Cliff Lee

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

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

Born: August 30, 1978 in Benton, AR us

Draft: Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 8th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Benton HS (Benton, AR), the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Meridian Community College (Meridian, MS) and the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR).

High School: Benton HS (Benton, AR)

Schools: Meridian Community College (Meridian, MS), University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)

Last Game: July 31, 2014 (Age 35-335d)
vs. WSN 2.2 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Darek Braunecker

Full Name: Clifton Phifer Lee

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Cy Young
4x All-Star
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Career

WAR

43.2

143

ERA

3.52

328

324

2156.2

1824

WHIP

1.196

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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
2000	21	-0.3	Cape Fear	SALL	A	MON	1	4	.200	5.24	7.86	11	11	0	0	0	0	44.2	50	39	26	1	36	0	63	1	2	3	217	1.925	10.1	0.2	7.3	12.7	1.75
2001	22	-0.7	Jupiter	FLOR	A+	MON	6	7	.462	2.79	3.53	21	20	1	0	0	0	109.2	78	43	34	13	46	0	129	4	3	2	451	1.131	6.4	1.1	3.8	10.6	2.80
2002	23		3 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	12	5	.706	3.64	3.70	26	26	0	0	0	0	146.0	108	60	59	20	55	0	153	3	1	4	588	1.116	6.7	1.2	3.4	9.4	2.78
2002	23	-3.4	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	3	2	.600	3.77	3.77	8	8	0	0	0	0	43.0	36	18	18	7	22	0	30	1	1	1	180	1.349	7.5	1.5	4.6	6.3	1.36
2002	23	-1.5	Harrisburg	EL	AA	MON	7	2	.778	3.23	3.23	15	15	0	0	0	0	86.1	61	31	31	12	23	0	105	1	0	2	336	0.973	6.4	1.3	2.4	10.9	4.57
2002	23	-1.5	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	2	1	.667	5.40	5.94	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.2	11	11	10	1	10	0	18	1	0	1	72	1.260	5.9	0.5	5.4	9.7	1.80
2002	23	-5.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	1.74	1.74	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	6	2	2	0	8	1	6	0	1	0	44	1.355	5.2	0.0	7.0	5.2	0.75
2003	24		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	CLE	7	1	.875	2.82	3.05	14	14	0	0	0	0	79.2	69	27	25	5	38	0	78	4	1	2	342	1.343	7.8	0.6	4.3	8.8	2.05
2003	24	-2.8	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	6	1	.857	3.27	3.41	11	11	0	0	0	0	63.1	62	24	23	4	31	0	61	4	1	2	279	1.468	8.8	0.6	4.4	8.7	1.97
2003	24	-0.2	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	46	0.917	5.3	0.8	3.0	9.8	3.25
2003	24	1.2	Kinston	CARL	A+	CLE	0	0		0.00	2.08	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	17	0.692	0.0	0.0	6.2	8.3	1.33
2003	24	-4.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	3	.500	3.61	4.82	9	9	0	0	0	0	52.1	41	28	21	7	20	1	44	2	0	3	210	1.166	7.1	1.2	3.4	7.6	2.20
2004	25	-4.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	14	8	.636	5.43	5.68	33	33	0	0	0	0	179.0	188	113	108	30	81	1	161	11	0	6	802	1.503	9.5	1.5	4.1	8.1	1.99
2005	26	-3.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	18	5	.783	3.79	4.05	32	32	0	1	0	0	202.0	194	91	85	22	52	1	143	0	0	4	838	1.218	8.6	1.0	2.3	6.4	2.75
2006	27	-1.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	14	11	.560	4.40	5.11	33	33	0	1	0	0	200.2	224	114	98	29	58	3	129	8	0	3	882	1.405	10.0	1.3	2.6	5.8	2.22
2007	28		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	CLE	2	3	.400	3.00	3.19	10	10	0	0	0	0	48.0	35	17	16	1	26	0	61	1	0	3	209	1.271	6.6	0.2	4.9	11.4	2.35
