William Francis Lee III is an American former Major
League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Boston Red Sox and the Montreal
Expos. In 2008, Lee was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame as the team's
record-holder for most games pitched by a left-hander (321) and the
third-highest win total (94) by a Red Sox southpaw. In 2012, Lee signed a
contract to play with the San Rafael Pacifics of the independent North American
League at age 65!
Lee's personality earned him popularity as well as the
nickname "Spaceman". His outspoken manner and unfiltered comments
were frequently recorded in the press. Today baseball fans can see films about
this famous baseball person. Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey (2003), Spaceman 2016
(biographical film about Lee).
Bill Lee has political experience as well. In 1988,
Lee was the Rhinoceros Party presidential candidate running on a platform of
bulldozing the Rocky Mountains so Alberta could receive a few extra minutes of
sun light and banning guns and butter. His slogan was "No guns, no butter.
Both can kill.
He is the author of four books, two written with
Richard Lally, and two with Jim Prime: Lee, Bill, and Dick Lally (1984). The
Wrong Stuff. Lee, Bill, and Jim Prime
(2003). The Little Red (Sox) Book: A Revisionist Red Sox History. Lee, Bill, and Richard Lally (2005). Have
Glove, Will Travel: Adventures of a Baseball Vagabond. Lee, Bill, and Jim Prime
(2007). Baseball Eccentrics: The Most Entertaining, Outrageous, and
Unforgettable Characters in the Game.
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