Roy Smith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: September 6, 1961 in Mount Vernon, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mount Vernon HS (Mount Vernon, NY).

High School: Mount Vernon HS (Mount Vernon, NY)

School: Fordham University (New York, NY)

Debut: June 23, 1984 (Age 22-291d, 14,908th in major league history)
vs. SEA 6.2 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER, W

Last Game: August 16, 1991 (Age 29-344d)
vs. MIL 2.1 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: LeRoy Purdy Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.7

ERA

4.60

136

618.1

320

WHIP

1.470

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 80 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 6 tying, 29 go ahead

3 Tms
MIN	49
CLE	22
BAL	9

Platoon
vs RHB	42
vs LHB	38

Home/Road
Away	45
Home	35

Outs
0	39
2	21
1	20

14 Opps
TEX	11
DET	9
BAL	9
CAL	8
NYY	6
KCR	5
BOS	5
SEA	5
MIL	5
CHW	5
OAK	4
TOR	4
CLE	3
MIN	1

64 Batters
Danny Tartabull	4
Lance Parrish	3
Nelson Simmons	2
Cal Ripken Jr.	2
Iván Calderón	2
Fred Lynn	2
Dwight Evans	2
Don Mattingly	2
Joe Carter	2
Darrell Evans	2
Alvin Davis	2
Pete O'Brien	2
Lou Whitaker	2
Steve Sax	1
Randy Milligan	1
Kelly Gruber	1
Craig Worthington	1
Dave Parker	1
Dave Winfield	1
Steve Balboni	1
Larry Herndon	1
Scott Coolbaugh	1
Edgar Martínez	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Tony Armas	1
Wally Joyner	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Mark McGwire	1
Jack Perconte	1
Bob Geren	1
Rich Gedman	1
Steve Finley	1
Mel Hall	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Gary Sheffield	1
Fred McGriff	1
Lenn Sakata	1
Geno Petralli	1
Bob Jones	1
Cory Snyder	1
Ruppert Jones	1
Julio Franco	1
Ernie Whitt	1
Jeff Kunkel	1
Steve Buechele	1
Harold Baines	1
Don Slaught	1
Dave Clark	1
Kevin Reimer	1
Paul Molitor	1
Félix José	1
Chili Davis	1
Mark Salas	1
José Canseco	1
Glenn Braggs	1
Wade Boggs	1
Mike Gallego	1
Greg Luzinski	1
Sam Horn	1
Mike Young	1
Gary Pettis	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Ben Oglivie	1
Brian Downing	1

14 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	19
ClevelandStd (CLE)	11
Memor. Stad (BAL)	9
Arlington St (ARL)	8
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
Angel Stad (ANA)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
County Stad (MIL)	5
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	22
8	6
78	4
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	26
3	13
4	13
1	9
2	7
6	5
7+	4
5	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	51
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	21
-2-	5
12-	3
1-3	3
123	2
--3	1

125 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	45
1 on	27
2 on	6
3 on	2
Any on	35

Inning
1	12
2	13
3	7
4	14
5	13
6	10
7	10
8	1

1-3	32
4-6	37
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	3
+2	7
+1	6
Tied	27
-1	6
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	13

Ahead	24
Tied	27
Behind	29

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	26
2-1	10
0-0	9
1-1	9
3-2	5
1-2	4
0-1	4
2-2	4
2-0	4
1-0	3
3-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	19
1B	11
C	9
DH	9
CF	8
3B	7
2B	6
LF	5
SS	5
PH	1

