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Watty
Lee		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 12, 1879 in Lynch Station, VA.
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 21 PHA AL $ 300,000 9 2 1 1 9 9 9 9 9 9
1902 22 PHA AL $ 300,000 9 2 1 1 9 9 9 10 9 9
1903 23 PHA AL $ 300,000 9 1 1 1 9 9 9 10 9 9
1904 24 PHA AL $ 300,000 9 2 1 1 10 9 9 10 10 10
1905 25 PHA AL $ 300,000 9 1 1 1 10 10 10 10 10 10
1906 26 CHA AL $ 350,000 9 1 1 1 10 10 10 10 10 10
1907 27 CHA AL $ 350,000 9 1 1 1 10 10 10 10 10 10
1908 28 CHA AL $ 874,286 8 1 1 1 10 10 10 10 10 10
1909 29 SLN NL $ 2,500,000 8 1 1 1 10 10 10 10 10 10
1910 30 SLN NL $ 2,500,000 8 1 1 1 10 10 10 10 10 10
1911 31 SLN NL $ 2,500,000 7 2 2 2 10 9 9 10 10 10
1912 32 BRO NL $ 2,500,000 7 2 2 2 10 9 9 10 10 10
1913 33 CHA AL $ 750,000 6 2 2 2 10 9 9 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 1 1 1 9 9 9 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000 9 2 2 2 10 10 10 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 21 PHA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1902 22 PHA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1903 23 PHA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1904 24 PHA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1905 25 PHA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1906 26 CHA AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1907 27 CHA AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1908 28 CHA AL $ 874,286   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1909 29 SLN NL $ 2,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1910 30 SLN NL $ 2,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1911 31 SLN NL $ 2,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1912 32 BRO NL $ 2,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1913 33 CHA AL $ 750,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1901 21 PHA AL 4 7 .364 22 6 6 0 4 77.0 73 24 3 10 14 2.81 .240 .277 .326 .603 5.6
1902 22 PHA AL 1 2 .333 13 0 0 0 3 9.7 15 8 1 3 4 7.45 .366 .413 .537 .950 0.0
    AAA   1 2 .333 18 0 0 0 8 18.7 20 12 1 4 21 5.79 .278 .316 .361 .677  
1903 23 PHA AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 8.3 13 6 0 1 5 6.48 .342 .390 .447 .838 0.0
    AAA   8 0 1.000 9 9 4 1 0 78.0 61 23 6 8 116 2.65 .213 .235 .322 .556  
1904 24 PHA AL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.5
    AAA   5 1 .833 7 6 3 1 0 52.7 41 12 2 6 74 2.05 .215 .239 .262 .500  
    AA   4 1 .800 5 5 5 2 0 44.0 28 6 2 1 84 1.23 .176 .181 .264 .445  
1905 25 PHA AL 5 5 .500 17 7 5 0 1 61.7 87 43 1 12 11 6.28 .344 .395 .455 .849 0.3
1906 26 CHA AL 3 3 .500 19 0 0 0 1 26.0 22 9 1 9 7 3.12 .222 .291 .303 .594 1.8
1907 27 CHA AL 3 6 .333 39 0 0 0 4 48.0 61 17 0 9 10 3.19 .313 .351 .354 .705 2.6
1908 28 CHA AL 3 3 .500 32 0 0 0 1 34.7 36 11 1 3 10 2.86 .265 .286 .324 .609 2.4
1909 29 SLN NL 3 2 .600 11 5 2 0 1 50.3 52 17 0 6 20 3.04 .265 .319 .316 .636 3.2
1910 30 SLN NL 2 2 .500 10 1 1 0 3 17.3 11 3 0 1 10 1.56 .180 .219 .279 .497 3.3
1911 31 SLN NL 0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 2 14.0 17 5 0 3 1 3.21 .321 .379 .340 .719 1.2
1912 32 SLN NL 1 1 .500 5 2 2 0 0 4.3 8 2 0 1 3 4.16 .400 .455 .450 .905 0.0
  BRO NL 0 3 .000 6 2 2 0 0 35.0 43 19 0 8 8 4.89 .297 .346 .379 .725 0.1
  TOT   1 4 .200 11 4 4 0 0 39.3 51 21 0 9 11 4.81 .309 .359 .388 .747 0.1
12 Years Sim 26 35 .426 192 23 18 0 20 388.3 438 164 7 66 103 3.80 .283 .329 .360 .689 21.0
3 Years AAA 14 3 .824 34 15 7 2 8 149.3 122 47 9 18 211 2.83 .222 .247 .306 .553  
1 Years AA 4 1 .800 5 5 5 2 0 44.0 28 6 2 1 84 1.23 .176 .181 .264 .445  
4 Years Minors 18 4 .818 39 20 12 4 8 193.3 150 53 11 19 295 2.47 .212 .232 .297 .529  
Season Average 2 2 .500 16 1 1 0 1 32.4 36 13 0 5 8 3.80 .283 .329 .360 .689  
Career Highs 5 7 1.000 39 7 6 0 4 77.0 87 43 3 12 20 7.45 .366 .413 .537 .950  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   310 117 6 39 75   .290 .315 .366 .681
vs LH   128 47 1 27 28   .268 .307 .347 .654
Home 13 17 .433 96 15 13 0 5 230.6 238 91 5 43 59 3.55 .265 .298 .344 .642
Away 13 18 .419 96 8 4 0 15 157.6 200 73 2 23 44 4.17 .309 .332 .383 .715
Mar/Apr 3 1 .750 15 0 0 0 0 16.3 11 3 1 0 9 1.66 .186 .186 .254 .441
May 5 9 .357 41 7 6 0 5 95.0 119 48 1 13 27 4.55 .307 .329 .399 .729
June 5 6 .455 30 5 3 0 1 65.6 88 37 2 18 14 5.07 .325 .367 .413 .780
July 5 5 .500 40 3 3 0 6 72.3 75 31 0 12 16 3.86 .271 .301 .339 .640
August 4 5 .444 25 7 4 0 1 81.7 78 24 2 11 19 2.65 .246 .271 .315 .587
