Cliff Lee
Cliff Lee | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Benton, Arkansas, U.S. | August 30, 1978|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
September 15, 2002, for the Cleveland Indians | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 31, 2014, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 143–91 |
Earned run average | 3.52 |
Strikeouts | 1,824 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Clifton Phifer Lee
Born and raised in
The Indians sent Lee to the Phillies at the MLB
After the 2010 season, Lee turned down a contract offer from the Yankees in order to rejoin the Phillies, where he became part of the "Four Aces" starting rotation alongside Halladay, Cole Hamels, and Roy Oswalt. Although he received two more All-Star selections, the remainder of Lee's time in Philadelphia was marked by poor run support, and he did not reach the postseason again after 2011. In 2014, Lee suffered a torn common flexor tendon in his pitching arm and, despite hopes that he would recover without surgery, he did not pitch again. Lee's professional baseball tenure was marked by his strong pitch command despite a comparatively low velocity, as well as by his composure in high-stress situations, the latter albeit complicated by his sometimes quick temper.
Early life and college career
Clifton Phifer Lee was born on August 30, 1978, in Benton, Arkansas, to Steve and Sharon Lee. His father was a local firefighter and one-time city council member.[2] He was named Clifton after his maternal grandfather, while Phifer was his mother's maiden name.[3] Both of his parents were high school athletes: Steve was a wide receiver for the American football team at Benton High School, while Sharon, despite missing one hand from a birth defect, was a pitcher for a local softball team.[4] Although he also played football and basketball, Lee's primary focus in high school was on baseball, where his former coach described him as a hard thrower who had trouble with his pitch command.[4] College baseball coach Norm DeBriyn referred to Lee as a "can't-miss guy" upon seeing him pitch in high school, describing him as "a big left-hander that threw hard".[5] He was able to increase his strikeouts and decrease his walk ratio over the course of his high school career, and pitched two no-hitters as a senior.[6]
That year, Lee attracted attention from
Professional baseball career
Montreal Expos organization (2000–02)
The
Lee spent the entire 2001 season with the
Cleveland Indians (2002–09)
Early years: 2002–2004
On June 27, 2002, Lee was part of a six-player
Lee made his major-league debut on September 15, 2002, where he took the loss against the
At the start of
Lee began the
After starting the season 10–1 in his first 19 games, Lee failed to carry his momentum through the second half of the season, falling into a six-game slump between July 21 and September 2, during which he carried a 10.51 ERA.[35] His frustrations came to a head on August 3, when Lee allowed six runs in 4+1⁄3 innings to the Toronto Blue Jays before throwing his hat and glove into the stands and storming to the bench.[36] Lee snapped his losing streak on September 8, allowing four earned runs in five innings of a 9–5 victory over the Seattle Mariners. It was his first win in 10 starts since July 16, when Cleveland defeated Seattle 18–6.[37] Lee won again on September 23, helping the Indians to a 9–7 victory over Minnesota despite allowing five runs in 5+2⁄3 innings. After the game, Lee described his own season performance as going "from doing real good to real bad", and that he needed to "figure out how to cut those [losing] stretches short".[38] He was able to finish the season strong, winning the last game of the season 5–2 against Minnesota and tying Jake Westbrook for the most wins that season on the Indians pitching staff.[39] Lee finished the season 14–8 with a 5.43 ERA in 33 starts, striking out 161 batters in 179 innings while allowing 30 home runs, 108 earned runs, and 188 hits.[27]
Breakout seasons: 2005–2006
One of the strengths the Indians boasted during the
Lee opened the 2006 season as the Indians' No. 3 starter, behind Sabathia and Westbrook and ahead of Paul Byrd and Jason Johnson, and as one of the only pitchers still in the final year of his contract.[48] That changed on August 9, when he signed a three-year, $14 million contract extension with the Indians, avoiding contract arbitration and allowing general manager Mike Shapiro to maintain control over another core player.[49] What seemed poised to be another successful season for Lee took a turn after the All-Star Game break. After going 6–1 with a 3.76 ERA in eight starts from June 3 to July 19, Lee allowed six runs and seven hits in a 7–5 loss to the Angels, a loss that was part of a larger five-game losing streak for Cleveland.[50] Across July and August, Lee endured a 2–5 skid with three no decisions and a 4.78 ERA. He became frustrated with himself on August 28, when he allowed five runs, including three home runs, in only 5+2⁄3 innings against the Tigers. In addition to being displeased with lasting fewer than six innings, he told reporters after the game that allowing so many home runs was "not acceptable".[51] Although Lee and the Indians failed to capture their previous season highs, with Cleveland finishing the year 78–84 and Lee going 14–11, the pitcher did manage to register one accomplishment: on October 1, his final start of the year, Lee pitched his first nine-inning complete game, a 6–3 defeat of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[52] He finished the year with a 4.40 ERA and 129 strikeouts in 200+2⁄3 innings.[27]
Minor-league setback: 2007
Lee began the 2007 season on the disabled list after suffering a strained right abdominal muscle during spring training.
