MLB / Players

Don Lee

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 4 in · 205 lb
BornFebruary 26, 1934 · Globe, AZ, USA
MLB debutApril 23, 1957
Final gameAugust 21, 1966
Seasons9 (1957–1966)

Detroit Tigers 1957–1958; Washington Senators 1960; Minnesota Twins 1961; Los Angeles Angels 1962; Minnesota Twins 1962; Los Angeles Angels 1963–1964; California Angels 1965; Houston Astros 1965; Chicago Cubs 1966; Houston Astros 1966

Percentile snapshot

1962 season — qualified pitchers

G
36
43.3
GS
31
47.8
W
11
37.3
L
11
52.2
SV
2
82.1
CG
5
13.4
SHO
2
43.3
H
204
49.3
ER
79
76.1
BB
63
70.1
SO
102
17.9
HR
20
56.7
IP
205.3
44.8
ERA
3.46
65.7
WHIP
1.300
52.2
K/9
4.47
16.4
FIP
3.85
44.8
FIP-
95.1
49.3
ERA+
116.9
68.7
sWAR
3.4
56.7

of 68 qualified 1962 pitchers (min 163 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
10.0
86.9

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19571113121200030300.167.167.167.333-27.0-8.8.1540.0
19581000000000000-0.1
196044484335101341800.116.191.209.401-0.27.0.1942.7
196137343022000201100.067.065.067.131-90.2-65.4.0591.7
1962367168213100212500.191.203.206.409-1.89.6.1883.4
196340524527100101700.156.156.178.333-17.1-4.0.1501.0
19643324232620021500.261.292.348.63982.684.0.2901.8
196517440110000100.250.250.500.750109.4113.3.328-0.3
1966251101000000001.0001.0001.0002.000516.8473.1.912-0.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19571161300048201819638.74.661.7074.424.91128.182.30.0
19581000000121012.09.001.0000.0011.94298.744.4-0.1
196044208731016063648816165.03.441.3584.803.8295.4116.32.7
19613710363409345356512115.03.521.1135.093.7589.7118.61.7
196236311111252204796310220205.33.461.3004.473.8595.1116.93.4
1963402281113214863518912154.03.681.2925.203.49101.393.51.0
19643385420099272573689.32.721.3887.352.5776.2124.11.8
1965170010002913815422.05.321.6826.144.85146.262.5-0.3
19662504100045201616437.04.861.6493.894.51125.273.3-0.2

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

G
244
PA
247
AB
226
R
12
H
37
2B
6
3B
0
HR
1
RBI
13
BB
6
SO
80
SB
0
BA
.1637
OBP
.1845
SLG
.2035
OPS
.3880

Pitching

G (P)
244
GS
97
W
40
L
44
SV
11
CG
13
SHO
4
IP
828
SO (P)
467
BB allowed
281
ERA
3.607
WHIP
1.3376
K/9
5.07

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1960-08-09MIN @ ATH Gameday311001104
1964-08-16LAA @ TEX Gameday302100003
1962-04-29MIN @ CLE Gameday402000102
1962-08-22NYY @ LAA Gameday202000002
1963-08-13TEX @ LAA Gameday202000002

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1960-08-09MIN @ ATH Gameday10.0811381
1963-09-22LAA @ CLE Gameday5.1443280
1961-07-21CLE @ MIN Gameday9.0532272
1960-07-30CWS @ MIN Gameday8.0422171
1962-09-25LAA @ DET Gameday8.0810270

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.