Sep/Oct 4 9 .308 41 1 1 0 7 57.3 67 21 1 12 18 3.30 .285 .320 .345 .665
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
1901 21 PHA AL 22 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .158 .158 .158 .316 -0.2 0.0
1903 23 PHA AL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
1904 24 AAA   6 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 1.1  
1905 25 PHA AL 17 19 4 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 .316 .350 .421 .771 2.9 0.5
1906 26 CHA AL 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1907 27 CHA AL 39 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0
1909 29 SLN NL 11 16 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 .250 .333 .250 .583 1.4 0.4
1910 30 SLN NL 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1911 31 SLN NL 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1912 32 SLN NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  BRO NL 6 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .222 .333 -0.3 0.0
  TOT   11 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.4 0.0
9 Years Sim 146 80 7 15 3 0 0 2 4 1 2 18 .188 .217 .225 .442 3.0 0.9
2 Years AAA 13 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 1.2  
162 Game Average 88 7 16 3 0 0 2 4 1 2 19 .188 .217 .225 .442 3.4  
Career Highs 39 19 4 6 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 5 .316 .350 .421 .771 2.9  
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   66 7 14 3 0 0 2 4 1 2 12 .212 .246 .258 .504 3.7
vs LH   14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
Home 70 52 7 11 2 0 0 2 4 1 1 13 .212 .226 .250 .476 2.7
Away 53 28 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .200 .179 .379 0.3
RISP   15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2
Close/Late   7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5
Mar/Apr 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 26 25 4 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 .280 .308 .320 .628 2.7
June 19 16 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .176 .188 .364 0.2
July 18 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .071 .133 .143 .276 -0.5
August 12 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.0
Sep/Oct 12 5 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 .800 .800 .800 1.600 1.8
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    
1901 21 PHA AL P 22 6 77.0 4 23 2 1 .931 3.16    
1902 22 PHA AL P 13 0 9.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86    
1903 23 PHA AL P 4 0 8.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.16    
1904 24 PHA AL P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1905 25 PHA AL P 17 7 61.7 4 14 0 2 1.000 2.63    
1906 26 CHA AL P 19 0 26.0 4 4 0 1 1.000 2.77    
1907 27 CHA AL P 39 0 48.0 2 13 1 2 .938 2.81    
1908 28 CHA AL P 32 0 34.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.82    
1909 29 SLN NL P 11 5 50.3 7 11 2 2 .900 3.22    
1910 30 SLN NL P 10 1 17.3 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.15    
1911 31 SLN NL P 13 0 14.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1912 32 SLN NL P 5 2 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08    
  BRO NL P 6 2 35.0 3 10 0 0 1.000 3.34    
Career Totals   192 23 388.3 28 95 5 8 .961 2.85    
Career Highs   39 7 77.0 7 23 2 2 1.000 4.15    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1911 31 SLN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1901-4-4
1902-10-3
1907-8-4
1910-8-3
1911-10-2
 Games Pitched
1907-7-39
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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History
Drafted in 7th round, 105th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1901
Had first career hit on 5/14/1901, off Heinie Smith (BLA)
Earned first career win on 5/30/1901
2/13/1906: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Was claimed off waivers by Chicago (A) on 3/17/1906
2/11/1907: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/10/1908: Gets a new one-year contract worth $874,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 2/23/1909 to a 4-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Brooklyn on 7/25/1912 (Going to BRO: 1B Sam Crawford, RF Eddie Murphy, P Watty Lee, P Ray Caldwell. Going to SLN: RF Harry Hooper, P Walter Johnson, 1B Jimmy Williams)
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/12/1913 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
 
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