .237 | .194 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1945 | PHI | N | 13 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .200 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1945 | BOS | N | 16 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .129 | .229 | .129 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | TOT | N | 29 | 55 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .145 | .217 | .145 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1946 | BOS | N | 25 | 47 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | .170 | .204 | .170 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | CHI | N | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 467 | 980 | 59 | 165 | 5 | 71 | .168 | .204 | .203 | 15 | 2 | 42 | 177 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Mickey Livingston (August 5, 1943).
- Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Boston Braves (July 14, 1945).
- Released by Boston Braves (February 26, 1947).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (@March 15, 1947).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (September 19, 1947).
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