Dud Lee

{{Short description|American baseball player (1899–1971)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dud Lee

|position=Shortstop

|image=Lee, Boston, 1924 LOC npcc.11195 (cropped).jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1899|8|22|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Denver, Colorado

|death_date={{death date and age|1971|1|7|1899|8|22}}

|death_place=Denver, Colorado

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=October 3

|debutyear={{mlby|1920}}

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 14

|finalyear={{mlby|1926}}

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.223

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=60

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns (1920–21)
• Boston Red Sox (1924–26)

}}

Ernest Holford "Dud" Lee (August 22, 1899 – January 7, 1971) was a backup infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a shortstop from {{mlby|1920}} through {{mlby|1926}} for the St. Louis Browns (1920–21) and Boston Red Sox (1924–26). Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=9}}, 150 lb, Lee batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Denver, Colorado. While with the Browns, he played under the name Dud or Ernest Dudley in 1920–21.

In a five-season career, Lee was a .223 hitter (163-for-732) with 80 runs and 60 RBI in 253 games, including 20 doubles, nine triples, 12 stolen bases, and a .311 on-base percentage. He did not hit a home run. He made 241 infield appearances at shortstop (208), second base (30) and third base (3), committing 88 errors in 1,278 chances for a collective .931 fielding percentage.

Lee died in his homeland of Denver, Colorado, at age 71.