Born on December 28, 1946 in Burbank, California, Bill Lee (William Francis Lee) played for the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos over the course of his 14 year career. Lee broke into the bigs on June 25, 1969 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.50 ERA in 52 innings pitched in 1969, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Lee's best season was 1973, when he posted a 2.75 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 120 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1969
BOS
A
20
1
1
3
4.50
45
27
26
0
0
0
52
56
9
28
0
3
2
1970
BOS
A
11
5
2
2
4.62
19
20
19
0
0
1
37
48
3
14
1
2
0
1971
BOS
A
47
3
9
2
2.74
74
35
31
0
0
2
102
102
7
46
7
1
1
1972
BOS
A
47
0
7
4
3.20
43
31
30
0
0
5
84.1
75
5
32
8
4
1
1973
BOS
A
38
33
17
11
2.75
120
100
87
18
1
1
284.2
275
20
76
2
3
5
1974
BOS
A
38
37
17
15
3.51
95
123
110
16
1
0
282.1
320
25
67
0
3
4
1975
BOS
A
41
34
17
9
3.95
78
123
114
17
4
0
260
274
20
69
1
2
3
1976
BOS
A
24
14
5
7
5.62
29
68
60
1
0
3
96
124
13
28
1
2
3
1977
BOS
A
27
16
9
5
4.43
31
67
63
4
0
1
128
155
14
29
1
1
0
1978
BOS
A
28
24
10
10
3.46
44
89
68
8
1
0
177
198
20
59
2
0
2
1979
MON
N
33
33
16
10
3.04
59
91
75
6
3
0
222
230
20
46
1
0
1
1980
MON
N
24
18
4
6
4.96
34
71
65
2
0
0
118
156
13
22
1
1
3
1981
MON
N
31
7
5
6
2.94
34
33
29
0
0
6
88.2
90
6
14
2
2
2
1982
MON
N
7
0
0
0
4.38
8
7
6
0
0
0
12.1
19
1
1
0
0
0
Total
NL
95
58
25
22
3.57
135
202
175
8
3
6
441
495
40
83
4
3
6
Total
AL
321
167
94
68
3.64
578
683
608
64
7
13
1503.1
1627
136
448
23
21
21
Total
416
225
119
90
3.62
713
885
783
72
10
19
1944.1
2122
176
531
27
24
27
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1969
BOS
A
P
20
1
52
2
6
1
0
0
1
3
1
1
.889
1970
BOS
A
P
11
5
37
1
10
0
1
0
0
3
1
0
1.000
1971
BOS
A
P
47
3
102
2
19
1
0
0
5
1
2
1
.955
1972
BOS
A
P
47
0
84.1
6
24
0
2
0
1
0
2
4
1.000
1973
BOS
A
P
38
33
284.2
10
57
6
2
0
2
11
4
4
.918
1974
BOS
A
P
38
37
282.1
9
69
8
3
0
1
17
12
13
.907
1975
BOS
A
P
41
34
260
9
54
5
4
0
1
12
11
10
.926
1976
BOS
A
P
24
14
96
2
22
2
1
0
0
5
1
1
.923
1976
BOS
A
DH
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1977
BOS
A
P
27
16
128
3
32
1
4
0
0
5
1
3
.972
1978
BOS
A
P
28
24
177
9
32
3
2
0
0
7
7
6
.932
1979
MON
N
P
33
33
222
11
41
1
2
0
1
14
8
3
.981
1980
MON
N
P
24
18
118
7
19
0
2
0
0
15
5
1
1.000
1981
MON
N
P
31
7
88.2
12
27
0
1
0
0
7
2
1
1.000
1982
MON
N
P
7
0
12.1
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1.000
Total
DH
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
P
416
225
1944.1
83
415
28
24
0
12
101
58
48
.947
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1969
BOS
A
20
10
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
1
1970
BOS
A
11
11
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
1971
BOS
A
47
23
0
5
0
1
.217
.250
.217
0
0
1
8
0
3
0
0
0
1972
BOS
A
47
16
3
3
1
1
.188
.188
.500
0
1
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
1973
BOS
A
38
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1974
BOS
A
38
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1975
BOS
A
41
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1976
BOS
A
26
0
1
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1977
BOS
A
27
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1978
BOS
A
28
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1979
MON
N
33
74
5
16
0
6
.216
.216
.243
2
0
0
21
0
7
0
0
0
1980
MON
N
25
41
2
9
0
0
.220
.220
.244
1
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
1981
MON
N
31
22
1
8
1
2
.364
.364
.500
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1982
MON
N
7
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
NL
96
137
8
33
1
8
.241
.241
.285
3
0
0
37
0
7
0
0
0
Total
AL
323
60
4
8
1
2
.133
.148
.217
0
1
1
26
0
3
0
0
1
Total
419
197
12
41
2
10
.208
.212
.264
3
1
1
63
0
10
0
0
1
Transactions[]
Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to Montreal Expos in exchange for Stan Papi (December 7, 1978).