Cliff
Lee
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: August 4, 1896 in Usa, NE, LEXINGTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1919 22 NY1 NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 3 4 9 7 8 4 2 3 9 7 8
1920 23 NY1 NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 5 6 10 8 8 4 2 3 10 8 8
1921 24 NY1 NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 10 8 8 4 2 3 10 8 8
1922 25 NY1 NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 7 8 10 8 8 4 2 3 10 8 8
1923 26 NY1 NL $ 2,785,714   7 7 8 9 7 8 10 8 9 5 3 3 10 8 8
1924 27 NY1 NL $ 2,964,286   7 7 8 9 7 8 10 9 9 5 3 3 10 8 9
1925 28 NY1 NL $ 2,964,286   7 7 8 9 7 8 10 8 9 5 3 3 10 8 9
1926 29 CIN NL $ 7,895,751   7 7 8 8 7 8 10 8 8 5 3 4 10 7 8
1927 30 CIN NL $ 7,895,751   7 7 8 8 7 7 9 7 8 5 3 3 9 7 8
1928 31 CIN NL $ 7,895,751   6 6 7 8 7 7 10 8 8 5 2 3 9 7 7
1929 32 CIN NL $ 7,895,751   6 6 7 8 7 7 10 8 8 4 2 3 9 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 3 4 9 7 8 4 2 3 9 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,895,751   7 7 8 9 7 8 10 9 9 5 3 4 10 8 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1919 22 NY1 NL 51 144 14 37 8 2 0 15 1 2 15 21 .257 .323 .340 .663 15.2 1.5
1920 23 NY1 NL 93 273 32 89 13 3 2 35 1 2 15 34 .326 .356 .418 .774 38.4 6.3
1921 24 NY1 NL 136 506 76 160 28 4 15 86 3 3 22 41 .316 .342 .476 .818 75.2 11.7
1922 25 NY1 NL 143 552 77 168 33 5 15 87 6 3 28 47 .304 .332 .464 .795 80.2 10.5
1923 26 NY1 NL 146 568 77 165 31 5 23 124 2 3 31 44 .290 .326 .484 .810 81.0 11.6
1924 27 NY1 NL 141 533 65 143 34 3 14 85 1 5 31 25 .268 .307 .422 .729 60.8 5.5
1925 28 NY1 NL 147 561 82 157 33 8 23 88 5 1 34 23 .280 .318 .490 .809 82.9 10.8
1926 29 CIN NL 135 493 63 129 28 6 11 83 3 3 37 25 .262 .313 .410 .722 54.6 7.7
1927 30 CIN NL 139 512 69 156 27 8 14 110 4 7 30 31 .305 .340 .471 .811 74.1 14.9
1928 31 CIN NL 117 360 43 91 21 0 8 59 2 1 20 23 .253 .288 .378 .666 36.8 3.6
1929 32 CIN NL 130 454 68 139 23 7 14 91 0 1 28 26 .306 .343 .480 .823 67.2 10.7
11 Years Sim 1378 4956 666 1434 279 51 139 863 28 31 291 340 .289 .326 .450 .776 666.2 94.7
162 Game Average 582 78 168 32 5 16 101 3 3 34 39 .289 .326 .450 .776 78.3  
Career Highs 147 568 82 168 34 8 23 124 6 7 37 47 .326 .356 .490 .823 82.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3448 425 966 180 33 98 603 20 22 166 293 .280 .310 .437 .747 447.3
vs LH   1508 241 468 99 18 41 260 8 9 125 47 .310 .360 .481 .841 245.3
Home 689 2413 337 703 138 27 73 457 15 11 144 178 .291 .328 .462 .790 349.0
Away 689 2543 329 731 141 24 66 406 13 20 147 162 .287 .324 .440 .763 343.5
RISP   1520 0 441 92 15 44 690 0 0 92 109 .290 .321 .457 .778 217.9
Pinch Hitting   129 15 36 5 1 2 24 0 0 11 2 .279 .333 .380 .713 16.3
Close/Late   585 68 155 28 4 16 86 0 0 40 34 .265 .310 .409 .719 73.2
Mar/Apr 143 538 90 161 40 10 22 106 5 3 34 43 .299 .339 .533 .872 90.7
May 245 908 122 243 46 12 22 150 4 5 55 58 .268 .308 .417 .725 112.8
June 240 867 100 240 43 6 23 151 4 6 56 64 .277 .317 .420 .737 112.0
July 256 912 131 260 50 6 28 161 6 10 55 57 .285 .323 .445 .769 124.5
August 246 840 104 236 45 7 18 118 3 1 41 44 .281 .312 .415 .727 104.8
Sep/Oct 247 891 119 294 55 10 26 177 6 6 50 74 .330 .361 .502 .862 147.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1919 22 NY1 NL RF 23 23 207.0 44 2 4 1 .920 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 16 11 107.0 160 12 0 13 1.000 14.47 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 5 0 10.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 9.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 1 1 1.000 1 0.1
1920 23 NY1 NL C 48 39 375.3 86 34 5 0 .960 2.88 81 22 .272 3 1.0
    1B 15 13 114.7 165 8 0 5 1.000 13.58 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 13 5 63.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.28 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 4 0 8.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1921 24 NY1 NL C 78 78 691.7 161 64 9 0 .962 2.93 143 52 .364 12 3.5
    LF 33 29 270.3 50 2 2 1 .963 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 17 12 111.7 27 2 1 0 .967 2.34 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 3 27.0 32 1 1 3 .971 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 1 9.0 3 6 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1922 25 NY1 NL C 108 107 955.7 262 77 10 2 .971 3.19 171 46 .269 16 3.7
