Lee Smith
Lee Arthur Smith
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: December 4, 1957 in Shreveport, LA
High School: Castor (Castor, LA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1980
Final Game: July 2, 1997
    About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 CHC NL 22 P 18 0 21.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.25 0.17 .933 1.91 0.69
1981 CHC NL 23 P 40 1 66.2 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.62 0.30 .958 1.97 0.68
1982 CHC NL 24 P 72 5 117.0 20 9 10 1 2 .950 1.46 0.26 .950 1.96 0.70
1983 CHC NL 25 P 66 0 103.1 17 8 9 0 0 1.000 1.48 0.26 .947 1.92 0.68 AS,CYA-9,MVP-18
1984 CHC NL 26 P 69 0 101.0 19 6 13 0 2 1.000 1.69 0.28 .953 1.88 0.67
1985 CHC NL 27 P 65 0 97.2 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.11 0.18 .950 1.92 0.68
1986 CHC NL 28 P 66 0 90.1 13 1 12 0 2 1.000 1.30 0.20 .954 1.94 0.66
1987 CHC NL 29 P 62 0 83.2 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.18 0.18 .955 1.91 0.62 AS
1988 BOS AL 30 P 64 0 83.2 10 5 4 1 0 .900 0.97 0.14 .960 1.79 0.67 MVP-21
1989 BOS AL 31 P 64 0 70.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 0.03 .950 1.87 0.66
1990 TOT MLB 32 P 64 0 83.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.54 0.08 .960 1.79 0.58
1990 BOS AL 32 P 11 0 14.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.18 .950 1.76 0.59
1990 STL NL 32 P 53 0 68.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.39 0.06 .967 1.80 0.58
1991 STL NL 33 P 67 0 73.0 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.11 0.13 .956 1.86 0.59 AS,CYA-2,MVP-8
1992 STL NL 34 P 70 0 75.0 9 1 7 1 1 .889 0.96 0.11 .956 1.94 0.60 AS,CYA-4
1993 TOT MLB 35 P 63 0 58.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.31 0.03 1.000 1.83 0.54 AS
1993 STL NL 35 P 55 0 50.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.18 0.02 1.000 1.84 0.54
1993 NYY AL 35 P 8 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.13 1.000 1.80 0.56
1994 BAL AL 36 P 41 0 38.1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.94 0.10 .960 1.71 0.52 AS,CYA-5,MVP-14
1995 CAL AL 37 P 52 0 49.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.91 0.10 .960 1.79 0.53 AS
1996 TOT MLB 38 P 54 0 55.1 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.30 0.15 .962 1.84 0.52
1996 CAL AL 38 P 11 0 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0.09 1.000 1.80 0.52
1996 CIN NL 38 P 43 0 44.1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.42 0.16 .957 1.85 0.52
1997 MON NL 39 P 25 0 21.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.20 .960 1.87 0.52
18 Seasons P 1022 6 1289.1 167 52 111 4 9 .976 1.14 0.16 .954 1.88 0.62
18 Seasons TOT 1022 6 1289.1 167 52 111 4 9 .976 1.14 0.16 .931 1.88 0.62
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 CHC NL 22 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 23 40 1 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHC NL 24 72 5 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHC NL 25 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHC NL 26 69 0 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHC NL 27 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CHC NL 28 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CHC NL 29 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BOS AL 30 64 0 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BOS AL 31 64 0 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 STL NL 32 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 BOS AL 32 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 STL NL 33 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 STL NL 34 70 0 70 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 STL NL 35 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYY AL 35 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BAL AL 36 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CAL AL 37 52 0 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CIN NL 38 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CAL AL 38 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 MON NL 39 25 0 23 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 1023 6 770 1023 1023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
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%
1980 CHC NL 22 103 70% 25% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 23 302 73% 31% 9 89% 0 3 1 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 CHC NL 24 514 73% 24% 10 100% 0 9 1 7 10 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
1983 CHC NL 25 435 69% 22% 11 91% 0 7 0 6 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1984 CHC NL 26 452 73% 21% 13 100% 0 6 0 5 12 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1985 CHC NL 27 410 64% 20% 11 100% 0 3 0 2 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1986 CHC NL 28 399 66% 19% 12 92% 0 1 0 1 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 100%
1987 CHC NL 29 379 66% 25% 10 90% 0 3 0 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1988 BOS AL 30 368 64% 24% 6 67% 0 5 0 5 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1989 BOS AL 31 303 57% 17% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1990 STL NL 32 294 69% 21% 3 67% 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 BOS AL 32 70 63% 23% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 STL NL 33 315 75% 24% 7 100% 0 3 1 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1992 STL NL 34 325 74% 24% 7 100% 0 1 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1993 STL NL 35 216 73% 22% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYY AL 35 36 56% 22% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BAL AL 36 164 68% 29% 3 67% 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1995 CAL AL 37 219 68% 25% 5 80% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1996 CIN NL 38 217 73% 30% 6 100% 0 2 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1996 CAL AL 38 47 81% 19% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 MON NL 39 110 78% 35% 5 80% 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 5678 69% 23% 126 92% 0 51 4 42 110 88 9 4 0 1 3 1 8 6 7 1 27 100%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 90% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Lee Smith    

Viewed 226,095 times through December 1, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Lee Arthur Lee Smith

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.