Roy Smith
Le Roy Purdy Smith
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 6, 1961 in Mount Vernon, NY
High School: Mt. Vernon (Mt. Vernon, NY)
School: Fordham University
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Signed July 30, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1984
Final Game: August 16, 1991
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Standard Pitching

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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
1984 22 CLE AL 5 5 .500 4.59 22 14 1 0 0 0 86.1 91 49 44 14 40 5 55 1 2 3 382 90 1.517 9.5 1.5 4.2 5.7 1.38
1985 23 CLE AL 1 4 .200 5.34 12 11 0 1 0 0 62.1 84 40 37 8 17 0 28 1 0 1 285 78 1.620 12.1 1.2 2.5 4.0 1.65
1986 24 MIN AL 0 2 .000 6.97 5 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 13 8 8 1 5 1 8 1 0 0 50 61 1.742 11.3 0.9 4.4 7.0 1.60
1987 25 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 4.96 7 1 1 0 0 0 16.1 20 10 9 3 6 0 8 2 0 0 78 93 1.592 11.0 1.7 3.3 4.4 1.33
1988 26 MIN AL 3 0 1.000 2.68 9 4 1 0 0 0 37.0 29 12 11 3 12 1 17 1 4 1 152 152 1.108 7.1 0.7 2.9 4.1 1.42
1989 27 MIN AL 10 6 .625 3.92 32 26 1 2 0 1 172.1 180 82 75 22 51 5 92 5 1 5 733 106 1.340 9.4 1.1 2.7 4.8 1.80
1990 28 MIN AL 5 10 .333 4.81 32 23 1 1 1 0 153.1 191 91 82 20 47 4 87 0 0 10 671 87 1.552 11.2 1.2 2.8 5.1 1.85
1991 29 BAL AL 5 4 .556 5.60 17 14 0 0 0 0 80.1 99 52 50 9 24 0 25 1 1 3 348 71 1.531 11.1 1.0 2.7 2.8 1.04
8 Seasons 30 31 .492 4.60 136 93 7 4 1 1 618.1 707 344 316 80 202 16 320 12 8 23 2699 90 1.470 10.3 1.2 2.9 4.7 1.58
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .492 4.60 40 28 2 1 0 0 184 210 102 94 24 60 5 95 4 2 7 801 90 1.470 10.3 1.2 2.9 4.7 1.58
MIN (5 yrs) 19 18 .514 4.28 85 54 6 3 1 1 389.1 433 203 185 49 121 11 212 9 5 16 1684 98 1.423 10.0 1.1 2.8 4.9 1.75
CLE (2 yrs) 6 9 .400 4.90 34 25 1 1 0 0 148.2 175 89 81 22 57 5 83 2 2 4 667 84 1.561 10.6 1.3 3.5 5.0 1.46
BAL (1 yr) 5 4 .556 5.60 17 14 0 0 0 0 80.1 99 52 50 9 24 0 25 1 1 3 348 71 1.531 11.1 1.0 2.7 2.8 1.04

