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Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher)
William Francis Lee III (born December 28, 1946), nicknamed "Spaceman", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Boston Red Sox – and the Montreal Expos –. On November 7, , Lee was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame as the team's record-holder for most games pitched by a left-hander (321) and the third-highest win total (94) by a Red Sox southpaw. On August 23, 2012, Lee signed a contract to play with the San Rafael Pacifics of the independent North American League at age 65.
In addition to his baseball experience, Lee is known for his counterculture behavior, his antics both on and off the field, and his use of the Leephus pitch, a personalized variation of the eephus pitch.
Lee has co-written four books: ''The Wrong Stuff''; ''Have Glove, Will Travel''; ''The Little Red (Sox) Book: A Revisionist Red Sox History''; and ''Baseball Eccentrics: the Most Entertaining, Outrageous, and Unforgettable Characters in the Game''. In , the documentary film by Brett Rapkin ''Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey'' featured Lee.
==Biography==
Lee was born in Burbank, California〔(Kirkpatrick, Curry. "In An Orbit All His Own", ''Sports Illustrated'', August 7, 1978. )〕 into a family of former semi- and professional baseball players. His grandfather William Lee was an infielder for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League and his aunt Annabelle Lee was a pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and Bill Lee claims she was the one who taught him to pitch.〔Lee, Bill, and Dick Lally (1984). ''The Wrong Stuff''. New York: Viking Press. ISBN 0-670-76724-7. pp. 5-6〕 Lee attended and played baseball at Terra Linda High School in San Rafael, California, graduating in 1964 before enrolling at the University of Southern California. At USC, Lee majored in physical education and geography and attended from 1964- where he played for Rod Dedeaux, and was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft. Bill Lee appeared as the return caller in the "Stump the Chumps" segment of Car Talk () on September 6, 2014 (note: This was a show containing content from previously aired shows as all the current shows are now repeats due to the retirement of the two stars).
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