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Zane Smith
Zane William Smith
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 28, 1960 in Madison, WI
School: Indiana State University
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1984
Final Game: July 5, 1996
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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 23 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 2.25 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.0 16 7 5 1 13 2 16 0 0 0 87 171 1.450 7.2 0.5 5.9 7.2 1.23
1985 24 ATL NL 9 10 .474 3.80 42 18 3 2 2 0 147.0 135 70 62 4 80 5 85 3 0 2 631 100 1.463 8.3 0.2 4.9 5.2 1.06
1986 25 ATL NL 8 16 .333 4.05 38 32 2 3 1 1 204.2 209 109 92 8 105 6 139 5 0 8 889 98 1.534 9.2 0.4 4.6 6.1 1.32
1987 26 ATL NL 15 10 .600 4.09 36 36 0 9 3 0 242.0 245 130 110 19 91 6 130 5 1 5 1035 106 1.388 9.1 0.7 3.4 4.8 1.43
1988 27 ATL NL 5 10 .333 4.30 23 22 0 3 0 0 140.1 159 72 67 8 44 4 59 3 2 2 609 85 1.447 10.2 0.5 2.8 3.8 1.34
1989 28 TOT NL 1 13 .071 3.49 48 17 10 0 0 2 147.0 141 76 57 7 52 7 93 3 0 4 634 103 1.313 8.6 0.4 3.2 5.7 1.79
1989 28 ATL NL 1 12 .077 4.45 17 17 0 0 0 0 99.0 102 65 49 5 33 3 58 2 0 3 432 82 1.364 9.3 0.5 3.0 5.3 1.76
1989 28 MON NL 0 1 .000 1.50 31 0 10 0 0 2 48.0 39 11 8 2 19 4 35 1 0 1 202 236 1.208 7.3 0.4 3.6 6.6 1.84
1990 29 TOT NL 12 9 .571 2.55 33 31 1 4 2 0 215.1 196 77 61 15 50 4 130 3 0 2 860 142 1.142 8.2 0.6 2.1 5.4 2.60
1990 29 MON NL 6 7 .462 3.23 22 21 0 1 0 0 139.1 141 57 50 11 41 3 80 3 0 1 578 113 1.306 9.1 0.7 2.6 5.2 1.95
1990 29 PIT NL 6 2 .750 1.30 11 10 1 3 2 0 76.0 55 20 11 4 9 1 50 0 0 1 282 277 0.842 6.5 0.5 1.1 5.9 5.56
1991 30 PIT NL 16 10 .615 3.20 35 35 0 6 3 0 228.0 234 95 81 15 29 3 120 2 0 1 916 113 1.154 9.2 0.6 1.1 4.7 4.14
1992 31 PIT NL 8 8 .500 3.06 23 22 0 4 3 0 141.0 138 56 48 8 19 3 56 2 0 0 566 112 1.113 8.8 0.5 1.2 3.6 2.95
1993 32 PIT NL 3 7 .300 4.55 14 14 0 1 0 0 83.0 97 43 42 5 22 3 32 0 0 2 353 89 1.434 10.5 0.5 2.4 3.5 1.45
1994 33 PIT NL 10 8 .556 3.27 25 24 0 2 1 0 157.0 162 67 57 18 34 7 57 0 0 2 645 132 1.248 9.3 1.0 1.9 3.3 1.68
1995 34 BOS AL 8 8 .500 5.61 24 21 0 0 0 0 110.2 144 78 69 7 23 1 47 1 1 0 484 87 1.509 11.7 0.6 1.9 3.8 2.04
1996 35 PIT NL 4 6 .400 5.08 16 16 0 1 1 0 83.1 104 53 47 7 21 4 47 4 1 0 368 87 1.500 11.2 0.8 2.3 5.1 2.24
13 Seasons 100 115 .465 3.74 360 291 16 35 16 3 1919.1 1980 933 798 122 583 55 1011 31 5 28 8077 105 1.335 9.3 0.6 2.7 4.7 1.73
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .465 3.74 38 30 2 4 2 0 200 207 97 83 13 61 6 106 3 1 3 844 105 1.335 9.3 0.6 2.7 4.7 1.73
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
PIT (6 yrs) 47 41 .534 3.35 124 121 1 17 10 0 768.1 790 334 286 57 134 21 362 8 1 6 3130 115 1.203 9.3 0.7 1.6 4.2 2.70
ATL (6 yrs) 39 58 .402 4.06 159 128 5 17 6 1 853.0 866 453 385 45 366 26 487 18 3 20 3683 97 1.444 9.1 0.5 3.9 5.1 1.33
MON (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 2.79 53 21 10 1 0 2 187.1 180 68 58 13 60 7 115 4 0 2 780 130 1.281 8.6 0.6 2.9 5.5 1.92
BOS (1 yr) 8 8 .500 5.61 24 21 0 0 0 0 110.2 144 78 69 7 23 1 47 1 1 0 484 87 1.509 11.7 0.6 1.9 3.8 2.04
NL (12 yrs) 92 107 .462 3.63 336 270 16 35 16 3 1808.2 1836 855 729 115 560 54 964 30 4 28 7593 107 1.325 9.1 0.6 2.8 4.8 1.72
AL (1 yr) 8 8 .500 5.61 24 21 0 0 0 0 110.2 144 78 69 7 23 1 47 1 1 0 484 87 1.509 11.7 0.6 1.9 3.8 2.04

