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Mike Smith

Michael Anthony Smith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 23, 1961 in Jackson, MS
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1984
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/Expos 1984-1989

Final Game: September 30, 1989
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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
1981	20	CIN-min	Rk	5	5	.500	1.37	22	0	19	0	0	8	46.0	39	21	7	0	19	4	52	1	2	3			1.261	7.6	0.0	3.7	10.2	2.74	BIL · PION
1982	21	CIN-min	A	7	1	.875	1.23	48	0	39	0	0	21	80.1	55	17	11	0	42	4	80	2	1	4			1.207	6.2	0.0	4.7	9.0	1.90	TAM · FLOR
1983	22	CIN-min	AA	2	5	.286	2.83	22	0	18	0	0	7	28.2	18	13	9	0	25	2	16	2	0	2			1.500	5.7	0.0	7.8	5.0	0.64	WBY · EL
1984	23	CIN-min	AA,AAA	6	5	.545	3.52	47	0	33	0	0	7	69.0	68	36	27	4	33	7	69	0	4	6			1.464	8.9	0.5	4.3	9.0	2.09	VMT,WCH · EL,AA
1984	23	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	5.23	8	0	5	0	0	0	10.1	12	6	6	1	5	0	7	0	0	1	47	75	1.645	10.5	0.9	4.4	6.1	1.40
1985	24	CIN-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.85	47	0	35	0	0	17	68.2	65	40	37	5	38	1	67	1	0	9			1.500	8.5	0.7	5.0	8.8	1.76	DEN · AA
1985	24	CIN	NL	0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	78	0.900	5.4	5.4	2.7	5.4	2.00
1986	25	CIN-WSN-min	AAA	6	3	.667	5.40	40	5	20	0	0	2	76.2	95	54	46	2	44	3	50	3	1	6			1.813	11.2	0.2	5.2	5.9	1.14	DEN,INA · AA
1986	25	CIN	NL	0	0		13.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.1	7	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	32	2.400	18.9	0.0	2.7	2.7	1.00

1987	26	WSN-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.69	45	2	26	0	0	9	86.1	85	51	45	2	43	4	90	6	1	6			1.483	8.9	0.2	4.5	9.4	2.09	INA · AA
1988	27	WSN-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.57	32	2	17	1	0	5	63.0	40	22	18	2	14	0	55	0	1	2			0.857	5.7	0.3	2.0	7.9	3.93	INA · AA
1988	27	MON	NL	0	0		3.12	5	0	3	0	0	1	8.2	6	3	3	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	35	121	1.269	6.2	0.0	5.2	4.2	0.80
1989	28	BAL-PIT-min	AAA	1	4	.200	4.34	20	1	13	0	0	6	37.1	44	18	18	2	16	1	25	0	0	2			1.607	10.6	0.5	3.9	6.0	1.56	ROC,BFL · IL,AA
1989	28	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	3.75	16	0	8	0	0	0	24.0	28	12	10	1	10	1	12	0	0	1	107	91	1.583	10.5	0.4	3.8	4.5	1.20
1990	29	NYY-min	AA,AAA	0	1	.000	2.49	12	1	4	0	0	0	25.1	29	8	7	0	11	0	20	1	2	2			1.579	10.3	0.0	3.9	7.1	1.82	ALC,CLB · EL,IL
5 Yrs				1	1	.500	4.71	33	1	18	0	0	1	49.2	55	28	26	4	22	1	26	0	0	2	220	79	1.550	10.0	0.7	4.0	4.7	1.18
162 Game Avg.				2	2	.500	4.71	66	2	36	0	0	2	99	110	56	52	8	44	2	52	0	0	4	440	79	1.550	10.0	0.7	4.0	4.7	1.18

CIN (3 yrs)				1	0	1.000	6.88	12	1	7	0	0	0	17.0	21	13	13	3	7	0	10	0	0	1	78	59	1.647	11.1	1.6	3.7	5.3	1.43
PIT (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.75	16	0	8	0	0	0	24.0	28	12	10	1	10	1	12	0	0	1	107	91	1.583	10.5	0.4	3.8	4.5	1.20
MON (1 yr)				0	0		3.12	5	0	3	0	0	1	8.2	6	3	3	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	35	121	1.269	6.2	0.0	5.2	4.2	0.80

