Lee Smith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 220lb (196cm, 99kg)

Born: December 4, 1957 in Jamestown, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Castor HS (Castor, LA).

High School: Castor HS (Castor, LA)

School: Northwestern State University of Louisiana (Natchitoches, LA)

Debut: September 1, 1980 (Age 22-272d, 14,354th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 2, 1997 (Age 39-210d)
vs. TOR 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2019. (Voted by Today's Game Era Committee)
View Lee Smith's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Brian David • Previously: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Lee Arthur Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.9

ERA

3.03

1022

478

1289.1

1251

WHIP

1.256

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-14

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 6

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	IR	IS	SB	CS	AB	2B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	129	Sep 1	CHC		ATL	L,2-5	5-5		99	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0.00	6.75	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.82	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.86	5t 1-- 0 out d3	5t 3 out d3
2	2	130	Sep 2	CHC		ATL	L,5-10	7-8		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3.61	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.83	7t --3 2 out d8	8t 3 out d8
3	3	132	Sep 5	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	9-GF		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.76	9t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 2
4	4	134	Sep 6(2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	7-8		0	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	1.93	3.39	9	1	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.04	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
5	5	137	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	6-6		2	0.1	2	2	1	0	0	3.60	3.35	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-1.19	6b --- 0 out d1	6b -2- 1 out d2
6	6	139	Sep 11	CHC	@	MON	L,5-6	4-5		1	1.2	1	0	0	2	1	2.70	3.80	8	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.49	4b --- 0 out d3	5b 12- 2 out d1
7	7	140	Sep 12	CHC	@	NYM	W,10-5	13-GF(14)	W(1-0)	0	2.0	1	0	0	2	3	2.08	3.56	9	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	2.06	0.130	.00	0.00%	0.87	13b --- 0 out tie	14b end a 5
8	8	143	Sep 15	CHC		STL	L,1-5	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	1.69	3.03	7	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	.13	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
9	9	145	Sep 17	CHC		STL	L,5-8	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	1.54	3.27	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.48	8t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d7
10	10	146	Sep 19	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	9-GF	W(2-0)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	3.08	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.097	.00	0.00%	1.55	9t 123 1 out d1	9t end d 1
11	11	148	Sep 21	CHC		PHI	L,3-7	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	2.89	6	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.96	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d2
12	12	150	Sep 23	CHC		NYM	W,6-5	9-9		1	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.26	2.89	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-2.09	9t 1-- 2 out a3	9t -2- 2 out a1
13	13	151	Sep 24	CHC		MON	L,4-8	6-7		0	2.0	5	2	2	2	2	2.20	3.00	13	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	11	1	2	0	0	0	.83	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-1.04	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
14	14	153	Sep 26	CHC		PIT	W,9-8	5-5		1	0.2	3	2	2	1	1	3.18	3.05	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1.89	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-2.01	5t --- 0 out a2	5t 1-3 2 out tie
15	15	156	Sep 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	8-9		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	2.84	3.17	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.234	.00	0.00%	0.94	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
16	16	157	Sep 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-14	6-6		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	2.75	3.06	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.03	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-1.12	6b 12- 1 out d7	6b 3 out d9
17	17	158	Oct 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	3.05	2.95	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
18	18	160	Oct 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	2.91	3.12	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
							4-14		W-L:2-0	0.9	21.2	21	9	7	14	17	2.91	3.12	97	1.50		4%	2%	21	11	27%	3	2	81	7	5	2	1	1	.84	-0.035	.00	0.00%	1.12

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