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
1990 29 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 2 .000 6.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 14 6 6 2 1 1 8 0 0 0 42 1.667 14.0 2.0 1.0 8.0 8.00
1991 30 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 1 1 .500 0.61 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.2 15 1 1 0 3 1 10 1 0 0 60 1.227 9.2 0.0 1.8 6.1 3.33
1995 34 BOS AL ALDS L CLE 0 1 .000 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 1 4 .200 2.88 5 3 1 0 0 0 25.0 30 8 8 3 4 2 18 1 0 0 107 1.360 10.8 1.1 1.4 6.5 4.50
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.0
2 NLCS 1 3 .250 2.66 4 3 0 0 0 0 23.2 29 7 7 2 4 2 18 1 0 0 102 1.394 11.0 0.8 1.5 6.8 4.50

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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
1984 23 ATL NL 3 9 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .556 .556 .556 1.111 206 5 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 24 ATL NL 43 44 37 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .162 .184 .162 .346 -4 6 1 0 6 0 0 1
1986 25 ATL NL 43 70 59 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 19 .085 .115 .085 .199 -45 5 0 0 9 0 0 1
1987 26 ATL NL 41 94 76 6 10 1 1 0 6 1 0 3 14 .132 .175 .171 .346 -9 13 0 1 14 0 0 1
1988 27 ATL NL 27 50 42 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .167 .186 .190 .377 7 8 0 0 7 0 0 1
1989 28 TOT NL 53 36 32 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .188 .188 .219 .406 15 7 0 0 4 0 0 1
1989 28 ATL NL 21 32 28 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .179 .179 .179 .357 2 5 0 0 4 0 0 1
1989 28 MON NL 32 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 108 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 29 TOT NL 34 77 68 1 11 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 16 .162 .174 .235 .409 14 16 1 0 8 0 0 1
1990 29 MON NL 23 47 40 1 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 .175 .175 .250 .425 18 10 1 0 7 0 0 1
1990 29 PIT NL 11 30 28 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .143 .172 .214 .387 8 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1991 30 PIT NL 36 89 71 3 13 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 8 .183 .224 .225 .449 28 16 0 1 13 1 0 1
1992 31 PIT NL 26 54 49 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .122 .157 .163 .320 -8 8 0 0 3 0 0 1
1993 32 PIT NL 14 29 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .080 .080 .080 .160 -57 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
1994 33 PIT NL 26 59 57 2 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .211 .211 .228 .439 14 13 0 0 2 0 0 1
1996 35 PIT NL 16 28 26 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .154 .308 -19 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
13 Seasons 362 639 551 27 87 12 2 0 32 1 0 13 108 .158 .180 .187 .367 1 103 2 2 72 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 286 247 12 39 5 1 0 14 0 0 6 48 .158 .180 .187 .367 1 46 1 1 32 0 0
PIT (6 yrs) 129 289 256 9 41 8 0 0 18 0 0 6 49 .160 .182 .191 .373 3 49 0 1 25 1 0
ATL (6 yrs) 178 299 251 16 38 2 1 0 12 1 0 7 48 .151 .178 .167 .345 -6 42 1 1 40 0 0
MON (2 yrs) 55 51 44 2 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 .182 .182 .273 .455 26 12 1 0 7 0 0

