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	11-26 / in Starts: 10-20
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 82 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	42 (16-18-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 82 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	53 (27-17-8)

Most Driven In
B Mattick	1
P Cavarretta	1
B Collins	0
Z Bonura	0

Most Driven In By
B Herman	1
P Cavarretta	1
H Leiber	1
B Nicholson	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 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	246	1	Apr 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.61	-0.130	4.29	-0.21%	-0.91	P
2	247	4 (2)	Apr 20	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	.44	-0.013	1.00	-0.02%	-0.13	P
3	248	8 (3)	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9	.52	-0.058	1.07	-0.07%	-1.67	P
4	249	12 (3)	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	9	1.41	-0.073	3.78	-0.12%	-0.69	P
5	250	14 (1)	Apr 30	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	9						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
6	251	16 (1)	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9						P
7	252	20 (3)	May 10	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	9	1.53	-0.016	2.70	-0.02%	-0.23	P
8	253	24 (3)	May 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.167	.325	9	.72	0.003	1.45	0.00%	0.09	P
9	254	28 (3)	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.150	.332	9	.64	-0.015	1.99	-0.03%	-0.26	P
10	255	32 (3)	May 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.087	.160	.130	.290	9	1.46	-0.116	3.52	-0.17%	-0.74	P
11	256	36 (3)	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.160	.130	.290	9						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	257	39 (2)	Jun 2 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.115	.258	9	.89	-0.079	1.56	-0.08%	-0.81	P
13	258	44 (4)	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	W,11-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.103	.161	.172	.334	9	.48	-0.010	.43	-0.01%	0.30	P
14	259	49 (4)	Jun 11 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.097	.152	.161	.313	9	1.07	0.035	1.63	0.03%	0.23	P
15	260	53 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.091	.143	.152	.294	9						P
16	261	58 (4)	Jun 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.086	.135	.143	.278	9	.88	-0.048	.79	-0.03%	-0.58	P
17	262	63 (4)	Jun 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.171	.158	.329	9	1.26	0.025	2.43	0.03%	0.17	P
18	263	66 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.171	.158	.329	9						P
19	264	67	Jun 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.171	.158	.329	9						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
20	265	69 (1)	Jul 2	CHC		PIT	W,10-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.119	.178	.167	.344	9	.37	0.041	.21	0.01%	-0.48	P
21	266	75 (5)	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.208	.182	.390	9	1.08	0.134	.64	0.05%	1.13	P
22	267	80 (4)	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.200	.174	.374	9	2.23	-0.119	.96	-0.03%	-1.07	P
23	268	85 (4)	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,4-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.128	.196	.170	.366	9	1.93	-0.053	.59	-0.01%	-0.48	P
24	269	87 (1)	Jul 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-9	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.192	.167	.359	9	.47	-0.012	.10	0.00%	-0.15	P
25	270	88	Jul 21 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-8	6-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.120	.185	.160	.345	9	.33	0.024	.07	0.00%	0.52	P
26	271	92 (3)	Jul 25	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.172	.148	.321	9	.80	-0.081	.09	-0.01%	-2.20	P
27	272	97 (4)	Jul 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.109	.169	.145	.315	9	.94	-0.026	.11	0.00%	-0.34	P
28	273	98	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.169	.145	.315	9						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
29	274	103 (4)	Aug 7	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.119	.175	.153	.327	9	.99	-0.018	.20	0.00%	-0.41	P
30	275	107 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.113	.167	.145	.312	9	1.69	-0.121	.10	0.00%	-0.81	P
31	276	112 (4)	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.188	.169	.358	9	1.15	-0.043	.02	0.00%	-0.50	P
32	277	116 (3)	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.188	.169	.358	9						P
33	278	121 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,8-12	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.134	.183	.164	.347	9	.44	-0.022	.02	0.00%	-0.25	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
34	279	127 (5)	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.178	.159	.338	9	1.40	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.67	P
35	280	139 (11)	Sep 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.129	.176	.157	.333	9	1.01	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
36	281	149 (9)	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.122	.167	.149	.315	9						P
37	282	153 (3)	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	0-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.132	.175	.158	.333	9						P
							11-26		82	76	4	10	2	0	0	3	3	0	20	1	2		2	0	0	0	.132	.175	.158	.333		.99	-0.912	1.16	-0.67%	-11.26

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