in 2010 after lance berkman was traded to the new york yankees, lee played a handful of games at first base. while this was not the first time in his career he had played first, it was the first time he did so on a regular basis. lee hit a career low .246 despite driving in 89 runs and homering 24 times for the astros. in 2011, he was an above average defender according to uzr and other statistical measurements.