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: 41-11

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 1, Entered with runners on base: 6

1995 Pitching Game Log

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1995 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	893	1	Apr 26	CAL		DET	L,4-5	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.10	3	16	11	4	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.045	.73	0.03%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2	894	2	Apr 28	CAL	@	TOR	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.60	4	12	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	0.221	3.99	0.14%	0.56	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
3	895	4	Apr 30	CAL	@	TOR	W,5-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.77	3					1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.105	1.39	0.07%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 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
4	896	5	May 1	CAL	@	TOR	W,2-0	9-GF	S(3)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.60	5	11	6	1	0	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.105	2.07	0.07%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
5	897	10	May 6	CAL		SEA	W,7-5	9-GF	S(4)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.10	3	13	8	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.083	1.46	0.07%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
6	898	12	May 9	CAL		TEX	W,3-2	9-GF	S(5)	2	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	3.44	5	29	15	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	0.176	5.46	0.14%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
7	899	15	May 12	CAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	9-GF	S(6)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.10	3	17	10	4	1	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	0.225	3.53	0.17%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
8	900	19	May 16	CAL	@	MIN	W,9-6	9-GF	S(7)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	2.73	4	24	14	6	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.050	1.08	0.04%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
9	901	22	May 19	CAL	@	CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	S(8)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.88	4	14	7	2	1	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.77	0.216	6.02	0.16%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
10	902	23	May 20	CAL	@	CHW	W,7-5	10-GF(10)	S(9)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.90	5	15	8	2	0	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	0.101	3.48	0.08%	0.55	10b --- 0 out a2	10b end a 2
11	903	24	May 21	CAL	@	CHW	W,8-6	9-GF	S(10)	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.73	4	12	8	3	0	1	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	0.047	3.67	0.04%	-1.04	9b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 2
12	904	26	May 24	CAL		NYY	W,3-1	9-GF	S(11)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.59	4	17	12	3	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.083	2.08	0.07%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
13	905	31	May 29	CAL		BAL	W,6-5	9-GF	S(12)	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.87	4					2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.79	0.176	5.19	0.15%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
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
14	906	34	Jun 2	CAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	9-GF	S(13)	3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.87	1	7	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	0.053	3.81	0.04%	-0.65	9b -2- 2 out a2	9b end a 1
15	907	35	Jun 3	CAL	@	NYY	W,4-2	9-GF	S(14)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.75	3	11	9	3	1	0	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.105	1.86	0.09%	0.56	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
16	908	40	Jun 8	CAL	@	BOS	W,10-8	9-GF	S(15)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.77	3	7	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.110	1.93	0.09%	0.59	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
17	909	43	Jun 11	CAL	@	BAL	W,5-4	9-GF	S(16)	2	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	3.17	5					2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.52	0.227	7.81	0.19%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
18	910	47	Jun 15	CAL		CHW	W,5-1	9-GF	S(17)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.04	3	14	7	2	0	0	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.076	1.33	0.07%	1.58	9t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
19	911	51	Jun 20	CAL		KCR	W,3-2	9-GF	S(18)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.05	3	14	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	0.176	3.72	0.18%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
20	912	55	Jun 25	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-5	9-GF	S(19)	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.21	5	13	8	3	0	1	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.35	0.107	6.01	0.12%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
21	913	58	Jun 28	CAL	@	TEX	L,8-9	8-GF	BL(0-1)	2	0.2	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	1.37	3.41	7	29	16	2	5	2	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.88	-0.757	7.35	-0.86%	-2.75	8b -23 2 out a2	9b end d 1
22	914	60	Jun 30	CAL	@	OAK	L,5-8	9-GF	BL(0-2)	1	0.2	3	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.10	4.09	6	20	11	2	2	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.26	-0.794	11.59	-0.88%	-3.59	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 3
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
23	915	63	Jul 3	CAL		TOR	W,4-2	9-GF	S(20)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.95	3.85	4	17	12	4	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.083	1.75	0.08%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
24	916	69	Jul 9	CAL		MIL	L,7-9	9-GF		5	1.0	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.22	3.95	7	33	16	7	2	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.71	-0.071	1.18	-0.07%	-0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
25	917	70	Jul 13	CAL	@	DET	W,8-5	10-GF(10)	S(21)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.09	3.87	4	16	9	6	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.050	1.70	0.05%	0.57	10b --- 0 out a3	10b end a 3
