Editing Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher) (section)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1946)}}
{{other people|William Lee}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Bill Lee
|image=Bill_Lee_1976.jpg
|caption=Lee in 1976
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|number=37
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1946|12|28}}
|birth_place=[[Burbank, California]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 25
|debutyear=1969
|debutteam=Boston Red Sox
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 7
|finalyear=1982
|finalteam=Montreal Expos
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=119–90
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=3.62
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=713
|teams=
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|1969}}–{{mlby|1978}})
* [[Montreal Expos]] ({{mlby|1979}}–{{mlby|1982}})
|highlights=
* [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1973]])
* [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]]
}}

'''William Francis Lee III''' (born December 28, 1946), nicknamed "'''Spaceman'''", is an American former professional [[baseball]] [[Handedness#Types|left-handed]] [[pitcher]] who played in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) for the [[Boston Red Sox]] (1969–1978) and [[Montreal Expos]] (1979–1982). On November 7, 2008, Lee was inducted into the [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame|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 by a Red Sox [[Glossary of baseball (S)#southpaw|southpaw]] (94). On August 23, 2012, he signed a contract to play with the [[San Rafael Pacifics]] of the independent [[North American League (baseball)|North American League]], at age 65.

In addition to his statistical baseball accomplishments, Lee is known for his [[counterculture]] behavior, his antics both on and off the [[Baseball field|field]], and his use of the "Leephus pitch", a personalized variation of the [[eephus pitch]].<ref name="baseballreliquary.org">{{cite web | title = Bill Lee Shrine of Eternals | work = www.baseballreliquary.org | url = http://www.baseballreliquary.org/lee.htm | access-date = November 11, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061116015942/http://www.baseballreliquary.org/lee.htm | archive-date = November 16, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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 2006, the Brett Rapkin [[documentary film]] ''Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey'' featured Lee.