Lee used the demotion to retool his pitching repertoire, moving his fastball and changeup to the outside corner while developing a cutter inspired by that of Mariano Rivera.[57] He was a September call-up for Cleveland, but was relegated to the bullpen for the final month of the season,[58] and was not included on the Indians' postseason roster. He expressed motivation to focus on improvement after seeing Cleveland drop four games to the Boston Red Sox in the 2007 American League Championship Series (ALCS), telling reporters, "I would have liked to have had a shot at one of those last three games, but we lost them all and I didn't pitch in any of them."[59] Lee went 5–8 in 20 appearances for the Indians, 16 of them starts, posting a 6.29 ERA and striking out 66 batters in 97+1⁄3 innings.[27] He also pitched in 10 minor-league games, going 2–3 with a 3.00 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 48 innings.[14]
Cy Young Award and aftermath: 2008–2009
To prepare for the 2008 season, Lee spent time training with the Indians' pitching coach,
With a 12–2 record and 2.31 ERA by July, Lee was not only named to his first MLB All-Star Game in 2008, but was given the nod to start the game as the AL pitcher.
Had he not lost his last start of the year, he would have become the first (and to date, only), pitcher ever with at least a .900 winning percentage, and at least 20 wins in a season. Ie...the first 20-game winner, to also lose fewer than three games.
Following his Cy Young-winning year, as well as the offseason departure of Sabathia, Lee entered the
Philadelphia Phillies (2009)
On July 29, two days before the MLB trading deadline, the Indians traded Lee to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for four prospects: Carlos Carrasco, Jason Knapp, Lou Marson, and Jason Donald. The Phillies had previously attempted to trade for Roy Halladay of the Toronto Blue Jays, but were unwilling to part with the players that Toronto was asking for in return.[83] In his first start for his new team, Lee carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and finished with a complete-game 5–1 victory over the San Francisco Giants.[84] Although he was dominant in his first five starts, taking the win in all and dropping his ERA down to 0.68, Lee struggled through his next seven appearances with Philadelphia, going 2–4 with a 6.13 ERA.[85] Lee finished out the regular season with 12 National League (NL) appearances, including three complete games, during which he went 7–4 with a 3.39 ERA and 74 strikeouts in 79+2⁄3 innings.[27]
The Phillies clinched their third consecutive
2009 World Series
Lee opened the 2009 World Series with a matchup against his former teammate, C. C. Sabathia, who was now playing with the New York Yankees. He was nearly late to the game, with his taxi stuck in New York City traffic, and ended up taking the New York City Subway to Yankee Stadium, whereupon he allowed six hits and one unearned run in a 10-strikeout complete game that the Phillies won 6–1.[93][94] His feat lowered his postseason ERA to 0.54, dropping below Mariano Rivera's 0.77 record, and Lee became the first pitcher in MLB history to strike out 10 batters while issuing no walks or earned runs in a World Series game.[b][96] Lee took the win again in Game 5, outpitching A. J. Burnett, who lasted only two innings, but ran into struggles of his own by giving up five runs in seven innings of the Phillies' 8–6 win.[97][98] The Phillies battled the Yankees to six games, but ultimately lost in a 7–3 rout.[99]
Seattle Mariners (2010)
On December 16, 2009, the Phillies traded Lee to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for three prospects: right-handed pitchers
Lee's notorious short temper appeared to return during spring training, when he was suspended for five regular-season games after throwing a fastball over the head of opposing pitcher
Lee proved an overall success in Seattle, posting an 8–3 record and 2.34 ERA in 13 starts, as well as 0.5 walks per nine innings.
Texas Rangers (2010)
As the Mariners' season broke down, with the team 13 games behind in the AL West by mid-June, Lee became an acquisition target for multiple teams trying to improve their starting pitching before the MLB trading deadline.
Although Lee had been selected to appear in the
The Rangers clinched the
2010 World Series
Pitching on eight days' rest following the ALCS, Lee was given the start for Game 1 of the
With the Rangers down 3–1 in the series, Game 5 proved to be a rematch between Lincecum and Lee, with the latter terming the match "a chance to redeem [himself]".
