Dwight Smith

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: November 8, 1963 in Tallahassee, FL us

Died: July 22, 2022 in Peachtree City, GA

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1984 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Spartanburg Methodist College (Spartanburg, SC) and the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1984 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Spartanburg Methodist College (Spartanburg, SC).

High School: Wade Hampton HS (Varnville, SC)

School: Spartanburg Methodist College (Spartanburg, SC)

Debut: May 1, 1989 (Age 25-174d, 15,598th in major league history)
vs. SFG 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1996 (Age 32-326d)
vs. MON 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: John Dwight Smith

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Relatives: Father of Dwight Smith Jr.

1995 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

1807

497

.275

244

RBI

226

OBP

.333

SLG

.422

OPS

.755

OPS+

103

Summary of 46 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 15 go ahead

4 Tms
CHC	32
ATL	6
CAL	5
BAL	3

Platoon
vs RHP	43
vs LHP	3

Home/Road
Home	24
Away	22

Outs
0	19
2	17
1	10

20 Opps
STL	6
SDP	5
NYM	5
PHI	5
MON	4
FLA	3
CIN	2
PIT	2
LAD	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
COL	1
SFG	1
TEX	1
CAL	1
NYY	1
KCR	1
ATL	1
HOU	1
TOR	1

43 Pitchers
Jack Armstrong	2
Ken Hill	2
Danny Cox	2
Pedro Astacio	1
Lee Smith	1
Steve Reed	1
René Arocha	1
Richie Lewis	1
Bob Ojeda	1
Mark Gardner	1
Chan Ho Park	1
Scott Sanderson	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Rick Aguilera	1
Curt Schilling	1
Jeff Robinson	1
Andy Ashby	1
Jack McDowell	1
Kevin Tapani	1
Ed Whitson	1
Tim Wakefield	1
Hipólito Pichardo	1
Andy Benes	1
Rick Helling	1
Melido Perez	1
Bobby Jones	1
José DeLeón	1
Bob Tewksbury	1
David Cone	1
Rick Mahler	1
Dwayne Henry	1
Greg Harris	1
Andrés Berumen	1
Mike Scott	1
Dennis Cook	1
Jeff Juden	1
Rob Dibble	1
Omar Olivares	1
Russ Springer	1
Walt Terrell	1
Kent Bottenfield	1
Todd Stottlemyre	1
Paul Gibson	1

18 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	19
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
MileHigh Std (DEN)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	22
89	9
8	7
78	7
7	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	11
2	10
3	8
1	5
5	5
6	3
7+	3
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	44
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	30
1--	8
-2-	3
123	2
1-3	2
12-	1

69 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	30
1 on	11
2 on	3
3 on	2
Any on	16

Inning
1	7
2	3
3	5
4	3
5	4
6	7
7	5
8	4
9	8

1-3	15
4-6	14
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	3
+2	5
+1	2
Tied	11
-1	11
-2	1
-3	4
-4..	4

Ahead	15
Tied	11
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-1	8
1-0	7
3-2	5
0-0	5
1-1	5
3-1	3
0-1	3
2-2	3
2-0	3
1-2	2
0-2	1
Unk	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	18
CF	11
RF	9
PH	8