2007	28	1.2	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	1	3	.250	3.51	3.73	8	8	0	0	0	0	41.0	32	17	16	1	25	0	50	1	0	3	183	1.390	7.0	0.2	5.5	11.0	2.00
2007	28	3.2	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	19	0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	12.6	7.00
2007	28	5.0	Kinston	CARL	A+	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	18.0
2007	28	-0.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	5	8	.385	6.29	6.75	20	16	1	1	0	0	97.1	112	73	68	17	36	1	66	7	0	5	443	1.521	10.4	1.6	3.3	6.1	1.83
2008	29	0.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	22	3	.880	2.54	2.74	31	31	0	4	2	0	223.1	214	68	63	12	34	1	170	5	0	4	891	1.110	8.6	0.5	1.4	6.9	5.00
2009	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CLE	14	13	.519	3.22	3.42	34	34	0	6	2	0	231.2	245	88	83	17	43	1	181	5	0	7	969	1.243	9.5	0.7	1.7	7.0	4.21
2009	30	1.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	7	9	.438	3.14	3.14	22	22	0	3	1	0	152.0	165	53	53	10	33	1	107	3	0	6	641	1.303	9.8	0.6	2.0	6.3	3.24
2009	30	1.4	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	7	4	.636	3.39	3.95	12	12	0	3	1	0	79.2	80	35	30	7	10	0	74	2	0	1	328	1.130	9.0	0.8	1.1	8.4	7.40
2010	31		2 Teams	AL	Maj	SEA-TEX	12	9	.571	3.18	3.56	28	28	0	7	1	0	212.1	195	84	75	16	18	2	185	1	1	3	843	1.003	8.3	0.7	0.8	7.8	10.28
2010	31	4.3	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	20	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	6.0
2010	31	3.0	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	8	3	.727	2.34	2.69	13	13	0	5	1	0	103.2	92	31	27	5	6	0	89	0	1	2	408	0.945	8.0	0.4	0.5	7.7	14.83
2010	31	3.0	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	4	6	.400	3.98	4.39	15	15	0	2	0	0	108.2	103	53	48	11	12	2	96	1	0	1	435	1.058	8.5	0.9	1.0	8.0	8.00
2011	32	3.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	17	8	.680	2.40	2.55	32	32	0	6	6	0	232.2	197	66	62	18	42	0	238	6	0	0	920	1.027	7.6	0.7	1.6	9.2	5.67
2012	33	4.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	6	9	.400	3.16	3.37	30	30	0	0	0	0	211.0	207	79	74	26	28	0	207	0	0	4	847	1.114	8.8	1.1	1.2	8.8	7.39
2013	34	5.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	14	8	.636	2.87	3.11	31	31	0	2	1	0	222.2	193	77	71	22	32	0	222	4	0	1	876	1.010	7.8	0.9	1.3	9.0	6.94
2014	35	11.8	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	0	1	.000	5.06	9.28	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	13	11	6	1	2	0	8	1	0	1	49	1.406	11.0	0.8	1.7	6.8	4.00
2014	35	6.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	4	5	.444	3.65	4.43	13	13	0	1	0	0	81.1	100	40	33	7	12	0	72	1	0	1	352	1.377	11.1	0.8	1.3	8.0	6.00
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 (13 seasons)					Majors		143	91	.611	3.52	3.85	328	324	1	29	12	0	2156.2	2116	923	843	223	464	12	1824	50	2	41	8917	1.196	8.8	0.9	1.9	7.6	3.93
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		28	21	.571	3.36	3.99	86	85	1	0	0	0	444.2	356	197	166	41	203	0	496	14	7	15	1876	1.257	7.2	0.8	4.1	10.0	2.44
All Levels (15 Seasons)							171	112	.604	3.49	3.87	414	409	2	29	12	0	2601.1	2472	1120	1009	264	667	12	2320	64	9	56	10793	1.207	8.6	0.9	2.3	8.0	3.48

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		10	6	.625	3.35	3.46	28	28	0	0	0	0	153.1	133	59	57	12	78	0	145	6	2	6	662	1.376	7.8	0.7	4.6	8.5	1.86
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		11	3	.786	3.23	3.30	21	21	0	0	0	0	120.0	81	44	43	14	38	0	143	2	0	3	473	0.992	6.1	1.1	2.9	10.7	3.76
A+ (4 seasons)					Minors		6	8	.429	2.84	3.91	26	25	1	0	0	0	126.2	92	55	40	14	51	0	145	5	3	3	524	1.129	6.5	1.0	3.6	10.3	2.84
A (1 season)					Minors		1	4	.200	5.24	7.86	11	11	0	0	0	0	44.2	50	39	26	1	36	0	63	1	2	3	217	1.925	10.1	0.2	7.3	12.7	1.75