Cliff Lee, 37, likely threw his last pitch as a Phillie on July 31, 2014 in the third inning of a 10-4 win over the Washington Nationals. The confident lefty that nearly willed the Phillies to the 2009 World Series appears to be calling it quits, according to a tweet by Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, those pitches against the Nationals likely his last.
It is hard to quantify what Lee meant to the Phillies as his 48-34 record, 2.94 ERA, and his near-flawless 2009 postseason tell just a sliver of the story.