William Crutcher Lee

Full Name: William Crutcher Lee	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/195	First Game: April 29, 1934
Birthdate: October 21, 1909	Final Game: June 29, 1947
Birthplace: Plaquemine, Louisiana	MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: June 15, 1977
Deathplace: Plaquemine, Louisiana
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on October 21, 1909 in Plaquemine, Louisiana, Bill Lee (William Crutcher Lee) played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves over the course of his 14 year career. Lee broke into the bigs on April 29, 1934 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.40 ERA in 214.1 innings pitched in 1934, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Lee's best season was 1938, when he posted a 2.66 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 121 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1934	CHI	N	35	29	13	14	3.40	104	91	81	16	4	1	214.1	218	9	74	9	2
1935	CHI	N	39	32	20	6	2.96	100	106	83	18	3	1	252	241	11	84	7	5
1936	CHI	N	43	33	18	11	3.31	102	106	95	20	4	1	258.2	238	14	93	6	3
1937	CHI	N	42	34	14	15	3.54	108	122	107	17	2	3	272.1	289	14	73	2	0
1938	CHI	N	44	37	22	9	2.66	121	95	86	19	9	2	291	281	18	74	3	2
1939	CHI	N	37	36	19	15	3.44	105	125	108	20	1	0	282.1	295	18	85	4	1
1940	CHI	N	37	30	9	17	5.03	70	129	118	9	1	0	211.1	246	12	70	2	2
1941	CHI	N	28	22	8	14	3.76	62	87	70	12	0	1	167.1	179	6	43	6	2
1942	CHI	N	32	30	13	13	3.85	75	99	94	18	1	0	219.2	221	4	67	3	1
1943	PHI	N	13	7	1	5	4.60	17	35	31	2	0	3	60.2	70	4	21	1	1
1943	CHI	N	13	12	3	7	3.56	18	37	31	4	0	0	78.1	83	4	27	3	0
1943	TOT	N	26	19	4	12	4.01	35	72	62	6	0	3	139	153	8	48	4	1
1944	PHI	N	31	28	10	11	3.15	50	88	73	11	3	1	208.1	199	9	57	4	3
1945	PHI	N	13	13	3	6	4.66	13	52	40	2	0	0	77.1	107	0	30	3	0
1945	BOS	N	16	13	6	3	2.79	12	43	33	6	1	0	106.1	112	6	36	1	0
1945	TOT	N	29	26	9	9	3.58	25	95	73	8	1	0	183.2	219	6	66	4	0
1946	BOS	N	25	21	10	9	4.18	32	73	65	8	0	0	140	148	7	45	0	1
1947	CHI	N	14	2	0	2	4.50	9	16	12	0	0	0	24	26	2	14	0	1
Total			462	379	169	157	3.54	998	1304	1127	182	29	13	2864	2953	138	893	54	24

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1934	CHI	N	P	35	15	48	4	2	.940
1935	CHI	N	P	39	12	52	7	4	.901
1936	CHI	N	P	43	12	61	7	5	.913
1937	CHI	N	P	42	20	70	5	5	.947
1938	CHI	N	P	44	18	61	5	3	.940
1939	CHI	N	P	37	15	80	5	3	.950
1940	CHI	N	P	37	10	42	6	3	.897
1941	CHI	N	P	28	10	39	6	3	.891
1942	CHI	N	P	32	10	55	2	2	.970
1943	PHI	N	P	13	5	9	2	1	.875
1943	CHI	N	P	13	4	12	1	0	.941
1943	TOT	N	P	26	9	21	3	1	.909
1944	PHI	N	P	31	17	47	4	2	.941
1945	PHI	N	P	13	1	19	1	1	.952
1945	BOS	N	P	16	4	27	0	1	1.000
1945	TOT	N	P	29	5	46	1	2	.981
1946	BOS	N	P	25	6	35	1	2	.976
1947	CHI	N	P	14	4	5	2	0	.818
Total			P	462	163	662	58	37	.934

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1934	CHI	N	40	76	6	10	0	7	.132	.175	.171	3	0	4	11	0	3	0	3
1935	CHI	N	39	102	8	24	0	11	.235	.250	.265	3	0	2	15	0	3	0	2
1936	CHI	N	43	87	5	12	1	3	.138	.167	.195	0	1	2	14	1	9	0	0
1937	CHI	N	42	87	4	15	1	4	.172	.200	.230	2	0	3	23	0	12	0	1
1938	CHI	N	44	101	10	20	0	13	.198	.229	.248	3	1	4	20	0	7	1	3
1939	CHI	N	37	103	3	13	1	3	.126	.159	.155	0	0	4	16	0	8	0	1
1940	CHI	N	37	76	4	10	0	3	.132	.165	.158	2	0	2	20	1	2	0	0
1941	CHI	N	28	59	8	11	2	5	.186	.200	.288	0	0	1	9	0	9	0	2
1942	CHI	N	32	69	2	11	0	7	.159	.237	.188	2	0	7	13	0	5	0	5
1943	PHI	N	13	17	0	1	0	0	.059	.059	.059	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
1943	CHI	N	13	26	3	7	0	1	.269	.321	.269	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	0
1943	TOT	N	26	43	3	8	0	1	.186	.222	.186	0	0	2	9	0	2	0	0
1944	PHI	N	31	72	5	14	0	4	.194	.237	.194	0	0	4	12	0	3	0	2
1945	PHI	N	13	24	1	4	0	1	.167	.200	.167	0	0	1	5	0	3	0	1
1945	BOS	N	16	31	0	4	0	2	.129	.229	.129	0	0	4	5	0	5	0	0
1945	TOT	N	29	55	1	8	0	3	.145	.217	.145	0	0	5	10	0	8	0	1
1946	BOS	N	25	47	0	8	0	7	.170	.204	.170	0	0	2	5	0	3	0	0
1947	CHI	N	14	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			467	980	59	165	5	71	.168	.204	.203	15	2	42	177	2	74	1	20

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Mickey Livingston (August 5, 1943).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Boston Braves (July 14, 1945).
Released by Boston Braves (February 26, 1947).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (@March 15, 1947).
Released by Chicago Cubs (September 19, 1947).

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