Charlie Lea

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 194lb (193cm, 87kg)

Born: December 25, 1956 in Orleans, France fr

Died: November 11, 2011 in Collierville, TN

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, TN

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 15th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kingsbury HS (Memphis, TN), the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN), the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN) and the Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Memphis (Memphis, TN).

High School: Kingsbury HS (Memphis, TN)

Schools: Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN), University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS), University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)

Last Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 31-281d)
vs. CAL 5.2 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Charles William Lea

Pronunciation: \LEE\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

ERA

3.54

152

144

923.1

535

WHIP

1.305

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1978	21	-1.6	Memphis	SOUL	AA	MON	3	3	.500	3.57	4.50	12	12		2	1	0	68.0	57	34	27	1	32	0	37	4	0	2		1.309	7.5	0.1	4.2	4.9	1.16
1979	22	-0.4	Memphis	SOUL	AA	MON	8	8	.500	4.39	4.89	24	24		3	1	0	162.0	161	88	79	11	71	2	81	6	0	9		1.432	8.9	0.6	3.9	4.5	1.14
1980	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	MON	9	0	1.000	0.93	1.24	11	11		7	3	0	87.0	42	12	9	1	26	0	63	2	0	5		0.782	4.3	0.1	2.7	6.5	2.42
1980	23	-1.4	Denver	AA	AAA	MON	0	0		1.50	1.50	2	2		0	0	0	12.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	9	1	0	3		1.083	6.0	0.8	3.8	6.8	1.80
1980	23	-0.1	Memphis	SOUL	AA	MON	9	0	1.000	0.84	1.20	9	9		7	3	0	75.0	34	10	7	0	21	0	54	1	0	2		0.733	4.1	0.0	2.5	6.5	2.57
1980	23	-5.3	MON	NL	Maj	MON	7	5	.583	3.72	4.41	21	19	1	0	0	0	104.0	103	51	43	5	55	4	56	2	0	2	458	1.519	8.9	0.4	4.8	4.8	1.02
1981	24	-4.7	MON	NL	Maj	MON	5	4	.556	4.62	4.76	16	11	2	2	2	0	64.1	63	34	33	4	26	0	31	1	0	4	267	1.383	8.8	0.6	3.6	4.3	1.19
1982	25	-3.7	MON	NL	Maj	MON	12	10	.545	3.24	3.55	27	27	0	4	2	0	177.2	145	70	64	16	56	6	115	0	1	8	722	1.131	7.3	0.8	2.8	5.8	2.05
1983	26	-2.5	MON	NL	Maj	MON	16	11	.593	3.12	3.53	33	33	0	8	4	0	222.0	195	87	77	15	84	4	137	1	3	8	917	1.257	7.9	0.6	3.4	5.6	1.63
1984	27	-1.1	MON	NL	Maj	MON	15	10	.600	2.89	3.29	30	30	0	8	0	0	224.1	198	82	72	19	68	3	123	3	0	6	918	1.186	7.9	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.81

1987	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AAA	MON	3	8	.273	3.87	4.34	24	22	0	0	0	0	95.1	93	46	41	8	42	3	73	1	0	5		1.416	8.8	0.8	4.0	6.9	1.74
1987	30	3.5	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	MON	1	2	.333	4.44	4.81	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.1	23	13	12	2	15	2	19	0	0	0		1.562	8.5	0.7	5.5	7.0	1.27
1987	30	7.3	West Palm Beach	FLOR	A	MON	2	6	.250	3.68	4.18	19	17	0	0	0	0	71.0	70	33	29	6	27	1	54	1	0	5		1.366	8.9	0.8	3.4	6.8	2.00
1987	30	1.8	MON	NL	Maj	MON	0	1	.000	36.00	36.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	9	6.000	36.0	9.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
1988	31	2.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	7	7	.500	4.85	5.47	24	23	0	0	0	0	130.0	156	79	70	19	50	2	72	5	4	6	585	1.585	10.8	1.3	3.5	5.0	1.44
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		62	48	.564	3.54	3.97	152	144	3	22	8	0	923.1	864	407	363	79	341	19	535	12	8	36	3876	1.305	8.4	0.8	3.3	5.2	1.57
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		23	19	.548	3.41	3.93	71	69	0	12	5	0	412.1	353	180	156	21	171	5	254	13	0	21		1.271	7.7	0.5	3.7	5.5	1.49
All Levels (9 Seasons)							85	67	.559	3.50	3.96	223	213	3	34	13	0	1335.2	1217	587	519	100	512	24	789	25	8	57	3876	1.294	8.2	0.7	3.4	5.3	1.54

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		1	2	.333	3.47	3.72	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.1	31	15	14	3	20	2	28	1	0	3		1.404	7.7	0.7	5.0	6.9	1.40
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		20	11	.645	3.33	3.90	45	45		12	5	0	305.0	252	132	113	12	124	2	172	11	0	13		1.233	7.4	0.4	3.7	5.1	1.39
A (1 season)					Minors		2	6	.250	3.68	4.18	19	17	0	0	0	0	71.0	70	33	29	6	27	1	54	1	0	5		1.366	8.9	0.8	3.4	6.8	2.00