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Derrek Lee played 15 major-league seasons (1997-2011) as a 1B (1,901). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 22 | SDN | 22 | 54 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 24 | .259 | .735 | 100 |
| 1998 | 23 | FLO | 141 | 454 | 62 | 106 | 17 | 74 | 5 | 47 | 120 | .233 | .732 | 97 |
| 1999 | 24 | FLO | 70 | 218 | 21 | 45 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 70 | .206 | .588 | 53 |
| 2000 | 25 | FLO | 158 | 477 | 70 | 134 | 28 | 70 | 0 | 63 | 123 | .281 | .875 | 125 |
| 2001 | 26 | FLO | 158 | 561 | 83 | 158 | 21 | 75 | 4 | 50 | 126 | .282 | .820 | 116 |
| 2002 | 27 | FLO | 162 | 581 | 95 | 157 | 27 | 86 | 19 | 98 | 164 | .270 | .872 | 135 |
| 2003 | 28 | FLO | 155 | 539 | 91 | 146 | 31 | 92 | 21 | 88 | 131 | .271 | .888 | 136 |
| 2004 | 29 | CHN | 161 | 605 | 90 | 168 | 32 | 98 | 12 | 68 | 128 | .278 | .860 | 126 |
| 2005 | 30 | CHN | 158 | 594 | 120 | 199 | 46 | 107 | 15 | 85 | 109 | .335 | 1.080 | 186 |
| 2006 | 31 | CHN | 50 | 175 | 30 | 50 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 25 | 41 | .286 | .842 | 121 |
| 2007 | 32 | CHN | 150 | 567 | 91 | 180 | 22 | 82 | 6 | 71 | 114 | .317 | .913 | 141 |
| 2008 | 33 | CHN | 155 | 623 | 93 | 181 | 20 | 90 | 8 | 71 | 119 | .291 | .823 | 121 |
| 2009 | 34 | CHN | 141 | 532 | 91 | 163 | 35 | 111 | 1 | 76 | 109 | .306 | .972 | 161 |
| 2010 | 35 | CHN|ATL | 148 | 547 | 80 | 142 | 19 | 80 | 1 | 73 | 134 | .260 | .774 | 114 |
| 2011 | 36 | BAL | 85 | 334 | 39 | 82 | 12 | 41 | 2 | 25 | 83 | .246 | .706 | 93 |
| 2011 | 36 | PIT | 28 | 101 | 16 | 34 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 27 | .337 | .982 | 174 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1B | 21 | 12 | 131 | 13 | 0 | 12 |
| 1998 | 1B | 132 | 114 | 950 | 114 | 8 | 116 |
| 1999 | 1B | 66 | 54 | 463 | 47 | 3 | 44 |
| 2000 | 1B | 147 | 123 | 1101 | 102 | 8 | 104 |
| 2001 | 1B | 156 | 146 | 1271 | 114 | 8 | 142 |
| 2002 | 1B | 162 | 161 | 1312 | 121 | 12 | 138 |
| 2003 | 1B | 155 | 153 | 1279 | 97 | 5 | 132 |
| 2004 | 1B | 161 | 159 | 1259 | 130 | 6 | 113 |
| 2005 | 1B | 158 | 158 | 1322 | 122 | 6 | 118 |
| 2006 | 1B | 47 | 44 | 370 | 26 | 5 | 34 |
| 2007 | 1B | 147 | 146 | 1165 | 87 | 7 | 99 |
| 2008 | 1B | 153 | 152 | 1193 | 110 | 9 | 98 |
| 2009 | 1B | 139 | 140 | 1088 | 94 | 6 | 110 |
| 2010 | 1B | 144 | 141 | 1067 | 116 | 7 | 99 |
| 2011 | 1B | 113 | 113 | 939 | 74 | 8 | 83 |
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.
Derrek Lee won: Gold Glove 2003 (NL), Gold Glove 2005 (NL), Silver Slugger 2005 (NL), Gold Glove 2007 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2009, 2008, 2005, 2003.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 31 | 3 / 448 | 0 |
| 2005 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 263 / 448 | 1 |
| 2008 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 22 | 10 / 448 | 0 |
| 2009 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 66 / 448 | 0 |
Derrek Lee ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #63 | first basemen | 2005 | 186 OPS+ |
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.