Derrek Lee

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 5 in · 240 lb

BornSeptember 6, 1975 · Sacramento, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 28, 1997

Final gameSeptember 28, 2011

Seasons15 (1997–2011)

San Diego Padres 1997; Florida Marlins 1998–2003; Chicago Cubs 2004–2009; Atlanta Braves 2010; Chicago Cubs 2010; Baltimore Orioles 2011; Pittsburgh Pirates 2011

Percentile snapshot

2010 season — qualified batters

148

45.3

626

547

46.7

56.7

142

39.3

50.7

RBI

60.7

82.7

134

19.3

10.7

.260

32.7

OBP

.347

60.7

SLG

.428

44.7

OPS

.774

wRC+

109.7

52.7

OPS+

106.4

51.3

wOBA

.349

57.3

sWAR

1.6

24.7

of 151 qualified 2010 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

123.8

84.7

OPS+

122.7

83.1

sWAR

34.0

97.1

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
1997	22	63	54	9	14	3	0	1	4	9	24	0	0	.259	.365	.370	.735	106.7	99.9	.344	0.1
1998	141	513	454	62	106	29	1	17	74	47	120	5	2	.233	.318	.414	.732	95.4	94.5	.328	0.3
1999	70	236	218	21	45	9	1	5	20	17	70	2	1	.206	.263	.326	.588	48.0	51.1	.264	-1.3
2000	158	546	477	70	134	18	3	28	70	63	123	0	3	.281	.368	.507	.875	122.4	123.1	.380	2.1
2001	158	625	561	83	158	37	4	21	75	50	126	4	2	.282	.346	.474	.820	114.1	112.8	.357	1.9
2002	162	688	581	95	157	35	7	27	86	98	164	19	9	.270	.378	.494	.872	134.4	132.2	.385	3.8
2003	155	643	539	91	146	31	2	31	92	88	131	21	8	.271	.379	.508	.888	134.6	133.9	.387	3.6
2004	161	688	605	90	168	39	1	32	98	68	128	12	5	.278	.356	.504	.860	121.3	120.0	.373	2.8
2005	158	691	594	120	199	50	3	46	107	85	109	15	3	.335	.418	.662	1.080	174.0	175.0	.450	7.1
2006	50	204	175	30	50	9	0	8	30	25	41	8	4	.286	.368	.474	.842	112.8	111.3	.367	0.6
2007	150	650	567	91	180	43	1	22	82	71	114	6	5	.317	.400	.513	.913	133.5	130.0	.398	3.6
2008	155	698	623	93	181	41	3	20	90	71	119	8	2	.291	.361	.462	.823	112.4	109.8	.365	2.0
2009	141	615	532	91	163	36	2	35	111	76	109	1	0	.306	.393	.579	.972	151.1	147.4	.420	4.7
2010	148	626	547	80	142	35	0	19	80	73	134	1	3	.260	.347	.428	.774	109.7	106.4	.349	1.6
2011	113	477	435	55	116	17	2	19	59	33	110	2	1	.267	.325	.446	.771	108.5	109.0	.339	1.2

Career totals

1,942

299th-most career G

7,963

299th-most career PA

6,962

317th-most career AB

1,081

285th-most career R

1,959

317th-most career H

432

142nd-most career 2B

331

124th-most career HR

RBI

1,078

234th-most career RBI

874

198th-most career BB

1,622

54th-most career SO

104

.2814

OBP

.3647

381st-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4947

146th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8594

151st-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	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2005-05-17	CHC @ PIT Gameday	4	2	4	1	2	4	0	11
2005-04-27	CIN @ CHC Gameday	4	2	4	0	2	6	0	10
2009-06-19	CLE @ CHC Gameday	5	2	3	1	2	2	0	10
2004-06-13	CHC @ LAA Gameday	5	2	5	1	1	2	2	9
2005-04-04	CHC @ AZ Gameday	6	2	4	2	1	5	0	9

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

3× Gold Glove1× Silver Slugger2× 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.