Chase Lee
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| Chase Lee | |
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.jpg) Lee at the Pentagon in 2025 | |
| Toronto Blue Jays – No. 52 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: August 13, 1998 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 22, 2025, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics (through April 27, 2026) | |
| Win–loss record | 4–1 |
| Earned run average | 4.19 |
| Strikeouts | 37 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Chase Alexander Lee (born August 13, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers.
Lee grew up in McCalla, Alabama and attended McAdory High School. He played mostly shortstop in high school and was used as a pitcher sparingly in one season.[1]
Lee enrolled at the University of Alabama after having received no offers to play college baseball. He tried out for the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team as a freshman, but was not offered a spot on the team. Lee changed his pitching motion to a sidearm delivery at the recommendation of Alabama head coach Brad Bohannon and joined the Alabama club baseball team, where he posted a 7–0 record and a 0.21 ERA.[2]
Lee made the Crimson Tide as a walk-on the following season and posted a 2.67 ERA in 22 appearances with 24 strikeouts over 31+1⁄3 innings pitched. After the end of the season he played collegiate summer baseball for the Bethesda Big Train of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League and was named the league's Pitcher of the Year after leading the league with 51 strikeouts and seven saves with an ERA of 1.03.[3] Lee was named Alabama's closer going into his redshirt sophomore season and had a 1.64 ERA and 19 strikeouts in five appearances before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4] As a junior, he was named a third team All-American after posting a 7–0 record with a 1.33 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 40+2⁄3 innings pitched.[5]