OrderPos
3rd	18
6th	14
5th	13
7th	8
4th	8
2nd	7
1st	6
8th	4
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	39
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1984-06-23	Alvin Davis	SEA		CLE	behind 0-6	b 2	2	123		4	3	3	20%	29%		Home Run; D. Henderson Scores; J. Perconte Scores; S. Owen Scores
2	2	2	1	1984-06-28 (2)	Bob Jones	TEX	@	CLE	behind 0-4	t 7	2	1--		2	6	9	8%	12%		Home Run; B. Bell Scores
3	3	3	1	1984-07-02 (2)	Steve Balboni	KCR	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	6	3	10%	60%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1984-07-07	Greg Luzinski	CHW		CLE	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---		1	6	DH	14%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1984-07-15	Pete O'Brien	TEX		CLE	behind 0-4	b 5	1	12-		3	2	3	22%	38%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Tolleson Scores; T. Dunbar Scores/unER
6	6	6	1	1984-07-25	Darrell Evans	DET	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---		1	5	DH	11%	58%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1984-07-31 (1)	Ruppert Jones	DET		CLE	ahead 4-0	b 2	1	---		1	2	8	4%	92%		Home Run
8	8	8	1	1984-08-04	Don Mattingly	NYY		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1-3		3	3	9	14%	81%		Home Run; W. Randolph Scores; B. Meacham Scores
9	9	9	1	1984-08-09	Mike Young	BAL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	9	10%	58%		Home Run
10	10	10	2	1984-08-09	Lenn Sakata	BAL	@	CLE	ahead 2-1	t 4	2	1--		2	8	4	20%	79%		Home Run; G. Roenicke Scores
11	11	11	1	1984-08-31	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--		2	2	9	15%	69%		Home Run; W. Boggs Scores
12	12	12	2	1984-08-31	Rich Gedman	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	1--		2	7	2	12%	85%		Home Run; B. Buckner Scores
13	13	13	1	1984-09-05	Brian Downing	CAL	@	CLE	ahead 9-4	t 8	0	1--		2	5	7	1%	100%		Home Run; F. Lynn Scores
14	14	14	1	1984-09-13	Fred Lynn	CAL		CLE	ahead 6-2	b 7	2	---		1	3	8	2%	98%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1985-08-10	Lance Parrish	DET	@	CLE	ahead 3-2	t 7	2	---		1	4	2	14%	79%		Home Run
16	16	2	1	1985-08-15	Darrell Evans	DET		CLE	behind 0-1	b 1	0	1--		2	2	3	16%	65%		Home Run; L. Whitaker Scores
17	17	3	2	1985-08-15	Nelson Simmons	DET		CLE	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	---		1	5	9	7%	86%		Home Run
18	18	4	3	1985-08-15	Nelson Simmons	DET		CLE	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	1--		2	5	9	10%	95%		Home Run; K. Gibson Scores
19	19	5	1	1985-09-01	Ben Oglivie	MIL		CLE	behind 1-8	b 3	1	1-3		3	5	9	8%	14%		Home Run; C. Cooper Scores; T. Simmons Scores
20	20	6	1	1985-09-07 (1)	Tony Armas	BOS		CLE	ahead 4-2	b 3	1	-2-		2	5	8	11%	88%		Home Run; J. Rice Scores
21	21	7	1	1985-09-11	Jack Perconte	SEA		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
22	22	8	1	1985-09-15	Mark Salas	MIN	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	6	2	10%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1986-05-14	Fred Lynn	BAL		MIN	ahead 5-2	b 7	1	12-		3	3	8	4%	99%		Home Run; A. Wiggins Scores; L. Lacy Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1987-08-15	Alvin Davis	SEA	@	MIN	behind 1-11	t 5	2	1--		2	3	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Bradley Scores
25	25	2	1	1987-08-18	Larry Herndon	DET		MIN	ahead 8-1	b 4	0	-2-		2	5	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Trammell Scores
26	26	3	1	1987-09-29	Geno Petralli	TEX		MIN	behind 3-5	b 7	0	---		1	7	PH	14%	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1988-08-06	Don Slaught	NYY		MIN	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	6	2	12%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	2	1	1988-08-30	Pete O'Brien	TEX		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	3,(2-0) B1BX	2	3	3	17%	72%		Home Run; S. Fletcher Scores
29	29	3	2	1988-08-30	Rubén Sierra	TEX		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	4	9	5%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1989-04-20	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	6,(3-2) CBBBCX	1	3	4	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	2	1	1989-04-25	Paul Molitor	MIL		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	5	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
32	32	3	2	1989-04-25	Glenn Braggs	MIL		MIN	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	1--	5,(2-2) SBBFX	2	6	7	12%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Deer Scores
33	33	4	3	1989-04-25	Gary Sheffield	MIL		MIN	ahead 4-0	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	6	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	5	1	1989-04-30	Dave Clark	CLE	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	14%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
35	35	6	1	1989-05-15	Danny Tartabull	KCR	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) >X	2	4	9	18%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Wilson Scores
36	36	7	1	1989-05-20	Julio Franco	TEX		MIN	behind 0-4	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	4	7%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
37	37	8	2	1989-05-20	Jeff Kunkel	TEX		MIN	behind 1-4	b 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	6	9%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
38	38	9	3	1989-05-20	Steve Buechele	TEX		MIN	behind 2-8	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	5	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	10	1	1989-05-30	Danny Tartabull	KCR		MIN	behind 0-7	b 6	2	---	7,(3-2) CBBFBFX	1	6	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	11	1	1989-06-04	Harold Baines	CHW		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	9	11%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
41	41	12	1	1989-06-22	Joe Carter	CLE		MIN	ahead 3-1	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	3	8	8%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
42	42	13	1	1989-06-27	Mike Gallego	OAK	@	MIN	behind 2-3	t 4	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	9	6	24%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Javier Scores
43	43	14	1	1989-07-01	Chili Davis	CAL	@	MIN	ahead 4-1	t 6	0	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	6	7	6%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
44	44	15	1	1989-07-08	Lance Parrish	CAL		MIN	tied 0-0	b 5	1	-2-	4,(1-2) KBSX	2	8	2	22%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Davis Scores
