Lee Smith

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 220lb (196cm, 99kg)

Born: December 4, 1957 in Jamestown, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Castor HS (Castor, LA).

High School: Castor HS (Castor, LA)

School: Northwestern State University of Louisiana (Natchitoches, LA)

Last Game: July 2, 1997 (Age 39-210d)
vs. TOR 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2019. (Voted by Today's Game Era Committee)
View Lee Smith's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Brian David • Previously: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Lee Arthur Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.9

ERA

3.03

1022

478

1289.1

1251

WHIP

1.256

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1975	17	-2.4	Cubs	GULF	Rk	CHC	3	5	.375	2.32	3.34	10	10		2	1	0	62.0	35	23	16	0	49	0	35	2	2	4		1.355	5.1	0.0	7.1	5.1	0.71
1976	18	-2.8	Pompano Beach	FLOR	A	CHC	4	8	.333	5.35	6.77	26	18		2	1	0	101.0	120	76	60	7	74	0	52	3	0	6		1.921	10.7	0.6	6.6	4.6	0.70
1977	19	-2.2	Pompano Beach	FLOR	A	CHC	10	4	.714	4.29	4.64	26	18		4	0	0	130.0	131	67	62	3	85	1	82	4	0	10		1.662	9.1	0.2	5.9	5.7	0.96
1978	20	-2.6	Midland	TL	AA	CHC	8	10	.444	5.98	7.08	30	25		3	0	1	155.0	161	122	103	16	128	1	71	2	0	8		1.865	9.3	0.9	7.4	4.1	0.55
1979	21	-1.9	Midland	TL	AA	CHC	9	5	.643	4.93	5.63	35	9		0	0	3	104.0	122	65	57	7	85	1	46	1	0	12		1.990	10.6	0.6	7.4	4.0	0.54
1980	22	-2.4	Wichita	AA	AAA	CHC	4	7	.364	3.70	4.90	50	2		0	0	15	90.0	70	49	37	4	56	4	63	2	4	16		1.400	7.0	0.4	5.6	6.3	1.13
1980	22	-6.3	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	2	0	1.000	2.91	3.74	18	0	6	0	0	0	21.2	21	9	7	0	14	5	17	0	0	0	97	1.615	8.7	0.0	5.8	7.1	1.21
1981	23	-5.7	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	3	6	.333	3.51	4.19	40	1	12	0	0	1	66.2	57	31	26	2	31	8	50	1	1	7	281	1.320	7.7	0.3	4.2	6.8	1.61
1982	24	-4.7	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	2	5	.286	2.69	2.92	72	5	38	0	0	17	117.0	105	38	35	5	37	5	99	3	1	6	480	1.214	8.1	0.4	2.8	7.6	2.68
1983	25	-3.5	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	4	10	.286	1.65	2.00	66	0	56	0	0	29	103.1	70	23	19	5	41	14	91	1	2	5	413	1.074	6.1	0.4	3.6	7.9	2.22
1984	26	-2.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	9	7	.563	3.65	3.74	69	0	59	0	0	33	101.0	98	42	41	6	35	7	86	0	0	6	428	1.317	8.7	0.5	3.1	7.7	2.46
1985	27	-1.2	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	7	4	.636	3.04	3.23	65	0	57	0	0	33	97.2	87	35	33	9	32	6	112	1	0	4	397	1.218	8.0	0.8	2.9	10.3	3.50
1986	28	-0.3	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	9	9	.500	3.09	3.19	66	0	59	0	0	31	90.1	69	32	31	7	42	11	93	0	0	2	372	1.229	6.9	0.7	4.2	9.3	2.21
1987	29	0.8	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	4	10	.286	3.12	3.23	62	0	55	0	0	36	83.2	84	30	29	4	32	5	96	0	0	4	360	1.386	9.0	0.4	3.4	10.3	3.00
1988	30	1.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	5	.444	2.80	3.66	64	0	57	0	0	29	83.2	72	34	26	7	37	6	96	1	0	2	363	1.303	7.7	0.8	4.0	10.3	2.59
1989	31	2.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	6	1	.857	3.57	3.82	64	0	50	0	0	25	70.2	53	30	28	6	33	6	96	0	0	1	290	1.217	6.8	0.8	4.2	12.2	2.91
1990	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BOS	5	5	.500	2.06	2.60	64	0	53	0	0	31	83.0	71	24	19	3	29	7	87	0	0	2	344	1.205	7.7	0.3	3.1	9.4	3.00
1990	32	3.6	STL	NL	Maj	STL	3	4	.429	2.10	2.62	53	0	45	0	0	27	68.2	58	20	16	3	20	5	70	0	0	1	280	1.136	7.6	0.4	2.6	9.2	3.50
