Mark Lee (right-handed pitcher)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1953)}}

{{for|the MLB pitcher who pitched between 1988 and 1995|Mark Lee (left-handed pitcher)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mark Lee

|position=Pitcher

|image=Mark Lee - San Diego Padres - 1978.jpg

|caption=Lee in 1978

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1953|6|14}}

|birth_place=Inglewood, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 23

|debutyear=1978

|debutteam=San Diego Padres

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 4

|finalyear=1981

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=7–8

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.64

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=63

|teams=

• San Diego Padres ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1979}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1980}}–{{mlby|1981}})

}}

Mark Linden Lee (born June 14, 1953) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. Lee pitched in all or part of four seasons from {{Baseball year|1978}} until {{Baseball year|1981}}, the first two for the San Diego Padres and the last two for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Lee was pitching in Triple-A for the Pirates in 1982 when he was designated for assignment. After getting two outs in the ninth inning of a game, the second on a strikeout, Lee walked off the field while removing his jersey. He then announced he planned to quit baseball; Lee said he wanted to strike out the last batter he ever faced.{{cite news |last1=Mortensen |first1=Chris |title=Stagnant economy taking a big toll on the Pirates |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-breeze-stagnant-economy-taking/144065352/ |access-date=25 March 2024 |work=The Daily Breeze |date=22 August 1982 |page=C4|author-link=Chris Mortensen}}

He was general manager of the Amarillo Dillas and subsequently the Amarillo Sox of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball from 2006 to 2014.{{cite news|title=Amarillo Sox fire GM Lee|newspaper=Amarillo Globe-News |url=http://amarillo.com/sports/local-pro-sports/2014-10-09 |date=2014-10-09 |accessdate=2014-10-13}}

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