Bill Lee
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Bill “Spaceman” Lee
| Born: | December 28, 1946 |
| Birthplace: | Burbank, California |
| Hometown: | Craftsbury, Vermont |
| Height: | 6'3" |
| Weight: | 210 lbs. |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Left |
| Drafted: | 1968: 22nd Round |
| College: | USC |
| High School: | Terra Linda High School |
| Other Teams: | Montreal Expos (1979-82) |
| Years with Boston: | 1969 - 1978 |
William Francis "Spaceman" Lee III (born December 28, 1946 in Burbank, California) was a left handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox from 1969 to 1979. An intelligent, eccentric, outspoken individual, Spaceman remains one of the most popular Red Sox players of all time.
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Overall Career
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Awards
- 1973 American League All-Star
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Moment in the Sun
- Pitched two quality starts in the 1975 World Series, starting game 2 and game 7. Lee left each with the lead, but the bullpen was not able to hold and the Sox ended up losing both games.
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Trivia
- Once refered to Don Zimmer as the "designated gerbil".
- Once claimed the three toughest hitters he ever faced were Thurman Munson, Tony Olivia, and Dick Allen.
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Books
- The Wrong Stuff
- The Little Red (Sox) Book: A Revisionist History
- Have Glove Will Travel
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DVD
- Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey (2006)
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Quotes
- "Hell, if KY jelly went off the market, the whole California Angels pitching staff would be out of baseball."
- "I think about the cosmic snowball theory. A few million years from now the sun will burn out and lose its gravitational pull. The earth will turn into a giant snowball and be hurled through space. When that happens it won't matter if I get this guy out."
- "You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees."
- "People are too hung up on winning. I can get off on a really good helmet throw"
- "You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church"
- "If it was me out there, I would had bitten his ear off. I'd have Van Gogh'ed him" - on Sox skipper Darrell Johnson's less-than-vigorous arguing with Larry Barnett on the Armbrister call, Game 3, 1975 World Series
- "Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers out 75% of the time and that's why they don't like us."
- "The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties I tested everything."
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Transactions
- June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1968 Amateur Draft.
- December 7, 1978: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Montreal Expos for Stan Papi.
- May 9, 1982: Released by the Montreal Expos.
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External Links
- Baseball-Reference.com - Career Statistics and Analysis
