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Dave Smith
David Stanley Smith
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 21, 1955 in Richmond, CA
Schools: San Diego State University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 8th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1980
Final Game: June 8, 1992
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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
1980 25 HOU NL 7 5 .583 1.93 57 0 35 0 0 10 102.2 90 24 22 1 32 7 85 4 1 3 422 170 1.188 7.9 0.1 2.8 7.5 2.66 RoY-5
1981 26 HOU NL 5 3 .625 2.76 42 0 22 0 0 8 75.0 54 26 23 2 23 4 52 2 0 4 305 119 1.027 6.5 0.2 2.8 6.2 2.26
1982 27 HOU NL 5 4 .556 3.84 49 1 29 0 0 11 63.1 69 30 27 4 31 4 28 0 4 2 286 87 1.579 9.8 0.6 4.4 4.0 0.90
1983 28 HOU NL 3 1 .750 3.10 42 0 24 0 0 6 72.2 72 32 25 2 36 4 41 0 1 1 323 109 1.486 8.9 0.2 4.5 5.1 1.14
1984 29 HOU NL 5 4 .556 2.21 53 0 24 0 0 5 77.1 60 22 19 5 20 3 45 1 1 1 304 149 1.034 7.0 0.6 2.3 5.2 2.25
1985 30 HOU NL 9 5 .643 2.27 64 0 46 0 0 27 79.1 69 26 20 3 17 5 40 1 1 4 315 152 1.084 7.8 0.3 1.9 4.5 2.35
1986 31 HOU NL 4 7 .364 2.73 54 0 51 0 0 33 56.0 39 17 17 5 22 3 46 1 0 2 223 131 1.089 6.3 0.8 3.5 7.4 2.09 AS,MVP-17
1987 32 HOU NL 2 3 .400 1.65 50 0 44 0 0 24 60.0 39 13 11 0 21 8 73 1 2 2 240 238 1.000 5.9 0.0 3.2 11.0 3.48
1988 33 HOU NL 4 5 .444 2.67 51 0 39 0 0 27 57.1 60 26 17 1 19 8 38 1 3 1 249 124 1.378 9.4 0.2 3.0 6.0 2.00
1989 34 HOU NL 3 4 .429 2.64 52 0 44 0 0 25 58.0 49 20 17 1 19 7 31 1 2 2 239 129 1.172 7.6 0.2 2.9 4.8 1.63
1990 35 HOU NL 6 6 .500 2.39 49 0 42 0 0 23 60.1 45 18 16 4 20 4 50 0 5 5 239 156 1.077 6.7 0.6 3.0 7.5 2.50 AS
1991 36 CHC NL 0 6 .000 6.00 35 0 28 0 0 17 33.0 39 22 22 6 19 5 16 1 1 1 151 65 1.758 10.6 1.6 5.2 4.4 0.84
1992 37 CHC NL 0 0 2.51 11 0 4 0 0 0 14.1 15 4 4 0 4 2 3 0 1 0 61 144 1.326 9.4 0.0 2.5 1.9 0.75
13 Seasons 53 53 .500 2.67 609 1 432 0 0 216 809.1 700 280 240 34 283 64 548 13 22 28 3357 129 1.215 7.8 0.4 3.1 6.1 1.94
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 2.67 68 0 48 0 0 24 90 78 31 27 4 32 7 61 1 2 3 374 129 1.215 7.8 0.4 3.1 6.1 1.94
HOU (11 yrs) 53 47 .530 2.53 563 1 400 0 0 199 762.0 646 254 214 28 260 57 529 12 20 27 3145 136 1.189 7.6 0.3 3.1 6.2 2.03
CHC (2 yrs) 0 6 .000 4.94 46 0 32 0 0 17 47.1 54 26 26 6 23 7 19 1 2 1 212 77 1.627 10.3 1.1 4.4 3.6 0.83