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	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1984	23	CIN	NL	10.1	8	0	6	5.23	4.40	-0.33	-0.34	99.8	4.38	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.0	0.0	0	.485	.499	$
1985	24	CIN	NL	3.1	2	0	2	5.40	4.27	0.06	-0.33	93.8	3.64	-1	-0.1	.4	0.0	0.0	-0	.463	.500	$
1986	25	CIN	NL	3.1	2	1	5	13.50	4.22	-0.22	0.01	106.0	4.72	-3	-0.3	.0	0.0	-0.2	-3	.346	.498	$

1988	27	MON	NL	8.2	5	0	3	3.12	3.94	0.23	-0.31	101.4	3.45	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.507	.500	$
1989	28	PIT	NL	24.0	16	0	12	4.50	3.80	0.19	-0.29	98.0	3.25	-3	-0.4	.6	0.0	-0.2	-1	.476	.498	$
5 Seasons				49.2	33	1	28	5.07	4.01	0.05	-0.29	99.2	3.64	-8	-0.8	.6	0.0	-0.3	-3	.474	.499	$

CIN (3 yrs)				17.0	12	1	13	6.88	4.34	-0.23	-0.27	99.8	4.30	-5	-0.5	.7	0.1	-0.2	-3	.458	.499	$
PIT (1 yr)				24.0	16	0	12	4.50	3.80	0.19	-0.29	98.0	3.25	-3	-0.4	.6	0.0	-0.2	-1	.476	.498	$
MON (1 yr)				8.2	5	0	3	3.12	3.94	0.23	-0.31	101.4	3.45	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.507	.500	$

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	23	CIN	NL	8	47	42	6	12	2	1	1	1	0	5	7	.286	.362	.452	.814	.324	19	2	0	0	0	0	2
1985	24	CIN	NL	2	13	12	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.667	.897	.000	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	25	CIN	NL	2	18	17	5	7	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	.412	.444	.529	.974	.438	9	0	0	0	0	0	0

1988	27	MON	NL	5	35	29	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	5	4	.207	.324	.241	.565	.240	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
1989	28	PIT	NL	16	107	93	12	28	3	0	1	5	1	10	12	.301	.362	.366	.727	.329	34	4	0	2	2	1	3
5 Yrs				33	220	193	28	55	8	1	4	8	1	22	26	.285	.355	.399	.754	.309	77	7	0	3	2	1	5
162 Game Avg.				66	440	386	56	110	16	2	8	16	2	44	52	.285	.355	.399	.754	.309	154	14	0	6	4	2	10
MLB Averages																.258	.323	.390	.713	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1984	23	CIN	NL	-1.1	-0.1	49	-0.1	0.4	-0.4	.51	-0.4	0.2	-2.4	-0.2	0.51	-2.4	1	3	4
1985	24	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	13	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.26	-0.1	0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.26	-2.3	0	0	2
1986	25	CIN	NL	-3.0	-0.3	19	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.76	-0.2	-0.3	-4.5	-0.4	0.76	-2.0	0	0	1

1988	27	MON	NL	0.8	0.1	36	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.11	0.0	-0.3	-0.1	-0.0	0.11	0.2	0	0	4
1989	28	PIT	NL	-1.2	-0.1	113	-0.6	0.8	-1.5	.57	-0.4	-0.7	-1.7	-0.2	0.57	-2.7	2	3	11
5 Yrs				-4.9	-0.5	230	-1.1	1.4	-2.5	.48	-1.0	-1.2	-10.0	-1.0	0.48	-9.2	3	6	22

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS
1986	25	CIN	NL	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	23.0	23	23	2	0	1	0	10.1	0.0	2.3
1 Yr				2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	23	23	23	2	0	1	0	10.1	0.0	2.3
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-3					4.4	4.3	6.2	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1984	23	CIN	NL	8	8	5	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	11	5	45%	8	.513	1	3	4	2	0	6	5	3	4	4	4	3	3.9
1985	24	CIN	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	7	.262	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	5.0
1986	25	CIN	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.757	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

