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Bryn Smith

Bryn Nelson Smith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 11, 1955 in Marietta, GA
High School: Santa Maria (Santa Maria, CA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1981
Teams (by GP): Expos/Cardinals/Rockies 1981-1993
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: June 1, 1993
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:20AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #535. Don Mossi… #536. Mike Caldwell… #537. Matt Morris… #538. BRYN SMITH… #539. Jim Abbott… #540. Doc Medich… #541. Brad Lidge… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1981 25 MON NL 1 0 1.000 2.77 7 0 1 0 0 0 13.0 14 4 4 1 3 0 9 0 0 2 53 130 1.308 9.7 0.7 2.1 6.2 3.00
1982 26 MON NL 2 4 .333 4.20 47 1 16 0 0 3 79.1 81 43 37 5 23 5 50 0 1 5 335 87 1.311 9.2 0.6 2.6 5.7 2.17
1983 27 MON NL 6 11 .353 2.49 49 12 17 5 3 3 155.1 142 51 43 13 43 6 101 5 3 5 636 145 1.191 8.2 0.8 2.5 5.9 2.35
1984 28 MON NL 12 13 .480 3.32 28 28 0 4 2 0 179.0 178 72 66 15 51 7 101 3 2 2 751 104 1.279 8.9 0.8 2.6 5.1 1.98
1985 29 MON NL 18 5 .783 2.91 32 32 0 4 2 0 222.1 193 85 72 12 41 3 127 1 1 1 890 118 1.052 7.8 0.5 1.7 5.1 3.10
1986 30 MON NL 10 8 .556 3.94 30 30 0 1 0 0 187.1 182 101 82 15 63 6 105 6 2 4 807 95 1.308 8.7 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.67
1987 31 MON NL 10 9 .526 4.37 26 26 0 2 0 0 150.1 164 81 73 16 31 4 94 2 0 2 643 97 1.297 9.8 1.0 1.9 5.6 3.03
1988 32 MON NL 12 10 .545 3.00 32 32 0 1 0 0 198.0 179 79 66 15 32 2 122 10 5 2 791 120 1.066 8.1 0.7 1.5 5.5 3.81
1989 33 MON NL 10 11 .476 2.84 33 32 0 3 1 0 215.2 177 76 68 16 54 4 129 4 1 3 864 125 1.071 7.4 0.7 2.3 5.4 2.39
1990 34 STL NL 9 8 .529 4.27 26 25 0 0 0 0 141.1 160 81 67 11 30 1 78 4 0 2 605 89 1.344 10.2 0.7 1.9 5.0 2.60
1991 35 STL NL 12 9 .571 3.85 31 31 0 3 0 0 198.2 188 95 85 16 45 3 94 7 1 3 818 96 1.173 8.5 0.7 2.0 4.3 2.09
1992 36 STL NL 4 2 .667 4.64 13 1 3 0 0 0 21.1 20 11 11 3 5 1 9 3 0 1 91 75 1.172 8.4 1.3 2.1 3.8 1.80
1993 37 COL NL 2 4 .333 8.49 11 5 2 0 0 0 29.2 47 29 28 2 11 1 9 3 0 1 150 57 1.955 14.3 0.6 3.3 2.7 0.82
13 Seasons 108 94 .535 3.53 365 255 39 23 8 6 1791.1 1725 808 702 140 432 43 1028 48 16 33 7434 104 1.204 8.7 0.7 2.2 5.2 2.38
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .535 3.53 40 28 4 3 1 1 196 189 89 77 15 47 5 113 5 2 4 815 104 1.204 8.7 0.7 2.2 5.2 2.38
MON (9 yrs) 81 71 .533 3.28 284 193 34 20 8 6 1400.1 1310 592 511 108 341 37 838 31 15 26 5770 111 1.179 8.4 0.7 2.2 5.4 2.46
STL (3 yrs) 25 19 .568 4.06 70 57 3 3 0 0 361.1 368 187 163 30 80 5 181 14 1 6 1514 92 1.240 9.2 0.7 2.0 4.5 2.26
COL (1 yr) 2 4 .333 8.49 11 5 2 0 0 0 29.2 47 29 28 2 11 1 9 3 0 1 150 57 1.955 14.3 0.6 3.3 2.7 0.82

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1981 25 MON NL 13.0 0 4 7 0 .4 3 0.1 $
1982 26 MON NL 79.1 1 43 43 0 .7 0 -0.4 $
1983 27 MON NL 155.1 12 51 80 4 1.0 29 3.0 $
1984 28 MON NL 179.0 28 72 89 5 1.0 17 1.9 $
1985 29 MON NL 222.1 32 85 113 1 1.0 28 3.2 $290,000
1986 30 MON NL 187.1 30 101 106 -2 1.0 5 0.6 $700,000
1987 31 MON NL 150.1 26 81 95 -2 .8 14 1.3 $466,719
1988 32 MON NL 198.0 32 79 100 5 .9 21 2.3 $525,000
1989 33 MON NL 215.2 32 76 119 -4 .9 43 4.7 $550,000
1990 34 STL NL 141.1 25 81 74 4 1.0 -7 -0.8 $1,566,667
1991 35 STL NL 198.2 31 95 103 4 .9 8 0.8 $2,133,333
1992 36 STL NL 21.1 1 11 10 0 1.1 -1 -0.2 $2,233,334
1993 37 COL NL 29.2 5 29 21 -1 .8 -8 -0.7 $250,000
13 Seasons 1791.1 255 808 960 14 .9 152 15.8 $8,715,053
MON (9 yrs) 1400.1 193 592 752 7 .9 160 16.7 $2,531,719
STL (3 yrs) 361.1 57 187 187 8 1.0 0 -0.2 $5,933,334
COL (1 yr) 29.2 5 29 21 -1 .8 -8 -0.7 $250,000

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1981 25 MON NL 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1982 26 MON NL 47 11 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1983 27 MON NL 49 39 30 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .167 .219 .167 .385 9 5 0 0 7 0 0 1
1984 28 MON NL 28 65 53 9 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 18 .132 .207 .189 .396 14 10 0 0 7 0 0 1
