Dwight Smith
John Dwight Smith
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 8, 1963 in Tallahassee, FL
High School: Wade Hampton (Varnville, SC)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1984 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 8, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1989
Final Game: September 29, 1996
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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
1989 25 CHC NL 109 381 343 52 111 19 6 9 52 9 4 31 51 .324 .382 .493 .875 141 169 4 2 4 1 0 79 RoY-2
1990 26 CHC NL 117 322 290 34 76 15 0 6 27 11 6 28 46 .262 .329 .376 .705 88 109 7 2 0 2 2 79/8
1991 27 CHC NL 90 180 167 16 38 7 2 3 21 2 3 11 32 .228 .279 .347 .627 73 58 2 1 1 0 2 98/7
1992 28 CHC NL 109 233 217 28 60 10 3 3 24 9 8 13 40 .276 .318 .392 .709 99 85 1 1 0 2 0 897
1993 29 CHC NL 111 342 310 51 93 17 5 11 35 8 6 25 51 .300 .355 .494 .848 127 153 3 3 1 3 1 897
1994 30 TOT AL 73 210 196 31 55 7 2 8 30 2 4 12 37 .281 .324 .459 .783 98 90 3 1 0 1 1 7/D89
1994 30 CAL AL 45 130 122 19 32 5 1 5 18 2 3 7 20 .262 .300 .443 .743 88 54 1 0 0 1 0 7/D
1994 30 BAL AL 28 80 74 12 23 2 1 3 12 0 1 5 17 .311 .363 .486 .849 113 36 2 1 0 0 1 7/D89
1995 31 ATL NL 103 147 131 16 33 8 2 3 21 0 3 13 35 .252 .327 .412 .739 91 54 2 2 0 1 1 97
1996 32 ATL NL 101 172 153 16 31 5 0 3 16 1 3 17 42 .203 .285 .294 .579 50 45 2 1 0 1 1 9/7
8 Seasons 813 1987 1807 244 497 88 20 46 226 42 37 150 334 .275 .333 .422 .755 102 763 24 13 6 11 8
162 Game Avg. 162 396 360 49 99 18 4 9 45 8 7 30 67 .275 .333 .422 .755 102 152 5 3 1 2 2
CHC (5 yrs) 536 1458 1327 181 378 68 16 32 159 39 27 108 220 .285 .341 .433 .773 111 574 17 9 6 8 5
ATL (2 yrs) 204 319 284 32 64 13 2 6 37 1 6 30 77 .225 .304 .349 .653 69 99 4 3 0 2 2
CAL (1 yr) 45 130 122 19 32 5 1 5 18 2 3 7 20 .262 .300 .443 .743 88 54 1 0 0 1 0
BAL (1 yr) 28 80 74 12 23 2 1 3 12 0 1 5 17 .311 .363 .486 .849 113 36 2 1 0 0 1
NL (7 yrs) 740 1777 1611 213 442 81 18 38 196 40 33 138 297 .274 .334 .418 .752 103 673 21 12 6 10 7
AL (1 yr) 73 210 196 31 55 7 2 8 30 2 4 12 37 .281 .324 .459 .783 98 90 3 1 0 1 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1989 25 CHC NL 381 245 66 7.3 97 .359 .324 .263 .382 .331 .493 .391 .875 .723 141 .744 18.3 1.9 .863 .274 .169 9.0
1990 26 CHC NL 322 229 36 4.2 104 .292 .262 .273 .329 .341 .376 .411 .705 .752 88 .481 -4.8 -0.5 .634 .228 .114 7.8
1991 27 CHC NL 180 135 16 3.2 97 .265 .228 .262 .279 .331 .347 .393 .627 .723 73 .378 -6.8 -0.7 .515 .180 .120 2.4
1992 28 CHC NL 233 168 26 4.2 94 .324 .276 .261 .318 .327 .392 .385 .709 .712 99 .506 -1.0 -0.1 .602 .180 .115 4.5
1993 29 CHC NL 342 230 54 6.3 102 .327 .300 .269 .355 .334 .494 .409 .848 .743 127 .636 11.3 1.1 .810 .281 .194 9.3
1994 30 TOT AL 210 149 27 4.8 114 .309 .281 .276 .324 .348 .459 .439 .783 .787 98 .455 -1.9 -0.2 .682 .230 .179 3.2
1994 30 CAL AL 130 95 15 4.2 112 .276 .262 .274 .300 .346 .443 .436 .743 .782 88 .394 -2.9 -0.3 .638 .230 .180 2.9