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1980 25 HOU NL NLCS L PHI 1 0 1.000 3.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 4 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 13 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 15.4 2.00
1981 26 HOU NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 15.4
1986 31 HOU NL NLCS L NYM 0 1 .000 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 11 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 9.0 0.67
3 Seasons (3 Series) 1 1 .500 5.40 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 8 4 4 1 5 3 10 0 0 0 33 1.950 10.8 1.4 6.8 13.5 2.00
1 NLDS 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 15.4
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 6.23 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 6 3 3 1 5 3 6 0 0 0 24 2.538 12.5 2.1 10.4 12.5 1.20

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
1980 25 HOU NL 57 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 RoY-5
1981 26 HOU NL 42 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 27 HOU NL 49 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 28 HOU NL 42 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1984 29 HOU NL 53 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -37 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1985 30 HOU NL 64 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1986 31 HOU NL 54 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-17
1987 32 HOU NL 50 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 221 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 33 HOU NL 51 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1989 34 HOU NL 52 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 35 HOU NL 49 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1991 36 CHC NL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 37 CHC NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 609 53 44 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21 .068 .146 .068 .214 -37 3 1 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 14 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .068 .146 .068 .214 -37 1 0 0 1 0 0
HOU (11 yrs) 563 52 43 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21 .070 .149 .070 .219 -35 3 1 0 5 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 25 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 31 HOU NL NLCS NYM L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1980 HOU NL 25 P 57 0 102.2 15 3 11 1 0 .933 1.23 0.25 .953 1.91 0.69 RoY-5
1981 HOU NL 26 P 42 0 75.0 15 3 11 1 0 .933 1.68 0.33 .960 1.97 0.68
1982 HOU NL 27 P 49 1 63.1 12 3 7 2 2 .833 1.42 0.20 .958 1.96 0.70
1983 HOU NL 28 P 42 0 72.2 9 3 4 2 0 .778 0.87 0.17 .956 1.92 0.68
1984 HOU NL 29 P 53 0 77.1 15 5 9 1 1 .933 1.63 0.26 .953 1.87 0.67
1985 HOU NL 30 P 64 0 79.1 14 4 7 3 1 .786 1.25 0.17 .964 1.92 0.68
1986 HOU NL 31 P 54 0 56.0 13 7 6 0 0 1.000 2.09 0.24 .954 1.94 0.66 AS,MVP-17
1987 HOU NL 32 P 50 0 60.0 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.16 .950 1.90 0.62
1988 HOU NL 33 P 51 0 57.1 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.73 0.22 .955 1.96 0.69
1989 HOU NL 34 P 52 0 58.0 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 2.48 0.31 .944 1.88 0.63
1990 HOU NL 35 P 49 0 60.1 5 1 3 1 1 .800 0.60 0.08 .960 1.80 0.58 AS
1991 CHC NL 36 P 35 0 33.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.36 0.14 .960 1.85 0.59
1992 CHC NL 37 P 11 0 14.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.18 .950 1.95 0.60
13 Seasons P 609 1 809.1 140 42 87 11 6 .921 1.43 0.21 .955 1.91 0.66
13 Seasons TOT 609 1 809.1 140 42 87 11 6 .921 1.43 0.21 .876 1.91 0.66

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1986
1990 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-NL-17-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Games Played s c a p y
1985 NL--64--9th
Career--609--169th

Saves s c a p y
1985 NL--27--3rd
1986 NL--33--3rd
1987 NL--24--6th
1988 NL--27--6th
1989 NL--25--7th
1990 NL--23--4th
1991 NL--17--7th
Career--216--37th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL--4--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1985 NL--46--5th
1986 NL--51--6th
1987 NL--44--7th
1988 NL--39--9th
1989 NL--44--9th
1990 NL--42--7th
Career--432--44th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 22 (1013), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 39 (339), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 8th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

December 7, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 17, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 26, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Houston Astros$500,000
1986Houston Astros$650,000
1987Houston Astros$700,000
1988Houston Astros$1,100,000
1989Houston Astros$1,100,000
1990Houston Astros$1,100,000
1991Chicago Cubs$1,900,000
1992Chicago Cubs$2,500,000
1993Chicago Cubs$250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$9,800,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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