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: 14-26 / in Starts: 7-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 13

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 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	201	1	Apr 3	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	11-GF(11)		99	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	-0.180	7.83	-0.16%	-0.72	11b 1-3 1 out tie	11b end d 1
2	202	2	Apr 6	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-6	3-7	L(0-1)	2	4.2	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	5.79	4.69	20	61	43	11	6	6	11	4	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.087	1.23	-0.07%	-0.28	3b 12- 1 out tie	7b 3 out d3
3	203	5	Apr 9	BOS	@	KCR	W,8-6	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	4.45	2	6	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	0.193	3.96	0.11%	0.89	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
4	204	6	Apr 10	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	6-GF	S(2)	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.12	3.34	11	45	33	10	5	3	6	1	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.165	.78	0.13%	1.78	6t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 3
5	205	8	Apr 13	BOS		CLE	W,9-1	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.53	3.04	7	20	16	4	0	2	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.02	0.00%	1.03	8t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 8
6	206	10	Apr 15	BOS		BAL	L,4-12	9-9		1	0.1	3	6	6	2	0	2	1	7.36	6.22	7	27	12	3	0	1	3	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.07	-0.029	.10	-0.03%	-6.37	9t 1-- 0 out d3	9t --- 1 out d10
7	207	14	Apr 21	BOS		KCR	L,4-7	9-GF		5	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.50	5.93	4	11	9	1	1	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	.08	-0.007	.12	-0.01%	-0.48	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
8	208	15	Apr 22	BOS		KCR	L,3-7	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.92	5.92	5	13	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.09	0.004	.13	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
9	209	16	Apr 23	BOS		KCR	L,0-10	4-7		0	3.1	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	7.16	5.46	17	50	31	4	5	4	12	4	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	14	2	0	0	0	2	0	.10	-0.014	.13	-0.01%	-1.22	4t 1-- 2 out d6	7t 3 out d9
10	210	19	Apr 27	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	13-GF(16)	L(0-2)	3	3.1	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	6.86	5.00	16	53	33	4	11	5	6	4	1	0		2	0	2	0	0	14	0	1	2	0	0	1	2.19	-0.009	3.21	-0.01%	-0.01	13t 12- 2 out tie	16t end d 2
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
11	211	23	May 1	BOS	@	MIN	W,13-6	8-GF		3	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	1	1	7.06	5.35	11	27	17	1	3	3	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.97	8b --- 0 out a9	9b end a 7
12	212	28	May 6	BOS		TEX	W,7-0	GS-7	W(1-2)	4	7.0	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	5.34	4.30	25	89	59	16	10	5	14	5	1	0	71			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.210	.87	0.21%	3.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
13	213	34	May 14	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-4	6-6		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.16	4.25	4	8	6	1	0	3	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.004	4.56	0.00%	0.49	6b 12- 0 out tie	6b 3 out d1
14	214	35	May 16	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-7	GS-4	L(1-3)	1	3.1	8	6	6	0	3	2	0	6.27	4.70	18	58	40	11	2	6	9	2	1	0	23			1	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.357	1.50	-0.39%	-3.27	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d2
15	215	39	May 20	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.09	4.65	3	10	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.006	.14	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
16	216	43	May 25	BOS		SEA	W,10-0	SHO	W(2-3)	4	9.0	8	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.81	4.11	35	126	89	27	11	12	15	7	1	0	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.29	0.168	.53	0.19%	4.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
17	217	47	May 30	BOS		OAK	L,2-4	GS-5	L(2-4)	4	4.2	10	3	3	2	1	0	1	4.91	4.13	25	74	51	14	4	9	12	5	0	0	31			1	0	1	21	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.13	-0.154	2.08	-0.17%	-0.93	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d2
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
18	218	51	Jun 4	BOS		TOR	L,11-13	GS-7		4	6.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.70	3.96	25	88	52	12	12	7	10	3	3	0	58			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.115	.44	0.10%	2.09	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a10
19	219	58	Jun 11(2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS-7		6	6.0	10	6	3	0	4	1	0	4.68	3.92	29	102	70	17	12	12	13	6	2	0	38			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	2	.46	-0.271	.67	-0.24%	-2.51	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d3
20	220	62	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	GS-7	W(3-4)	5	7.0	4	1	1	3	3	1	0	4.32	4.04	28	107	60	20	5	11	11	4	2	0	65			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.134	.77	0.10%	2.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
21	221	67	Jun 22	BOS		TEX	L,1-9	GS-4	L(3-5)	4	3.2	5	6	6	4	0	0	2	4.86	4.23	21	59	27	6	1	5	10	3	0	0	23			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.214	1.29	-0.14%	-2.38	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d4
