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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
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
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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 22 CHC NL 2 0 1.000 2.91 18 0 6 0 0 0 21.2 21 9 7 0 14 5 17 0 0 0 97 135 1.615 8.7 0.0 5.8 7.1 1.21
1981 23 CHC NL 3 6 .333 3.51 40 1 12 0 0 1 66.2 57 31 26 2 31 8 50 1 1 7 280 105 1.320 7.7 0.3 4.2 6.8 1.61
1982 24 CHC NL 2 5 .286 2.69 72 5 38 0 0 17 117.0 105 38 35 5 37 5 99 3 1 6 480 138 1.214 8.1 0.4 2.8 7.6 2.68
1983 25 CHC NL 4 10 .286 1.65 66 0 56 0 0 29 103.1 70 23 19 5 41 14 91 1 2 5 413 229 1.074 6.1 0.4 3.6 7.9 2.22 AS,CYA-9,MVP-18
1984 26 CHC NL 9 7 .563 3.65 69 0 59 0 0 33 101.0 98 42 41 6 35 7 86 0 0 6 428 106 1.317 8.7 0.5 3.1 7.7 2.46
1985 27 CHC NL 7 4 .636 3.04 65 0 57 0 0 33 97.2 87 35 33 9 32 6 112 1 0 4 397 130 1.218 8.0 0.8 2.9 10.3 3.50
1986 28 CHC NL 9 9 .500 3.09 66 0 59 0 0 31 90.1 69 32 31 7 42 11 93 0 0 2 372 130 1.229 6.9 0.7 4.2 9.3 2.21
1987 29 CHC NL 4 10 .286 3.12 62 0 55 0 0 36 83.2 84 30 29 4 32 5 96 0 0 4 360 136 1.386 9.0 0.4 3.4 10.3 3.00 AS
1988 30 BOS AL 4 5 .444 2.80 64 0 57 0 0 29 83.2 72 34 26 7 37 6 96 1 0 2 363 148 1.303 7.7 0.8 4.0 10.3 2.59 MVP-21
1989 31 BOS AL 6 1 .857 3.57 64 0 50 0 0 25 70.2 53 30 28 6 33 6 96 0 0 1 290 116 1.217 6.8 0.8 4.2 12.2 2.91
1990 32 TOT 5 5 .500 2.06 64 0 53 0 0 31 83.0 71 24 19 3 29 7 87 0 0 2 344 187 1.205 7.7 0.3 3.1 9.4 3.00
1990 32 BOS AL 2 1 .667 1.88 11 0 8 0 0 4 14.1 13 4 3 0 9 2 17 0 0 1 64 218 1.535 8.2 0.0 5.7 10.7 1.89
1990 32 STL NL 3 4 .429 2.10 53 0 45 0 0 27 68.2 58 20 16 3 20 5 70 0 0 1 280 181 1.136 7.6 0.4 2.6 9.2 3.50
1991 33 STL NL 6 3 .667 2.34 67 0 61 0 0 47 73.0 70 19 19 5 13 5 67 0 0 1 300 157 1.137 8.6 0.6 1.6 8.3 5.15 AS,CYA-2,MVP-8
1992 34 STL NL 4 9 .308 3.12 70 0 55 0 0 43 75.0 62 28 26 4 26 4 60 0 0 2 310 109 1.173 7.4 0.5 3.1 7.2 2.31 AS,CYA-4
1993 35 TOT 2 4 .333 3.88 63 0 56 0 0 46 58.0 53 25 25 11 14 2 60 0 0 1 239 103 1.155 8.2 1.7 2.2 9.3 4.29 AS
1993 35 STL NL 2 4 .333 4.50 55 0 48 0 0 43 50.0 49 25 25 11 9 1 49 0 0 1 206 88 1.160 8.8 2.0 1.6 8.8 5.44
1993 35 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 8 0 8 0 0 3 8.0 4 0 0 0 5 1 11 0 0 0 33 1.125 4.5 0.0 5.6 12.4 2.20
1994 36 BAL AL 1 4 .200 3.29 41 0 39 0 0 33 38.1 34 16 14 6 11 1 42 0 0 0 160 152 1.174 8.0 1.4 2.6 9.9 3.82 AS,CYA-5,MVP-14
1995 37 CAL AL 0 5 .000 3.47 52 0 51 0 0 37 49.1 42 19 19 3 25 4 43 1 0 1 209 135 1.358 7.7 0.5 4.6 7.8 1.72 AS
1996 38 TOT 3 4 .429 3.74 54 0 24 0 0 2 55.1 57 24 23 4 26 4 41 1 0 3 245 117 1.500 9.3 0.7 4.2 6.7 1.58
1996 38 CAL AL 0 0 2.45 11 0 8 0 0 0 11.0 8 4 3 0 3 0 6 0 0 1 44 200 1.000 6.5 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00
1996 38 CIN NL 3 4 .429 4.06 43 0 16 0 0 2 44.1 49 20 20 4 23 4 35 1 0 2 201 105 1.624 9.9 0.8 4.7 7.1 1.52
1997 39 MON NL 0 1 .000 5.82 25 0 14 0 0 5 21.2 28 16 14 2 8 0 15 1 0 0 100 72 1.662 11.6 0.8 3.3 6.2 1.88
18 Seasons 71 92 .436 3.03 1022 6 *802* 0 0 478 1289.1 1133 475 434 89 486 100 1251 10 4 47 5387 131 1.256 7.9 0.6 3.4 8.7 2.57
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .436 3.03 68 0 53 0 0 32 85 75 31 29 6 32 7 83 1 0 3 356 131 1.256 7.9 0.6 3.4 8.7 2.57
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
CHC (8 yrs) 40 51 .440 2.92 458 6 342 0 0 180 681.1 591 240 221 38 264 61 644 6 4 34 2827 133 1.255 7.8 0.5 3.5 8.5 2.44
STL (4 yrs) 15 20 .429 2.90 245 0 209 0 0 160 266.2 239 92 86 23 68 15 246 0 0 5 1096 127 1.151 8.1 0.8 2.3 8.3 3.62
BOS (3 yrs) 12 7 .632 3.04 139 0 115 0 0 58 168.2 138 68 57 13 79 14 209 1 0 4 717 136 1.287 7.4 0.7 4.2 11.2 2.65
CAL (2 yrs) 0 5 .000 3.28 63 0 59 0 0 37 60.1 50 23 22 3 28 4 49 1 0 2 253 144 1.293 7.5 0.4 4.2 7.3 1.75
MON (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.82 25 0 14 0 0 5 21.2 28 16 14 2 8 0 15 1 0 0 100 72 1.662 11.6 0.8 3.3 6.2 1.88
CIN (1 yr) 3 4 .429 4.06 43 0 16 0 0 2 44.1 49 20 20 4 23 4 35 1 0 2 201 105 1.624 9.9 0.8 4.7 7.1 1.52
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 8 0 8 0 0 3 8.0 4 0 0 0 5 1 11 0 0 0 33 1.125 4.5 0.0 5.6 12.4 2.20
BAL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 3.29 41 0 39 0 0 33 38.1 34 16 14 6 11 1 42 0 0 0 160 152 1.174 8.0 1.4 2.6 9.9 3.82
NL (14 yrs) 58 76 .433 3.03 771 6 581 0 0 347 1014.0 907 368 341 67 363 80 940 8 4 41 4224 128 1.252 8.1 0.6 3.2 8.3 2.59
AL (7 yrs) 13 16 .448 3.04 251 0 221 0 0 131 275.1 226 107 93 22 123 20 311 2 0 6 1163 144 1.268 7.4 0.7 4.0 10.2 2.53

