Mike Smithson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-8, 215lb (203cm, 97kg)

Born: January 21, 1955 in Centerville, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN).

School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)

Debut: August 27, 1982 (Age 27-218d, 14,640th in major league history)
vs. BAL 8.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: September 28, 1989 (Age 34-250d)
vs. MIL 3.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Craig Fenech

Full Name: Billy Mike Smithson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.1

ERA

4.58

240

204

1356.1

731

WHIP

1.368

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-16 / in Starts: 11-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 7

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	170	3	Apr 7	BOS		DET	L,6-11	3-6		99	3.1	8	5	4	1	1	0	0	10.80	3.07	20	74	50	12	4	4	14	6	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.140	.79	-0.11%	-2.38	3t --- 0 out d4	6t -23 1 out d4
2	171	15	Apr 21	BOS	@	DET	W,12-3	8-8		13	0.1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9.82	5.50	4	18	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.024	.33	-0.02%	-1.07	8b --- 0 out a6	8b 123 1 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	172	21	May 1	BOS		MIN	L,0-2	9-GF		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.71	4.48	3	9	8	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.39	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
4	173	23	May 3	BOS		KCR	L,3-9	7-GF		1	2.2	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	7.36	6.86	11	44	33	3	6	3	6	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.06	-0.011	.09	-0.01%	-0.71	7t --- 1 out d4	9t end d 6
5	174	27	May 7	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	6-GF(8)		3	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.59	5.46	7	37	22	4	5	1	4	2	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.031	.24	0.02%	1.32	6b -2- 2 out d3	8b end d 3
6	175	41	May 24	BOS	@	SEA	L,1-14	GS-3	L(0-1)	16	2.1	6	7	7	2	1	1	0	9.75	6.35	15	53	28	5	4	4	7	2	0	1	16			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.339	.94	-0.19%	-4.06	1b start a 1	3b 123 1 out d3
7	176	47	May 31	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(1-1)	6	7.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	6.16	4.87	27	106	75	15	7	11	12	5	3	0	70			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.344	.66	0.15%	3.32	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	177	51	Jun 5	BOS		TOR	L,4-12	2-5	L(1-2)	4	3.0	7	5	5	1	3	1	0	7.36	5.04	17	61	39	5	8	2	10	5	2	1		3	0	2	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.363	.62	-0.11%	-2.80	2t 123 2 out d1	5t --- 2 out d3
9	178	55	Jun 10	BOS	@	TOR	L,0-3	6-7		4	1.1	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	7.33	5.21	5	22	17	5	4	1	0	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.003	.26	0.00%	0.25	6b 123 2 out d2	7b 3 out d3
10	179	59	Jun 14	BOS		NYY	W,7-3	GS-7	W(2-2)	3	7.0	9	3	3	3	2	1	0	6.53	5.24	31	108	66	20	7	14	11	6	1	1	46			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	0.067	.62	0.02%	0.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
11	180	64	Jun 19	BOS	@	BAL	W,15-7	GS-4		4	3.2	6	5	5	0	1	3	1	7.15	6.15	18	63	40	8	3	3	10	3	1	3	30			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.251	.19	-0.06%	-3.53	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out a3
12	181	70	Jun 26	BOS		BAL	W,10-1	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	4	1	1	5	6	1	0	5.86	5.82	35	136	74	24	6	10	14	4	3	0	76			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.046	.17	0.02%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	182	76	Jul 3	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-7		6	6.1	7	2	2	3	3	1	1	5.47	5.81	30	115	69	13	5	8	15	6	1	0	51			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.113	.91	0.05%	1.78	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a1
14	183	81	Jul 8(1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	6.1	8	6	5	0	9	1	1	5.66	5.43	28					5	12	6	0	1	44			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.234	.44	-0.09%	-2.25	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
15	184	85	Jul 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	5-6		1	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.75	5.45	4	20	9	2	1	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.74	0.036	.48	0.01%	0.79	5b 1-3 1 out d3	6b 1-- 0 out d3
