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Cliff Lee played 13 major-league seasons (2002-2014) as a P (328). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 26 | CLE | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .667 | 76 |
| 2005 | 27 | CLE | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2006 | 28 | CLE | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .333 | -13 |
| 2007 | 29 | CLE | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2008 | 30 | CLE | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2009 | 31 | CLE | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | -50 |
| 2009 | 31 | PHI | 12 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .212 | .485 | 31 |
| 2010 | 32 | SEA|TEX | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2011 | 33 | PHI | 35 | 75 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | .200 | .514 | 44 |
| 2012 | 34 | PHI | 33 | 64 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .156 | .357 | 0 |
| 2013 | 35 | PHI | 34 | 60 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .183 | .443 | 27 |
| 2014 | 36 | PHI | 13 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .250 | .500 | 46 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 24 | CLE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.1 | 6 | 8 | 1.74 | 256 |
| 2003 | 25 | CLE | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 52.1 | 44 | 20 | 3.61 | 125 |
| 2004 | 26 | CLE | 33 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 179 | 161 | 81 | 5.43 | 85 |
| 2005 | 27 | CLE | 32 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 202 | 143 | 52 | 3.79 | 115 |
| 2006 | 28 | CLE | 33 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 200.2 | 129 | 58 | 4.40 | 104 |
| 2007 | 29 | CLE | 20 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 97.1 | 66 | 36 | 6.29 | 72 |
| 2008 | 30 | CLE | 31 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 223.1 | 170 | 34 | 2.54 | 171 |
| 2009 | 31 | CLE | 22 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 152 | 107 | 33 | 3.14 | 142 |
| 2009 | 31 | PHI | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 79.2 | 74 | 10 | 3.39 | 124 |
| 2010 | 32 | SEA|TEX | 28 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 212.1 | 185 | 18 | 3.18 | 130 |
| 2011 | 33 | PHI | 32 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 232.2 | 238 | 42 | 2.40 | 159 |
| 2012 | 34 | PHI | 30 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 211 | 207 | 28 | 3.16 | 125 |
| 2013 | 35 | PHI | 31 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 222.2 | 222 | 32 | 2.87 | 130 |
| 2014 | 36 | PHI | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 81.1 | 72 | 12 | 3.65 | 100 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | P | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | P | 33 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | P | 32 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | P | 33 | 33 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | P | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | P | 31 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | P | 34 | 34 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | P | 28 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| 2011 | P | 32 | 32 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | P | 30 | 30 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | P | 31 | 31 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | P | 13 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Cliff Lee won: Cy Young Award 2008 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 2013, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2005.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Cy Young Award | AL | 4 | 8 / 140 | 0 |
| 2008 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 132 / 140 | 24 |
| 2008 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 24 / 392 | 0 |
| 2010 | Cy Young Award | AL | 7 | 6 / 196 | 0 |
| 2011 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 90 / 224 | 0 |
| 2011 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 12 / 448 | 0 |
| 2013 | Cy Young Award | NL | 6 | 32 / 210 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.