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1984 22 CLE AL 22 382 337 49 91 11 3 14 5 6 40 55 .270 .346 .445 .792 .284 150 4 1 1 3 5
1985 23 CLE AL 12 285 262 40 84 15 3 8 9 2 17 28 .321 .359 .492 .852 .330 129 3 1 1 4 0
1986 24 MIN AL 5 50 44 8 13 4 0 1 5 0 5 8 .295 .380 .455 .835 .343 20 0 1 0 0 1
1987 25 MIN AL 7 77 68 10 20 5 0 3 1 0 6 8 .294 .364 .500 .864 .293 34 1 2 0 1 0
1988 26 MIN AL 9 152 138 12 29 4 0 3 6 1 12 17 .210 .276 .304 .581 .218 42 2 1 0 1 1
1989 27 MIN AL 32 732 668 82 180 30 3 22 10 9 51 92 .269 .325 .422 .747 .284 282 10 5 5 3 5
1990 28 MIN AL 32 671 611 91 191 34 4 20 15 13 47 87 .313 .356 .480 .835 .332 293 11 0 2 11 4
1991 29 BAL AL 17 348 318 52 99 18 2 9 6 5 24 25 .311 .358 .465 .824 .314 148 9 1 2 3 0
8 Seasons 136 2697 2446 344 707 121 15 80 57 36 202 320 .289 .343 .449 .792 .303 1098 40 12 11 26 16
162 Game Avg. 40 801 726 102 210 36 4 24 17 11 60 95 .289 .343 .449 .792 .303 326 12 4 3 8 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1984 22 CLE AL 22 14 5 5 4 1 0 8 6 .571 2 1 0 0 4 29% 46 74 23 17 1 4 4 5.0 5.6 5.2
1985 23 CLE AL 12 11 1 4 6 0 1 4 7 .364 1 3 1 0 3 27% 43 82 22 11 2 2 6 5.4 5.1 5.7
1987 25 MIN AL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 47 47 47 4 1 0 1 15.8 18.0 7.0
1988 26 MIN AL 9 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 2 50% 47 62 22 5 1 0 4 6.4 7.2 5.2 78 3 1 0 0 87
1989 27 MIN AL 32 26 10 6 10 1 2 18 8 .692 4 4 2 0 16 62% 50 72 23 24 5 3 10 5.9 4.3 6.1 95 4 10 10 2 136
1990 28 MIN AL 32 23 5 10 8 1 1 9 14 .391 4 0 1 1 9 39% 45 82 19 23 7 2 6 4.8 5.5 5.6 93 3 13 7 0 119
1991 29 BAL AL 17 14 5 3 6 1 1 7 7 .500 1 2 0 0 6 43% 44 70 17 24 10 1 5 4.9 4.2 5.4 82 6 5 3 0 114
7 Seasons 131 93 29 28 36 4 5 49 44 .527 12 11 4 1 41 44% 46 82 17 108 27 12 36 5.4 5.1 5.6 90 16 29 20 2 136
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1984 22 CLE AL 22 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.969 2 0 6 0 2 6 1 7 5 1 6 0 5.1
1985 23 CLE AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 1.008 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1986 24 MIN AL 5 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 2 50% 7 1.093 1 1 3 2 0 3 2 3 4 0 4 0 6.2
1987 25 MIN AL 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 3 50% 4 0.432 1 0 5 1 0 5 4 2 4 1 4 0 4.7
1988 26 MIN AL 9 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 0.848 1 1 3 1 0 4 2 3 5 0 5 0 9.8 48
1989 27 MIN AL 32 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 3 0.937 0 4 2 1 0 5 3 3 4 0 4 0 7.3 41
1990 28 MIN AL 32 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 2 0.859 1 3 5 0 1 8 6 3 9 0 9 0 8.3 48
1991 29 BAL AL 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0% 3 0.979 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.7 28
8 Seasons 136 43 7 1 3 3 1 2 33% 5 1 31 11 35% 0.918 7 12 24 7 4 32 20 23 33 4 34 0 6.6 44

