John Smiley

John Patrick Smiley

All-Star Player

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 17, 1965 in Phoenixville, PA
High School: Graterford (Graterford, PA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1986
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/Twins/Indians 1986-1997
Final Game: August 30, 1997
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 PIT NL 21 P 12 0 11.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.31 0.25 .967 1.93 0.66
1987 PIT NL 22 P 63 0 75.0 16 7 9 0 2 1.000 1.92 0.25 .950 1.91 0.62
1988 PIT NL 23 P 34 32 205.0 41 14 27 0 3 1.000 1.80 1.21 .954 1.96 0.69
1989 PIT NL 24 P 28 28 205.1 34 7 23 4 2 .882 1.31 1.07 .950 1.87 0.63
1990 PIT NL 25 P 26 25 149.1 34 8 24 2 1 .941 1.93 1.23 .959 1.80 0.58
1991 PIT NL 26 P 33 32 207.2 40 5 34 1 0 .975 1.69 1.18 .955 1.86 0.59 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
1992 MIN AL 27 P 34 34 241.0 39 4 35 0 2 1.000 1.46 1.15 .951 1.72 0.56
1993 CIN NL 28 P 18 18 105.2 23 7 16 0 0 1.000 1.96 1.28 .952 1.84 0.54
1994 CIN NL 29 P 24 24 158.2 29 8 19 2 2 .931 1.53 1.13 .959 1.86 0.54
1995 CIN NL 30 P 28 27 176.2 30 3 27 0 3 1.000 1.53 1.07 .953 1.84 0.51 AS
1996 CIN NL 31 P 35 34 217.1 37 6 29 2 1 .946 1.45 1.00 .954 1.84 0.52
1997 TOT MLB 32 P 26 26 154.1 16 0 16 0 0 1.000 0.93 0.62 .950 1.81 0.51
1997 CIN NL 32 P 20 20 117.0 12 0 12 0 0 1.000 0.92 0.60 .950 1.85 0.52
1997 CLE AL 32 P 6 6 37.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.96 0.67 .950 1.71 0.48
12 Seasons P 361 280 1907.2 342 70 261 11 16 .968 1.56 0.92 .954 1.84 0.58
12 Seasons TOT 361 280 1907.2 342 70 261 11 16 .968 1.56 0.92 .922 1.84 0.58

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 PIT NL 21 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 PIT NL 22 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 PIT NL 23 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 PIT NL 24 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 PIT NL 25 26 25 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 PIT NL 26 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIN AL 27 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CIN NL 28 18 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CIN NL 29 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CIN NL 30 28 27 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CIN NL 31 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 CIN NL 32 20 20 19 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 CLE AL 32 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 361 280 320 361 361 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1920 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1986 PIT NL 21 42 74% 33% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 PIT NL 22 336 71% 28% 12 92% 0 6 3 3 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 50%
1988 PIT NL 23 835 84% 32% 29 90% 1 14 2 10 27 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 6 67%
1989 PIT NL 24 835 84% 28% 29 76% 0 6 3 2 25 15 1 4 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 8 88%
1990 PIT NL 25 632 84% 30% 32 81% 0 8 1 3 25 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 44%
1991 PIT NL 26 836 83% 33% 29 97% 0 5 0 3 34 27 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1992 MIN AL 27 970 80% 30% 26 100% 0 4 1 2 35 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1993 CIN NL 28 455 84% 30% 17 94% 0 7 0 5 17 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1994 CIN NL 29 672 81% 31% 25 76% 1 8 1 5 19 15 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 7 57%
1995 CIN NL 30 724 79% 34% 30 93% 1 4 2 1 27 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 11 100%
1996 CIN NL 31 889 78% 36% 38 84% 1 6 3 3 29 23 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 7 57%
1997 CIN NL 32 514 78% 32% 10 100% 0 0 0 0 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1997 CLE AL 32 160 80% 35% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 7900 81% 32% 284 88% 4 69 16 38 266 192 11 11 0 4 7 9 16 9 13 3 66 77%
MLB Averages 79% 32% 89% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1920 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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