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Cliff Lee

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: August 30, 1978 in Benton, AR us

Draft: Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 8th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Benton HS (Benton, AR), the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Meridian Community College (Meridian, MS) and the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR).

High School: Benton HS (Benton, AR)

Schools: Meridian Community College (Meridian, MS), University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)

Last Game: July 31, 2014 (Age 35-335d)
vs. WSN 2.2 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Darek Braunecker

Full Name: Clifton Phifer Lee

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4x All-Star
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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.2

143

ERA

3.52

328

324

2156.2

1824

WHIP

1.196

2009 Player Pitching Game Log

2009 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2009-04-06	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians	@	Texas Rangers	1-5	L	5.0	10	7	7	1	5	1	0	23	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	79	53	13	9	5	15	7	1
2	2009-04-11	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians		Toronto Blue Jays	1-5	L	5.0	7	4	4	4	5	0	0	38	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	102	57	16	8	5	12	7	2
3	2009-04-16	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians	@	New York Yankees	1-6	W	6.0	7	1	1	3	4	1	1	55	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	115	71	23	3	11	11	5	2
4	2009-04-22	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians		Kansas City Royals	1-8	L	8.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	0	60	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	32	122	85	25	9	9	18	4	4
5	2009-04-27	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians		Boston Red Sox	1-8		8.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	77	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	28	106	70	22	8	11	11	2	0
6	2009-05-03	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians	@	Detroit Tigers	1-7	L	7.0	12	3	3	1	4	1	0	44	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	34	114	72	12	7	10	17	9	3
7	2009-05-08	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians		Detroit Tigers	1-8	L	8.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	67	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	31	113	71	17	13	13	11	1	1
8	2009-05-13	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians		Chicago White Sox	1-7	W	7.0	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	73	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	113	83	22	10	9	7	3	1
9	2009-05-19	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians	@	Kansas City Royals	1-8		8.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	61	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	101	65	13	7	12	15	3	1
10	2009-05-24	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-6		6.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	47	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	95	70	15	6	7	14	6	4
11	2009-05-29	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians		New York Yankees	1-6	L	6.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	0	45	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	112	71	21	9	13	8	4	0
12	2009-06-03	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians	@	Minnesota Twins	1-8	W	8.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	1	68	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	31	106	71	18	9	12	11	6	0
13	2009-06-09	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians		Kansas City Royals	1-6		6.0	11	4	4	1	4	1	0	37	27	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	29	105	68	17	6	11	12	4	3
14	2009-06-14	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians		St. Louis Cardinals	1-9	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	85	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	93	70	20	8	13	10	2	1
15	2009-06-19	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians	@	Chicago Cubs	1-8		7.0	6	3	3	3	5	2	0	55	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	109	71	19	5	9	13	5	2
16	2009-06-25	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1-7		7.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	0	63	24	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	115	76	18	6	12	8	5	1
17	2009-06-30	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians		Chicago White Sox	1-4	L	3.0	11	7	7	1	3	1	0	11	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	79	53	18	3	7	10	7	1
18	2009-07-05	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians		Oakland Athletics	1-6	L	6.0	8	3	3	4	3	0	0	43	22	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	28	111	68	11	7	7	13	6	3
19	2009-07-10	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians	@	Detroit Tigers	1-7	L	7.0	5	3	3	2	8	0	1	61	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	122	85	24	11	5	12	4	1
20	2009-07-16	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians		Seattle Mariners	1-9	W	9.0	9	1	1	0	6	1	0	71	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	35	112	82	32	5	15	13	4	1
21	2009-07-21	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-9	W	9.0	7	1	1	0	4	1	0	73	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	33	112	84	18	8	15	14	2	4
22	2009-07-26	Maj-AL	Cleveland Indians	@	Seattle Mariners	1-7	W	7.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	61	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	99	68	20	7	6	17	9	1
		Player Moved from Maj-AL to Maj-NL
23	2009-07-31	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	San Francisco Giants	1-9	W	9.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	79	28	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	31	109	76	17	10	10	12	0	3
24	2009-08-06	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Colorado Rockies	1-7	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	9	0	0	69	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	112	78	28	15	6	11	4	1
25	2009-08-13	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Chicago Cubs	1-8	W	8.0	6	1	1	3	8	0	0	71	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	32	122	82	17	12	6	14	3	3
26	2009-08-19	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Arizona Diamondbacks	1-9	W	9.0	2	1	0	0	11	0	1	92	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	31	106	81	23	16	8	11	2	2
27	2009-08-24	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	New York Mets	1-7	W	7.0	6	2	0	0	5	0	0	66	25	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	26	113	83	23	8	10	12	3	3
28	2009-08-29	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Atlanta Braves	1-5	L	5.0	10	6	6	0	5	3	0	28	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	93	64	19	8	6	13	7	1
29	2009-09-04	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Houston Astros	1-3	L	3.0	9	6	6	0	3	1	0	20	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	74	54	15	4	7	8	4	0
30	2009-09-09	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Washington Nationals	1-8	W	7.0	10	5	4	0	4	0	0	43	31	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	107	77	15	13	12	14	10	0
31	2009-09-15	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Washington Nationals	1-9	W	9.0	6	0	0	3	9	0	0	81	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	124	84	26	12	10	13	5	0
32	2009-09-20	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Atlanta Braves	1-4		4.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	50	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	52	38	12	2	5	11	5	1
33	2009-09-25	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-6	L	6.0	9	7	7	0	6	2	1	32	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	93	63	14	4	6	13	5	2
34	2009-10-01	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Houston Astros	1-6	L	5.2	7	4	3	1	6	1	0	46	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	89	64	15	6	3	14	7	1

