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)
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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: 11-14

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 1, Entered with runners on base: 2

1997 Pitching Game Log

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1997 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	999	2	Apr 2	MON		STL	W,4-1	9-GF	S(1)	99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.11	3	10	8	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.034	.45	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
2	1000	4	Apr 4	MON		COL	L,4-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.11	3	16	9	2	5	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.039	.56	0.03%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
3	1001	6	Apr 6	MON		COL	L,2-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.78	3	9	6	1	0	1	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
4	1002	8	Apr 12	MON	@	COL	L,8-12	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.61	5	16	10	3	2	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.63	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
5	1003	10	Apr 14	MON	@	COL	L,8-10	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.51	4					2	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.033	.46	0.02%	0.63	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
6	1004	14	Apr 19	MON	@	PHI	L,8-10	7-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.44	3	12	10	2	2	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.024	.32	0.01%	0.51	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
7	1005	17	Apr 22	MON		CHC	W,5-1	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.39	4	24	16	3	2	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.024	.28	0.01%	0.51	8t --- 0 out a4	8t 3 out a4
8	1006	18	Apr 23	MON		CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1.73	5	18	9	2	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	0.164	2.93	0.09%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
9	1007	21	Apr 27	MON		NYM	L,3-5	10-GF(10)	L(0-1)	3	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.00	1.89	7	21	15	4	0	4	3	2	1	0		0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	-0.407	2.95	-0.27%	-1.49	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
10	1008	24	Apr 30	MON		HOU	W,8-6	9-9	H(1)	2	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.79	2.28	4	14	9	4	1	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.002	.62	0.00%	-0.73	9t --- 0 out a3	9t 1-- 2 out a2
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	1009	28	May 4	MON	@	SDP	W,9-3	9-GF		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	2.33	3	6	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.25	9b --- 1 out a6	9b end a 6
12	1010	31	May 7	MON	@	SFG	W,19-3	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.38	2.23	4	15	9	3	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out a16	8b 3 out a16
13	1011	34	May 11	MON	@	LAD	W,6-3	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.19	2.14	3	9	8	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.029	.42	0.02%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
14	1012	36	May 14	MON		SDP	W,9-7	9-GF	S(3)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	2.16	1	7	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.038	1.40	0.02%	0.33	9t -2- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
15	1013	37	May 15	MON		SFG	W,8-7	9-9	H(2)	0	0.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.70	2.51	5	20	10	4	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.067	1.71	-0.05%	-0.93	9t --- 0 out a2	9t 12- 2 out a1
16	1014	44	May 22	MON		PIT	L,3-9	9-GF		6	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.40	2.62	7	22	12	4	1	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.031	.17	-0.02%	-2.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
17	1015	47	May 25	MON		PIT	L,6-8	8-8	BS(1)	2	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	1	6.28	3.95	4	13	6	2	0	0	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	-0.552	3.79	-0.38%	-4.34	8t 1-3 1 out a1	8t 1-- 1 out d4
18	1016	49	May 27	MON		NYM	W,5-4	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.87	3.89	3	10	7	3	0	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	0.164	2.52	0.12%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
19	1017	51	May 30	MON	@	PIT	L,2-10	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	5.74	3.75	4	10	8	3	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.01	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-1.89	8b --- 2 out d6	8b end d 8
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
20	1018	56	Jun 4	MON		ATL	L,3-6	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.94	3.71	5					2	1	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.007	.08	-0.01%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
21	1019	62	Jun 10	MON		PHI	W,8-5	9-GF	S(5)	5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.60	3.56	4					2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.034	.48	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
22	1020	68	Jun 17	MON	@	BAL	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.79	4.13	4	13	7	3	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.057	.39	-0.05%	-0.46	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
23	1021	74	Jun 24	MON		CIN	L,6-7	9-9		6	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.75	4.29	3	14	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.98	-0.478	5.37	-0.39%	-1.84	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 123 0 out a1
24	1022	78	Jun 28	MON	@	FLA	L,2-4	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.41	4.28	3	20	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.042	1.55	0.05%	0.49	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 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
25	1023	82	Jul 2	MON	@	TOR	L,6-7	11-12		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.82	4.17	6	16	10	1	1	3	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	0.294	2.76	0.23%	1.10	11b --- 0 out tie	12b 3 out tie
							11-14		W-L:0-1,Sv:5,BSv:1,Hld:2	2.8	21.2	28	16	14	8	15	2	1	5.82	4.17	100	315	61%	17%	8%	1.12		24%	7%	4		3	67%	8	1	0	91	4	1	0	2	0	2	1.08	-0.680	1.26	-0.53%	-6.20

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