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Lee Smith
Lee Arthur Smith

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 225 lb.

Debut September 1, 1980
  vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 2, 1997
Born December 4, 1957 in Shreveport, LA

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1975. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1980 22 CHC NL   2   0  18   0   0   0   6  0   21.7   21    9    7   0   14   17   0   0    97   5   0  2.91  3.93  135 1.615
 1981 23 CHC NL   3   6  40   1   0   0  12  1   66.7   57   31   26   2   31   50   1   7   280   8   1  3.51  3.70  105 1.320
 1982 24 CHC NL   2   5  72   5   0   0  38 17  117.0  105   38   35   5   37   99   3   6   480   5   1  2.69  3.72  138 1.214
 1983 25 CHC NL   4  10  66   0   0   0  56 29  103.3   70   23   19   5   41   91   1   5   413  14   2  1.65  3.78  229 1.074 MVP-18,CYA-9,AS
 1984 26 CHC NL   9   7  69   0   0   0  59 33  101.0   98   42   41   6   35   86   0   6   428   7   0  3.65  3.88  106 1.317
 1985 27 CHC NL   7   4  65   0   0   0  57 33   97.7   87   35   33   9   32  112   1   4   397   6   0  3.04  3.96  130 1.218
 1986 28 CHC NL   9   9  66   0   0   0  59 31   90.3   69   32   31   7   42   93   0   2   372  11   0  3.09  4.02  130 1.229
 1987 29 CHC NL   4  10  62   0   0   0  55 36   83.7   84   30   29   4   32   96   0   4   360   5   0  3.12  4.25  136 1.386 AS
 1988 30 BOS AL   4   5  64   0   0   0  57 29   83.7   72   34   26   7   37   96   1   2   363   6   0  2.80  4.13  148 1.303 MVP-21
 1989 31 BOS AL   6   1  64   0   0   0  50 25   70.7   53   30   28   6   33   96   0   1   290   6   0  3.57  4.13  116 1.217
 1990 32 TOT      5   5  64   0   0   0  53 31   83.0   71   24   19   3   29   87   0   2   344   7   0  2.06  3.85  187 1.205
         BOS AL   2   1  11   0   0   0   8  4   14.3   13    4    3   0    9   17   0   1    64   2   0  1.88  4.11  218 1.535
         STL NL   3   4  53   0   0   0  45 27   68.7   58   20   16   3   20   70   0   1   280   5   0  2.10  3.80  181 1.136
 1991 33 STL NL   6   3  67   0   0   0  61 47   73.0   70   19   19   5   13   67   0   1   300   5   0  2.34  3.69  157 1.137 MVP-8,CYA-2,AS
 1992 34 STL NL   4   9  70   0   0   0  55 43   75.0   62   28   26   4   26   60   0   2   310   4   0  3.12  3.40  109 1.173 CYA-4,AS
 1993 35 TOT      2   4  63   0   0   0  56 46   58.0   53   25   25  11   14   60   0   1   239   2   0  3.88  3.99  103 1.155
         STL NL   2   4  55   0   0   0  48 43   50.0   49   25   25  11    9   49   0   1   206   1   0  4.50  3.97   88 1.160 AS
         NYY AL   0   0   8   0   0   0   8  3    8.0    4    0    0   0    5   11   0   0    33   1   0  0.00  4.16  inf 1.125
 1994 36 BAL AL   1   4  41   0   0   0  39 33   38.3   34   16   14   6   11   42   0   0   160   1   0  3.29  5.00  152 1.174 MVP-14,CYA-5,AS
 1995 37 CAL AL   0   5  52   0   0   0  51 37   49.3   42   19   19   3   25   43   1   1   209   4   0  3.47  4.67  135 1.358 AS
 1996 38 TOT      3   4  54   0   0   0  24  2   55.3   57   24   23   4   26   41   1   3   245   4   0  3.74  4.39  117 1.500
         CAL AL   0   0  11   0   0   0   8  0   11.0    8    4    3   0    3    6   0   1    44   0   0  2.45  4.90  200 1.000
         CIN NL   3   4  43   0   0   0  16  2   44.3   49   20   20   4   23   35   1   2   201   4   0  4.06  4.27  105 1.624
 1997 39 MON NL   0   1  25   0   0   0  14  5   21.7   28   16   14   2    8   15   1   0   100   0   0  5.82  4.17   72 1.662
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 18 Years            92       6       0    478        1133       434      486       10  47  5387 100   4  3.03  3.97  131 1.256
 WL%= .436       71    1022       0     802    1289.3       475       89      1251
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   6  67   0   0   0  53 31   85.0   74   31   28   5   32   82   0   3   356   6   0  3.03  3.97  131 1.256
 Career High      9  10  72   5   0   0  61 47  117.0  105   42   41  11   42  112   3   7   480  14   2  1.65  4.67  229 1.074
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 23 CHC NL  40    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1982 24 CHC NL  72   16    2    1   0  0   1    1   0  0   1   9  .063  .118  .250   -0    4   1   0   0   0   0
 1983 25 CHC NL  66    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .111  .200  .111  -13    1   1   0   0   0   0 MVP-18,AS
 1984 26 CHC NL  69   13    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .077  .077  .077  -58    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1985 27 CHC NL  65    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .143  .000  -58    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1986 28 CHC NL  66    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1987 29 CHC NL  63    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 AS
 1990 32 TOT     64    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  53    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1993 35 TOT     63    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  55    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    1023   64    2    3   0  0   1    2   0  0   3  42  .047  .090  .094  -50    6   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .047  .090  .094  -50    1   1   0   0   0   0
 Career High     72   16    2    1   0  0   1    1   0  0   1   9                           4   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 23 CHC NL   10   10    0   0.0    95| .000  .267| .000  .333| .000  .383| .000  .716|-100  .000  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1982 24 CHC NL   18   16    1   1.7    96| .063  .268| .118  .331| .250  .389| .368  .720|  -0  .157  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1983 25 CHC NL   11    9    0   0.0   100| .111  .268| .200  .337| .111  .397| .311  .734| -13  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1984 26 CHC NL   14   13    0   0.0   100| .077  .272| .077  .338| .077  .396| .154  .734| -58  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1985 27 CHC NL    7    6    0   0.0   103| .000  .271| .143  .341| .000  .404| .143  .745| -58  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1986 28 CHC NL    5    5    0   0.0   103| .000  .269| .000  .341| .000  .406| .000  .747|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1987 29 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0   108| .000  .272| .000  .342| .000  .424| .000  .767|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1990 32 TOT       2    2    0   0.0    98| .000  .264| .000  .330| .000  .397| .000  .728|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         STL NL    2    2    0   0.0    98| .000  .264| .000  .330| .000  .397| .000  .728|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1993 35 TOT       2    2    0   0.0   102| .000  .268| .000  .334| .000  .409| .000  .742|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         STL NL    2    2    0   0.0   102| .000  .268| .000  .334| .000  .409| .000  .742|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons       71   65    1   0.4    99| .047  .269| .090  .336| .094  .395| .184  .731| -50  .014 -13.5  -1.