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Roy Smith
Le Roy Purdy Smith

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.
School Fordham University

Debut June 23, 1984
  vs. SEA 6.7 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER, W
Final Game August 16, 1991
Born September 6, 1961 in Mount Vernon, NY

Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 1979. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1984 22 CLE AL   5   5  22  14   0   0   1  0   86.3   91   49   44  14   40   55   1   3   382   5   2  4.59  4.12   90 1.517
 1985 23 CLE AL   1   4  12  11   1   0   0  0   62.3   84   40   37   8   17   28   1   1   285   0   0  5.34  4.15   78 1.620
 1986 24 MIN AL   0   2   5   0   0   0   2  0   10.3   13    8    8   1    5    8   1   0    50   1   0  6.97  4.27   61 1.742
 1987 25 MIN AL   1   0   7   1   0   0   1  0   16.3   20   10    9   3    6    8   2   0    78   0   0  4.96  4.61   93 1.592
 1988 26 MIN AL   3   0   9   4   0   0   1  0   37.0   29   12   11   3   12   17   1   1   152   1   4  2.68  4.06  152 1.108
 1989 27 MIN AL  10   6  32  26   2   0   1  1  172.3  180   82   75  22   51   92   5   5   733   5   1  3.92  4.16  106 1.340
 1990 28 MIN AL   5  10  32  23   1   1   1  0  153.3  191   91   82  20   47   87   0  10   671   4   0  4.81  4.19   87 1.552
 1991 29 BAL AL   5   4  17  14   0   0   0  0   80.3   99   52   50   9   24   25   1   3   348   0   1  5.60  3.98   71 1.531
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .492  30  31 136  93   4   1   7  1  618.3  707  344  316  80  202  320  12  23  2699  16   8  4.60  4.15   90 1.470
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   9  40  27   1   0   2  0  183.3  209  102   93  23   59   95   3   6   801   4   2  4.60  4.15   90 1.470
 Career High     10  10  32  26   2   1   2  1  172.3  191   91   82  22   51   92   5  10   733   5   4  3.92  4.19  106 1.340

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 22 CLE AL P 22 4 6 3 0 .769 .962 0.45 0.70 1.04 1.79 14 86.3 1985 23 CLE AL P 12 6 3 0 0 1.000 .957 0.75 0.70 1.30 1.86 11 62.3 1986 24 MIN AL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.68 0.87 1.83 0 10.3 1987 25 MIN AL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.67 1.10 1.82 1 16.3 1988 26 MIN AL P 9 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 0.67 1.22 1.78 4 37.0 1989 27 MIN AL P 32 9 13 0 1 1.000 .961 0.69 0.66 1.15 1.87 26 172.3 1990 28 MIN AL P 32 10 9 1 0 .950 .955 0.59 0.59 1.12 1.78 23 153.3 1991 29 BAL AL P 17 9 8 0 0 1.000 .955 1.00 0.58 1.91 1.80 14 80.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 22 CLE AL P 22 4 6 3 0 .769 .962 0.45 0.70 1.04 1.79 14 86.3 1985 23 CLE AL P 12 6 3 0 0 1.000 .957 0.75 0.70 1.30 1.86 11 62.3 1986 24 MIN AL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.68 0.87 1.83 0 10.3 1987 25 MIN AL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.67 1.10 1.82 1 16.3 1988 26 MIN AL P 9 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 0.67 1.22 1.78 4 37.0 1989 27 MIN AL P 32 9 13 0 1 1.000 .961 0.69 0.66 1.15 1.87 26 172.3 1990 28 MIN AL P 32 10 9 1 0 .950 .955 0.59 0.59 1.12 1.78 23 153.3 1991 29 BAL AL P 17 9 8 0 0 1.000 .955 1.00 0.58 1.91 1.80 14 80.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 136 41 44 4 1 .955 .958 0.62 0.65 1.24 1.82 93 618.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 136 41 44 4 1 .955 .958 0.62 0.65 1.24 1.82 93 618
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Home Runs Allow.
1989 AL-22-9

Wild Pitches
1990 AL-10-10

HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1631) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 1979.

September 12, 1982: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Wil Culmer and Jerry Reed to the Cleveland Indians for John Denny.

January 7, 1986: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Ramon Romero to the Minnesota Twins for Ken Schrom and Bryan Oelkers.

December 20, 1986: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

February 24, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

December 2, 1990: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

January 1, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 16, 1991: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Minnesota Twins$100,000
1990Minnesota Twins$355,000
Career (may be incomplete)$455,000

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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