26	918	72	Jul 16(1)	CAL	@	DET	W,6-4	9-GF	S(22)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.96	3.68	3	12	7	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.106	2.18	0.10%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
27	919	75	Jul 18	CAL	@	CLE	L,5-7	9-GF	BL(0-3)	1	0.1	3	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.38	4.24	5	20	11	4	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.11	-0.893	5.35	-0.70%	-3.73	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end d 2
28	920	77	Jul 20	CAL	@	TOR	W,10-3	9-GF		1	1.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.91	4.35	7					1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.03	0.000	.03	0.00%	-1.44	9b --- 0 out a9	9b end a 7
29	921	81	Jul 24	CAL		CLE	L,7-9	10-GF(10)	L(0-4)	3	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.30	5	20	13	4	1	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.395	1.01	-0.21%	-1.44	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
30	922	82	Jul 25	CAL		CLE	W,6-5	9-GF	S(23)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.20	4.12	3	17	11	5	2	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	0.176	2.10	0.10%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
31	923	83	Jul 26	CAL		CLE	W,6-3	9-GF	S(24)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.02	4.08	3	6	5	1	0	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.039	.39	0.02%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
32	924	87	Jul 30	CAL	@	MIL	W,8-3	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.85	3.98	3	17	10	4	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.011	.04	0.00%	0.60	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
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
33	925	89	Aug 2	CAL		SEA	W,5-4	9-GF	S(25)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	3.95	4	22	15	4	1	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.42	0.176	.74	0.02%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
34	926	92	Aug 5	CAL		TEX	W,5-3	9-GF	S(26)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.60	4.03	4	19	10	3	1	1	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2.18	0.037	.65	0.01%	-1.02	9t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 2
35	927	96	Aug 9	CAL	@	KCR	W,9-1	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.45	3.97	4	19	11	6	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
36	928	98	Aug 11	CAL	@	MIN	W,8-5	9-GF	S(27)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.32	4.03	4	12	7	0	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.050	.17	0.00%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
37	929	100	Aug 13	CAL	@	MIN	W,2-1	9-GF	S(28)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.19	3.89	4	20	13	3	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.41	0.225	.52	0.02%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
38	930	101	Aug 14	CAL	@	CHW	W,11-10	10-GF(10)	S(29)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	3.87	3	10	7	2	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	0.216	.33	0.01%	0.55	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
39	931	106	Aug 19	CAL		NYY	W,5-3	9-GF	S(30)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.96	3.74	3	22	15	4	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	0.161	.28	0.01%	0.96	9t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
40	932	110	Aug 23	CAL		BOS	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	L(0-5)	3	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.10	3.72	5	23	14	4	1	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.279	.11	-0.01%	-0.44	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
41	933	111	Aug 24	CAL		BAL	W,6-4	9-GF	S(31)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.99	3.65	4	18	12	2	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.083	.15	0.01%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
42	934	116	Aug 30	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	3.64	3	13	9	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.02	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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
43	935	121	Sep 4	CAL	@	BAL	W,5-3	9-GF	S(32)	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.79	3.60	5	18	10	4	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	0.109	2.60	0.04%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
44	936	124	Sep 8	CAL		MIN	W,9-3	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	3.59	4	14	9	4	0	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
45	937	125	Sep 9	CAL		MIN	W,6-5	9-GF	S(33)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	3.58	3	14	9	2	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	0.176	.83	0.03%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
46	938	126	Sep 10	CAL		MIN	L,8-9	9-9	BS(4)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.74	3.82	4	19	13	2	4	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	-0.174	.62	-0.03%	-0.44	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out tie
47	939	128	Sep 12	CAL		CHW	W,3-1	9-GF	S(34)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	3.80	4	13	9	2	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.083	.30	0.01%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
48	940	135	Sep 20	CAL	@	OAK	L,6-9	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.57	3.74	4	14	12	3	3	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
49	941	139	Sep 26	CAL	@	SEA	L,2-10	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.69	3.73	4	19	12	1	0	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.43	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 9
50	942	140	Sep 27	CAL	@	SEA	W,2-0	9-GF	S(35)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.61	3.67	3	16	11	3	1	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.107	6.66	0.32%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
51	943	141	Sep 28	CAL		OAK	W,4-1	9-GF	S(36)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.54	3.68	5	16	10	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.039	5.67	0.11%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
52	944	142	Sep 29	CAL		OAK	W,9-6	9-GF	S(37)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.47	3.73	4	16	9	1	1	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.039	3.97	0.13%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
							41-11		W-L:0-5,Sv:37,BSv:4	2.1	49.1	42	19	19	25	43	3	1	3.47	3.73	209	790	61%	17%	8%	0.75		21%	9%	0		10	50%	4	5	0	177	10	1	4	1	3	1	2.15	1.102	2.63	0.33%	6.66

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