Cliff Lee stats

Last played for the Philadelphia Phillies, 2014

Starting Pitcher · #33

Age 48 · 6' 3"

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Cliff Lee played 13 MLB seasons, 2002 to 2014.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
328
W
143
L
91
ERA
3.52
IP
2,156.2
K
1,824
BB
464
WHIP
1.20

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
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.
2002CLE2011.7410.1681.35
2003CLE9333.6152.144201.17
2004CLE331485.43179.0161811.50
2005CLE321853.79202.0143521.22
2006CLE3314114.40200.2129581.41
2007CLE20586.2997.166361.52
2008CLE312232.54223.1170341.11
2009CLE/PHI3414133.22231.2181431.24
2010SEA/TEX281293.18212.1185181.00
2011PHI321782.40232.2238421.03
2012PHI30693.16211.0207281.11
2013PHI311482.87222.2222321.01
2014PHI13453.6581.172121.38

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
11
W
7
L
3
ERA
2.52
IP
82.0
K
89
BB
10
WHIP
0.93

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
201
CG
29
SHO
12
K/9
7.6
GB
2,704
FB
3,693
G/F
0.70
WP
41

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
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.
2002CLE0005.20000
2003CLE6007.60003
2004CLE16008.11893600.56
2005CLE16106.42334100.64
2006CLE14105.82324550.53
2007CLE6106.11252090.65
2008CLE23426.93173650.94
2009CLE/PHI24627.03244150.87
2010SEA/TEX18717.82683680.73
2011PHI25669.230932310
2012PHI21008.82793310.84
2013PHI24219.02913270.91
2014PHI8108.01371301.11

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
48 yearsAug 30, 1978
Height
6' 3"
Debut
2002
Birthplace
Benton, AR
Draft
2000Rd 4, Pk 105
College
Arkansas
AL Cy Young
2008

Latest performance

Cliff Lee

Jul 31 · @ WSH · W 10-4

IP
2.2
H
1
R
0
ER
0
BB
0
K
4
HR
0
ERA
3.65

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Thu, Jul 31atWSHW 10-42.21004
Sat, Jul 26vsARIL 10-6 F/1059334
Mon, Jul 21vsSFL 7-45.212663
Sun, May 18vsCINW 8-36.29223
Tue, May 13vsLAAL 4-376407
Wed, May 07atTORL 10-06.17666

What were Cliff Lee's career stats?

Cliff Lee played 13 seasons for the Guardians and the Phillies. He had 143 wins and 1,824 strikeouts with a 3.52 ERA over 2,156.2 innings. His best season was 2008: 22 wins, a 2.54 ERA and 170 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

13 seasons, 3 postseasons, 2002 to 2014

Cliff Lee led MLB in wins (2008) and WHIP (2010); finished top 10 in a stat 12 times.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 126th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,824)
  • 280th in wins (pitching) (143)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Cliff Lee

Playoff series

Cliff Lee played 11 games across 3 MLB postseasons in 7 series — 5 won, 2 lost.

Cliff Lee's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2011STLLost 0-116.01259
2010TBWon 2-0216.011221
2010NYYWon 1-018.02013
2010SFLost 0-2211.214913
2009COLWon 2-0216.111210
2009LADWon 1-018.03010
2009NYYWon 2-0216.013513

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Cliff Lee’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.