Lee Smith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 220lb (196cm, 99kg)

Born: December 4, 1957 in Jamestown, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Castor HS (Castor, LA).

High School: Castor HS (Castor, LA)

School: Northwestern State University of Louisiana (Natchitoches, LA)

Debut: September 1, 1980 (Age 22-272d, 14,354th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 2, 1997 (Age 39-210d)
vs. TOR 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2019. (Voted by Today's Game Era Committee)
View Lee Smith's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Brian David • Previously: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Lee Arthur Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.9

ERA

3.03

1022

478

1289.1

1251

WHIP

1.256

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 11	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4	Apr 12	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	6 (1)	Apr 15	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	GF	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	7	Apr 17	CHC	@	MON	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	10 (2)	Apr 20 susp	CHC		PIT	L,8-10		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	25 (14)	May 6	CHC		LAD	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	27 (1)	May 8	CHC		LAD	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	29 (1)	May 10	CHC		SDP	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
9	30	May 11	CHC		SDP	W,9-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	31	May 13	CHC		SFG	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	35 (3)	May 18	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-2	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	37 (1)	May 21	CHC	@	ATL	L,8-9		13	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	40 (2)	May 24	CHC		HOU	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	41	May 25	CHC		HOU	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	42	May 26	CHC		CIN	W,9-6	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	48 (5)	Jun 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-6	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	51 (2)	Jun 5	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	52	Jun 6	CHC	@	STL	W,9-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	55 (2)	Jun 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	59 (3)	Jun 13 (2)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	61 (1)	Jun 15	CHC		STL	W,4-3		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	62	Jun 16	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	64 (1)	Jun 18	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	66 (1)	Jun 21	CHC	@	NYM	W,8-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	69 (2)	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	70	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	71	Jun 28	CHC		NYM	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	73 (1)	Jun 30	CHC		MON	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	74	Jul 1 susp	CHC		MON	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
30	75	Jul 2	CHC		MON	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	78 (2)	Jul 5	CHC	@	SDP	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	79	Jul 6	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	81 (1)	Jul 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	83 (1)	Jul 11	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	85 (1)	Jul 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	87 (1)	Jul 18	CHC		SFG	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	89 (1)	Jul 20	CHC		SFG	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	90	Jul 21	CHC		SDP	W,6-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	91	Jul 22	CHC		SDP	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	93 (1)	Jul 25	CHC		LAD	W,8-3	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	95 (1)	Jul 27	CHC		LAD	L,11-13		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	98 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	99	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	103 (3)	Aug 4	CHC		NYM	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	104	Aug 5	CHC		NYM	W,8-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
46	105	Aug 6 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	108 (2)	Aug 8	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	112 (3)	Aug 12	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	113	Aug 13	CHC		PIT	W,9-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	118 (4)	Aug 17	CHC	@	MON	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	122 (3)	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	125 (2)	Aug 25	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	126	Aug 26	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
54	130 (3)	Aug 31	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-4	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	132 (1)	Sep 2 susp	CHC		HOU	L,7-8		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	137 (4)	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	138	Sep 9	CHC		PHI	W,8-6	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
58	139	Sep 10	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	140	Sep 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	147 (6)	Sep 19	CHC		PIT	W,8-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	148	Sep 20	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	149	Sep 21	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
63	153 (3)	Sep 25	CHC		NYM	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	154	Sep 26	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	155	Sep 27	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	159 (3)	Oct 4	CHC		STL	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							66gm		90.1	1	12	0	13	2