Travis Lee

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**Travis Lee**
Major League Baseball debut
Washington Nationals — No. 16
First base
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
March 31, 1998 for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Batting average	.256
Home runs	115
RBI's	488
Former teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2000) Philadelphia Phillies (2000–2002) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2003, 2005-2006) New York Yankees (2004)

Travis Lee (born on May 26, 1975 in San Diego, California) is a former major league first baseman. He spent a small part of the 2004 major league season playing for the New York Yankees, but trips to the disabled list caused Lee to miss much of the 2004 season.

Travis Lee graduated from Capital High School in Olympia, WA in 1994. Lee was initially drafted as the second pick in the 1994 Rule 4 Draft by the Twins, but was declared a free agent by MLB after the Twins failed to tender him a contract within fifteen days of the end of the draft.[1] He then signed a four-year, $10 million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Lee was the starting first baseman in the Diamondbacks' inaugural season of 1998, and he hit .269 with 71 runs scored, 22 home runs, and 72 RBI. He also hit the first home run in Diamondbacks history.

On Mother's Day, May 14, 2006, Lee was one of more than 50 hitters who brandished a pink bat to benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation. On September 10, 2006, Lee was released by the Devil Rays.

Lee signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals on January 18, 2007 and was invited to Spring Training. On March 25, 2007 he asked for and was granted his release, citing his lack of desire to play the game, and is expected to formally announce his retirement in the near future.