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
1990 29 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 30 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 ATL NL 23 P 3 3 20.0 6 2 3 1 1 .833 2.25 1.67 .967 1.89 0.67
1985 ATL NL 24 P 42 18 147.0 45 7 35 3 2 .933 2.57 1.00 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 ATL NL 25 P 38 32 204.2 53 7 45 1 4 .981 2.29 1.37 .953 1.94 0.66
1987 ATL NL 26 P 36 36 242.0 58 15 43 0 4 1.000 2.16 1.61 .953 1.91 0.62
1988 ATL NL 27 P 23 22 140.1 50 16 33 1 6 .980 3.14 2.13 .954 1.96 0.69
1989 TOT NL 28 P 48 17 147.0 49 7 39 3 0 .939 2.82 0.96 .949 1.87 0.63
1989 ATL NL 28 P 17 17 99.0 33 4 27 2 0 .939 2.82 1.82 .948 1.87 0.63
1989 MON NL 28 P 31 0 48.0 16 3 12 1 0 .938 2.81 0.48 .950 1.88 0.63
1990 TOT NL 29 P 33 31 215.1 48 10 35 3 5 .938 1.88 1.36 .958 1.80 0.58
1990 MON NL 29 P 22 21 139.1 34 4 27 3 3 .912 2.00 1.41 .959 1.80 0.58
1990 PIT NL 29 P 11 10 76.0 14 6 8 0 2 1.000 1.66 1.27 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 PIT NL 30 P 35 35 228.0 54 12 39 3 5 .944 2.01 1.46 .956 1.86 0.59
1992 PIT NL 31 P 23 22 141.0 35 6 29 0 2 1.000 2.23 1.52 .951 1.94 0.60
1993 PIT NL 32 P 14 14 83.0 16 8 8 0 2 1.000 1.73 1.14 .950 1.84 0.54
1994 PIT NL 33 P 25 24 157.0 48 8 40 0 1 1.000 2.75 1.92 .956 1.86 0.54
1995 BOS AL 34 P 24 21 110.2 24 5 18 1 1 .958 1.87 0.96 .958 1.79 0.53
1996 PIT NL 35 P 16 16 83.1 15 1 13 1 1 .933 1.51 0.88 .953 1.84 0.52
13 Seasons P 360 291 1919.1 501 104 380 17 34 .966 2.27 1.34 .954 1.88 0.61
13 Seasons TOT 360 291 1919.1 501 104 380 17 34 .966 2.27 1.34 .920 1.88 0.61
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1990 NL  2.550 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1987 NL  15 (5th)
1991 NL  16 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1987 NL  .600 (10th)
1991 NL  .615 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1990 NL  1.142 (8th)
1991 NL  1.154 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL  2.090 (6th)
1991 NL  1.145 (1st)
1994 NL  1.949 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1987 NL  242.0 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1987 NL  36 (1st)
1991 NL  35 (5th)
1994 NL  24 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1987 NL  9 (4th)
1991 NL  6 (5th)
1994 NL  2 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1987 NL  3 (3rd)
1990 NL  2 (9th)
1991 NL  3 (3rd)
1992 NL  3 (8th)
1994 NL  1 (5th)
1996 NL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1994 NL  18 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL  105 (2nd)
1987 NL  91 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1987 NL  245 (4th)
1991 NL  234 (4th)
1994 NL  162 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1990 NL  2.600 (9th)
1991 NL  4.138 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 NL  .352 (1st)
1987 NL  .707 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1986 NL  16 (2nd)
1989 NL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1986 NL  92 (9th)
1987 NL  110 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1986 NL  5 (8th)
1987 NL  5 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1987 NL  1035 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1990 NL  142 (4th)
1994 NL  132 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1987 NL  14 (1st)
1991 NL  13 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 42 (585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Dave Roberts (954)
  3. Clyde Wright (950)
  4. Denny Lemaster (949)
  5. Randy Jones (948)
  6. Al Smith (946)
  7. Max Butcher (943)
  8. Jim Rooker (942)
  9. Dick Ellsworth (941)
  10. Jarrod Washburn (941)
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  1. Bill Lee (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Frank Bertaina (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ted Gray (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ken Kravec (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Steve Stone (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Hargan (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Bosman (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Roberts (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Hargan (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Denny Lemaster (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave Roberts (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bud Black (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft.

July 2, 1989: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Montreal Expos for Kevin Dean (minors), Nate Minchey and Sergio Valdez.

August 8, 1990: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later, Willie Greene and Scott Ruskin. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Moises Alou (August 16, 1990) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 25, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 18, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 1, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

February 17, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 6, 1996: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Atlanta Braves$200,000
1987Atlanta Braves$250,000
1988Atlanta Braves$450,000
1989Atlanta Braves$650,000
1990Montreal Expos$860,000
1991Pittsburgh Pirates$2,225,000
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$2,525,000
1993Pittsburgh Pirates$2,725,000
1994Pittsburgh Pirates$3,125,000
1995Boston Red Sox$1,525,000
1996Pittsburgh Pirates$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$14,935,000
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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