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
1984 26 CHC NL NLCS L SDP 0 1 .000 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.500 13.5 4.5 0.0 13.5
1988 30 BOS AL ALCS L OAK 0 1 .000 8.10 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 6 3 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 17 2.100 16.2 0.0 2.7 10.8 4.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 2 .000 8.44 4 0 4 0 0 1 5.1 9 5 5 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 27 1.875 15.2 1.7 1.7 11.8 7.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 8.10 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 6 3 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 17 2.100 16.2 0.0 2.7 10.8 4.00
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.500 13.5 4.5 0.0 13.5
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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 22 CHC NL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 23 CHC NL 40 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1982 24 CHC NL 72 18 16 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 .063 .118 .250 .368 -0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1983 25 CHC NL 66 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .111 .200 .111 .311 -13 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS,CYA-9,MVP-18
1984 26 CHC NL 69 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .077 .077 .077 .154 -58 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1985 27 CHC NL 65 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 28 CHC NL 66 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 29 CHC NL 63 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1990 32 TOT 53 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 32 STL NL 53 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 33 STL NL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-8
1992 34 STL NL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4
1993 35 TOT 55 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1993 35 STL NL 55 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 38 TOT 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 38 CIN NL 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 39 MON NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Seasons 770 71 64 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 40 .047 .090 .094 .183 -50 6 0 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .047 .090 .094 .183 -50 1 0 0 1 0 0
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
CHC (8 yrs) 459 67 60 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 40 .050 .095 .100 .195 -46 6 0 0 4 0 0
STL (4 yrs) 245 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (14 yrs) 770 71 64 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 42 .047 .090 .094 .183 -50 6 0 0 4 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 CHC NL 22 P 18 0 21.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.62 0.30 .958 1.97 0.68
1982 CHC NL 24 P 72 5 117.0 20 9 10 1 2 .950 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.25 0.03 .950 1.87 0.66
1990 TOT 32 P 64 0 83.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.96 0.11 .956 1.94 0.60 AS,CYA-4
1993 TOT 35 P 63 0 58.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.91 0.10 .960 1.79 0.53 AS
1996 TOT 38 P 54 0 55.1 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.08 0.20 .960 1.87 0.52
18 Seasons P 1022 6 1289.1 167 52 111 4 9 .976 0.0 0.0 1.14 0.16 .954 1.88 0.62
18 Seasons TOT 1022 6 1289.1 167 52 111 4 9 .976 0.0 0.0 1.14 0.16 .931 1.88 0.62
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1983 *
1987 *
1991
1992
1993
1994 *
1995

