Lee Stange

Lee Stange

Albert Lee Stange (born October 27, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-hander was signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent before the 1957 season. He played for the Minnesota Twins (1961-1964), Cleveland Indians (1964-1966), Boston Red Sox (1966-1970), and Chicago White Sox (1970).

The majority of his 359 appearances were as a relief pitcher, but he did start 125 games. His best season was 1963 when he was 12-5 and finished sixth in the American League in earned run average (2.62) and fifth in winning percentage (.705). Another great season was 1967 when he was 8-10, 2.77 for the pennant-winning "Impossible Dream" Red Sox, and pitched two scoreless innings in World Series Game # 3 (October 7, 1967).

Other career highlights include:
*a three-hit, complete game shutout vs. the Washington Senators (July 4, 1966)
*a two-hit, complete game win over the New York Yankees (September 23, 1966)
*a pair of three-hit, complete game shutouts within a ten-day span...July 22, 1967 (Cleveland Indians) and July 31, 1967 (Minnesota Twins)
*three 10-strikeout games...two in 1964 and one in 1967
*seven strikeouts in three innings of shutout relief vs. the California Angels (May 30, 1967)
*held All-Stars Bob Allison, Joe Azcue, Bill Freehan, Ken Harrelson, Dick McAuliffe, Graig Nettles, Jim Piersall, and Bobby Richardson to a .159 collective batting average (32-for-201)
*held Hall of Famers Rod Carew, Nellie Fox, and Brooks Robinson to a collective .192 batting average (20-for-104)

He finished his career with a total of 62 wins, 61 losses, 32 complete games, 8 shutouts, 21 saves, 77 games finished, 718 strikeouts and only 344 walks in 1216 innings pitched, and an ERA of 3.56.

Stange was later a pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox (1972-74, 1981-84), Minnesota Twins (1975), and Oakland Athletics (1977-1979).

ee also

* Chicago White Sox all-time roster

External links

*baseball-reference|id=s/stangle01
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pstanl101.htm Retrosheet]


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