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Cliff
Lee		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: August 30, 1978 in Miami Fl
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2009   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 28 CLE AL $ 628,571 4 68 65 66 26 19 20 72 61 63
2008 29 CLE AL $ 5,000,000 4 69 65 66 44 36 38 79 68 70
2009 30 CLE AL $ 5,000,000 4 68 64 65 48 41 42 84 73 75
2010 31 CLE AL $ 6,000,000 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 8
2011 32 CLE AL $ 6,000,000 8 7 7 7 5 4 5 9 8 8
2012 33 CLE AL $ 6,000,000 8 7 7 7 5 4 4 10 9 9
2013 34 HOU NL $ 6,000,000 7 7 6 7 5 4 4 8 7 8
2014 35 HOU NL $ 3,750,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
2015 36 CHN NL $ 3,750,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
2016 37 ANA AL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000 8 69 65 66 48 41 42 84 73 75
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 28 CLE AL $ 628,571   1 1 1 6 6 6 27 27 27 1 1 1 30 30 30
2008 29 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 27 27 27 1 1 1 30 30 30
2009 30 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 27 27 27 1 1 1 30 30 30
2010 31 CLE AL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2011 32 CLE AL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2012 33 CLE AL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2013 34 HOU NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2014 35 HOU NL $ 3,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2015 36 CHN NL $ 3,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2016 37 ANA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 27 27 27 1 1 1 30 30 30
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2003 24 CLE   6 8 .429 17   0 0 0 100.7 84 48   32 95 4.29  
2004 25 CLE   9 9 .500 31   0 0 0 153.0 148 81   62 151 4.76  
2005 26 CLE   12 10 .545 32   0 0 0 185.0 181 81   93 171 3.94  
2006 27 CLE   13 7 .650 32   0 0 0 181.7 173 78   87 177 3.86  
2007 28 CLE AL 15 11 .577 34 34 0 0 0 196.7 187 85 21 71 184 3.89 .248 .309 .397 .707 13.4
2008 29 CLE AL 11 15 .423 37 37 1 0 0 215.7 218 119 33 99 152 4.97 .261 .339 .450 .788 9.2
2009 30 CLE AL 15 6 .714 33 33 2 1 0 200.7 180 78 15 87 148 3.50 .236 .312 .354 .666 17.1
2010 31 CLE AL 16 9 .640 36 36 0 0 0 219.7 198 94 18 83 152 3.85 .239 .307 .378 .686 14.8
2011 32 CLE AL 9 14 .391 33 33 1 0 0 191.7 209 104 16 79 147 4.88 .279 .347 .407 .754 8.0
2012 33 CLE AL 5 10 .333 28 25 1 1 0 152.3 146 75 18 65 107 4.43 .251 .324 .397 .721 7.5
2013 34 TBA AL 3 6 .333 12 11 1 0 0 80.7 73 40 7 32 59 4.46 .245 .315 .372 .688 4.5
  HOU NL 6 10 .375 23 20 2 0 0 138.7 115 59 12 67 92 3.83 .230 .318 .361 .679 9.5
  TOT   9 16 .360 35 31 3 0 0 219.3 188 99 19 99 151 4.06 .235 .317 .365 .683 14.0
2014 35 HOU NL 11 11 .500 32 32 1 1 0 192.3 202 105 16 95 149 4.91 .266 .347 .388 .734 7.5
2015 36 NYN NL 1 1 .500 7 0 0 0 0 8.3 10 11 1 12 9 11.87 .294 .478 .441 .919 0.0
  CHN NL 2 1 .667 26 2 1 1 0 56.7 56 21 3 19 43 3.34 .256 .314 .347 .661 4.2
  TOT   3 2 .600 33 2 1 1 0 65.0 66 32 4 31 52 4.43 .261 .340 .360 .700 4.2
2016 37 ANA AL 4 3 .571 36 0 0 0 0 21.3 22 8 3 9 18 3.38 .262 .333 .405 .738 2.1
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
10 Years Sim 98 97 .503 337 263 10 4 0 1674.6 1616 799 163 718 1260 4.29 .252 .326 .391 .717 97.7
14 Years Pro 138 131 .513 449   10 4 0 2294.9 2202 1087   992 1854 4.26  
1 Years AAA 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
Season Average 9 9 .500 33 26 1 0 0 167.5 161 79 16 71 126 4.29 .252 .326 .391 .717  
Career Highs 16 16 .714 37 37 3 1 0 219.7 218 119 33 99 184 4.97 .279 .347 .450 .788  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1178 611 135 524 856   .260 .336 .411 .747
vs LH   438 188 28 194 404   .234 .306 .344 .650
Home 51 47 .520 166 132 5 2 0 814.6 805 415 82 370 612 4.58 .257 .336 .399 .735
Away 47 50 .485 171 131 5 2 0 860.0 811 384 81 348 648 4.02 .248 .320 .383 .703
Mar/Apr 12 14 .462 53 37 1 0 0 249.0 240 140 24 115 192 5.06 .253 .334 .390 .724
May 13 14 .481 54 43 2 1 0 286.3 239 102 18 129 213 3.21 .224 .307 .336 .644
June 18 17 .514 56 41 2 1 0 267.3 244 113 23 115 223 3.80 .242 .320 .365 .685
July 18 16 .529 58 45 1 0 0 270.6 291 134 30 119 192 4.46 .276 .349 .423 .772
August 23 16 .590 56 45 1 1 0 291.6 258 133 34 116 186 4.10 .237 .310 .386 .696
Sep/Oct 14 20 .412 60 52 3 1 0 309.7 344 177 34 124 254 5.14 .279 .345 .438 .783
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 25 CLE   31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
2005 26 CLE   32 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5  
2006 27 CLE   32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2007 28 CLE AL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2008 29 CLE AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2009 30 CLE AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 0.6 0.3
2010 31 CLE AL 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0
2011 32 CLE AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2012 33 CLE AL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0
