Cliff Lee
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| Cleveland Indians — No. 31 | |
| Starting Pitcher | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
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| September 15, 2002 for the Cleveland Indians | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2006) |
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| Wins-Losses | 49-28 |
| ERA | 4.39 |
| Innings pitched | 644 2/3 |
| Strikeouts | 483 |
| Former teams | |
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Clifton Phifer "Cliff" Lee (b. August 30, 1978 in Benton, Arkansas) is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 8th round of the amateur draft out of high school, but chose to attend the University of Arkansas. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign. In the 2000 amateur draft, he was chosen in the 4th round by the Montreal Expos and signed in July of that year. In June 2002, the Expos traded him with Brandon Phillips and Grady Sizemore to Cleveland in exchange for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew.
Since his call up to Cleveland in September 2002, Lee has been a fixture in the Indians' starting rotation, winning at least 14 games in each of his first 3 full seasons and tossing more than 200 innings in both 2005 and 2006. In 2005, he finished the season with an 18-5 record and a 3.79 ERA, earning him 4th place in the AL Cy Young Award voting that year. In 2006, The Indians rewarded Cliff with a midseason, 3-year, $14 million contract extension through the 2009 season.
Lee's repertoire features both a 4 seam and 2 seam fastball as well as a changeup and a curveball.
[edit] External links
- Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
- MLB.com player info page
- Unofficial Cliff Lee Fan Club
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