1988	27	MON	NL	5	5	3	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	1	1	100%	7	.108	0	0	4	1	0	4	1	4	3	0	3	0	5.2	23
1989	28	PIT	NL	16	16	8	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	11	5	45%	8	.567	2	3	11	1	2	13	6	10	9	4	9	1	4.5	20
5 Yrs				33	32	18	1	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	24	12	50%		.480	3	6	22	5	2	25	13	19	18	8	18	5	4.4	21

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1984	23	CIN	NL	47	53%	2.1%	14.9%	10.6%	8.5%	33%		1.09	72%				13	2	15%
1985	24	CIN	NL	13	62%	15.4%	15.4%	7.7%	15.4%	100%		0.60	62%				1	0	0%
1986	25	CIN	NL	18	44%	0.0%	5.6%	5.6%	11.1%	29%		1.25	89%				6	0	0%

1988	27	MON	NL	35	43%	0.0%	11.4%	14.3%	2.9%	17%	0.67	1.00	71%	27%	0.0%	20%	9	1	11%
1989	28	PIT	NL	107	64%	0.9%	11.2%	9.4%	3.7%	14%	1.48	2.69	77%	18%	3.8%	21%	21	4	19%
5 Yrs				220	56%	1.8%	11.8%	10.0%	5.9%	24%	1.23	1.57	75%	20%	2.6%	21%	50	7	14%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.7%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.8%	29%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	27	MON	NL	35	115	3.29	66	57%	18%	11%	32%	39%	82%	0%	47%	87%	51%	11%	4	1	6%	2	1	1	0%	0	3	0	0	0
1989	28	PIT	NL	85	277	3.26	172	62%	20%	15%	24%	40%	78%	2%	49%	80%	65%	6%	5	3	15%	13	5	0	11%	2	2	22	0	2
2 Yrs				120	392	3.27	238	61%	20%	13%	26%	40%	79%	1%	48%	82%	61%	8%	9	4	13%	15	6	1	8%	2	5	22	0	2
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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	23	CIN	NL	47	12			1	0	2	0	1	1	0	6	4	0	67%	2	1	0	26	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1985	24	CIN	NL	13	2			2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	25	CIN	NL	18	7			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1988	27	MON	NL	35	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	18	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	28	PIT	NL	107	28	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	7	3	2	43%	3	1	0	46	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5 Yrs				220	55	3	0	4	0	5	3	1	1	3	16	10	2	63%	5	2	0	100	8	1	89%	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1984	23	1	0	1.000	5.23	8	0	5	0	10.1	12	6	6	1	5	0	7	1	47	75	1.645	10.5	0.9	4.4	6.1	1.40	75
1985	24	1	0	1.000	5.27	10	0	6	0	13.2	14	8	8	3	6	0	9	1	60	76	1.463	9.2	2.0	4.0	5.9	1.50	76
1986	25	1	0	1.000	6.88	12	1	7	0	17.0	21	13	13	3	7	0	10	1	78	59	1.647	11.1	1.6	3.7	5.3	1.43	59
1987	26	1	0	1.000	6.88	12	1	7	0	17.0	21	13	13	3	7	0	10	1	78	59	1.647	11.1	1.6	3.7	5.3	1.43	59
1988	27	1	0	1.000	5.61	17	1	10	1	25.2	27	16	16	3	12	0	14	1	113	70	1.519	9.5	1.1	4.2	4.9	1.17	70
1989	28	1	1	.500	4.71	33	1	18	1	49.2	55	28	26	4	22	1	26	2	220	79	1.550	10.0	0.7	4.0	4.7	1.18	79

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1984	23	0	1	.000	6.30	10.0	13	8	7	1	5	7	0	1.800	11.7	4.5	6.3	1.40	0.9	8
1985	24	0	0		6.00	3.0	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	6.0	2
1986	25	0	0		15.00	3.0	7	6	5	0	1	1	0	2.667	21.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	0.0	2

1988	27	0	0		5.14	7.0	7	4	4	0	6	3	0	1.857	9.0	7.7	3.9	0.50	0.0	5
1989	28	1	1	.500	4.91	22.0	31	13	12	1	11	11	0	1.909	12.7	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.4	16
5 Yrs		1	2	.333	6.00	45.0	60	33	30	4	24	24	0	1.867	12.0		4.8	1.00	0.8	33

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