45	45	16	1	1989-07-15	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 4	1	1--	7,(2-2) BBCFFFX	2	5	DH	20%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Heep Scores
46	46	17	1	1989-07-27	Craig Worthington	BAL	@	MIN	behind 0-8	t 7	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	8	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Sheets Scores
47	47	18	1	1989-08-02 (1)	Bob Geren	NYY		MIN	behind 2-6	b 7	0	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	2	10%	21%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Barfield Scores
48	48	19	1	1989-08-23	Iván Calderón	CHW	@	MIN	behind 0-5	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	DH	3%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49	49	20	1	1989-09-02	Kelly Gruber	TOR		MIN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	7	5	21%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Whitt Scores
50	50	21	2	1989-09-02	Ernie Whitt	TOR		MIN	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	5	2	10%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. McGriff Scores
51	51	22	1	1989-09-08	Danny Tartabull	KCR		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	6	DH	11%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1990-04-10	José Canseco	OAK		MIN	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	9	11%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
53	53	2	1	1990-04-14	Wally Joyner	CAL		MIN	behind 0-2	b 1	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	3	3	10%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
54	54	3	2	1990-04-14	Lance Parrish	CAL		MIN	behind 1-3	b 4	2	1--	4,(2-1) B1B1C1X	2	7	2	25%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Washington Scores
55	55	4	1	1990-05-10	Cory Snyder	CLE	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 5	2	1--	5,(3-1) BCBBX	2	7	9	26%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Hernandez Scores
56	56	5	1	1990-05-15	Don Mattingly	NYY		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	3	3	18%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); S. Sax Scores; R. Kelly Scores
57	57	6	1	1990-05-30	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	MIN	behind 0-4	t 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	6	6%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	7	1	1990-06-05	Fred McGriff	TOR		MIN	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	5	3	13%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
59	59	8	1	1990-06-10	Iván Calderón	CHW	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 3	2	--3	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	3	DH	20%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); O. Guillén Scores
60	60	9	1	1990-06-18	Gary Pettis	TEX		MIN	ahead 5-1	b 4	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	8	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
61	61	10	1	1990-06-26	Scott Coolbaugh	TEX	@	MIN	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	8	5	14%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
62	62	11	2	1990-06-26	Kevin Reimer	TEX	@	MIN	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	19%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
63	63	12	1	1990-07-01	Steve Finley	BAL	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	9	14%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
64	64	13	2	1990-07-01	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	MIN	behind 1-3	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	6	11%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
65	65	14	1	1990-07-14	Randy Milligan	BAL		MIN	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	3	3	13%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
66	66	15	2	1990-07-14	Sam Horn	BAL		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	7,(2-2) SBFFFBX	1	6	DH	10%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
67	67	16	1	1990-07-27	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	3	11%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
68	68	17	2	1990-07-27	Félix José	OAK	@	MIN	behind 1-8	t 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	8	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. McGwire Scores
69	69	18	1	1990-08-31	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	MIN	ahead 7-1	t 3	2	1--	3,(1-1) KBX	2	2	4	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Phillips Scores
70	70	19	1	1990-09-05	Greg Vaughn	MIL		MIN	behind 1-3	b 6	1	---	6,(1-2) BCKFFX	1	7	7	13%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
71	71	20	1	1990-09-11	Dave Winfield	CAL		MIN	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Davis Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1991-06-07	Joe Carter	TOR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	4	9	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Carter Scores
73	73	2	1	1991-06-13	Danny Tartabull	KCR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	6,(3-2) SBSBBX	1	4	9	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Tartabull Scores
74	74	3	1	1991-06-29	Wade Boggs	BOS	@	BAL	behind 0-3	t 6	0	-2-	2,(0-1) LX	2	3	5	15%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Reed Scores; W. Boggs Scores
75	75	4	1	1991-07-04	Mel Hall	NYY		BAL	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	15%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Hall Scores
76	76	5	2	1991-07-04	Steve Sax	NYY		BAL	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	1	4	17%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); S. Sax Scores
77	77	6	1	1991-07-19	Edgar Martínez	SEA	@	BAL	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	5	8%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Martínez Scores
78	78	7	1	1991-07-25	Dave Parker	CAL	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	6,(2-2) BCCFBX	1	4	DH	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Parker Scores
79	79	8	1	1991-07-30	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA		BAL	tied 1-1	b 2	2	123	6,(3-2) BCFBBX	4	3	8	29%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Vizquel Scores; G. Briley Scores; H. Reynolds Scores; K. Griffey Scores
80	80	9	1	1991-08-10	Carlton Fisk	CHW	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1-3	7,(3-2) BBBFSFX	3	5	2	25%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball); R. Ventura Scores; D. Pasqua Scores; C. Fisk Scores