Weird Card Wednesday: 1972 Bill Lee

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If there is one player that epitomizes the word “Weird”, that would be 70s pitcher Bill Lee.  Those familiar with Bill Lee know he was known for his wild shenanigans and off-the-wall quotes.  Reader Tom Zuppa agrees as he sent in this appropriate 1972 card of Lee’s.

In 1972 the last year pitchers could hit in the American League, Lee hit one triple, one homer and one single in 16 at-bats for the Red Sox. 

Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG
1972 Totals 47 16 16 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 7 .188 .188 .500
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/16/2014.

 

Lee’s card is a treasure.  He received two 1s and two 2s to go along with his 8-8-9-9 hit numbers.

Tom Z noted that APBA hadn’t given Lee his famous nickname “Spaceman” yet. 

SABR bio on Bill Lee

thanks Tom!

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as the BBW Boys of Summer APBA League since 2014. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

One Comment:

  1. man, you gotta love single column 2s!!

    ps…i wonder what the record is for consecutive 13s lol.

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