1985 29 MON NL 32 86 72 6 14 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 24 .194 .227 .250 .477 37 18 1 0 11 0 0 1
1986 30 MON NL 30 67 58 3 8 1 0 1 7 0 0 4 17 .138 .194 .207 .400 11 12 0 0 5 0 0 1
1987 31 MON NL 26 54 44 2 6 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 .136 .149 .205 .353 -8 9 0 0 7 2 0 1
1988 32 MON NL 32 65 55 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 21 .109 .140 .127 .268 -24 7 0 0 8 0 0 1
1989 33 MON NL 33 79 62 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 23 .065 .159 .081 .240 -30 5 0 0 10 0 0 1
1990 34 STL NL 26 51 39 2 10 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 9 .256 .275 .359 .634 74 14 1 0 11 0 0 1
1991 35 STL NL 31 74 65 6 16 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 11 .246 .254 .262 .515 46 17 0 0 7 1 0 1
1992 36 STL NL 13 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1993 37 COL NL 11 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -60 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 365 605 496 34 76 12 0 3 37 1 0 29 140 .153 .199 .196 .394 11 97 2 0 77 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 269 220 15 34 5 0 1 16 0 0 13 62 .153 .199 .196 .394 11 43 1 0 34 1 0
MON (9 yrs) 284 469 383 26 50 10 0 2 22 0 0 26 119 .131 .185 .172 .357 1 66 1 0 58 2 0
STL (3 yrs) 70 129 107 8 26 2 0 1 15 0 0 2 20 .243 .255 .290 .544 52 31 1 0 19 1 0
COL (1 yr) 11 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -60 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1981 25 MON NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1982 26 MON NL 11 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1983 27 MON NL 39 -4 0 -1 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1984 28 MON NL 65 -6 0 -1 1 0 5 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $165,000 1
1985 29 MON NL 86 -6 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $290,000 1
1986 30 MON NL 67 -7 -1 -1 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $700,000 1
1987 31 MON NL 54 -7 -1 -1 0 0 5 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $466,719 1
1988 32 MON NL 65 -8 0 -1 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $525,000 1
1989 33 MON NL 79 -10 -1 0 0 0 6 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $550,000 1
1990 34 STL NL 51 -2 -1 -1 0 0 4 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $1,566,667 1
1991 35 STL NL 74 -5 -1 -1 1 0 6 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $2,133,333 1
1992 36 STL NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,233,334 1
1993 37 COL NL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $250,000 1
13 Seasons 605 -59 -5 -6 2 0 49 15 -4 -1.1 -4 -0.4 -0.7 $8,880,053
MON (9 yrs) 469 -50 -3 -4 1 0 38 12 -6 -1.2 -6 -0.6 -0.6 $2,696,719
STL (3 yrs) 129 -8 -2 -2 1 0 10 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $5,933,334
COL (1 yr) 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $250,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1981 MON NL 25 P 7 13.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.69 0.14 .960 1.94 1.99
1982 MON NL 26 P 47 79.1 18 2 15 1 0 .944 1.93 0.36 .952 1.96 1.97
1983 MON NL 27 P 49 155.1 32 10 22 0 3 1.000 1.85 0.65 .952 1.92 1.91
1984 MON NL 28 P 28 179.0 57 25 28 4 3 .930 2.66 1.89 .954 1.88 1.87
1985 MON NL 29 P 32 222.1 56 24 27 5 2 .911 2.06 1.59 .953 1.92 1.92
1986 MON NL 30 P 30 187.1 57 11 44 2 5 .965 2.64 1.83 .955 1.94 1.94
1987 MON NL 31 P 26 150.1 32 10 21 1 2 .969 1.86 1.19 .955 1.91 1.90
1988 MON NL 32 P 32 198.0 35 7 26 2 1 .943 1.50 1.03 .955 1.96 1.96
1989 MON NL 33 P 33 215.2 59 16 42 1 2 .983 2.42 1.76 .947 1.87 1.87
1990 STL NL 34 P 26 141.1 28 10 16 2 2 .929 1.66 1.00 .957 1.80 1.79
1991 STL NL 35 P 31 198.2 38 12 26 0 2 1.000 1.72 1.23 .955 1.86 1.85
1992 STL NL 36 P 13 21.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.53 0.46 .953 1.94 1.94
1993 COL NL 37 P 11 29.2 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.03 0.91 .953 1.85 1.83
