Cliff Lee
Cleveland Indians 2002–2009; Philadelphia Phillies 2009; Seattle Mariners 2010; Texas Rangers 2010; Philadelphia Phillies 2011–2014
Percentile snapshot
2013 season — qualified pitchers
of 81 qualified 2013 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4 |
| 2003 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 |
| 2004 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 77.8 | 78.8 | .298 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118.7 | -100.0 | .000 | 3.0 |
| 2006 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | -24.2 | -12.7 | .149 | 2.4 |
| 2007 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120.8 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.9 |
| 2008 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122.0 | -100.0 | .000 | 6.6 |
| 2009 | 34 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .205 | .237 | .442 | 5.7 | 15.1 | .201 | 5.2 |
| 2010 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123.3 | -100.0 | .000 | 4.6 |
| 2011 | 35 | 82 | 75 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .208 | .307 | .514 | 28.8 | 40.1 | .226 | 6.6 |
| 2012 | 33 | 71 | 64 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .156 | .169 | .188 | .357 | -18.4 | -3.4 | .161 | 4.2 |
| 2013 | 34 | 72 | 60 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 2 | .183 | .210 | .233 | .443 | 11.6 | 23.2 | .202 | 4.8 |
| 2014 | 13 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 29.6 | 40.7 | .226 | 1.0 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 10.3 | 1.74 | 1.355 | 5.23 | 4.22 | 95.1 | 254.8 | 0.4 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 44 | 7 | 52.3 | 3.61 | 1.166 | 7.57 | 4.41 | 99.0 | 123.4 | 1.0 |
| 2004 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 108 | 81 | 161 | 30 | 179.0 | 5.43 | 1.503 | 8.09 | 5.08 | 114.0 | 82.1 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 194 | 85 | 52 | 143 | 22 | 202.0 | 3.79 | 1.218 | 6.37 | 3.82 | 90.0 | 112.2 | 3.0 |
| 2006 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 224 | 98 | 58 | 129 | 29 | 200.7 | 4.40 | 1.405 | 5.79 | 4.77 | 105.1 | 103.2 | 2.4 |
| 2007 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 68 | 36 | 66 | 17 | 97.3 | 6.29 | 1.521 | 6.10 | 5.55 | 122.1 | 72.3 | -0.9 |
| 2008 | 31 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 214 | 63 | 34 | 170 | 12 | 223.3 | 2.54 | 1.110 | 6.85 | 2.86 | 66.5 | 169.7 | 6.6 |
| 2009 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 245 | 83 | 43 | 181 | 17 | 231.7 | 3.22 | 1.243 | 7.03 | 3.13 | 72.8 | 133.1 | 5.2 |
| 2010 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 195 | 75 | 18 | 185 | 16 | 212.3 | 3.18 | 1.003 | 7.84 | 2.55 | 60.6 | 131.6 | 4.6 |
| 2011 | 32 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 197 | 62 | 42 | 238 | 18 | 232.7 | 2.40 | 1.027 | 9.21 | 2.57 | 67.7 | 158.4 | 6.6 |
| 2012 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 74 | 28 | 207 | 26 | 211.0 | 3.16 | 1.114 | 8.83 | 3.17 | 79.5 | 126.5 | 4.2 |
| 2013 | 31 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 193 | 71 | 32 | 222 | 22 | 222.7 | 2.87 | 1.010 | 8.97 | 2.80 | 74.8 | 130.2 | 4.8 |
| 2014 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 33 | 12 | 72 | 7 | 81.3 | 3.65 | 1.377 | 7.97 | 2.93 | 79.2 | 101.3 | 1.0 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
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 | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-16 | MIA @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011-07-09 | ATL @ PHI Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011-08-09 | PHI @ LAD Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011-05-26 | CIN @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011-06-16 | MIA @ PHI Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-05-06 | ATL @ PHI Gameday | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| 2013-09-16 | MIA @ PHI Gameday | 8.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2010-07-27 | ATH @ TEX Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2014-04-16 | ATL @ PHI Gameday | 9.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 2010-10-18 | TEX @ NYY Gameday | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
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
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.