Second stint in Philadelphia (2011–2014)
"Four Aces" lineup: 2011
Despite being offered a seven-year, $150 million contract with the New York Yankees, Lee opted to sign with the Phillies on December 14, 2010, taking their smaller offer of five years at a total of $120 million.[132] The decision came as a surprise to many baseball analysts, who did not expect Lee to turn down an additional $30 million to return to Philadelphia.[133][134] Throughout the 2010 Winter Meetings, Lee had been approached by the Rangers and the Yankees, but he told his agent Derek Braunecker that he desired an offer from the Phillies. Braunecker met with Philadelphia assistant general manager Scott Proefrock, who agreed on the condition that Lee's interest in rejoining the team was genuine and not a tool to increase Lee's offers from other teams. Braunecker asked Proefrock if the Phillies would be willing to offer his client a five-year contract, saying, "We'll entertain anything".[135] In an interview shortly after re-signing with the Phillies, Lee told The New York Times that his decision was "kind of a no-brainer", and that he "never wanted to leave in the first place".[136]
He became part of a rotation known as the "Four Aces", consisting of Lee, Halladay, Hamels, and Oswalt.
Lee and Halladay were both selected for the
With 102 regular season wins and their strong pitching staff, the Phillies entered the 2011 postseason as heavy World Series favorites.[149] They were upset, however, by the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the 2011 National League Division Series.[150] Lee took the loss in his Game 2 start, blowing a four-run lead by allowing five runs and a career-high 12 hits in the 5–4 defeat. Lee said he took "full responsibility" for the loss, telling reporters, "They were hitting good pitches. They were hitting bad pitches. They were hitting."[151]
Difficulties with run support: 2012–2013
Oswalt was replaced with Vance Worley for the Phillies' 2012 starting rotation, but the Four Aces remained otherwise intact, with Lee as the No. 2 starter behind Halladay.[152] Although Lee personally pitched well, he struggled to win games through the first half of the 2012 season, beginning with his first start, when he pitched 10 innings but took the loss in a 1–0 defeat to the San Francisco Giants. Some of his struggles came from poor run support, as the otherwise productive Phillies offense did not hit when he was on the mound.[153] He also faced pitch-count difficulties for the first time in his Philadelphia career: in one outing against the Boston Red Sox, Lee had thrown 66 pitches by the end of the third inning, mostly from foul balls.[154] Both Lee and Manuel expressed confusion over Lee's struggles, and by the end of June, though was healthy and pitching well, he was allowing nine hits per nine innings.[155] His first win of the season did not come until July 4, his last start before the All-Star break, when he allowed two runs on nine hits in eight innings of the Phillies' 9–2 win over the New York Mets. All nine of the Phillies' runs came in the final three innings of the game. His run of 13 starts without a win was the longest of any Cy Young winner since Greg Maddux in 2008.[156] Through those 13 starts, Lee posted a 0–5 record, and a difficult June in which he allowed 20 runs in 24+2⁄3 innings had lifted him from a 2.92 to 4.13 ERA.[157] He seemed to recover through August and September, recording the 1,500th strikeout of his MLB career, also against the Mets, on September 17.[158] Despite finishing the season with a 3.16 ERA, 207 strikeouts and a 7.39 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 211 innings, Lee went only 6–9 in his 30 starts, becoming the first pitcher in history to win fewer than eight games with 200 or more strikeouts and a 3.20 or below ERA.[27][159] Despite Lee's hopes that the team would "win this division, make the post-season, and win the World Series", the Phillies missed the playoffs in 2012 with a 2–1 loss to the Miami Marlins on September 29,[160] the 158th game of the season.[161]
Lee entered the
The height of Lee's season came on September 16, when, in a 12–2 rout of the Miami Marlins, he crossed the 200-inning mark and the 200-strikeout mark for the third consecutive season and became the first Philadelphia pitcher to record 14 strikeouts in one game since Curt Schilling in 1997.[168] In his last start of the season, Lee struck out another 13 batters but still took the loss in a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Craig Kimbrel and the Braves. Despite becoming the first pitcher in MLB history to strike out 50 or more batters in a month while walking only one, Lee expressed disappointment at another year away from the postseason, and told reporters that he wanted "to finish strong and take it to the house".[169] In 31 starts for the Phillies that year, including two complete games, Lee went 14–8 with a 2.87 ERA and 222 strikeouts in 222+2⁄3 innings.[27]
Injury and end of career: 2014–2015
