Cliff Lee | Major Leaguer 2002-2008

Full Name: Clifton Phifer Lee
Born: August 30,1978 in Benton, Arkansas
Height: 6-4 Weight: 190 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Benton (Benton,AR)
College: University of Arkansas, Meridian Community College

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Prospect Rankings*
2003 - 30th ranked Major League prospect
2003 - 3rd ranked organizational prospect for Cleveland Indians

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Florida Marlins in 8th Round (246th overall) of 1997 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Baltimore Orioles in 20th Round (609th overall) of 1998 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Montreal Expos in 4th Round (105th overall) of 2000 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jul 6,2000] - signed [Jun 27,2002] - Traded by Expos with Grady Sizemore, Brandon Phillips and Lee Stevens to Indians for Tim Drew and Bartolo Colon.

Signed by: Joe Jordan

Disabled List: [Mar 29,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown) [May 30,2003] - Activated [Apr 1,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Strained abdominal muscle) [May 3,2007] -

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2000	Cape Fear	SAL	21	Mtl	A	1	4	5.32	11	11	0	0	0	0	44.0	50	39	26	1	36	63	3	2	10.23	0.20	7.36	12.89	1.95	--
2001	Jupiter	FSL	22	Mtl	A+	6	7	2.79	21	20	0	0	1	0	109.2	78	43	34	13	46	129	2	3	6.40	1.07	3.78	10.59	1.13	--
2002	Akron	East	23	Cle	AA	2	1	5.40	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.2	11	11	10	1	10	18	1	0	5.94	0.54	5.40	9.72	1.26	--
	Harrisburg	East	23	Mtl	AA	7	2	3.23	15	15	0	0	0	0	86.1	61	31	31	12	23	105	2	0	6.36	1.25	2.40	10.95	0.97	--
	Buffalo	IL	23	Cle	AAA	3	2	3.77	8	8	0	0	0	0	43.0	36	18	18	7	22	30	1	1	7.53	1.47	4.60	6.28	1.35	--
	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	0	1	1.74	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	6	2	2	0	8	6	0	1	5.23	0.00	6.97	5.23	1.36	55%
2003	Kinston	Caro	24	Cle	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	0	1	0	0	3	4	0		0.00	0.00	6.24	8.31	0.69	--
	Akron	East	24	Cle	AA	1	0	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	7	2	2	1	4	13	0		5.25	0.75	3.00	9.75	0.92	--
	Buffalo	IL	24	Cle	AAA	6	1	3.27	11	11	0	0	0	0	63.1	62	24	23	4	31	61	2		8.81	0.57	4.41	8.67	1.47	--
	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	3	3	3.61	9	9	0	0	0	0	52.1	41	28	21	7	20	44	3	0	7.05	1.20	3.44	7.57	1.17	37%
2004	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	14	8	5.43	33	33	0	0	0	0	179.0	188	113	108	30	81	161	6	0	9.45	1.51	4.07	8.09	1.50	35%
2005	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	18	5	3.79	32	32	1	0	0	0	202.0	194	91	85	22	52	143	4	0	8.64	0.98	2.32	6.37	1.22	45%
2006	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	14	11	4.40	33	33	1	0	0	0	200.2	224	114	98	29	58	129	3	0	10.05	1.30	2.60	5.79	1.41	34%
2007	Kinston	Caro	28	Cle	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.50	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.50	--
	Akron	East	28	Cle	AA	1	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.60	0.00	1.80	12.60	0.60	--
	Buffalo	IL	28	Cle	AAA	1	3	3.51	8	8	0	0	0	0	41.0	32	17	16	1	25	50	3	0	7.02	0.22	5.49	10.98	1.39	--
	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	5	8	6.29	20	16	1	0	1	0	97.1	112	73	68	17	36	66	5	0	10.36	1.57	3.33	6.10	1.52	39%
2008	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	22	3	2.54	31	31	4	2	0	0	223.1	214	68	63	12	34	170	4	0	8.62	0.48	1.37	6.85	1.11	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)						76	39	4.15	160	156	7	2	1	0	965.0	979	489	445	117	289	719	25	1	9.13	1.09	2.70	6.71	1.31	--
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)						28	20	3.37	82	81	0	0	1	0	427.1	340	186	160	40	201	484	14		7.16	0.84	4.24	10.20	1.27	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2002	Harrisburg	East	23	Mtl	AA	p		15	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	166	--
	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	p	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2003	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	p	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2004	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	p	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	33%
2005	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	p	0	32	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2006	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	p	0	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334	67%
2007	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	p	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	67%
2008	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	p		2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								50	27	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.074	.074	148	--
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)								15	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	166	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
2000	Cape Fear	SAL	21	Mtl	A	P	11			2	7	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	--

2001	Jupiter	FSL	22	Mtl	A+	P	21			1	10	3	14	1	-	-	-	.786	--

2002	Akron	East	23	Cle	AA	P	3			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2002	Harrisburg	East	23	Mtl	AA	P	15			2	10	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Buffalo	IL	23	Cle	AAA	P	8			1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	P	2		10.1	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.61

2003	Kinston	Caro	24	Cle	A+	P	1			0	1	2	3	0	-	-	-	.333	--
2003	Akron	East	24	Cle	AA	P	2			0	1	0	1	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	Buffalo	IL	24	Cle	AAA	P	11			1	8	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	--
2003	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	P	9	9	52.1	1	5	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	1.03

2004	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	P	33	33	179	5	7	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	.60

2005	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	P	32	32	202	5	10	3	18	0	-	-	-	.833	.67

2006	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	P	33	33	200.2	3	18	1	22	0	-	-	-	.955	.94

2007	Kinston	Caro	28	Cle	A+	P	1								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Akron	East	28	Cle	AA	P	1								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Buffalo	IL	28	Cle	AAA	P	8								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	P	20	16	97.1	7	5	1	13	2	-	-	-	.923	1.11

2008	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	P	31	31	223	16	14	1	31	2	-	-	-	.968	1.21

Awards

[2005] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #4)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2002	*200,000		1,654,088	80
2003	300,900		1,773,364	61
2004	303,200		1,716,303	63
2005	345,000		1,825,756	52
2006	406,200		1,937,004	46
2007	*3,000,000		2,923,340	35
2008	*4,000,000

Career:	$8,555,300	estimate

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