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Charlie Lea

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 194lb (193cm, 87kg)

Born: December 25, 1956 in Orleans, France fr

Died: November 11, 2011 in Collierville, TN

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, TN

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 15th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kingsbury HS (Memphis, TN), the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN), the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN) and the Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Memphis (Memphis, TN).

High School: Kingsbury HS (Memphis, TN)

Schools: Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, TN), University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS), University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)

Debut: June 12, 1980 (Age 23-170d, 14,316th in major league history)
vs. SDP 8.0 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 31-281d)
vs. CAL 5.2 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Charles William Lea

Pronunciation: \LEE\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

ERA

3.54

152

144

923.1

535

WHIP

1.305

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-11 / in Starts: 16-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	38	8	Apr 18	MON	@	NYM	W,7-6	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	6	4	4	0	7	2	0	6.00	4.72	23	3	7	1	2	6	51			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.016	.78	0.02%	-1.31	1b start a 4	6b 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	39	18	May 1	MON	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	12	7.0	6	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.15	4.95	28	10	10	0	5	5	56			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.41	-0.065	2.37	-0.07%	1.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
3	40	26	May 10	MON		SFG	W,5-4	GS-7		8	6.0	4	4	2	4	0	0	0	3.79	4.87	26	10	8	0	0	4	48			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	2	0	2	1.32	-0.305	1.77	-0.25%	-1.14	1t start tie	7t --3 0 out d1
4	41	31	May 15	MON		SDP	L,2-6	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	5.0	4	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.13	4.22	19	4	6	0	2	4	50			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.154	1.51	-0.12%	-0.69	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
5	42	36	May 21	MON	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS-9	W(2-2)	5	8.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	0	3.09	3.84	31	10	9	0	1	2	80			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	0.416	1.22	0.23%	3.32	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a2
6	43	41	May 26	MON	@	HOU	W,4-0	GS-9	W(3-2)	4	9.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.41	3.30	28	8	13	1	0	1	91			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.625	1.32	0.49%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
7	44	45	May 31	MON		HOU	W,10-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.98	3.00	32	11	12	0	1	4	84			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.28	0.117	.40	0.10%	4.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	45	49	Jun 6	MON	@	ATL	W,6-3	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	4	6	1	0	2.25	3.20	27	7	4	1	1	6	50			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.011	1.19	-0.01%	-0.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
9	46	53	Jun 11	MON		CHC	W,9-8	GS-8		4	7.0	7	6	6	3	4	1	0	2.86	3.37	29	5	10	0	1	7	40			0	2	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.033	1.23	-0.03%	-2.24	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out a3
10	47	58	Jun 16	MON	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	10	3	3	1	7	0	0	2.88	3.13	39	12	9	2	1	10	61			1	0	0	38	2	1	0	0	0	1	.29	0.102	.71	0.15%	1.12	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
11	48	63	Jun 21	MON	@	NYM	W,5-1	GS-6	W(6-2)	4	6.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.77	3.06	25	7	6	1	1	3	63			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.205	2.65	0.33%	1.69	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
12	49	69	Jun 26	MON		PIT	L,5-14	GS-7	L(6-3)	4	6.1	11	6	4	2	4	0	0	2.99	3.01	32	8	7	2	1	11	33			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	-0.330	2.77	-0.50%	-2.64	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	50	74	Jul 2(1)	MON	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS-4	L(6-4)	5	4.0	9	6	5	1	0	1	0	3.36	3.18	22	9	3	0	0	9	21			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	1	.58	-0.325	1.38	-0.47%	-4.12	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
14	51	81	Jul 7	MON		LAD	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-5)	4	7.0	3	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.40	3.29	26	6	10	1	2	3	60			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.066	1.30	-0.05%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
15	52	86	Jul 15	MON	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	W(7-5)	7	9.0	3	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.28	3.36	32	11	10	0	0	3	75			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.141	.70	0.11%	1.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
16	53	91	Jul 20	MON	@	LAD	L,1-10	GS-2	L(7-6)	4	2.0	3	3	3	0	2	2	0	3.47	3.55	9	2	2	2	0	3	40			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.223	1.25	-0.21%	-2.11	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	54	105	Aug 5	MON	@	PHI	W,9-2	GS-5	W(8-6)	15	5.0	5	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.40	3.57	20	5	5	0	0	4	57			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.170	1.70	0.14%	1.33	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
18	55	111	Aug 11	MON		CHC	W,3-0	GS-8	W(9-6)	5	7.2	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.18	3.49	28	5	11	2	2	3	76			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.399	1.06	0.26%	3.28	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a2
19	56	117	Aug 17(1)	MON	@	ATL	W,13-7	GS-7	W(10-6)	5	6.1	8	7	6	1	7	1	0	3.45	3.47	29	4	9	0	3	8	37			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	1	1	.26	0.054	.29	0.04%	-2.86	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out a8
20	57	123	Aug 22	MON	@	HOU	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-6)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.22	3.38	33	6	13	1	4	4	83			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.230	.53	0.16%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
21	58	129	Aug 28	MON		HOU	L,0-2	GS-8	L(11-7)	5	7.2	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.17	3.30	31	6	10	1	1	7	61			1	2	0	29	0	1	1	0	0	1	1.07	0.097	1.58	0.09%	1.28	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	59	134	Sep 3	MON		ATL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(11-8)	5	6.0	9	4	4	2	7	1	0	3.28	3.31	28	3	7	0	0	9	43			0	1	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	-0.215	1.75	-0.18%	-1.23	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
23	60	139	Sep 8	MON	@	STL	L,0-1	GS-6	L(11-9)	4	6.0	3	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.21	3.35	25	7	10	2	1	3	59			1	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.147	2.93	0.24%	1.74	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
24	61	143	Sep 14	MON		NYM	W,3-1	GS-7	W(12-9)	5	6.1	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.14	3.31	26	5	11	1	1	6	59			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.203	2.63	0.35%	2.09	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a3
25	62	149	Sep 21(1)	MON	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-7		6	6.2	3	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.07	3.34	27	15	3	1	0	1	62			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.43	0.149	.24	0.02%	1.68	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out tie
26	63	155	Sep 26	MON		PIT	L,0-3	GS-6	L(12-10)	4	5.2	8	3	3	3	2	2	0	3.13	3.50	27	8	6	1	0	8	40			2	0	0	22	2	0	2	1	0	0	.82	-0.096	.05	0.00%	-0.54	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d3
27	64	160	Oct 1	MON	@	PIT	W,8-5	GS-5		4	5.0	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.24	3.54	20	4	9	1	1	6	40			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.265	.00	0.00%	-1.65	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
							16-11		W-L:12-10	4.7	177.2	145	70	64	56	115	16	0	3.24	3.54	722	0.87		5%	8%	140	56		---%	15	9	0	654	22	4	6	10	1	10	.89	0.983	1.29	0.83%	11.75

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