2009 Player Pitching Splits

2009 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	34	969	900	88	245	51	2	17	7	2	43	181	.272	.306	.390	.696	.321	351	14	5	11	9	1

Home	16	462	426	37	116	20	1	7	6	1	23	96	.272	.307	.373	.680	.331	159	8	1	5	6	0
Away	18	507	474	51	129	31	1	10	1	1	20	85	.272	.305	.405	.711	.312	192	6	4	6	3	1

April	5	141	129	14	38	8	0	2	0	0	9	24	.295	.340	.403	.744	.343	52	2	1	0	2	0
May	6	177	167	12	50	7	0	2	2	0	7	30	.299	.326	.377	.703	.353	63	2	0	2	1	0
June	6	172	157	17	42	8	1	4	4	0	11	28	.268	.318	.408	.725	.302	64	3	1	2	1	1
July	6	182	169	11	39	9	0	2	1	1	8	31	.231	.267	.320	.586	.268	54	5	1	2	2	0
August	5	143	133	11	30	5	1	3	0	1	4	38	.226	.248	.346	.594	.284	46	1	1	2	3	0
September	5	129	122	19	39	12	0	3	0	0	3	24	.320	.341	.492	.833	.379	60	0	1	3	0	0
October	1	25	23	4	7	2	0	1	0	0	1	6	.304	.333	.522	.855	.375	12	1	0	0	0	0

As Starter	34	969	900	88	245	51	2	17	7	2	43	181	.272	.306	.390	.696	.321	351	14	5	11	9	1

vs RHB as LHP	34	725	672		190	44	1	14			37	144	.283	.321	.414	.735	.339	278	11	3	7	5	1
vs LHB as LHP	34	244	228		55	7	1	3			6	37	.241	.263	.320	.583	.271	73	3	2	4	4	0

Bases Empty	34	533	506		152	31	1	9			23	95	.300	.336	.419	.755	.356	212	0	4	0	0	0
Runners On	34	436	394		93	20	1	8			20	86	.236	.269	.353	.622	.275	139	14	1	11	9	1

vs. Younger Batters	34	615	572		149	35	1	5			26	121	.261	.296	.351	.648	.319	201	10	5	7	5	0
vs. Older Batters	34	354	328		96	16	1	12			17	60	.293	.324	.457	.781	.323	150	4	0	4	4	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	14	13	.519	3.22	34	34	0	231.2	245	88	83	17	43	1	181	5	0	0	969	1.243	7.0	4.21

Home	6	8	.429	2.85	16	16	0	110.2	116	37	35	7	23	0	96	1	0	0	462	1.256	7.8	4.17
Away	8	5	.615	3.57	18	18	0	121.0	129	51	48	10	20	1	85	4	0	0	507	1.231	6.3	4.25

April	1	3	.250	3.94	5	5	0	32.0	38	14	14	2	9	0	24	1	0	0	141	1.469	6.8	2.67
May	1	3	.250	2.57	6	6	0	42.0	50	12	12	2	7	0	30	0	0	0	177	1.357	6.4	4.29
June	2	1	.667	3.83	6	6	0	40.0	42	17	17	4	11	1	28	1	0	0	172	1.325	6.3	2.55
July	4	2	.667	2.11	6	6	0	47.0	39	11	11	2	8	0	31	1	0	0	182	1.000	5.9	3.88
August	4	1	.800	2.00	5	5	0	36.0	30	11	8	3	4	0	38	1	0	0	143	0.944	9.5	9.50
September	2	2	.500	5.59	5	5	0	29.0	39	19	18	3	3	0	24	1	0	0	129	1.448	7.4	8.00
October	0	1	.000	4.76	1	1	0	5.2	7	4	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	25	1.412	9.5	6.00

As Starter	14	13	.519	3.22	34	34	0	231.2	245	88	83	17	43	1	181	5	0	0	969	1.243	7.0	4.21

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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