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1991-NL-Rolaids Relief
1992-NL-Rolaids Relief
1994-AL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1983-NL-18-2%
1988-AL-21-1%
1991-NL-8-26%
1994-AL-14-5%
0.34 Career Shares (549th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1983-NL--9--1%
1991-NL--2--50%
1992-NL--4--2%
1994-AL--5--1%
0.54 Career Shares (88th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career--3.029--174th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--7.909--90th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--8.732--12th

Games Played s c a p y
1982 NL--72--6th
1983 NL--66--9th
1984 NL--69--6th
1985 NL--65--8th
1988 AL--64--5th
1992 NL--70--9th
Career--1022--9th

Saves s c a p y
1982 NL--17--7th
1983 NL--29--1st
1984 NL--33--2nd
1985 NL--33--2nd
1986 NL--31--4th
1987 NL--36--2nd
1988 AL--29--6th
1989 AL--25--9th
1990 NL--27--3rd
1991 NL--47--1st
1992 NL--43--1st
1993 NL--43--4th
1994 AL--33--1st
1995 AL--37--2nd
Career--478--3rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career--2.574--66th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1981 NL--7--4th

Games Finished s c a p y
1983 NL--56--1st
1984 NL--59--3rd
1985 NL--57--1st
1986 NL--59--2nd
1987 NL--55--3rd
1988 AL--57--3rd
1989 AL--50--10th
1990 NL--45--5th
1991 NL--61--1st
1992 NL--55--5th
1993 NL--48--8th
1994 AL--39--4th
1995 AL--51--4th
Career--802--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--131--33rd

Oldest s c a p y
1996 AL--born 1957-12-04--9th
1997 NL--born 1957-12-04--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 12 (182), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 48 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 135 (52), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (589), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Rollie Fingers (850) *
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Transactions

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1975.

December 8, 1987: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Al Nipper and Calvin Schiraldi.

May 4, 1990: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Brunansky.

August 31, 1993: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Rich Batchelor.

October 25, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

January 20, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 24, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

December 14, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

May 27, 1996: Traded by the California Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Chuck McElroy.

October 29, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 21, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

September 25, 1997: Released by the Montreal Expos.

January 20, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago Cubs$670,000
1986Chicago Cubs$720,000
1987Chicago Cubs$840,000
1988Boston Red Sox$850,000
1989Boston Red Sox$1,425,000
1990Boston Red Sox$1,200,000
1991St. Louis Cardinals$2,791,666
1992St. Louis Cardinals$2,791,667
1993St. Louis Cardinals$2,691,667
1994Baltimore Orioles$2,025,000
1995California Angels$2,561,113
1996California Angels$2,100,000
1997Montreal Expos$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,066,113
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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