1990	32	3.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	1	.667	1.88	2.51	11	0	8	0	0	4	14.1	13	4	3	0	9	2	17	0	0	1	64	1.535	8.2	0.0	5.7	10.7	1.89
1991	33	4.9	STL	NL	Maj	STL	6	3	.667	2.34	2.34	67	0	61	0	0	47	73.0	70	19	19	5	13	5	67	0	0	1	300	1.137	8.6	0.6	1.6	8.3	5.15
1992	34	5.7	STL	NL	Maj	STL	4	9	.308	3.12	3.36	70	0	55	0	0	43	75.0	62	28	26	4	26	4	60	0	0	2	310	1.173	7.4	0.5	3.1	7.2	2.31
1993	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	STL	2	4	.333	3.88	3.88	63	0	56	0	0	46	58.0	53	25	25	11	14	2	60	0	0	1	239	1.155	8.2	1.7	2.2	9.3	4.29
1993	35	6.8	STL	NL	Maj	STL	2	4	.333	4.50	4.50	55	0	48	0	0	43	50.0	49	25	25	11	9	1	49	0	0	1	206	1.160	8.8	2.0	1.6	8.8	5.44
1993	35	6.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		0.00	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	6.9	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	4	.200	3.29	3.76	41	0	39	0	0	33	38.1	34	16	14	6	11	1	42	0	0	0	160	1.174	8.0	1.4	2.6	9.9	3.82
1995	37	8.2	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	0	5	.000	3.47	3.47	52	0	51	0	0	37	49.1	42	19	19	3	25	4	43	1	0	1	209	1.358	7.7	0.5	4.6	7.8	1.72
1996	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CAL	3	4	.429	3.74	3.90	54	0	24	0	0	2	55.1	57	24	23	4	26	4	41	1	0	3	245	1.500	9.3	0.7	4.2	6.7	1.58
1996	38	14.9	Lake Elsinore	CALL	A+	CAL	0	0		9.00	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1996	38	9.6	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	4	.429	4.06	4.06	43	0	16	0	0	2	44.1	49	20	20	4	23	4	35	1	0	2	201	1.624	9.9	0.8	4.7	7.1	1.52
1996	38	9.7	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	0	0		2.45	3.27	11	0	8	0	0	0	11.0	8	4	3	0	3	0	6	0	0	1	44	1.000	6.5	0.0	2.5	4.9	2.00
1997	39	10.9	MON	NL	Maj	MON	0	1	.000	5.82	6.65	25	0	14	0	0	5	21.2	28	16	14	2	8	0	15	1	0	0	100	1.662	11.6	0.8	3.3	6.2	1.88
1998	40		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	HOU	1	1	.500	5.84	5.84	12	0	9	0	0	2	12.1	15	8	8	2	4	0	16	0	0	0	56	1.541	10.9	1.5	2.9	11.7	4.00
1998	40	13.5	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	HOU	1	1	.500	6.97	6.97	10	0	7	0	0	2	10.1	14	8	8	2	4	0	11	0	0	0	49	1.742	12.2	1.7	3.5	9.6	2.75
1998	40	15.7	Jackson	TL	AA	HOU	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	22.5
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (18 seasons)					Majors		71	92	.436	3.03	3.32	1022	6	802	0	0	478	1289.1	1133	475	434	89	486	100	1251	10	4	47	5388	1.256	7.9	0.6	3.4	8.7	2.57
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		39	40	.494	4.72	5.66	190	83	9	11	2	21	655.1	655	412	344	39	482	7	366	14	6	57	61	1.735	9.0	0.5	6.6	5.0	0.76
All Levels (24 Seasons)							110	132	.455	3.60	4.11	1212	89	811	11	2	499	1944.2	1788	887	778	128	968	107	1617	24	10	104	5449	1.417	8.3	0.6	4.5	7.5	1.67

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		5	8	.385	4.04	5.11	60	2	7	0	0	17	100.1	84	57	45	6	60	4	74	2	4	16	49	1.435	7.5	0.5	5.4	6.6	1.23
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		17	15	.531	5.52	6.45	67	34	2	3	0	4	261.0	284	187	160	23	213	2	122	3	0	20	7	1.904	9.8	0.8	7.3	4.2	0.57
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	0		9.00	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
A (2 seasons)					Minors		14	12	.538	4.75	5.57	52	36		6	1	0	231.0	251	143	122	10	159	1	134	7	0	16		1.775	9.8	0.4	6.2	5.2	0.84
Rk (1 season)					Minors		3	5	.375	2.32	3.34	10	10		2	1	0	62.0	35	23	16	0	49	0	35	2	2	4		1.355	5.1	0.0	7.1	5.1	0.71