After Cole Hamels suffered a preseason injury, Lee was tapped to serve as the Phillies' opening-day starter for the second time in his career.[170] Facing Yu Darvish and the Rangers, Lee became the eighth pitcher in the live-ball era to be credited with a win despite giving up eight or more earned runs. He pitched in five innings of the Phillies' 14–10 victory, a game which saw 31 hits between the two teams, and exited the game with a 14.40 ERA.[d][171] After throwing 116 pitches against the Cincinnati Reds on May 18, Lee began to complain of elbow soreness, and was diagnosed with a strained pronator teres muscle in his left arm.[172] Lee later said that he had begun to feel pain after throwing a career-high 128 pitches in a game against the Braves that April, but that it had mostly abated before the Reds game.[173] It was the first arm injury of Lee's baseball career, professional or otherwise.[174] He was meant to return to the mound on July 18 after a series of rehabilitation games for the Class A Clearwater Threshers, but manager Ryne Sandberg chose to push Lee's return to July 21, which would give him seven days' rest rather than five.[175] He struggled in this first start back, allowing six runs and a career-tying 12 hits in 5+2⁄3 innings against the Giants.[176]
On July 31, Lee left his start against the Washington Nationals in the third inning with a recurrence of the muscle strain.[177] On August 7, the Phillies shut Lee down for the season in the hopes that he would be able to rest the elbow and return in time for spring training the following year.[178] Pitching only 81+1⁄3 innings in 2014, Lee went 4–5 with a 3.65 ERA. It was the first time in six years that Lee had not crossed the 200-inning mark in a season.[179] His elbow continued to bother him after the conclusion of the 2014 season, and he was diagnosed during the offseason with a tear in his left common flexor tendon, a career-threatening injury for a 36-year-old pitcher like Lee.[180] On March 16, 2015, the Phillies placed Lee on the 60-day disabled list, and he returned home to Arkansas for rehabilitation. While doctors recommended surgery for the injury, Lee elected to make a third non-surgical rehabilitation attempt in order to avoid the six to eight-month recovery time that a more intensive procedure would entail.[181] Lee did not pitch professionally at all in 2015, and at the end of the season, the Phillies, who had the option of retaining him for another year at $27.5 million, bought out the remainder of his contract for $12.5 million.[182]
Retirement
After the 2013 season, Lee had said that he would retire at the end of his contract with the Phillies.
Lee was one of 18 new nominees on the
Pitching style
By the end of his career, Lee had a four-pitch repertoire consisting of a fastball, cutter,
In addition to his command of multiple varieties of pitch, Lee was also known for his consistent and methodical approach on the mound. Rangers reliever Darren O'Day referred to Lee as a "technician", because he would not become emotional or alter his rhythm under high-stress situations, such as when multiple runners were on base.[192] His Phillies teammates and general manager both noted Lee's composure on the mound as one of his strengths, as it allowed him to retain control of the game.[196] Despite this, Lee's stubborn personality sometimes led to a short temper, such as when he appeared to intentionally hit Sammy Sosa with a pitch or would argue with his catcher mid-game.[138]
Having spent significant time in both leagues, Lee told reporters after his retirement that he preferred playing in the National League, in which the pitcher bats instead of a designated hitter. This preference was both because Lee enjoyed hitting, despite his career batting average of .175, and because he preferred games where he faced the opposing team's pitcher.[197]
Personal life
Lee met his future wife Kristen when they were in middle school, and while the pair were high school acquaintances, they did not start dating until Lee was in college.[3] They married in 2000 and have a son and a daughter together.[4] Their son was diagnosed with infant leukemia when he was four months old, and in 2010, The Lees donated $1 million to establish an endowed chair in pediatric hematology and oncology at the Arkansas Children's Hospital, where he was treated.[12]
Off the field, Lee is known for having an
Career highlights
Awards
Award | Season(s) | Ref. |
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MLB | ||
AL All-Star | 2008, 2010 | [64][118] |
NL All-Star | 2011, 2013 | [144][166] |
AL Cy Young Award | 2008
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[76] |
AL Comeback Player of the Year Award | 2008 | [75] |
AL Pitcher of the Month | April 2008, June 2010 | [62][112] |
NL Pitcher of the Month | June 2011, August 2011 | [141][145] |
MLB Players Choice Awards AL Outstanding Pitcher | 2008 | [74] |
MLB Players Choice Awards AL Comeback Player | 2008 | [74] |
Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award | 2008 | [74] |
Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award | 2008 | [73] |
Philadelphia Phillies | ||
Pitcher of the Year | 2011, 2013 | [1] |
Cleveland Indians
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Man of the Year Award
|
2008 | [1] |
Gordon Cobbledick Golden Tomahawk Award | 2008 | [1] |
League leader
See also
Notes
- ^ Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees and Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins were second and third in voting, respectively.[46]
- ^ The Yankees' one run came on an error from shortstop Jimmy Rollins.[95]
- ^ The team's fifth starter that season was Joe Blanton, who took his exclusion from the "Four Aces" lineup with humor. He told The Philadelphia Inquirer during spring training, "Hopefully the other lineup falls asleep and thinks they have to face these four guys, and I'll just kind of slip right in."[137]
- ^ The other seven are Petie Behan in 1923, Ray Kremer in 1930, Lee Pfund in 1945, Rick Rhoden in 1977, Cal Eldred in 1997, Woody Williams in 2001, and Andy Pettitte in 2007.[171]
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