Bill Lee Stats

Bill Lee was born on Thursday, October 21, 1909, in Plaquemine, Louisiana. Lee was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 29, 1934, with the Chicago Cubs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Lee baseball stats page.

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Bill Lee

Bill Lee Autograph on a 2002 SP Legendary Cuts (#BiL)

Bill Lee Autograph on a 2002 SP Legendary Cuts (#BiL)

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Birth Name:   William Crutcher Lee
Nickname:   Big Bill
Born On:   10-21-1909  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Plaquemine, Louisiana
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-15-1977 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Plaquemine, Louisiana
Cemetery:   Saint John Cemetery, Plaquemine, Louisiana
High School:   Plaquemine High School (Plaquemine, LA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   04-29-1934 (Age 24)
Last Game:   06-29-1947
Draft:   Not Applicable

Bill Lee

Bill Lee Pitching Stats

1934 25 Cubs 35 29 4 13 14 .481 3.40 16 4 1 214.1 910 218 81 91 9 74 - 104 9 2 1 -
1935 26 Cubs 39 32 5 20 6 .769 2.96 18 3 1 252.0 1,058 241 83 106 11 84 - 100 7 5 0 -
1936 27 Cubs 43 33 4 18 11 .621 3.31 20 4 1 258.2 1,081 238 95 106 14 93 - 102 6 3 0 -
1937 28 Cubs 42 33 5 14 15 .483 3.54 17 2 3 272.1 1,146 289 107 122 14 73 - 108 2 0 0 -
1938 29 Cubs 44 37 5 22 9 .710 2.66 19 9 2 291.0 1,194 281 86 95 18 74 - 121 3 2 1 -
1939 30 Cubs 37 36 1 19 15 .559 3.44 20 1 0 282.1 1,202 295 108 125 18 85 - 105 4 1 1 -
1940 31 Cubs 37 30 6 9 17 .346 5.03 9 1 0 211.1 927 246 118 129 12 70 - 70 2 2 1 -
1941 32 Cubs 28 22 1 8 14 .364 3.76 12 0 1 167.1 723 179 70 87 6 43 - 62 6 2 0 -
1942 33 Cubs 32 30 1 13 13 .500 3.85 18 1 0 219.2 939 221 94 99 4 67 - 75 3 1 1 -
1943 34 Cubs 13 12 1 3 7 .300 3.56 4 0 0 78.1 336 83 31 37 4 27 - 18 3 0 0 -
1943 34 Phillies 13 7 4 1 5 .167 4.60 2 0 3 60.2 261 70 31 35 4 21 - 17 1 1 0 -
1944 35 Phillies 31 28 1 10 11 .476 3.15 11 3 1 208.1 872 199 73 88 9 57 - 50 4 3 0 -
1945 36 Phillies 13 13 0 3 6 .333 4.66 2 0 0 77.1 373 107 40 52 0 30 - 13 3 0 0 0
1945 36 Braves 16 13 1 6 3 .667 2.79 6 1 0 106.1 447 112 33 43 6 36 - 12 1 0 0 -
1946 37 Braves 25 21 3 10 9 .526 4.18 8 0 0 140.0 602 148 65 73 7 45 - 32 0 1 0 -
1947 38 Cubs 14 2 4 0 2 .000 4.50 0 0 0 24.0 116 26 12 16 2 14 - 9 0 1 0 -
14 Years 462 378 46 169 157 .518 3.54 182 29 13 2,864.0 12,187 2,953 1,127 1,304 138 893 - 998 54 24 5 0

Bill Lee

Bill Lee Hitting Stats

1934 25 Cubs 40 76 6 10 3 0 0 0 7 4 - 11 3 - 0 3 .132 .175 .171
1935 26 Cubs 39 102 8 24 3 0 0 0 11 2 - 15 3 - 0 2 .235 .250 .265
1936 27 Cubs 43 87 5 12 0 1 1 0 3 2 - 14 9 - 1 0 .138 .167 .195
1937 28 Cubs 42 87 4 15 2 0 1 0 4 3 - 23 12 - 0 1 .172 .200 .230
1938 29 Cubs 44 101 10 20 3 1 0 0 13 4 - 20 7 - 0 3 .198 .229 .248
1939 30 Cubs 37 103 3 13 0 0 1 0 3 4 - 16 8 - 0 1 .126 .159 .155
1940 31 Cubs 37 76 4 10 2 0 0 0 3 2 - 20 2 - 1 0 .132 .165 .158
1941 32 Cubs 28 59 8 11 0 0 2 0 5 1 - 9 9 - 0 2 .186 .200 .288
1942 33 Cubs 32 69 2 11 2 0 0 0 7 7 - 13 5 - 0 5 .159 .237 .188
1943 34 Cubs 13 26 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 4 2 - 0 0 .269 .321 .269
1943 34 Phillies 13 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .059 .059 .059
1944 35 Phillies 31 72 5 14 0 0 0 0 4 4 - 12 3 - 0 2 .194 .237 .194
1945 36 Phillies 13 24 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 3 - 0 1 .167 .200 .167
1945 36 Braves 16 31 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 - 5 5 - 0 0 .129 .229 .129
1946 37 Braves 25 47 0 8 0 0 0 0 7 2 - 5 3 - 0 0 .170 .204 .170
1947 38 Cubs 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
14 Years 467 980 59 165 15 2 5 0 71 42 0 177 74 0 2 20 .168 .204 .203

