Cliff Lee
1919–1926 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
522G
.300AVG
.344OBP
.462SLG
More career statistics
475H
38HR
216RBI
14SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,583 | 1,582 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 11 | 16 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 186 | 187 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,718 | 1,719 |
| Batting · RBI | 216 | 230 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 14 | 13 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 522 | 1,718 | 1,583 | 216 | 475 | 87 | 28 | 38 | 216 | 104 | 186 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 732 | .300 | .344 | .462 | .806 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1922-09-04 to 1922-09-18
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1925-06-16 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1922-07-26 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1922-08-25 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 260 | 848 | 256 | 33 | 151 | 59 | 85 | .331 | .371 | .549 |
| Away | 262 | 871 | 219 | 5 | 79 | 45 | 102 | .271 | .303 | .381 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 135 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 17 | .256 | .281 | .341 |
| May | 80 | 201 | 51 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 28 | .270 | .303 | .450 |
| June | 104 | 360 | 95 | 11 | 47 | 30 | 34 | .291 | .347 | .503 |
| July | 99 | 332 | 96 | 9 | 50 | 15 | 39 | .312 | .334 | .484 |
| August | 96 | 320 | 86 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 30 | .290 | .322 | .407 |
| September | 93 | 324 | 102 | 6 | 51 | 25 | 30 | .353 | .392 | .519 |
| October | 11 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .273 | .298 | .432 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 66 | 201 | 60 | 6 | 31 | 11 | 16 | .321 | .353 | .551 |
| cincinnati-reds | 65 | 235 | 68 | 5 | 33 | 10 | 19 | .309 | .332 | .464 |
| chicago-cubs | 61 | 204 | 55 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 33 | .297 | .348 | .454 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 58 | 197 | 60 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 19 | .328 | .365 | .459 |
| boston-braves | 56 | 193 | 48 | 6 | 27 | 10 | 19 | .271 | .301 | .458 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 54 | 179 | 46 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 20 | .274 | .296 | .399 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 53 | 184 | 51 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 20 | .297 | .326 | .453 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 22 | 68 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 8 | .392 | .485 | .608 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 112 | 22 | – | 3 | 2 | .196 | – | – |
| 1920 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 76 | 18 | – | 8 | – | .237 | – | – |
| 1921 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 88 | 286 | 88 | 4 | 31 | 4 | .308 | – | – |
| 1922 | Philadelphia Phillies | 122 | 422 | 136 | 17 | 80 | 2 | .322 | – | – |
| 1923 | Philadelphia Phillies | 107 | 354 | 114 | 11 | 52 | 3 | .322 | – | – |
| 1924 | Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies | 27 | 62 | 16 | 1 | 9 | – | .258 | – | – |
| 1925 |  Cleveland Guardians | 77 | 230 | 74 | 4 | 45 | 2 | .322 | – | – |
| 1926 | Cleveland Guardians | 22 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 2 | – | .175 | – | – |