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William Francis Lee III (born December 28, 1946), nicknamed "Spaceman", is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox (1969–1978) and Montreal Expos (1979–1982).
Apr 9, 2022 · To get a sense of what infamous left-handed pitcher Bill (Spaceman) Lee is up to these days, look no further than a video of him in the stands at a baseball game that went viral last month....
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Bill Lee. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com.
- December 28, 1946
Dec 27, 2023 · Years later, Lee's eephus went Hollywood as he taught the pitch to actor Josh Duhamel during the shooting of "Spaceman," the biopic about Lee's career. “Bill actually taught me how to throw an eephus, believe it or not,” Duhamel told NESN .
Jan 4, 2012 · Bill Lee was one of those rare ballplayers whose off-field persona overshadowed his significant on-field performance. In baseball parlance, Lee is known as a “flake,” a term that includes anyone who doesn’t give pat answers to pat questions or dares to admit to reading a book without pictures.
May 14, 2021 · Bill Lee's time in MLB may have been done, but he did not stop pitching. He's played semi-professional baseball all over the world, including in Canada and Venezuela. In 2012, Lee pitched for the San Rafael Pacifics — an independent team. It was a one-game whim, but Lee went all out.
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Bill "Spaceman" Lee went back into orbit in a professional game at age 65, pitching where his baseball journey began that half-century ago in Marin County, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco at a field called Albert Park that's light years from the Majors.