1994 30 BAL AL 80 54 12 6.0 116 .370 .311 .278 .363 .352 .486 .444 .849 .795 113 .548 1.0 0.1 .759 .230 .176 .0
1995 31 ATL NL 147 104 17 4.4 109 .319 .252 .274 .327 .344 .412 .427 .739 .771 91 .456 -1.8 -0.2 .641 .237 .160 .0
1996 32 ATL NL 172 128 13 2.7 112 .257 .203 .277 .285 .347 .294 .433 .579 .780 50 .260 -11.7 -1.1 .480 .190 .092 1.5
8 Seasons 1987 1388 255 4.9 103 .314 .275 .269 .333 .337 .422 .408 .755 .745 102 .543 1.7 0.2 .679 .233 .147 43.9
162 Game Avg. 396 277 51 4.9 103 .314 .275 .269 .333 .337 .422 .408 .755 .745 102 .543 0 0 .679 .233 .147 9
CHC (5 yrs) 1458 1007 198 5.3 99 .319 .285 .266 .341 .333 .433 .399 .773 .732 111 .594 17.0 1.7 .708 .238 .148 35.2
ATL (2 yrs) 319 232 30 3.5 111 .286 .225 .276 .304 .346 .349 .430 .653 .776 69 .352 -13.4 -1.3 .552 .211 .123 1.7
CAL (1 yr) 130 95 15 4.2 112 .276 .262 .274 .300 .346 .443 .436 .743 .782 88 .394 -2.9 -0.3 .638 .230 .180 2.9
BAL (1 yr) 80 54 12 5.9 116 .370 .311 .278 .363 .352 .486 .444 .849 .795 113 .548 1.0 0.1 .759 .230 .176 .0
NL (7 yrs) 1777 1239 228 4.9 101 .314 .274 .268 .334 .335 .418 .404 .752 .740 103 .554 3.6 0.4 .679 .233 .143 39.0
AL (1 yr) 210 149 27 4.9 114 .309 .281 .276 .324 .348 .459 .439 .783 .787 98 .455 -1.9 -0.2 .682 .230 .179 3.2

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
1989 25 CHC NL NLCS SFG L 4 17 15 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 .200 .294 .267 .561 4 0 0 0 0 0
1995 31 ATL NL NLDS COL W 4 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 0 0 0 0 0
1995 31 ATL NL NLCS CIN W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 31 ATL NL WS CLE W 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons (4 Series) 13 25 22 2 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 .273 .360 .364 .724 8 0 0 0 0 1
1 NLDS 4 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 6 19 17 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 .176 .263 .235 .498 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1989 25 CHC NL 381 2.4% 13.4% 8.1% 8.9% 31% 1.65 6.7 38.1 6.6 0.91 1.50 75% 21% 7.3% 18%
1990 26 CHC NL 322 1.9% 14.3% 8.7% 6.5% 28% 1.64 6.3 48.3 10.7 1.10 1.36 75% 18% 6.7% 23%
1991 27 CHC NL 180 1.7% 17.8% 6.1% 6.7% 32% 2.91 5.2 55.7 8.0 1.20 1.58 73% 18% 5.4% 7%
1992 28 CHC NL 233 1.3% 17.2% 5.6% 6.9% 27% 3.08 5.4 72.3 9.0 0.89 1.31 76% 25% 3.8% 15%
1993 29 CHC NL 342 3.2% 14.9% 7.3% 9.7% 36% 2.04 6.1 28.2 8.9 0.74 1.16 73% 27% 8.7% 13%
1994 30 TOT AL 210 3.8% 17.6% 5.7% 8.1% 31% 3.08 5.3 24.5 6.5 0.88 1.14 72% 19% 12.1% 20%
1994 30 CAL AL 130 3.9% 15.4% 5.4% 8.5% 34% 2.86 6.1 24.4 6.8 0.85 1.03 75% 15% 12.8% 28%
1994 30 BAL AL 80 3.8% 21.3% 6.3% 7.5% 26% 3.40 4.4 24.7 6.2 0.93 1.40 68% 28% 11.1% 7%
1995 31 ATL NL 147 2.0% 23.8% 8.8% 8.8% 39% 2.69 3.7 43.7 6.2 0.76 1.13 64% 28% 5.9% 7%
1996 32 ATL NL 172 1.7% 24.4% 9.9% 4.7% 26% 2.47 3.6 51.0 9.6 0.90 1.15 63% 26% 5.7% 10%
