Bill Lee

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: December 28, 1946 in Burbank, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Terra Linda HS (San Rafael, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: June 25, 1969 (Age 22-179d, 12,853rd in major league history)
vs. CLE 4.0 IP, 2 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 7, 1982 (Age 35-130d)
vs. LAD 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: William Francis Lee

Nicknames: Spaceman

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.0

119

ERA

3.62

416

225

1944.1

713

WHIP

1.364

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-14 / in Starts: 13-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 3

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	294	3	Apr 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	1.81	34	13	8	3	0	7	77			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.323	.60	0.20%	4.28	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
2	295	7	Apr 15	BOS		TEX	W,12-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	8	4	4	0	1	2	0	2.25	3.65	28	11	8	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	1	1	0	.65	0.062	.79	0.05%	-0.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
3	296	11	Apr 20	BOS		MIL	W,10-4	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	7	4	3	3	4	2	0	2.52	4.35	34	12	11	4	4	4	60			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	1	.52	0.097	1.01	0.11%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
4	297	16	Apr 25	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	6.2	8	3	2	1	1	2	0	2.56	4.83	29	13	12	4	4	2	48			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.068	2.34	0.08%	0.08	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 2 out a1
5	298	20	Apr 30	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-2	GS-9		4	8.1	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.25	4.39	30	12	9	1	0	7	65			1	1	2	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.533	2.14	0.46%	3.58	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	299	25	May 6(1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	GS-9		5	9.0	11	4	4	6	1	0	0	2.57	4.38	41	12	10	1	2	11	44			2	1	0	33	3	0	0	2	0	0	.86	-0.071	1.25	-0.06%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
7	300	31	May 11	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-7	W(5-0)	4	6.1	5	2	2	4	1	0	1	2.60	4.41	28	8	9	1	0	5	52			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.32	0.139	2.65	0.17%	1.25	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a2
8	301	35	May 16	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	W(6-0)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.52	4.08	35	9	12	2	5	9	64			2	1	2	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.61	0.520	3.32	0.64%	2.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	302	38	May 21(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(6-1)	4	8.0	8	2	2	3	0	1	0	2.49	4.22	33	11	11	1	1	8	55			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.065	3.10	0.12%	1.88	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	303	44	May 26	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	W(7-1)	4	9.0	7	3	3	0	2	2	0	2.55	4.31	32	16	7	1	0	7	63			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.01	0.169	2.96	0.30%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	304	50	May 31	BOS		TOR	L,2-6	GS-1	L(7-2)	4	0.2	3	6	6	4	0	0	0	3.18	4.44	9	1	1	0	0	3	18			0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.334	2.76	-0.48%	-4.26	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	305	55	Jun 6	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-7	GS-6	L(7-3)	5	5.2	9	6	0	1	2	1	0	2.98	4.46	29	11	6	2	0	9	40			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	4	.78	-0.275	1.92	-0.41%	-3.80	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d5
13	306	59	Jun 12	BOS		CAL	W,10-9	GS-5		5	5.0	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	2.82	4.42	24	12	5	4	1	5	45			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.091	2.66	-0.14%	-1.36	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
14	307	69	Jun 23	BOS		BAL	W,5-2	CG	W(8-3)	10	9.0	8	2	2	2	0	1	0	2.74	4.44	36	14	12	0	0	8	61			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	.82	0.332	2.84	0.69%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	308	74	Jun 29	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-4		5	3.1	6	3	3	5	2	0	0	2.91	4.49	20	3	4	1	0	6	33			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.185	3.14	-0.27%	-2.08	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	309	78	Jul 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-2	GS-6	W(9-3)	5	6.0	7	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.84	4.44	27	9	4	2	0	7	53			0	1	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.234	2.80	0.27%	1.85	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
17	310	86	Jul 15	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	GS-9	W(10-3)	9	8.1	11	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.94	4.31	38	12	10	2	0	11	46			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.61	0.080	2.81	0.08%	0.54	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a2
18	311	91	Jul 20	BOS	@	MIL	L,6-8	GS-4	L(10-4)	4	3.1	7	6	6	1	2	1	0	3.30	4.36	17	5	2	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.25	-0.400	2.40	-0.46%	-3.49	1b start a 3	4b -23 1 out d1
19	312	97	Jul 25	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-6	L(10-5)	4	5.2	6	4	2	6	0	0	0	3.30	4.42	30	10	8	2	0	6	39			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	2	1	1.11	-0.216	2.41	-0.28%	-1.55	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d3
20	313	102	Jul 30	BOS		KCR	L,1-2	CG	L(10-6)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.21	4.28	37	13	11	3	2	9	63			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.170	2.27	0.27%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	314	107	Aug 4	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-6	GS-1	L(10-7)	4	0.2	4	3	3	1	0	2	0	3.39	4.48	7	1	2	0	1	3	31			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.266	2.15	-0.54%	-2.95	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d3
22	315	111	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	GS-9	L(10-8)	4	8.2	10	5	3	2	2	1	0	3.38	4.47	39	15	10	3	0	10	48			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.10	-0.069	1.94	-0.07%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out d4
23	316	117	Aug 14	BOS		MIL	L,3-4	CG	L(10-9)	4	9.0	8	4	3	4	2	2	0	3.35	4.58	36	16	8	2	1	6	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	2	1	0	.84	-0.022	1.28	-0.02%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
24	317	122	Aug 19	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-8	GS-6	L(10-10)	4	5.1	10	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.52	4.62	26	10	5	1	0	10	27			0	1	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	.63	-0.253	.99	-0.24%	-2.47	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d2
25	318	129	Aug 28	BOS		SEA	W,10-9	3-8		8	4.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	1	3.59	4.57	18	7	5	1	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.50	-0.054	2.16	-0.05%	-0.18	3t -2- 2 out d1	8t -2- 0 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	319	133	Sep 1	BOS		OAK	L,1-5	7-GF		3	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.60	4.61	8	4	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.005	.33	0.00%	0.51	7t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 4
27	320	140	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,2-13	3-GF		6	7.0	9	5	1	1	3	1	0	3.50	4.58	32	8	11	0	2	9		0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	.03	-0.001	.17	0.00%	-1.30	3t --- 0 out d8	9t end d13
28	321	142	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	7-GF		1	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.46	4.59	11	5	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.040	2.57	0.21%	1.68	7t -23 2 out d4	9t end d 3
							14-14		W-L:10-10	4.5	177.0	198	89	68	59	44	20	2	3.46	4.59	768	1.34		9%	5%	185	48	5	0%	7	7	6	693	30	2	2	23	7	18	.99	0.590	2.05	0.62%	2.97

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