16	185	87	Jul 15(2)	BOS		KCR	W,7-4	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	5.1	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	5.69	5.41	23	85	53	12	2	8	11	7	1	1	41			1	0	1	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.081	.76	0.04%	-0.22	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a3
17	186	89	Jul 17	BOS		KCR	W,10-8	7-8		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	5.74	5.42	6	18	12	2	3	0	5	0	2	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.005	.59	0.00%	-0.61	7t -23 1 out a6	8t 1-- 1 out a4
18	187	91	Jul 19	BOS		MIN	W,5-0	GS-8	W(5-3)	1	7.1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.14	5.20	26	84	52	16	1	10	13	2	2	0	73			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.294	.62	0.18%	3.15	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a5
19	188	95	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,11-5	3-GF	W(6-3)	3	6.2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.70	4.86	22	67	48	16	9	6	11	2	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	.50	0.120	.85	0.12%	2.64	3t 123 1 out d2	9t end a 6
20	189	101	Jul 29(2)	BOS		MIL	W,5-4	GS-5		5	4.1	11	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.89	4.89	24	69	44	7	4	7	13	7	0	1	26			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.232	2.54	-0.34%	-1.99	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	190	107	Aug 5(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-5		6	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.76	4.80	16	68	41	13	7	6	8	3	2	0	52			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.049	5.45	0.14%	0.50	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 0 out tie
22	191	113	Aug 10	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-8	GS-7	L(6-4)	4	6.1	6	8	7	3	3	3	1	5.12	5.16	29	97	53	13	8	9	10	4	1	3	31			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.473	2.64	-0.73%	-4.81	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out d5
23	192	117	Aug 14	BOS		DET	L,6-18	2-3		3	1.1	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	5.54	5.19	12	45	28	5	5	3	7	4	2	0		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.13	-0.042	.64	-0.13%	-3.91	2t 1-3 1 out d6	3t -23 2 out d11
24	193	121	Aug 19	BOS		OAK	W,7-6	GS-7		4	6.2	10	6	6	0	6	3	0	5.71	5.30	29	109	74	15	11	7	16	5	1	0	36			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	1	1	0	.87	-0.396	2.25	-0.62%	-2.54	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out tie
25	194	124	Aug 22	BOS		CAL	W,6-2	8-GF		2	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.68	5.21	8	31	21	8	2	1	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.019	.44	0.03%	0.02	8t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 4
26	195	132	Aug 31	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-7	GS-6	L(6-5)	8	6.0	8	6	6	2	2	2	0	5.87	5.33	27	88	50	10	5	8	14	6	0	1	32			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.42	-0.312	1.76	-0.79%	-3.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	196	137	Sep 5	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS-6	W(7-5)	4	6.0	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	5.64	5.20	25	98	61	16	9	7	13	5	0	0	53			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	0.244	7.84	0.72%	1.85	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
28	197	144	Sep 13	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	GS-6	W(8-5)	7	5.2	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	5.52	5.10	22	87	58	8	6	9	9	2	0	0	53			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.150	3.42	0.36%	0.73	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a2
29	198	149	Sep 18	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	GS-7	W(9-5)	4	6.0	7	4	4	0	4	2	0	5.54	5.13	24	81	56	16	5	4	16	5	2	0	46			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.017	1.89	0.03%	-0.33	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a4
30	199	157	Sep 27	BOS		TOR	L,9-15	GS-2	L(9-6)	8	1.0	5	7	7	2	2	1	0	6.00	5.23	10	29	17	2	4	2	4	1	0	0	15			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.383	1.43	-0.39%	-5.49	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out d5
31	200	161	Oct 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.97	5.20	3	10	6	3	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.26	8b --- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
							15-16		W-L:9-6	4.2	126.2	149	87	84	37	73	25	6	5.97	5.20	561	1932	63%	15%	7%	0.58		23%	6%	14	44	16	38%	8	2	2	511	24	1	1	8	3	5	.81	-1.552	1.55	-1.67%	-18.58

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