Script Lee

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Script Lee

| image = Scrip Lee 1924.jpg

| image_size = 180px

| caption = Lee at the 1924 Colored World Series

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|1|29|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|2|13|1899|1|29|mf=y}}

| death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

| debutdate =

| debutyear = 1921

| debutteam = Bacharach Giants

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1934

| finalteam = Cleveland Red Sox

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| teams =

• Bacharach Giants (1921, 1933)
• Baltimore Black Sox (1922, 1929–1931, 1933)
• Hilldale Club (1923–1927, 1930)
• Philadelphia Stars (1933)
• Cleveland Red Sox (1934)

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Holsey Scranton Scriptus Lee, Sr. (January 29, 1899 – February 13, 1974) was an American Negro league baseball pitcher. He played from 1921 to 1934 with several teams. He was nicknamed both Scrip and Script.{{Cite book |

last=Riley |

first=James A. |

title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |

place=New York |

publisher=Carroll & Graf |

year=1994 |

isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}

Before his Negro leagues career, Lee served in the National Guard, fighting against Pancho Villa's forces at the Mexican border in 1916. He also served in the 372nd Infantry during World War I, earning two battle stars and a Purple Heart.{{cite book|last=Bruns|first=Roger|title=Negro Leagues Baseball|year=2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0313386480|pages=32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RqIEUDvjPGMC&dq=scrip+lee+baseball&pg=PA32}}