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Cliff Lee Facts

Cliff Lee leads all MLB SPs in FIP at 1.66. The next best is Francisco Liriano at 2.28.

Cliff Lee leads all MLB SPs in xFIP at 2.91. The next best is Roy Halladay's 2.93.

Cliff Lee leads all MLB SPs in tRA at 1.67. The next best is Adam Wainwright's 2.33.

Cliff Lee's 23% strikeout rate is the best of his entire career.

Cliff Lee's 1.6% net walk rate is the best of his entire career.

Cliff Lee's average fastball is 91.2mph, the fastest of his entire career. 

Cliff Lee's O-Swing% is the highest of his entire career. He's getting hitters to chase more pitches out of the zone than ever before.

Cliff Lee's Z-Swing% is the second lowest of his entire career. He's getting hitters to watch more pitches go by in the zone.

Cliff Lee throws a first pitch strike over 70% of the time, leading the league.

Cliff Lee leads all MLB SPs in K/BB at 14.3. The next best is Roy Halladay's 5.9.

Read that last one again.