Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2002
- Draft
- 2000Rd 4, Pk 105
- College
- Arkansas
- AL Cy Young
- 2008
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2002
- Draft
- 2000Rd 4, Pk 105
- College
- Arkansas
- AL Cy Young
- 2008
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 328
- W
- 143
- L
- 91
- ERA
- 3.52
- IP
- 2156.2
- 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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | CLE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.74 | 10.1 | 6 | 8 | 1.35 |
| 2003 | CLE | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3.61 | 52.1 | 44 | 20 | 1.17 |
| 2004 | CLE | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5.43 | 179.0 | 161 | 81 | 1.50 |
| 2005 | CLE | 32 | 18 | 5 | 3.79 | 202.0 | 143 | 52 | 1.22 |
| 2006 | CLE | 33 | 14 | 11 | 4.40 | 200.2 | 129 | 58 | 1.41 |
| 2007 | CLE | 20 | 5 | 8 | 6.29 | 97.1 | 66 | 36 | 1.52 |
| 2008 | CLE | 31 | 22 | 3 | 2.54 | 223.1 | 170 | 34 | 1.11 |
| 2009 |  CLE/PHI | 34 | 14 | 13 | 3.22 | 231.2 | 181 | 43 | 1.24 |
| 2010 |  SEA/TEX | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3.18 | 212.1 | 185 | 18 | 1.00 |
| 2011 | PHI | 32 | 17 | 8 | 2.40 | 232.2 | 238 | 42 | 1.03 |
| 2012 | PHI | 30 | 6 | 9 | 3.16 | 211.0 | 207 | 28 | 1.11 |
| 2013 | PHI | 31 | 14 | 8 | 2.87 | 222.2 | 222 | 32 | 1.01 |
| 2014 | PHI | 13 | 4 | 5 | 3.65 | 81.1 | 72 | 12 | 1.38 |
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) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | CLE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | CLE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 189 | 360 | 0.5 | 6 |
| 2005 | CLE | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6.4 | 233 | 410 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2006 | CLE | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5.8 | 232 | 455 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 2007 | CLE | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 125 | 209 | 0.6 | 5 |
| 2008 | CLE | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6.9 | 317 | 365 | 0.9 | 4 |
| 2009 | CLE/PHI | 24 | 6 | 2 | 7.0 | 324 | 415 | 0.8 | 7 |
| 2010 | SEA/TEX | 18 | 7 | 1 | 7.8 | 268 | 368 | 0.7 | 3 |
| 2011 | PHI | 25 | 6 | 6 | 9.2 | 309 | 323 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | PHI | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 279 | 331 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2013 | PHI | 24 | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 291 | 327 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2014 | PHI | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 137 | 130 | 1.1 | 1 |
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 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Wins: 2005 (5th), 2008 (1st), 2011 (7th)
- ERA: 2008 (3rd), 2011 (4th)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 2011 (3rd), 2012 (9th), 2013 (5th)
- WHIP: 2008 (6th), 2010 (1st), 2011 (6th), 2013 (5th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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