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| Born: September 6, 1975 Sacramento, California |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
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| Selected MLB statistics (through June 04,2008) |
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Derrek Leon Lee (born September 6, 1975) is a first baseman in Major League Baseball who has played for the Chicago Cubs since 2004. The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego California since their founding in 1969 Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians (4-3 Liván Hernández, The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens Florida. Headline events of the year Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. The 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Minor League Baseball The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball In Baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching Second base without being called out by the Umpire 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. From 1997 through 2003, Lee played with the San Diego Padres (1997) and Florida Marlins (1998-2003). The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego California since their founding in 1969 The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens Florida. He bats and throws right-handed.
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Early Life
Derrek was born on 6 Sep 1975. Leon Lee is his father and Leron Lee is his uncle. Leon Lee (born December 4, 1952 in Bakersfield California) is a former minor league baseball player and minor league manager Leron Lee (born March 4 1948 in Bakersfield California) is a former Left fielder in Major League Baseball who played 8 seasons with Each of them played professional baseball in Japan. Derrek often lived in Japan during his summer breaks.
Professional career
Lee was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from El Camino High School in 1993. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. El Camino Fundamental High School is an American public High school in Sacramento California in the San Juan Unified School District. He was then drafted in the first round (14th overall) of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres, and made his major league debut on April 28, 1997. Traded to the Florida Marlins a year later, Lee was a member of the 2003 World Series Marlins championship team. The 2003 World Series marked the 99th baseball World Series event Lee won his first Gold Glove during the 2003 championship season and his spectacular grab and unassisted putout on a hard hit Hideki Matsui one-hop line drive snuffed out a Yankees rally and ended game 5 of the World Series with a Marlins victory. is a Japanese Major League Baseball Left fielder who plays for the New York Yankees. The Marlins went on the win the World Series in game 6.
Lee was traded to the Cubs for Hee Seop Choi. Hee-seop Choi ( March 19 1979 in Hwasun, South Korea) is a professional baseball player who has played in the MLB for the He hit . 278 with 32 home runs and 98 RBI in his first year with the Cubs. In 2005, Lee had a career first half of the season, with an MLB-leading . 376 batting average, 72 RBI, and a tie for the major league lead in home runs, 27. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively
The Cubs had traded superstar Sammy Sosa, who had previously been one of their best hitters. Samuel Peralta Sosa (born November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a Right fielder who is currently Lee showed early on that he could more than compensate for the loss, and while Sosa had a disappointing 2005 season with the Baltimore Orioles, Lee had a career year. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. By midseason, he was among MLB's leaders in each of the triple crown categories: batting average, home runs, and RBI. For other uses of this term see Triple crown In Baseball, the Triple Crown refers to A batter who (at season's end leads Late in the season, He became the first Cub since Bill Buckner in 1980 to win a batting title, his . William Joseph "Bill" Buckner (born December 14, 1949) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago 335 batting average being the highest by a Cub since Bill Madlock's . Bill Madlock Jr (born January 12, 1951 in Memphis Tennessee) is a former Major League Baseball player 339 in 1976. Lee was named to the U. S. roster for the 2006 World Baseball Classic, where he was the first player to hit a home run for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. The World Baseball Classic, sometimes abbreviated WBC, is an international Baseball tournament first held in March 2006. The World Baseball Classic, sometimes abbreviated WBC, is an international Baseball tournament first held in March 2006.
On April 10, 2006, Derrek Lee signed a 5-year, $65 million extension with the Chicago Cubs. The deal replaces his contract for the 2006 season and extends him as the Cubs' first baseman through the 2010 season and includes a no-trade clause. He broke his wrist less than two weeks later, in a collision involving baserunner Rafael Furcal, and he missed 59 games due to the injury. Rafael Antoni Furcal (born October 24, 1977 in Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic) nicknamed "Fookie" is a Shortstop The Cubs posted a 19-40 record during Lee's stint on the disabled list. Later, Lee went back on the disabled list with a post-traumatic inflammation in the outer bone of the medial side of the wrist.
In September 2006 Lee's three-year-old daughter Jada was diagnosed with Leber's congenital amaurosis, a rare genetic disease resulting in loss of vision. Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA is a rare inherited eye disease that appears at birth or in the first few months of life and affects around 1 in 80000 Lee and Boston Celtics co-owner and CEO Wyc Grousbeck with the University of Iowa began Project 3000 in an effort to eradicate the disease affecting both their families. The Boston Celtics are an American professional Basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Wycliffe "Wyc" Grousbeck is co-owner of the National Basketball Association Basketball team the Boston Celtics. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River Lee guest starred in an episode of NBC's drama series ER, "Gravity", which was first broadcast in October 2007. ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on Lee agreed to the brief appearance because the producers of ER aired an episode in January 2008 that deals with Leber's congenital amaurosis. Lee's efforts to raise awareness and funds for research into the condition have helped to raise over $1,000,000 of additional research funds. An eventual cure for the disease depends greatly on getting data on patients and Lee's support has had a significant impact both in fundraising and testing patients who have the condition.
Lee hit his 200th career home run as a member of the Chicago Cubs on August 20, 2007 off Cardinals reliver Troy Percival.
Awards
- Gold Glove winner - 2003, 2005, 2007. For the award given to amateur boxers see Golden Gloves. In American Baseball, the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to
- 2-time (2005, 2007) National League All-Star first baseman. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run Starter and leading NL vote getter in 2005 - 2005.
- National League Batting Champion - 2005. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively
- Silver Slugger winner - 2005
- National League Player of the Month - April 2005. The The Player of the Month award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league every month of the regular season
Career statistics
Through the 2007 season, Lee has compiled the following career statistics:
| G | AB | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | SO | SB | FLD |
| 1385 | 4825 | . 281 | . 367 | . 502 | 303 | 23 | 238 | 738 | 762 | 621 | 1150 | 92 | . 994 |
Personal life
Lee is the son of Leon Lee. Leon Lee (born December 4, 1952 in Bakersfield California) is a former minor league baseball player and minor league manager Leon Lee never played in American Major Leagues. Today, he is a scout for Major League Baseball and, coincidentally, he was the scout who "found" Hee-Seop Choi who was later traded for his son. Hee-seop Choi ( March 19 1979 in Hwasun, South Korea) is a professional baseball player who has played in the MLB for the Lee is the nephew of former Major League outfielder Leron Lee, who played eight seasons with the Cardinals, Dodgers, Indians and Padres. Leron Lee (born March 4 1948 in Bakersfield California) is a former Left fielder in Major League Baseball who played 8 seasons with Currently, he works with the Cincinnati Reds as an advising batting coach to scouted players.
See also
- Top 500 home run hitters of all time
- List of Major League Baseball batting champions
- List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
- Florida Marlins all-time roster
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube
- Derrek Lee stolen base, home run photos 08/28/2005
| Preceded by Barry Bonds |
National League Batting Champion 2005 |
Succeeded by Freddy Sánchez |
| Preceded by Todd Helton Todd Helton Albert Pujols |
NL First Base Gold Glove Winner 2003 2005 2007 |
Succeeded by Todd Helton Albert Pujols |
| Preceded by Adrián Beltré |
National League Player of the Month September, 2005 |
Succeeded by Bobby Abreu |
| Preceded by Barry Bonds |
National League Slugging Percentage Champion 2005 |
Succeeded by Albert Pujols |
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