Bio
- Debut
- 1934
Bio
- Debut
- 1934
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 462
- W
- 169
- L
- 157
- ERA
- 3.54
- IP
- 2864.0
- K
- 998
- BB
- 893
- WHIP
- 1.34
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | CHC | 35 | 13 | 14 | 3.40 | 214.1 | 104 | 74 | 1.36 |
| 1935 | CHC | 39 | 20 | 6 | 2.96 | 252.0 | 100 | 84 | 1.29 |
| 1936 | CHC | 43 | 18 | 11 | 3.31 | 258.2 | 102 | 93 | 1.28 |
| 1937 | CHC | 42 | 14 | 15 | 3.54 | 272.1 | 108 | 73 | 1.33 |
| 1938 | CHC | 44 | 22 | 9 | 2.66 | 291.0 | 121 | 74 | 1.22 |
| 1939 | CHC | 37 | 19 | 15 | 3.44 | 282.1 | 105 | 85 | 1.35 |
| 1940 | CHC | 37 | 9 | 17 | 5.03 | 211.1 | 70 | 70 | 1.50 |
| 1941 | CHC | 28 | 8 | 14 | 3.76 | 167.1 | 62 | 43 | 1.33 |
| 1942 | CHC | 32 | 13 | 13 | 3.85 | 219.2 | 75 | 67 | 1.31 |
| 1943 |  CHC/PHI | 26 | 4 | 12 | 4.01 | 139.0 | 35 | 48 | 1.45 |
| 1944 | PHI | 31 | 10 | 11 | 3.15 | 208.1 | 50 | 57 | 1.23 |
| 1945 |  PHI/ATL | 29 | 9 | 9 | 3.58 | 183.2 | 25 | 66 | 1.55 |
| 1946 | ATL | 25 | 10 | 9 | 4.18 | 140.0 | 32 | 45 | 1.38 |
| 1947 | CHC | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 24.0 | 9 | 14 | 1.67 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 0
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 3.00
- IP
- 21.0
- K
- 13
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 1.52
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 182
- SHO
- 29
- K/9
- 3.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | CHC | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHC | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | CHC | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | CHC | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | CHC | 0 | 19 | 9 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | CHC | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | CHC | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHC | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | CHC | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | CHC/PHI | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | PHI | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | PHI/ATL | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | ATL | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bill Lee's career stats?
Bill Lee played 14 seasons for the Cubs, the Phillies and the Braves. He had 169 wins and 998 strikeouts with a 3.54 ERA over 2,864.0 innings. His best season was 1938: 22 wins, a 2.66 ERA and 121 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1934 to 1947
All-time career rank
- 185th in wins (pitching) (169)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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