Dave Smith

David Wayne Smith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 30, 1957 in Tomball, TX
School: Lamar University (Beaumont, TX)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 27th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1984
Team: Angels 1984-1985

Final Game: September 14, 1985
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Standard Pitching

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
1979	21	NYM-min	A-	3	5	.375	4.37	14	12					70.0	81	40	34	3	31								1.600	10.4	0.4	4.0			GRH · NORW
1980	22	NYM-min	A	8	7	.533	3.35	29	10		3	0	1	113.0	121	60	42	2	63	8	63	4	2	6			1.628	9.6	0.2	5.0	5.0	1.00	LBG · CARL
1981	23	NYM-min	A,AA	9	6	.600	3.38	52	0	33	0	0	5	117.0	114	57	44	6	51	5	83	5	0	9			1.410	8.8	0.5	3.9	6.4	1.63	LBG,JAC · CARL,TL
1982	24	ANA-min	AA	4	9	.308	3.41	39	16	9	1	0	3	142.2	154	80	54	7	70	5	104	5	0	7			1.570	9.7	0.4	4.4	6.6	1.49	HLY · EL
1983	25	ANA-min	AAA,AA	8	5	.615	3.62	47	0	38	0	0	12	74.2	72	33	30	7	38	1	56	2	0	8			1.473	8.7	0.8	4.6	6.8	1.47	EDM,NAS · PCL,EL
1984	26	ANA-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.13	50	0	39	0	0	13	69.0	71	30	24	4	30	3	37	1	0	6			1.464	9.3	0.5	3.9	4.8	1.23	EDM · PCL
1984	26	CAL	AL	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	31	4.000	36.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
1985	27	ANA-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.75	42	0	30	0	0	12	72.0	78	32	30	3	20	6	29	1	0	4			1.361	9.8	0.4	2.5	3.6	1.45	EDM · PCL
1985	27	CAL	AL	0	0		7.20	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	20	62	1.200	9.0	1.8	1.8	5.4	3.00
1986	28	ANA-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.66	36	7	15	0	0	3	103.1	126	50	42	7	31	2	39	2	0	0			1.519	11.0	0.6	2.7	3.4	1.26	EDM · PCL
1987	29	ANA-min	AA,AAA	2	0	1.000	3.57	22	5	5	0	0	1	58.0	51	28	23	6	25	3	28	2	0	1			1.310	7.9	0.9	3.9	4.3	1.12	MDL,EDM · TL,PCL
2 Yrs				0	0		9.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	9	6	6	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	27	51	1.667	13.5	3.0	1.5	4.5	3.00
162 Game Avg.				0	0		9.00	68	0	41	0	0	0	82	122	82	82	27	14	0	41	0	0	0	367	51	1.667	13.5	3.0	1.5	4.5	3.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1984	26	CAL	AL	1.0	1	2	18.00	4.20	0.03	-0.33	100.0	3.84	-2	-0.1	.0	0.1	-0.1	-1	.356	.499	$
1985	27	CAL	AL	5.0	4	4	7.20	4.42	0.22	-0.34	97.9	3.78	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-1	.453	.499	$
2 Seasons				6.0	5	6	9.00	4.39	0.19	-0.34	98.3	3.79	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.2	-3	.434	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1984	26	CAL	AL	1	7	7	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	1.000	1.571	.500	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	27	CAL	AL	4	20	18	4	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	.278	.300	.500	.800	.267	9	1	0	0	1	0	1
2 Yrs				5	27	25	6	9	1	0	2	0	1	1	3	.360	.370	.640	1.010	.333	16	1	0	0	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				68	367	340	82	122	14	0	27	0	14	14	41	.360	.370	.640	1.010	.333	218	14	0	0	14	0	14
MLB Averages																.258	.323	.388	.711	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1984	26	CAL	AL	-1.3	-0.1	7	0.0	0.0	.00			-1.5	-0.1	0.00	-1.6	0
1985	27	CAL	AL	-1.3	-0.1	21	-0.1	-0.1	.16	-0.0	-0.4	-1.8	-0.2	0.16	-0.6	4
2 Yrs				-2.6	-0.2	28	-0.1	-0.1	.12	-0.0	-0.6	-3.3	-0.3	0.12	-2.2	4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1984	26	CAL	AL	1	1	1	0	0		9	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0
1985	27	CAL	AL	4	4	2	2	2	100%	8	.155	4	4	1	3	2	2	2	3.8
2 Yrs				5	5	3	2	2	100%		.115	4	5	1	4	2	2	2	3.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1984	26	CAL	AL	7	71%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	25%	0.00	86%	4	0	0%
1985	27	CAL	AL	20	65%	5.0%	15.0%	5.0%	10.0%	40%	1.75	75%	5	1	20%
2 Yrs				27	67%	7.4%	11.1%	3.7%	11.1%	33%	1.00	78%	9	1	11%
MLB Averages					40%	2.1%	14.0%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.06	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1984	26	CAL	AL	7	4			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	27	CAL	AL	20	5			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	50%	1	0	0	6	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				27	9			2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	50%	1	0	0	11	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1984	26	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	31	4.000	36.0	9.0	0.0	0.0		31
1985	27	0	0		9.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	9	6	6	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	27	51	1.667	13.5	3.0	1.5	4.5	3.00	51

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1984	26	9.00	2.0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1
1985	27	7.20	5.0	5	4	4	1	1	3	1.200	9.0	1.8	5.4	3.00	1.8	4
2 Yrs		7.71	7.0	5	6	6	1	1	3	0.857	6.4		3.9	3.00	1.3	5

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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