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Derrek Lee was born on September 6, 1975 in Sacramento, California, USA as Derrek Leon Lee. And you should, too.The Cubs righthander flirted with history Thursday evening.Here’s the official info on the Cubs/Cardinals makeup doubleheaders next weekThe teams will play five games in three days at Wrigley Field next week, and make up another one in September.Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Friday 8/14, 7:15 CT One of the not-so-big surprises was Mike Fontenot who went 3 for 4 and scoring twice. 25: Derrek Lee, with 22.7 bWAR in seven Cubs seasons, is the runaway winner here. He struggled again, showing some power (17 HR in 1998), and when he got off to a slow start in 1999, wound up spending half that year in Triple-A.The repeat minor league experience clearly helped. And then, for the first of two times in his career, he was traded as part of a salary dump -- when the Marlins were dismantling their 1997 World Championship team, they sent Kevin Brown to the Padres for Lee. He struggled all season, and with the Cubs out of the race, Jim Hendry tried to trade him to the Lee always exhibited class on and off the field and his nearly seven years in a Cub uniform were productive.

We learned after the season that D-Lee had suffered a torn thumb ligament on Opening Day, but he tried to play through it. More Derrek Lee Pages at Baseball Reference. Become a Stathead today and run queries with our Split Finders to put any player's or team's splits into context. At age 24 in 2000, Lee jetted to the next level of performance, putting up a fine .281/.368/.507 season with 28 HR and 70 RBI; he repeated a similar year in 2001 and then increased his power production to 27 HR in 2002 and 31 in 2003.The rest of the 2003 Marlins season with Derrek Lee and others is perhaps best not recollected here.Lee continued his consistent performance with a 32 HR, 98 RBI season in his first year with the Cubs in 2004, and then in 2005 established himself as one of the premier hitters in the National League with a MVP-caliber season, hitting 46 HR (though driving in only 107 runs, tied with Jose Canseco for the third-lowest total with 46 or more HR in a season -- only Lee's 2005 season is one of the greatest offensive seasons in Cubs history (Ernie Banks, 1958 and 1959; Derrek parlayed this great season into a five-year contract, worth an estimated $65 million, and was off to a good start in 2006 when he was involved in Lee came back from his injury in 2007 not quite the same hitter he had been before. Oracle; Derrek Lee page at the Bullpen Wiki ; Wondering if the splits on this page are notable in any way? Derrek Lee, Self: ER. Maybe the Cubs should have kept him.

Aramis Ramirez also hit a solo shot. View splits adjusted to be per 162 games or 650 PAs. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. This is an update to the Derrek Lee profile in the Top 100 Cubs series that was posted on December 8, 2006. Written by simslife Leave a comment Posted in …

It was clear to most who watched him that the wrist had not totally healed; in addition, he began to suffer neck and back problems that, while not bad enough to put him on the DL, kept him out of action from time to time and also made his numbers suffer. He has been married to Christina since 2001.

The Cardinals have Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina. Derrek Lee had a nice run with the Chicago Cubs. Derrek Lee is an infielder in major league baseball.