13 Seasons P 365 1791.1 430 132 279 19 23 .956 2.06 1.13 .953 1.90 1.90
13 Seasons TOT 365 1791.1 430 132 279 19 23 .956 2.06 1.13 .953 1.90 1.90
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1989 NL  4.7 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1985 NL  2.91 (10th)
1989 NL  2.84 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1985 NL  18 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 NL  .783 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1985 NL  1.052 (6th)
1988 NL  1.066 (7th)
1989 NL  1.071 (5th)
Career  1.204 (143rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1989 NL  7.386 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 NL  1.660 (5th)
1988 NL  1.455 (1st)
1989 NL  2.254 (10th)
1991 NL  2.039 (5th)
Career  2.171 (142nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1983 NL  3 (5th)
1984 NL  2 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1985 NL  3.098 (5th)
1988 NL  3.813 (2nd)
Career  2.380 (122nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 NL  0.486 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1984 NL  13 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 NL  5 (4th)
1986 NL  6 (6th)
1988 NL  10 (2nd)
1991 NL  7 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1989 NL  125 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1983 NL  18 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1983 NL  2.0 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1983 NL  22.27 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1985 NL  2.4 (7th)
1989 NL  2.5 (6th)
Career  7.7 (202nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1983 NL  2.4 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1985 NL  11 (7th)
1989 NL  10 (9th)
1990 NL  11 (7th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1984 NL  25 (1st)
1985 NL  24 (2nd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1986 NL  44 (5th)
1989 NL  42 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1985 NL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1984 NL  1.89 (5th)
1989 NL  1.76 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1993 NL  born 1955-08-11 (9th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 27 (867), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (959), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Bob Shaw (960)
  3. Eric Show (950)
  4. Dan Haren (946)
  5. Alex Fernandez (945)
  6. Mark Portugal (945)
  7. Watty Clark (945)
  8. John Montefusco (944)
  9. Bill Hands (943)
  10. Whit Wyatt (942)
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  1. Tom Ferrick (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Todd Burns (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Junior Thompson (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Virgil Trucks (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Cy Blanton (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ray Washburn (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Donovan (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. John Montefusco (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Eric Show (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Bibby (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Bibby (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198428Montreal Expos$165,0002/27/84 TSN
198529Montreal Expos$290,000Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163
198630Montreal Expos$700,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration win; $500,000 offer
198731Montreal Expos$466,7191987 USA Today survey
198832Montreal Expos$525,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198933Montreal Expos$550,0001989 USA Today survey
199034St. Louis Cardinals$1,566,667USA Today
199135St. Louis Cardinals$2,133,333USA Today survey
199236St. Louis Cardinals$2,233,3344/2/92 USA Today
199337Colorado Rockies$250,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,880,053
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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