Ratio Pitching*

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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 22 CLE AL 382 59% 3.7% 14.4% 10.5% 7.3% 31% 0.41 71% 78 4 5%
1985 23 CLE AL 285 51% 2.8% 9.8% 6.0% 9.1% 31% 0.50 81% 51 3 6%
1986 24 MIN AL 50 58% 2.0% 16.0% 10.0% 10.0% 39% 0.57 70% 10 0 0%
1987 25 MIN AL 78 46% 3.9% 10.4% 7.8% 10.4% 40% 0.86 75% 18 1 6%
1988 26 MIN AL 152 53% 2.0% 11.2% 7.9% 4.6% 24% 0.51 0.50 78% 16% 4.9% 21% 22 2 9%
1989 27 MIN AL 733 48% 3.0% 12.6% 7.0% 7.5% 31% 0.50 0.66 76% 22% 6.8% 15% 129 10 8%
1990 28 MIN AL 671 48% 3.0% 13.0% 7.0% 8.6% 30% 0.48 0.58 77% 24% 6.4% 13% 120 11 9%
1991 29 BAL AL 348 50% 2.6% 7.2% 6.9% 8.3% 29% 0.60 0.99 82% 26% 5.7% 13% 60 9 15%
8 Seasons 2699 51% 3.0% 11.9% 7.5% 8.0% 31% 0.51 0.62 77% 23% 6.3% 14% 488 40 8%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 MIN AL 152 555 3.65 328 59% 25% 11% 27% 37% 75% 0% 44% 86% 47% 7% 11 6 10% 15 4 0 18% 0 4 0 2 0
1989 27 MIN AL 733 2715 3.70 1676 62% 29% 11% 25% 35% 71% 1% 44% 83% 59% 5% 38 26 16% 120 34 4 29% 5 7 0 0 5
1990 28 MIN AL 671 2566 3.82 1535 60% 30% 11% 24% 35% 70% 1% 42% 84% 57% 4% 24 12 16% 110 37 5 40% 13 9 0 2 10
1991 29 BAL AL 348 1232 3.54 744 60% 26% 9% 25% 40% 74% 0% 45% 88% 58% 5% 18 12 11% 38 12 0 28% 3 6 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1904 7068 3.71 4283 61% 28% 11% 25% 36% 71% 1% 43% 85% 57% 5% 91 56 15% 283 87 9 33% 21 26 0 4 15
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 22 CLE AL 382 91 14 1 11 5 9 8 6 20 12 2 60% 7 3 0 141 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1985 23 CLE AL 285 84 8 0 2 2 6 2 6 14 10 0 71% 5 1 0 111 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1986 24 MIN AL 50 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 21 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 25 MIN AL 78 20 3 0 5 1 2 1 2 6 2 1 33% 1 0 1 33 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1988 26 MIN AL 152 29 7 1 3 0 4 1 2 0 3 5 4 0 80% 2 1 0 50 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1989 27 MIN AL 733 180 20 6 22 0 8 17 5 8 14 34 17 6 50% 4 5 2 270 10 9 53% 10 8 0 1 0 0 1 1 17 0
1990 28 MIN AL 671 191 12 3 20 0 7 11 9 10 10 35 19 6 54% 6 10 1 249 15 13 54% 13 12 2 1 0 0 1 0 28 0
1991 29 BAL AL 348 99 29 2 9 1 2 5 4 6 3 13 10 0 77% 1 3 0 126 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
8 Seasons 2699 707 68 12 80 2 39 42 38 35 45 129 75 15 58% 27 23 4 1001 57 36 61% 54 34 3 2 0 0 4 1 77 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 22 5 5 .500 4.59 22 14 1 0 0 0 86.1 91 49 44 14 40 5 55 1 2 3 382 90 1.517 9.5 1.5 4.2 5.7 1.38 90
1985 23 6 9 .400 4.90 34 25 1 1 0 0 148.2 175 89 81 22 57 5 83 2 2 4 667 84 1.561 10.6 1.3 3.5 5.0 1.46 84
1986 24 6 11 .353 5.04 39 25 3 1 0 0 159.0 188 97 89 23 62 6 91 3 2 4 717 82 1.572 10.6 1.3 3.5 5.2 1.47 82
1987 25 7 11 .389 5.03 46 26 4 1 0 0 175.1 208 107 98 26 68 6 99 5 2 4 795 83 1.574 10.7 1.3 3.5 5.1 1.46 83
1988 26 10 11 .476 4.62 55 30 5 1 0 0 212.1 237 119 109 29 80 7 116 6 6 5 947 90 1.493 10.0 1.2 3.4 4.9 1.45 90
1989 27 20 17 .541 4.31 87 56 6 3 0 1 384.2 417 201 184 51 131 12 208 11 7 10 1680 97 1.425 9.8 1.2 3.1 4.9 1.59 97
1990 28 25 27 .481 4.45 119 79 7 4 1 1 538.0 608 292 266 71 178 16 295 11 7 20 2351 94 1.461 10.2 1.2 3.0 4.9 1.66 94
1991 29 30 31 .492 4.60 136 93 7 4 1 1 618.1 707 344 316 80 202 16 320 12 8 23 2699 90 1.470 10.3 1.2 2.9 4.7 1.58 90

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 22 3 6 .333 5.05 82.0 94 51 46 14 41 52 1 1.646 10.3 4.5 5.7 1.27 1.5 22
1985 23 2 4 .333 5.85 60.0 86 43 39 8 17 27 1 1.717 12.9 2.6 4.1 1.59 1.2 12
1986 24 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 14 9 8 1 5 8 1 1.900 12.6 4.5 7.2 1.60 0.9 5
1987 25 0 1 .000 4.76 17.0 20 10 9 3 6 8 2 1.529 10.6 3.2 4.2 1.33 1.6 7
1988 26 3 1 .750 3.00 36.0 30 13 12 3 12 17 1 1.167 7.5 3.0 4.3 1.42 0.8 9
1989 27 8 10 .444 4.23 164.0 183 86 77 22 52 88 5 1.433 10.0 2.9 4.8 1.69 1.2 32
1990 28 5 10 .333 5.25 144.0 193 93 84 20 47 82 0 1.667 12.1 2.9 5.1 1.74 1.3 32
1991 29 2 6 .250 6.66 73.0 102 60 54 9 25 23 1 1.740 12.6 3.1 2.8 0.92 1.1 17
8 Seasons 23 39 .371 5.05 586.0 722 365 329 80 205 305 12 1.582 11.1 4.7 1.49 1.2 136

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1989 AL  22 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1990 AL  10 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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