How Bill Lee's Earned Runs Compares to Similar Players

Bill Lee totaled 1,127 career Earned Runs, well above the starting pitcher average of 332.0 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Earned Runs season came in 1947, posting 12, well below the starting pitcher average of 38.8 that year. The highest point came in 1940 at 118, well above the starting pitcher average of 41.7 that year. The Earned Runs trended upward through the final seasons. The Earned Runs total went from 73 in 1945 to 65 in 1946 and 12 in 1947, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Earned Runs profile — ranging from 12 to 118 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bill Lee Lifetime Earned Runs

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Bill Lee Earned Runs Per Season

Bill Lee's Earned Runs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Lee Earned Runs per season line chart

Bill Lee Earned Runs by Team

Bill Lee's career Earned Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Lee career Earned Runs by team bar chart

Bill Lee Cumulative Earned Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Bill Lee's career Earned Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Bill Lee Earned Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Lee Earned Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Lee's seasonal Earned Runs alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bill Lee Earned Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Lee Earned Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Lee's MLB career with Earned Runs alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Bill Lee Earned Runs season-by-season breakdown table