22	222	70	Jun 24(2)	BOS		MIN	W,11-2	5-8	W(4-5)	1	4.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.72	4.08	14	47	32	8	2	6	3	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	.92	0.253	.89	0.15%	2.06	5t 12- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a9
23	223	73	Jun 28	BOS	@	MIL	L,5-12	GS-7	L(4-6)	3	6.1	7	6	6	4	3	1	0	5.02	4.21	30	85	51	11	5	6	17	8	2	0	34			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.229	.89	-0.15%	-1.54	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out d1
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
24	224	78	Jul 3	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS-7	L(4-7)	4	6.1	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.97	4.23	23	59	44	11	3	6	16	5	4	0	54			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.120	1.96	0.12%	1.06	1b start a 2	7b 1-3 1 out a1
25	225	82	Jul 8	BOS		NYY	L,5-7	6-6	BL(4-8)	4	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.03	4.22	5	16	9	2	0	0	5	3	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	-0.259	3.33	-0.24%	-1.46	6t 1-- 1 out a1	6t 3 out d1
26	226	86	Jul 15	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-3	6-GF(8)	L(4-9)	6	2.2	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.98	4.28	9	34	23	7	4	2	5	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.009	2.03	-0.01%	0.96	6b 12- 1 out tie	8b end d 1
27	227	89	Jul 18	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-8	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.89	4.28	8	27	16	3	2	2	5	0	3	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	1.01	7b 1-- 1 out d7	8b end d 7
28	228	92	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	L,6-10	8-8		3	0.0	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	5.18	4.43	4	17	11	0	0	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.209	.76	-0.14%	-3.00	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 12- 0 out d3
29	229	99	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-0	GS-8	W(5-9)	6	8.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.77	4.34	29	106	69	21	8	9	15	5	3	0	77			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.298	1.14	0.25%	3.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
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
30	230	104	Aug 2	BOS		BAL	L,8-9	8-GF		3	1.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.69	4.32	6	20	14	3	2	3	3	2	0	0		3	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.63	-0.070	2.40	-0.16%	0.11	8t 123 1 out d1	9t end d 3
31	231	107	Aug 5	BOS		CLE	W,10-2	GS-7	W(6-9)	2	7.0	6	2	1	1	2	0	0	4.47	4.21	28	84	58	18	3	7	18	10	1	0	60			0	1	0	26	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.24	0.139	2.96	0.20%	1.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
32	232	113	Aug 11(2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(6-10)	5	5.0	7	3	2	2	0	1	1	4.43	4.34	25	84	51	13	2	8	13	6	0	1	41			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.173	3.84	-0.38%	-1.66	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d2
33	233	117	Aug 15	BOS		TOR	L,2-7	GS-3	L(6-11)	3	2.0	8	4	4	0	2	2	1	4.67	4.53	15	57	37	6	4	3	9	2	1	0	26			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.298	1.78	-0.41%	-3.97	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d4
34	234	122	Aug 20	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS-6	L(6-12)	4	5.1	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.76	4.59	25	74	47	14	4	11	11	5	1	0	37			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	-0.380	1.43	-0.28%	-1.80	1b start a 3	6b -2- 1 out d1
35	235	126	Aug 25(1)	BOS		DET	W,4-2	GS-7	W(7-12)	4	7.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.57	4.44	24	75	53	17	1	9	12	4	2	0	70			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.325	.50	0.11%	2.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
36	236	131	Aug 29(1)	BOS		CAL	W,8-4	GS-3		3	2.2	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.68	4.39	15	50	34	10	3	11	3	1	0	0	35			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.098	.88	-0.06%	-1.90	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out a2
Sept				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
37	237	135	Sep 1	BOS		SEA	L,2-7	GS-7	L(7-13)	2	6.2	7	4	4	0	1	3	1	4.72	4.61	28	78	49	14	2	13	13	4	3	0	45			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.94	-0.142	1.20	-0.11%	-0.63	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d2
38	238	140	Sep 6	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-7	GS-3	L(7-14)	4	2.0	3	5	5	1	0	1	2	4.97	4.74	12	37	25	8	0	4	4	3	0	1	29			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.442	.68	-0.12%	-4.07	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d3
39	239	153	Sep 22	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	6-7		15	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.93	4.70	5	17	11	2	2	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.45	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 1-- 1 out a1
40	240	159	Sep 28	BOS		MIL	W,12-6	6-8		5	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.95	4.75	13	32	18	3	0	7	6	3	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.45	6t --- 0 out a8	8t 3 out a6
							14-26		W-L:7-14,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.3	143.2	170	84	79	35	61	21	10	4.95	4.75	632	2035	65%	17%	7%	0.68		23%	8%	3	47	22	27%	10	4	1	573	29	3	5	9	9	8	.82	-1.476	1.27	-1.59%	-8.06

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