How Bill Lee's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Bill Lee totaled 378 career Starts, well above the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Starts season came in 1938, posting 37, well above the starting pitcher average of 11.4 that year. The lowest point came in 1947 at 2, well below the starting pitcher average of 11.1 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 26 in 1945 to 21 in 1946 and 2 in 1947, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 2 to 37 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Bill Lee Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Bill Lee Starts Per Season

Bill Lee's Starts 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 Starts per season line chart

Bill Lee Starts by Team

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

Bill Lee Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Bill Lee's career Starts, 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 Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Lee Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Lee's seasonal Starts 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 Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Lee Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Lee's MLB career with Starts 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 Starts season-by-season breakdown table