Bill Lee

Bill Lee Fielding Stats

1934 Cubs P 35 29 643 67 1.9 63 15 48 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .940 2.65
1935 Cubs P 39 32 756 71 1.8 64 12 52 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .901 2.29
1936 Cubs P 43 33 776 80 1.9 73 12 61 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .913 2.54
1937 Cubs P 42 33 817 95 2.3 90 20 70 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.97
1938 Cubs P 44 37 873 84 1.9 79 18 61 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .940 2.44
1939 Cubs P 37 36 847 100 2.7 95 15 80 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .950 3.03
1940 Cubs P 37 30 634 58 1.6 52 10 42 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .897 2.21
1941 Cubs P 28 22 502 55 2.0 49 10 39 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .891 2.64
1942 Cubs P 32 30 659 67 2.1 65 10 55 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.66
1943 Cubs P 13 12 235 17 1.3 16 4 12 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .941 1.84
1943 Phillies P 13 7 182 16 1.2 14 5 9 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .875 2.08
1944 Phillies P 31 28 625 68 2.2 64 17 47 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.76
1945 Phillies P 13 13 232 21 1.6 20 1 19 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .952 2.33
1945 Braves P 16 13 319 31 1.9 31 4 27 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.62
1946 Braves P 25 21 420 42 1.7 41 6 35 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.64
1947 Cubs P 14 2 72 11 0.8 9 4 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .818 3.38
P Totals 462 378 8,592 883 1.9 825 163 662 58 37 n/a n/a n/a .934 2.59
14 Years 462 378 8,592 883 1.9 825 163 662 58 37 n/a n/a n/a .934 2.59

Bill Lee

Bill Lee Miscellaneous Stats

1934 Cubs 0 - - 0 5 n/a 0.0 6.9 10.9 1.41 4.37 3.11
1935 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.8 9.3 1.19 3.57 3.00
1936 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 87.0 6.2 29.0 1.10 3.55 3.24
1937 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 87.0 3.8 21.8 1.48 3.57 2.41
1938 Cubs 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.1 7.8 1.64 3.74 2.29
1939 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 103.0 6.4 34.3 1.24 3.35 2.71
1940 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.8 25.3 1.00 2.98 2.98
1941 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 29.5 6.6 11.8 1.44 3.33 2.31
1942 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.3 9.9 1.12 3.07 2.75
1943 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.5 26.0 0.67 2.07 3.10
1943 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.81 2.52 3.12
1944 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 18.0 0.88 2.16 2.46
1945 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.8 24.0 0.43 1.51 3.49
1945 Braves 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.2 15.5 0.33 1.02 3.05
1946 Braves 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.4 6.7 0.71 2.06 2.89
1947 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.64 3.38 5.25
14 Years 1 - - 0 5 n/a 196.0 5.5 13.8 1.12 3.14 2.81

Bill Lee

Bill Lee Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1934 Chicago Cubs 19 Undetermined - -
1935 Chicago Cubs 15 Undetermined - Stats
1936 Chicago Cubs 15 Undetermined - -
1937 Chicago Cubs 11 Undetermined - -
1938 Chicago Cubs 11 Undetermined Stats Stats
1939 Chicago Cubs 11 Undetermined Stats -
1940 Chicago Cubs 11 Undetermined - -
1941 Chicago Cubs 11 Undetermined - -
1942 Chicago Cubs 11 Undetermined - -
1943 Chicago Cubs 31 Undetermined - -
1943 Philadelphia Phillies 38 Undetermined - -
1944 Philadelphia Phillies 17 Undetermined - -
1945 Philadelphia Phillies 17 Undetermined n/a -
1945 Boston Braves 26 Undetermined n/a -
1946 Boston Braves 26 Undetermined - -
1947 Chicago Cubs 24 Undetermined - -

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