Bio
- Debut
- 1915
Bio
- Debut
- 1915
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 490
- W
- 188
- L
- 180
- ERA
- 3.37
- IP
- 3160.2
- K
- 1,063
- BB
- 956
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | STL | 39 | 13 | 11 | 2.99 | 244.0 | 104 | 88 | 1.31 |
| 1916 | STL | 51 | 12 | 23 | 2.58 | 289.0 | 120 | 119 | 1.31 |
| 1917 | STL | 43 | 15 | 9 | 3.08 | 265.2 | 100 | 90 | 1.29 |
| 1918 | STL | 30 | 8 | 14 | 3.59 | 165.1 | 49 | 56 | 1.40 |
| 1919 |  STL/PHI | 40 | 12 | 20 | 2.59 | 250.1 | 116 | 79 | 1.23 |
| 1920 | PHI | 35 | 16 | 14 | 2.84 | 247.0 | 95 | 90 | 1.37 |
| 1921 | PHI | 28 | 11 | 16 | 4.31 | 194.1 | 52 | 62 | 1.48 |
| 1922 | PHI | 33 | 12 | 18 | 4.03 | 237.0 | 62 | 71 | 1.41 |
| 1923 |  PHI/PIT | 39 | 17 | 13 | 3.83 | 246.2 | 76 | 59 | 1.41 |
| 1924 | PIT | 36 | 13 | 12 | 3.26 | 229.1 | 61 | 51 | 1.27 |
| 1925 | PIT | 35 | 19 | 10 | 3.67 | 255.1 | 87 | 67 | 1.33 |
| 1926 | PIT | 36 | 20 | 9 | 3.97 | 226.2 | 54 | 52 | 1.35 |
| 1927 | PIT | 40 | 19 | 10 | 3.40 | 299.1 | 84 | 66 | 1.27 |
| 1928 | PIT | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8.10 | 10.0 | 3 | 5 | 2.30 |
| 1929 | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 0
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 6.43
- IP
- 14.0
- K
- 10
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 1.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 219
- SHO
- 25
- K/9
- 3.0
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | STL | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | STL | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | STL | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | STL | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | STL/PHI | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | PHI | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | PHI | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | PHI | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | PHI/PIT | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | PIT | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | PIT | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | PIT | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | PIT | 0 | 25 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Lee Meadows's career stats?
Lee Meadows played 15 seasons for the Cardinals, the Phillies and the Pirates. He had 188 wins and 1,063 strikeouts with a 3.37 ERA over 3,160.2 innings. His best season was 1926: 20 wins, a 3.97 ERA and 54 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1915 to 1929
Championships
- 1925 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
All-time career rank
- 145th in wins (pitching) (188)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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