Carlos Lee

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 270 lb

BornJune 20, 1976 · Aguadulce, Coclé, Panama

MLB debutMay 7, 1999

Final gameOctober 3, 2012

Seasons14 (1999–2012)

Chicago White Sox 1999–2004; Milwaukee Brewers 2005–2006; Texas Rangers 2006; Houston Astros 2007–2012; Miami Marlins 2012

Percentile snapshot

2012 season — qualified batters

147

41.3

615

50.3

550

4.9

145

43.4

35.7

14.7

13.3

RBI

56.6

66.4

99.3

24.5

86.7

.264

37.1

OBP

.332

44.1

SLG

.365

9.8

OPS

.697

18.2

wRC+

89.6

17.5

OPS+

88.8

15.4

wOBA

.313

20.3

sWAR

0.0

4.9

of 144 qualified 2012 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

112.2

66.1

OPS+

113.3

sWAR

30.5

96.6

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1999	127	517	492	66	144	32	2	16	84	13	72	4	2	.293	.312	.463	.775	91.8	95.0	.335	0.5
2000	152	619	572	107	172	29	2	24	92	38	94	13	4	.301	.345	.484	.829	105.1	105.9	.360	1.8
2001	150	605	558	75	150	33	3	24	84	38	85	17	7	.269	.321	.468	.789	101.5	101.9	.341	1.4
2002	140	576	492	82	130	26	2	26	80	75	73	1	4	.264	.359	.484	.843	120.8	120.3	.366	2.7
2003	158	671	623	100	181	35	1	31	113	37	91	18	4	.291	.331	.499	.830	117.5	118.9	.356	3.0
2004	153	658	591	103	180	37	0	31	99	54	86	11	5	.305	.366	.525	.891	127.1	126.8	.383	3.7
2005	162	688	618	85	164	41	0	32	114	57	87	13	4	.265	.324	.487	.811	105.8	109.0	.348	1.9
2006	161	695	624	102	187	37	1	37	116	58	65	19	2	.300	.355	.540	.895	124.4	125.8	.380	3.6
2007	162	697	627	93	190	43	1	32	119	53	63	10	5	.303	.354	.528	.882	122.4	125.4	.375	3.4
2008	115	481	436	61	137	27	0	28	100	37	49	4	1	.314	.368	.569	.937	142.7	144.0	.400	3.4
2009	160	662	610	65	183	35	1	26	102	41	51	5	3	.300	.343	.489	.831	118.0	119.4	.362	2.8
2010	157	649	605	67	149	29	1	24	89	37	59	3	3	.246	.291	.417	.708	88.0	89.9	.313	0.2
2011	155	653	585	66	161	38	4	18	94	59	60	4	3	.275	.342	.446	.788	116.2	116.6	.347	2.2
2012	147	615	550	53	145	27	1	9	77	58	49	3	0	.264	.332	.365	.697	89.6	88.8	.313	0.0

Career totals

2,099

194th-most career G

8,786

181st-most career PA

7,983

155th-most career AB

1,125

246th-most career R

2,273

165th-most career H

469

92nd-most career 2B

358

94th-most career HR

RBI

1,363

89th-most career RBI

655

440th-most career BB

984

406th-most career SO

125

.2847

OBP

.3387

SLG

.4828

206th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8215

341st-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2007-04-13	HOU @ PHI Gameday	5	3	3	3	6	0	12
2004-09-29	CWS @ DET Gameday	5	2	4	2	6	0	10
2006-04-18	MIL @ HOU Gameday	5	3	4	2	4	0	10
2002-07-14	CWS @ DET Gameday	5	3	4	2	2	0	10
2007-05-15	SF @ HOU Gameday	4	4	4	2	2	1	10

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× Silver Slugger3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.