Don Lee (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Don Lee (baseball)

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1934

Place of Birth: Globe, Arizona, United States

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Don Lee (baseball)

  • Donald Edward Lee (born February 26, 1934 in Globe, Arizona) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1957–58), Washington Senators (1959–60), Minnesota Twins (1961–62), Los Angeles Angels (1962–65), Houston Astros (1965–66) and Chicago Cubs (1966).
  • Lee batted and threw right-handed.
  • He is the son of former major league pitcher Thornton Lee. Lee attended University of Arizona.
  • Signed by the Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956, he debuted in the 1957 season.
  • After two years with the Tigers, he was sent to the Senators.
  • In 1965 Lee went to the Angels.
  • He finished his career with the Cubs in 1966.
  • Lee was a journeyman pitcher who divided his playing time jumping between the rotation and the bullpen.
  • His most productive season came in 1962 with Minnesota and the Angels, when he compiled career-highs in victories (11), strikeouts (102), shutouts (2) and innings pitched (?205 1/3). On September 2, 1960, Lee surrendered a home run to Ted Williams in the first game of a doubleheader between the Senators and Boston Red Sox.
  • 21 years before, in his rookie season, Williams hit a home run off Don's father Thornton Lee, then with the Chicago White Sox, on September 17, 1939.
  • With this feat, Williams became the only player in major league history to hit home runs against a father and son.In a nine-season career, Lee posted a 40–44 record with 467 strikeouts, a 3.61 ERA, 11 saves, and ?828 1/3 innings in 244 games played (97 as a starter).

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