Watty Lee
1901–1904 · bats L / throws L · Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1901-60)
236G
.242AVG
.300OBP
.338SLG
More career statistics
185H
4HR
70RBI
13SB
30–36W–L
549.1IP
162K
4.29ERA
66GS
3Rare feats
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 | 763 | 762 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 6 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 838 | 842 |
| Batting · RBI | 70 | 73 |
| Batting · Walks | 58 | 60 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,368 | 1,979 |
| Pitching · p er | 262 | 240 |
| Pitching · p hr | 24 | 25 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,648 | 1,645 |
| Pitching · p r | 361 | 360 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 236 | 838 | 763 | 94 | 185 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 70 | 58 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 258 | .242 | .300 | .338 | .638 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 549.3 | 76 | 66 | 51 | 30 | 36 | 0 | 649 | 361 | 262 | 24 | 114 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 4.29 | 1.389 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1902-06-16 to 1902-06-24
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 15 scoreless innings | 1903-08-14 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1902-09-01 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1901-08-05 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 120 | 431 | 108 | 1 | 38 | 32 | 12 | .277 | .325 | .390 |
| Away | 116 | 411 | 77 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 44 | .207 | .255 | .285 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 |
| May | 37 | 109 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | .212 | .275 | .303 |
| June | 44 | 153 | 44 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 8 | .310 | .353 | .394 |
| July | 60 | 229 | 55 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 11 | .263 | .306 | .388 |
| August | 51 | 200 | 31 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 16 | .175 | .225 | .232 |
| September | 38 | 137 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 7 | .248 | .307 | .364 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 38 | 149 | 28 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 10 | .217 | .295 | .302 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 35 | 132 | 34 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 16 | .281 | .303 | .397 |
| chicago-white-sox | 34 | 122 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | .257 | .279 | .354 |
| cleveland-guardians | 33 | 108 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | .250 | .296 | .344 |
| boston-red-sox | 27 | 92 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | .174 | .207 | .233 |
| st-louis-browns | 27 | 101 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .237 | .297 | .344 |
| baltimore-orioles-1901-02 | 19 | 70 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .286 | .343 | .397 |
| new-york-yankees | 8 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .160 | .250 | .200 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 44 | 127 | 33 | – | 12 | – | .260 | 261 | 63 |
| 1902 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 109 | 392 | 100 | 4 | 48 | 8 | .255 | 98 | 24 |
| 1903 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 75 | 231 | 48 | – | 13 | 5 | .208 | 166 | 70 |
| 1904 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | .333 | 22 | 5 |