OrderPos
1st	13
3rd	8
5th	8
9th	7
7th	4
2nd	3
6th	2
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1989-06-05	CHC		NYM	David Cone	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	9	0.248	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Webster Scores; D. Berryhill Scores
2	2	2	1	1989-06-06	CHC		NYM	Bob Ojeda	behind 1-2	b 2	0	1--	4,(0-2) LCFX	2	7	9	0.184	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); V. Law Scores
3	3	3	1	1989-07-15	CHC	@	SDP	Walt Terrell	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	3	7	0.100	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1989-07-28	CHC		NYM	Rick Aguilera	behind 4-5	b 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) 1B1X	2	3	7	0.470	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Sandberg Scores
5	5	5	1	1989-07-31 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	Greg Harris	ahead 4-1	t 7	1	123	5,(2-2) .BFBFX	4	5	PH	0.051	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Sandberg Scores; M. Grace Scores/unER; A. Dawson Scores
6	6	6	1	1989-08-06	CHC	@	PIT	Jeff Robinson	behind 2-3	t 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	7	0.186	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	7	1	1989-08-15	CHC	@	CIN	Rick Mahler	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	7	0.108	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
8	8	8	1	1989-08-30	CHC		HOU	Mike Scott	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	9	0.109	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	9	1	1989-09-10	CHC		STL	Ken Hill	behind 0-1	b 6	0	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	3	7	0.300	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Sandberg Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1990-04-12 (2)	CHC		PHI	Dennis Cook	ahead 5-3	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	7	0.071	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	2	1	1990-05-06	CHC		SDP	Ed Whitson	behind 2-8	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	7	0.005	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
12	12	3	1	1990-05-15	CHC	@	ATL	Dwayne Henry	ahead 11-2	t 9	0	---	5,(3-1) .BFBBX	1	5	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	4	1	1990-06-25	CHC		MON	Mark Gardner	behind 1-2	b 5	2	---	7,(3-2) CSBBBFX	1	1	7	0.160	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	5	1	1990-06-30	CHC	@	SDP	Andy Benes	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	1	7	0.202	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	6	1	1990-09-04	CHC	@	MON	Dennis Martínez	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	7	0.262	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1991-05-18	CHC	@	PHI	Danny Cox	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	5	9	0.136	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball); D. Smith Scores
17	17	2	1	1991-06-30	CHC		STL	José DeLeón	behind 1-4	b 6	2	1-3	4,(2-1) BBCX	3	5	9	0.366	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Dascenzo Scores; G. Bell Scores; D. Smith Scores
18	18	3	1	1991-08-18	CHC		PHI	Danny Cox	behind 1-4	b 4	2	-2-	3,(1-1) BFX	2	6	8	0.185	37%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); R. Sandberg Scores; D. Smith Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1992-06-29	CHC		NYM	Paul Gibson	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) ..BSX	1	4	9	0.013	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. Smith Scores
20	20	2	1	1992-07-08	CHC		CIN	Rob Dibble	behind 1-2	b 9	0	---		1	9	PH	0.445	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Smith Scores
21	21	3	1	1992-09-19 (2)	CHC		STL	Omar Olivares	tied 4-4	b 2	0	---	4,(1-2) FCBX	1	1	8	0.115	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Smith Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1993-04-17	CHC		PHI	Curt Schilling	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	5,(2-2) CFBBX	1	1	8	0.101	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	2	1	1993-04-26	CHC	@	COL	Steve Reed	ahead 5-3	t 9	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.055	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	1993-05-10	CHC		LAD	Pedro Astacio	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	1--	4,(2-1) FB1BX	2	1	8	0.042	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Wilkins Scores
25	25	4	1	1993-05-15	CHC		PIT	Tim Wakefield	tied 2-2	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.118	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	5	1	1993-05-20	CHC	@	STL	Bob Tewksbury	behind 0-5	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	8	0.027	6%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
27	27	6	1	1993-05-30	CHC		MON	Kent Bottenfield	ahead 3-0	b 7	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	1	8	0.043	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Sánchez Scores/unER; D. Smith Scores/unER
28	28	7	1	1993-06-17	CHC		STL	Lee Smith	behind 8-11	b 9	2	1--	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	9	8	0.031	5%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); R. Wilkins Scores
29	29	8	1	1993-06-18	CHC		STL	René Arocha	tied 3-3	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	1	8	0.147	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
30	30	9	1	1993-08-12	CHC	@	FLA	Jack Armstrong	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	1	9	0.096	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	10	2	1993-08-12	CHC	@	FLA	Jack Armstrong	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	1	9	0.104	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	11	1	1993-08-24	CHC	@	MON	Ken Hill	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	1	8	0.096	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1994-04-26	CAL	@	NYY	Melido Perez	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	1	3	7	0.094	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	2	1	1994-05-11	CAL	@	TEX	Rick Helling	ahead 6-0	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	2	7	0.028	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	3	1	1994-05-16	CAL		CHW	Scott Sanderson	behind 0-3	b 3	2	---	6,(3-2) BCCBBX	1	2	7	0.084	30%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
36	36	4	1	1994-05-18	CAL		CHW	Jack McDowell	behind 0-2	b 6	1	-2-	6,(2-2) BCFBFX	2	2	7	0.239	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); G. Disarcina Scores
37	37	5	1	1994-06-13	CAL	@	KCR	Hipólito Pichardo	behind 6-12	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) ....FBBX	1	9	PH	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
38	38	6	1	1994-06-26	BAL	@	TOR	Todd Stottlemyre	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	0.103	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
39	39	7	1	1994-07-17	BAL	@	CAL	Russ Springer	ahead 3-1	t 3	1	1--	7,(3-2) CSBBB1FX	2	6	7	0.132	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); H. Baines Scores
40	40	8	1	1994-08-03	BAL	@	MIN	Kevin Tapani	behind 1-2	t 6	2	1--	5,(3-1) BCBBX	2	7	7	0.290	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); H. Baines Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1995-05-11	ATL	@	NYM	Bobby Jones	behind 1-2	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	0.128	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
42	42	2	1	1995-05-19	ATL		FLA	Richie Lewis	tied 0-0	b 9	2	123	5,(3-1) .BBBCX	4	7	PH	0.338	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Blauser Scores; F. McGriff Scores; D. Justice Scores
43	43	3	1	1995-07-15	ATL	@	SDP	Andy Ashby	behind 2-6	t 7	2	12-	8,(3-2) .FBCBBFFX	3	9	PH	0.176	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball); C. O'Brien Scores; M. Mordecai Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1996-04-24	ATL	@	SFG	Jeff Juden	ahead 7-3	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) .BFBX	1	9	PH	0.008	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
45	45	2	1	1996-06-14	ATL		LAD	Chan Ho Park	ahead 2-0	b 8	0	---	3,(2-0) ...BBX	1	9	PH	0.035	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
46	46	3	1	1996-06-17	ATL		SDP	Andrés Berumen	ahead 7-1	b 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	9	PH	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Dye Scores; D. Smith Scores