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1980 22 CHC NL P 18 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.17 0.69 1.24 1.91 0 21.7 1981 23 CHC NL P 40 3 9 0 0 1.000 .960 0.30 0.68 1.62 1.97 1 66.7 1982 24 CHC NL P 72 9 10 1 2 .950 .950 0.26 0.70 1.46 1.96 5 117.0 1983 25 CHC NL P 66 8 9 0 0 1.000 .950 0.26 0.68 1.48 1.92 0 103.3 AS 1984 26 CHC NL P 69 6 13 0 2 1.000 .955 0.28 0.67 1.69 1.88 0 101.0 1985 27 CHC NL P 65 3 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.18 0.68 1.11 1.92 0 97.7 1986 28 CHC NL P 66 1 12 0 2 1.000 .956 0.20 0.66 1.30 1.94 0 90.3 1987 29 CHC NL P 62 3 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.18 0.62 1.18 1.91 0 83.7 AS 1988 30 BOS AL P 64 5 4 1 0 .900 .957 0.14 0.67 0.97 1.78 0 83.7 1989 31 BOS AL P 64 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.03 0.66 0.25 1.87 0 70.7 1990 32 TOT P 64 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.08 0.58 0.54 1.79 0 83.0 BOS AL P 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.18 0.59 1.26 1.76 0 14.3 STL NL P 53 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.06 0.58 0.39 1.79 0 68.7 1991 33 STL NL P 67 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.13 0.59 1.11 1.86 0 73.0 AS 1992 34 STL NL P 70 1 7 1 1 .889 .952 0.11 0.60 0.96 1.94 0 75.0 AS 1993 35 TOT P 63 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.03 0.54 0.31 1.83 0 58.0 STL NL P 55 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.02 0.54 0.18 1.84 0 50.0 AS NYY AL P 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 0.56 1.12 1.80 0 8.0 1994 36 BAL AL P 41 2 2 1 0 .800 .952 0.10 0.52 0.94 1.72 0 38.3 AS 1995 37 CAL AL P 52 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.10 0.53 0.91 1.79 0 49.3 AS 1996 38 TOT P 54 3 5 0 1 1.000 .964 0.15 0.52 1.30 1.84 0 55.3 CAL AL P 11 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.09 0.52 0.82 1.80 0 11.0 CIN NL P 43 2 5 0 1 1.000 .959 0.16 0.52 1.42 1.85 0 44.3 1997 39 MON NL P 25 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.20 0.52 2.07 1.87 0 21.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 22 CHC NL P 18 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.17 0.69 1.24 1.91 0 21.7 1981 23 CHC NL P 40 3 9 0 0 1.000 .960 0.30 0.68 1.62 1.97 1 66.7 1982 24 CHC NL P 72 9 10 1 2 .950 .950 0.26 0.70 1.46 1.96 5 117.0 1983 25 CHC NL P 66 8 9 0 0 1.000 .950 0.26 0.68 1.48 1.92 0 103.3 1984 26 CHC NL P 69 6 13 0 2 1.000 .955 0.28 0.67 1.69 1.88 0 101.0 1985 27 CHC NL P 65 3 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.18 0.68 1.11 1.92 0 97.7 1986 28 CHC NL P 66 1 12 0 2 1.000 .956 0.20 0.66 1.30 1.94 0 90.3 1987 29 CHC NL P 62 3 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.18 0.62 1.18 1.91 0 83.7 1988 30 BOS AL P 64 5 4 1 0 .900 .957 0.14 0.67 0.97 1.78 0 83.7 1989 31 BOS AL P 64 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.03 0.66 0.25 1.87 0 70.7 1990 32 TOT P 64 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.08 0.58 0.54 1.79 0 83.0 BOS AL P 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.18 0.59 1.26 1.76 0 14.3 STL NL P 53 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.06 0.58 0.39 1.79 0 68.7 1991 33 STL NL P 67 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.13 0.59 1.11 1.86 0 73.0 1992 34 STL NL P 70 1 7 1 1 .889 .952 0.11 0.60 0.96 1.94 0 75.0 1993 35 TOT P 63 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.03 0.54 0.31 1.83 0 58.0 STL NL P 55 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.02 0.54 0.18 1.84 0 50.0 NYY AL P 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 0.56 1.12 1.80 0 8.0 1994 36 BAL AL P 41 2 2 1 0 .800 .952 0.10 0.52 0.94 1.72 0 38.3 1995 37 CAL AL P 52 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.10 0.53 0.91 1.79 0 49.3 1996 38 TOT P 54 3 5 0 1 1.000 .964 0.15 0.52 1.30 1.84 0 55.3 CAL AL P 11 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.09 0.52 0.82 1.80 0 11.0 CIN NL P 43 2 5 0 1 1.000 .959 0.16 0.52 1.42 1.85 0 44.3 1997 39 MON NL P 25 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.20 0.52 2.07 1.87 0 21.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P*1022 52 111 4 9 .976 .955 0.16 0.62 1.14 1.88 6 1289.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1022 52 111 4 9 .976 .955 0.16 0.62 1.14 1.88 6 1289
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1984   NLCS  CHC SDP     L   2   0   9.00  0  1  1  0   2     3   2   0   3 
 1988   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   2   0   8.10  0  1  0  0   3.1   6   3   1   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   4   0   8.44  0  2  1  0   5.1   9   5   1   7 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   NLCS  CHC SDP     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1988   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1983   CHC NL      0  0  0   1     2   2   1   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
 1987   CHC NL      1  0  0   3     2   0   0   0   4  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1991   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1992   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1993   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1994   BAL AL      0  0  0   1     1   2   2   1   0  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1995   CAL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 3/7      0  1  0  0   5     5   4   3   1   5  1   0  0   0  0  1  0  0   5.40 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1983   CHC NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1987   CHC NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1991   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1992   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1993   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1994   BAL AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1995   CAL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/7      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

