Some interesting facts about his career:
- Lea was a mainstay in the Expos' rotation from 1982 to 1984 and had one of the best ERA+ values among pitchers who started at least 80 games over that period:
Rk Player GS 1 Dave Stieb 142 109 2 Mario Soto 126 101 3 John Candelaria 125 90 4 John Denny 120 83 5 Geoff Zahn 118 89 6 Jim Beattie 118 87 7 Richard Dotson 117 98 8 Charlie Lea 116 90 9 Dan Petry 114 108 10 Frank Tanana 114 87 11 Steve Rogers 113 99 12 Rick Sutcliffe 113 97 13 Larry McWilliams 113 87 14 Steve Carlton 112 108 15 Jerry Reuss 112 83 16 Rick Rhoden 112 103 17 John Tudor 112 96 18 Joe Niekro 112 111 - Lea was one of a small number of players to make the majors after having been born in France. Other notables include Bruce Bochy and Steve Jeltz.
- Lea was one of the few pitchers to throw a no-hitter in the back end of a double-header. He did it on May 10, 1981 and nobody has done it since. (Of course it's a lot harder these days with many fewer double-headers being played.) The full list of guys to it since 1919 is right here.