8 Seasons 1987 2.3% 16.8% 7.6% 7.8% 31% 2.23 5.4 39.3 8.0 0.91 1.30 72% 22% 7.2% 15%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1989 25 CHC NL 3 0 32% 167 9 4 69% 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 11 53% 21 11 10 4 2 2 15 6 9
1990 26 CHC NL 6 0 28% 114 11 6 65% 11 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 3 44% 16 7 7 2 2 0 9 3 5
1991 27 CHC NL 4 0 28% 46 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 23% 8 6 2 1 1 0 4 3 1
1992 28 CHC NL 2 0 35% 78 9 8 53% 9 7 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 8 53% 6 5 1 4 2 2 9 1 7
1993 29 CHC NL 4 1 36% 129 8 6 57% 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 15 53% 25 13 12 2 1 1 7 1 5
1994 30 TOT AL 2 0 38% 86 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 59% 10 6 4 3 2 1 9 1 8
1994 30 CAL AL 2 0 41% 47 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 46% 6 4 2 3 2 1 4 1 3
1994 30 BAL AL 0 0 35% 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 78% 4 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 5
1995 31 ATL NL 0 0 29% 37 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 58% 3 2 1 1 1 0 8 2 6
1996 32 ATL NL 1 0 28% 58 1 3 25% 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 28% 14 11 3 0 0 0 4 2 2
8 Seasons 22 1 32% 715 42 37 53% 40 32 2 5 0 0 6 1 26 53 48% 103 61 40 17 11 6 65 19 43
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1989 25 CHC NL 381 91% 111 18 4 15 8 1 3 1.06 9 1 7 8 1 5 4 0 6 4 67% 77 4 5% 39 17 44% 232 45 19% 24 13 54% 34 16 47% 0
1990 26 CHC NL 322 88% 76 13 3 34 8 0 6 1.76 6 0 8 5 1 3 3 0 1 0 0% 54 7 13% 29 10 34% 191 25 13% 21 12 57% 24 13 54% 0
1991 27 CHC NL 180 97% 38 14 1 45 11 0 4 1.55 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 28 2 7% 15 6 40% 101 18 18% 10 4 40% 13 6 46% 0
1992 28 CHC NL 233 91% 60 33 2 49 14 1 5 1.72 3 0 5 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 0% 45 1 2% 19 4 21% 135 22 16% 12 6 50% 16 9 56% 0
1993 29 CHC NL 343 96% 93 13 3 24 9 0 4 1.37 11 0 7 11 0 6 5 0 1 1 100% 40 3 8% 20 7 35% 153 26 17% 14 9 64% 17 10 59% 0
1994 30 TOT AL 210 94% 55 7 3 16 5 1 2 1.96 8 0 3 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 51 3 6% 20 7 35% 125 23 18% 8 5 63% 11 5 45% 0
1994 30 CAL AL 130 94% 32 5 2 13 4 1 2 2.07 5 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 24 1 4% 15 7 47% 70 13 19% 5 4 80% 9 4 44% 0
1994 30 BAL AL 80 95% 23 2 1 3 1 0 0 1.47 3 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 27 2 7% 5 0 0% 55 10 18% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1995 31 ATL NL 147 93% 33 2 0 69 16 2 12 1.62 3 1 8 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 29 2 7% 13 4 31% 103 20 19% 6 2 33% 9 2 22% 0
1996 32 ATL NL 172 95% 31 3 0 69 16 3 9 1.38 3 0 9 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 35 2 6% 23 9 39% 130 15 12% 13 6 46% 13 7 54% 0
