Charlie Lea
[edit] Biography
Born on December 25, 1956 in Orleans, France, Charlie Lea (Charles William Lea) played for the Montreal Expos and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 7 year career. Lea broke into the bigs on June 12, 1980 with the Montreal Expos, and put up a 3.72 ERA in 104 innings pitched in 1980, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Charlie Lea's best season was 1983, when he posted a 3.12 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 137 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1980
| MON
| N
| 21
| 19
| 7
| 5
| 3.72
| 56
| 51
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 104
| 103
| 5
| 55
| 4
| 2
| 2
|
| 1981
| MON
| N
| 16
| 11
| 5
| 4
| 4.62
| 31
| 34
| 33
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 64.1
| 63
| 4
| 26
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1982
| MON
| N
| 27
| 27
| 12
| 10
| 3.24
| 115
| 70
| 64
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 177.2
| 145
| 16
| 56
| 6
| 8
| 0
|
| 1983
| MON
| N
| 33
| 33
| 16
| 11
| 3.12
| 137
| 87
| 77
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 222
| 195
| 15
| 84
| 4
| 8
| 1
|
| 1984
| MON
| N
| 30
| 30
| 15
| 10
| 2.89
| 123
| 82
| 72
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 224.1
| 198
| 19
| 68
| 3
| 6
| 3
|
| 1987
| MON
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 36.00
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1988
| MIN
| A
| 24
| 23
| 7
| 7
| 4.85
| 72
| 79
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 130
| 156
| 19
| 50
| 2
| 6
| 5
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 128
| 121
| 55
| 41
| 3.32
| 463
| 328
| 293
| 22
| 8
| 0
| 793.1
| 708
| 60
| 291
| 17
| 30
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 24
| 23
| 7
| 7
| 4.85
| 72
| 79
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 130
| 156
| 19
| 50
| 2
| 6
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 152
| 144
| 62
| 48
| 3.54
| 535
| 407
| 363
| 22
| 8
| 0
| 923.1
| 864
| 79
| 341
| 19
| 36
| 12
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1980
| MON
| N
| P
| 21
| 19
| 104
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| MON
| N
| P
| 16
| 11
| 64.1
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| MON
| N
| P
| 27
| 27
| 177.2
| 6
| 22
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 9
| 0
| .966
|
| 1983
| MON
| N
| P
| 33
| 33
| 222
| 19
| 27
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 24
| 13
| 1
| .958
|
| 1984
| MON
| N
| P
| 30
| 30
| 224.1
| 19
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 22
| 11
| 0
| .981
|
| 1987
| MON
| N
| P
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1988
| MIN
| A
| P
| 24
| 23
| 130
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 152
| 144
| 923.1
| 65
| 112
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 98
| 46
| 4
| .978
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1980
| MON
| N
| 21
| 37
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .081
| .103
| .135
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1981
| MON
| N
| 16
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .188
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| MON
| N
| 27
| 65
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .123
| .186
| .138
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1983
| MON
| N
| 33
| 70
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .114
| .139
| .129
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1984
| MON
| N
| 30
| 72
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .123
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 24
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1987
| MON
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| MIN
| A
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 128
| 259
| 11
| 29
| 0
| 6
| .112
| .144
| .127
| 2
| 1
| 10
| 93
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 10
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 152
| 259
| 11
| 29
| 0
| 6
| .112
| .144
| .127
| 2
| 1
| 10
| 93
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 10
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Mets in the 15th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1975).
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1976).
- Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 11, 1977).
- Selected by Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
- Signed by Montreal Expos (February 16, 1987).
- Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (February 4, 1988).
- Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
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