30 Facts About Derrek Lee

Derrek Leon Lee was born on September 6,1975, and nicknamed "D-Lee", is an American former professional baseball first baseman.

Derrek Lee was a World Series champion with the Marlins in 2003, and he won the National League batting title in 2005.

Derrek Lee was a two-time All-Star selection, and won the Gold Glove Award three times.

Derrek Lee was born on September 6,1975, in Sacramento, California.

Derrek Lee played Little League Baseball at Whitney Little League and graduated from El Camino High School in 1993.

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Derrek Lee was drafted in the first round of the 1993 MLB draft by the San Diego Padres, and made his MLB debut on April 28,1997.

Traded, along with prospects, to the Florida Marlins a year later for Kevin Brown, Derrek Lee was a member of the 2003 World Series Marlins championship team.

Derrek Lee won his first Gold Glove during the 2003 championship season and his spectacular grab and unassisted putout on a hard hit Hideki Matsui one-hop line drive snuffed out a Yankees rally and ended Game 5 of the World Series with a Marlins victory.

In 2005, Derrek Lee had a career first half of the season, with an MLB-leading.

Derrek Lee showed early on that he could more than compensate for the loss, and while Sosa had a disappointing 2005 season with the Baltimore Orioles, Derrek Lee had a career year.

Derrek Lee hit his 200th career home run on August 28,2005, off Florida Marlins starter Josh Beckett.

Derrek Lee finished third in NL MVP voting and won the NL Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards at first base that year.

Derrek Lee was named to the US roster for the 2006 World Baseball Classic, where he was the first player to hit a home run for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic.

Derrek Lee broke his wrist less than two weeks later, in a collision involving baserunner Rafael Furcal, and he missed 59 games due to the injury.

Later, Derrek Lee went back on the disabled list with a post-traumatic inflammation in the outer bone of the medial side of the wrist.

On June 9,2010, Derrek Lee hit his 300th career home run in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

On June 25,2010, Derrek Lee was involved in a dugout altercation with Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano after the pitcher gave up four runs in the first inning and apparently blamed Derrek Lee for failing to field a sharply-hit lead-off double.

In late July 2010 Derrek Lee used his ten and five rights to veto a trade to the Los Angeles Angels.

Derrek Lee began to serve as the Braves' starting first baseman on August 20,2010, including postseason play in the NLDS.

Derrek Lee was signed from free agency to a one-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles for the 2011 season.

Derrek Lee played in 85 games with the last place Orioles, batting.

On July 30,2011, Derrek Lee was traded to the Pirates for minor league Class A first baseman Aaron Baker and cash considerations.

Derrek Lee is the nephew of former Major League outfielder Leron Derrek Lee, who played eight seasons with the St Louis Cardinals, Dodgers, Indians, and Padres.

In September 2006, Derrek Lee's three-year-old daughter Jada was diagnosed with Leber's congenital amaurosis, a rare genetic disease resulting in loss of vision.

Derrek Lee guest starred in an episode of NBC's drama series ER, "Gravity", which was first broadcast in October 2007.

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Derrek Lee agreed to the brief appearance because the producers of ER aired an episode in January 2008 that deals with Leber's congenital amaurosis.

An eventual cure for the disease depends greatly on getting data on patients and Derrek Lee's support has had a significant impact both in fundraising and testing patients who have the disease.

In 2009, Derrek Lee revealed that Jada had been misdiagnosed and does not have the disease, but Derrek Lee continues to be active in raising money for Project 3000.

Derrek Lee has visited countries such as Uganda and Israel to help out with the baseball programs.

Derrek Lee visited the Israel Baseball Academy in 2015 helping them out with skills while visiting the country.