    LF 18 16 140.7 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.60 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 14 13 118.7 34 2 0 0 1.000 2.73 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1923 26 NY1 NL C 99 98 874.0 247 52 8 0 .974 3.08 127 27 .213 14 3.2
    LF 42 41 363.3 89 3 4 1 .958 2.28 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 1 0 2 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1924 27 NY1 NL C 96 95 857.0 183 50 17 0 .932 2.45 134 31 .231 20 1.2
    LF 35 31 286.0 61 1 1 0 .984 1.95 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 4 0 13.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1925 28 NY1 NL C 105 99 893.0 175 36 11 2 .950 2.13 111 19 .171 24 0.9
    RF 44 43 343.0 90 4 4 1 .959 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 4 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1926 29 CIN NL C 116 115 1025.0 327 62 14 0 .965 3.42 163 39 .239 22 3.1
    LF 7 0 18.0 2 0 3 0 .400 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 1 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 1 13.0 15 2 0 2 1.000 11.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 .000 0  
1927 30 CIN NL C 111 111 998.0 346 56 18 2 .957 3.63 115 32 .278 17 2.1
    CF 14 8 82.0 33 0 0 0 1.000 3.62 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 5 0 15.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.02 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1928 31 CIN NL C 82 80 712.0 199 33 3 2 .987 2.93 88 18 .205 10 2.5
    1B 5 4 39.0 47 6 0 6 1.000 12.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 2 23.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.52 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 5 1 14.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1929 32 CIN NL C 80 73 658.0 178 35 9 2 .959 2.91 85 18 .212 6 1.3
    RF 19 18 165.3 43 0 1 0 .977 2.34 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 16 11 107.3 134 8 1 7 .993 11.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 8 4 43.0 8 0 2 0 .800 1.67 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
  C 924 896 8048.7 2167 500 104 11 .962 2.98 1219 305 .250 145 22.7
  LF 161 123 1180.0 246 7 11 2 .958 1.93 0 0 .000 0 3.3
  RF 131 111 989.0 245 10 10 2 .962 2.32 0 0 .000 0 2.2
  1B 63 43 415.0 562 38 2 39 .997 13.01 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  CF 42 15 185.3 58 1 2 1 .967 2.87 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  2B 1 1 9.0 3 6 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1322 1189 10826.9 3281 562 129 57 .968 3.19 1219 305 .250 145 29.5
Career Highs   154 142 1244.3 389 80 18 15 .990 6.04 171 52 1.000 24  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 26 NY1 NL 7 24 2 8 2 1 0 2 0 1 5 2 .333 .448 .500 .948
1924 27 NY1 NL 6 23 2 7 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 3 .304 .280 .522 .802
1926 29 CIN NL 5 8 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 .625 1.069
1927 30 CIN NL 13 51 2 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 3 .235 .278 .255 .533
Career Post-Season Batting 31 106 9 30 5 2 1 12 1 1 9 8 .283 .333 .396 .730
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1927-7-.471
CAR-24-.450
At-Bats
1925-8-561
Total Bases
1923-9-275
1925-9-275
Doubles
1922-10-33
1923-10-31
1924-7-34
1925-8-33
Homeruns
1921-9-15
1922-6-15
1923-4-23
1924-7-14
1925-6-23
CAR-10-139
RBIs
1923-2-124
1927-4-110
1929-10-91
CAR-47-863
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1919
Had first career hit on 5/1/1919, off George Uhle (PHI)
Hit first career homerun on 5/19/1920, off Harry Harper (SLN)
Injured on 5/22/1921 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 7/2/1923
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,964,286 through salary arbitration
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,964,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/15/1926 to a 4-year deal worth $7,895,751 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/19/1927, hitting .391 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (N) on 4/28/1928