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

Awards
1991-NL-Rolaids Relief
1992-NL-Rolaids Relief
1994-AL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-NL-18-0.02
1988-AL-21-0.01
1991-NL-8-0.26
1994-AL-14-0.05
Car-544-0.34 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-NL-9-0.01
1991-NL-2-0.50
1992-NL-4-0.02
1994-AL-5-0.01
Car-86-0.54 shares

Hits Allowed/9IP
Car-7.91-90

Strikeouts/9IP
Car-8.73-12

Games
1982 NL-72-6
1983 NL-66-9
1984 NL-69-6
1985 NL-65-8
1988 AL-64-5
1992 NL-70-9
Car-1022-9

Saves
1982 NL-17-7
1983 NL-29-1
1984 NL-33-2
1985 NL-33-2
1986 NL-31-4
1987 NL-36-2
1988 AL-29-6
1989 AL-25-9
1990 NL-27-3
1991 NL-47-1
1992 NL-43-1
1993 NL-43-4
1994 AL-33-1
1995 AL-37-2
Car-478-3

SO to Walk
Car-2.57-65

Wild Pitches
1981 NL-7-4

Games Finished
1983 NL-56-1
1984 NL-59-3
1985 NL-57-1
1986 NL-59-2
1987 NL-55-3
1988 AL-57-3
1989 AL-50-10
1990 NL-45-5
1991 NL-61-1
1992 NL-55-5
1993 NL-48-8
1994 AL-39-4
1995 AL-51-4
Car-802-1

Adjusted ERA+
Car-131-34

Oldest Player
1996 AL-38-9
1997 NL-39-9

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 12 (182) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 48 (516) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 13.0 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 135.0 (52) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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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