2013 34 HOU NL 22 40 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 .075 .140 .100 .240 -1.0 0.0
2014 35 HOU NL 30 57 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 25 .088 .172 .123 .295 0.6 0.0
2015 36 NYN NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  CHN NL 24 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .200 .382 0.2 0.0
  TOT   31 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .200 .382 0.2 0.0
9 Years Sim 93 127 7 10 4 0 0 3 0 0 13 44 .079 .163 .110 .273 -0.3 0.3
12 Years Pro 188 136 7 11 5 0 0 3 0 0 13 46 .081 .161 .118 .279 -0.4  
162 Game Average 221 12 17 6 0 0 5 0 0 22 76 .079 .163 .110 .273 -0.6  
Career Highs 31 57 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 25 .200 .667 .200 .667 0.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   76 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 28 .053 .153 .092 .245 -1.2
vs LH   51 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 16 .118 .179 .137 .316 0.3
Home 38 44 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 20 .023 .122 .045 .168 -1.7
Away 55 83 7 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 8 24 .108 .185 .145 .329 0.8
RISP   35 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .029 .054 .029 .083 -2.4
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 13 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .125 .273 .125 .398 0.5
May 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .083 .214 .083 .298 0.1
June 18 28 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .071 .161 .107 .268 -0.3
July 13 25 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .120 .214 .160 .374 0.6
August 9 22 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .091 .091 .136 .227 -0.7
Sep/Oct 16 32 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .031 .114 .063 .177 -1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2007 28 CLE AL P 34 34 196.7 16 26 0 3 1.000 1.92    
2008 29 CLE AL P 37 37 215.7 14 35 1 3 .980 2.04    
2009 30 CLE AL P 33 33 200.7 16 28 0 1 1.000 1.97    
2010 31 CLE AL P 36 36 219.7 14 41 0 3 1.000 2.25    
2011 32 CLE AL P 33 33 191.7 11 29 1 3 .976 1.88    
2012 33 CLE AL P 28 25 152.3 12 23 1 1 .972 2.07    
2013 34 TBA AL P 12 11 80.7 4 14 0 2 1.000 2.01    
  HOU NL P 23 20 138.7 7 25 0 4 1.000 2.08    
  TOT   P 35 31 219.3 11 39 0 6 1.000 2.05    
2014 35 HOU NL P 32 32 192.3 9 31 1 2 .976 1.87    
2015 36 NYN NL P 7 0 8.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.24    
  CHN NL P 26 2 56.7 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.06    
  TOT   P 33 2 65.0 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.22    
2016 37 ANA AL P 36 0 21.3 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.11    
Career Totals   337 263 1674.6 109 267 4 24 .989 2.02    
Career Highs   37 37 219.7 16 41 1 6 1.000 2.25    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2007 28 CLE AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 8.3 12 9 3 4 4 9.72 .333 .400 .722 1.122
2009 30 CLE AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 5 2 0 0 22.50 .500 .500 1.083 1.583
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 10.3 18 14 5 4 4 12.20 .375 .423 .813 1.236
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2009-10-3.50
 Wins
2009-10-15
 Losses
2008-8-15
2011-9-14
 Winning Pct
2009-4-.714
2010-10-.640
 Games Started
2007-6-34
2008-2-37
2010-6-36
 Shutouts
2009-7-1
2012-7-1
Homeruns Allowed
2008-9-33
 Walks Allowed
2008-5-99
2009-5-87
2010-7-83
2014-4-95
CAR-38-718
 Hits per 9IP
2009-8-8.1
2010-8-8.1
 Strikeouts per 9IP
2007-8-8.4
 OAVG
2009-5-.236
2010-8-.239
 OSLG
2009-4-.354
OOPS
2009-7-.666
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 2)
   Gray Ink Test: 25    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 6)
 
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History
Injured on 6/2/2008 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Pitched NO-HITTER against Los Angeles on 6/25/2009, striking out 6
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2009, going 4-1, 2.53
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Traded from Cleveland to Tampa Bay on 2/23/2013 (Going to TBA: P Cliff Lee, P John Schoonmaker. Going to CLE: CF Stuart Thain)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Houston on 6/1/2013 (Going to HOU: P Cliff Lee. Going to TBA: P Aidan Macwilliam)
8/29/2013: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $3,750,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/2014, winning 2 games with a 0.52 ERA
Traded from Houston to New York (N) on 3/30/2015 (Going to HOU: 3B Scott Hairston, P Ian Oquendo. Going to NYN: C Angel Molina, CF Chris Lubanski, P Cliff Lee, 3B Juan Camacho)
Traded from New York (N) to Chicago (N) on 4/23/2015 (Going to CHN: 1B Mickey Hall, P George Matzke, 3B Benjamin Liddle, P Jacob West, P Cliff Lee. Going to NYN: P Thomas Skillman, 1B Tony Blanco, C Donny Decker, LF Brad Snyder)
Signed as a free agent by Anaheim on 4/7/2016 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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