8 Seasons 1988 93% 497 103 16 321 87 8 45 1.56 46 2 48 43 3 24 22 0 11 6 55% 359 24 7% 178 64 36% 1170 194 17% 108 57 53% 137 68 50% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1989 25 CHC NL 373 1381 3.70 817 59% 26% 14% 25% 35% 74% 0% 44% 82% 29% 7% 27 6 21% 77 34 9% 33 24 20% 8 0 0
1990 26 CHC NL 303 1102 3.64 659 60% 23% 14% 28% 35% 77% 2% 46% 81% 37% 4% 12 1 14% 42 26 8% 23 19 31% 19 0 2
1991 27 CHC NL 180 705 3.92 420 60% 26% 15% 26% 32% 74% 2% 44% 80% 29% 4% 8 4 16% 28 14 13% 23 17 28% 0 0 0
1992 28 CHC NL 232 854 3.68 524 61% 29% 13% 24% 34% 71% 0% 44% 82% 31% 3% 8 0 14% 33 19 8% 18 14 48% 1 0 0
1993 29 CHC NL 332 1253 3.77 730 58% 28% 11% 26% 35% 72% 1% 42% 85% 28% 6% 19 5 20% 65 34 11% 37 27 40% 11 0 3
1994 30 TOT AL 201 725 3.61 458 63% 29% 14% 24% 33% 71% 2% 45% 80% 30% 2% 5 0 11% 22 13 5% 10 10 36% 9 3 0
1994 30 CAL AL 121 455 3.76 294 65% 28% 12% 28% 33% 72% 0% 47% 84% 33% 2% 3 0 9% 11 6 3% 4 4 42% 9 2 0
1994 30 BAL AL 80 270 3.38 164 61% 30% 20% 15% 35% 70% 4% 42% 72% 27% 3% 2 0 14% 11 7 8% 6 6 29% 0 1 0
1995 31 ATL NL 141 564 4.00 332 59% 31% 18% 23% 27% 69% 2% 41% 73% 31% 6% 8 2 15% 21 11 9% 13 10 31% 6 0 0
1996 32 ATL NL 151 598 3.96 346 58% 27% 18% 26% 29% 73% 2% 42% 75% 28% 9% 13 3 21% 31 17 15% 22 14 43% 21 0 0
8 Seasons 1913 7182 3.75 4286 60% 27% 14% 26% 34% 73% 1% 44% 81% 31% 5% 100 21 17% 319 168 9% 179 135 34% 75 3 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 25 109 381 343 52 111 19 6 9 52 9 4 31 51 .324 .382 .493 .875 141 169 4 2 4 1 0
1990 26 226 703 633 86 187 34 6 15 79 20 10 59 97 .295 .358 .439 .797 116 278 11 4 4 3 2
1991 27 316 883 800 102 225 41 8 18 100 22 13 70 129 .281 .342 .420 .762 107 336 13 5 5 3 4
1992 28 425 1116 1017 130 285 51 11 21 124 31 21 83 169 .280 .337 .414 .751 106 421 14 6 5 5 4
1993 29 536 1458 1327 181 378 68 16 32 159 39 27 108 220 .285 .341 .433 .773 111 574 17 9 6 8 5
1994 30 609 1668 1523 212 433 75 18 40 189 41 31 120 257 .284 .339 .436 .775 109 664 20 10 6 9 6
1995 31 712 1815 1654 228 466 83 20 43 210 41 34 133 292 .282 .338 .434 .772 108 718 22 12 6 10 7
1996 32 813 1987 1807 244 497 88 20 46 226 42 37 150 334 .275 .333 .422 .755 102 763 24 13 6 11 8

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1989 25 109 382 347 54 115 20 6 9 54 9 32 51 .331 .390 .501 .891 68 109
1990 26 117 321 289 33 75 15 0 6 27 11 28 46 .260 .327 .374 .701 35 117
1991 27 90 179 167 16 38 7 2 3 22 2 11 32 .228 .279 .347 .627 16 90
1992 28 109 237 220 31 63 10 3 3 26 9 14 40 .286 .329 .400 .729 29 109
1993 29 111 342 311 52 94 17 5 11 35 8 25 51 .302 .357 .495 .852 55 111
1994 30 104 287 270 38 70 9 3 10 37 3 15 53 .259 .300 .426 .726 34 73
1995 31 116 163 146 17 36 9 2 3 22 0 14 39 .247 .319 .397 .716 18 103
1996 32 101 169 151 14 29 5 0 3 14 1 16 42 .192 .272 .285 .557 11 101
8 Seasons 857 2080 1901 255 520 92 21 48 237 43 155 354 .274 .331 .420 .751 266 813
162 Game Avg. 162 393 359 48 98 17 4 9 45 8 29 67 .274 .331 .420 .751 50 813

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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