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: 18-18 / in Starts: 18-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	42	3	Apr 6	MIN		BAL	W,9-4	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.68	4.81	30	11	7	0	0	8	50			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	0.182	1.09	0.11%	0.58	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a6
2	43	7	Apr 12	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-0	GS-9	W(2-0)	5	8.1	6	0	0	1	4	0	2	1.72	3.79	34	13	8	0	0	6	74			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.06	0.320	1.19	0.22%	3.11	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out a3
3	44	11	Apr 16	MIN		CAL	W,9-2	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	0	0	1.82	2.93	35	8	10	0	0	6	74			1	1	0	32	4	1	1	0	1	1	.82	0.044	1.30	0.04%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
4	45	15	Apr 21	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(3-1)	4	5.1	9	5	3	3	2	0	0	2.40	3.07	28	9	6	0	0	8	33			1	1	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	1	.90	-0.190	1.03	-0.13%	-1.78	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d1
5	46	19	Apr 25	MIN		NYY	W,8-6	GS-6		3	6.0	9	6	6	1	3	3	0	3.50	4.02	27	7	7	0	0	9	32			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.371	.66	-0.23%	-2.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
6	47	24	Apr 29(2)	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(3-2)	3	8.0	5	3	2	2	6	0	0	3.27	3.65	32	12	7	0	0	5	66			1	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	1	.66	-0.104	.98	-0.09%	0.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
7	48	27	May 3	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-6	GS-8	L(3-3)	3	7.2	6	6	6	4	6	2	1	3.83	4.08	34	8	9	0	0	6	45			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.180	1.06	-0.15%	-0.55	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d2
8	49	31	May 7	MIN	@	CAL	W,11-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.41	3.79	36	12	10	0	0	6	75			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	2	.94	0.291	1.62	0.30%	3.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
9	50	35	May 12	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS-6	W(5-3)	4	6.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.38	3.61	26	6	9	0	0	8	51			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.091	2.20	0.10%	0.85	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a1
10	51	39	May 18	MIN		BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(6-3)	5	9.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.33	3.59	34	7	15	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.210	1.28	0.21%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	52	43	May 22	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS-8	L(6-4)	3	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.38	3.71	30	5	12	0	0	7	51			3	0	1	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.124	2.07	0.12%	1.22	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out tie
12	53	47	May 27	MIN		MIL	L,4-5	GS-6	L(6-5)	4	6.0	5	3	3	1	2	2	0	3.45	3.93	25	8	9	0	0	5	51			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.090	1.81	-0.09%	0.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
13	54	50	Jun 1	MIN		KCR	L,1-7	GS-8	L(6-6)	4	7.1	12	7	6	2	3	2	0	3.75	4.11	35	12	6	0	0	12	29			1	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	1	.59	-0.229	1.14	-0.27%	-2.84	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d5
14	55	55	Jun 6	MIN		TEX	W,2-1	CG	W(7-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.51	4.02	32	10	13	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.620	1.65	0.44%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	56	60	Jun 12	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-6	GS-7	L(7-7)	5	7.0	11	6	3	0	2	1	1	3.54	4.04	33	14	5	0	0	11	39			2	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.253	.91	-0.22%	-2.44	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
16	57	65	Jun 17	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-1	GS-6	W(8-7)	4	5.2	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.44	3.89	25	6	5	0	0	6	59			1	0	0	24	1	2	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.189	1.96	0.19%	1.61	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out a2
17	58	69	Jun 22	MIN		CHW	L,6-8	GS-7		4	6.1	10	5	5	3	2	1	0	3.63	3.98	31	6	10	0	0	10	32			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.176	2.10	-0.21%	-1.67	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a1
18	59	75	Jun 29(2)	MIN	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-2		6	1.1	5	4	4	0	1	3	0	3.88	4.26	9	3	0	0	0	5	29			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.288	1.47	-0.36%	-3.54	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
19	60	79	Jul 3	MIN		BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(9-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	0	3.68	4.06	32	7	13	0	0	5	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.452	1.67	0.51%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	61	84	Jul 8	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.1	6	3	3	3	5	2	0	3.68	4.17	29	5	10	0	0	6	56			0	1	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	0.025	2.70	0.03%	0.58	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
21	62	89	Jul 16	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(9-8)	7	8.0	8	3	3	2	6	3	1	3.67	4.33	34	7	10	0	0	8	58			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.007	1.87	0.01%	0.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
22	63	94	Jul 21	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-6	W(10-8)	4	5.1	7	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.66	4.37	25	5	9	0	0	7	46			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.029	3.03	0.04%	0.19	1b start a 1	6b -2- 1 out a1
23	64	99	Jul 27	MIN		CAL	W,2-0	GS-8	W(11-8)	5	7.1	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	3.49	4.29	26	8	10	0	1	2	77			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.384	3.61	0.84%	3.43	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	65	104	Aug 1	MIN		SEA	L,1-5	GS-6	L(11-9)	4	5.0	9	5	4	2	5	0	0	3.60	4.22	27	6	5	0	0	9	34			1	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.05	-0.189	3.82	-0.42%	-1.81	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d3
25	66	109	Aug 6	MIN	@	OAK	W,7-4	GS-8	W(12-9)	4	7.2	8	4	4	1	6	1	0	3.65	4.18	32	5	12	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	-0.034	3.49	-0.07%	-0.67	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a3
26	67	114	Aug 11	MIN	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.1	7	3	2	0	6	1	0	3.60	4.13	29	9	7	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	.95	0.087	3.59	0.20%	1.36	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
27	68	119	Aug 16	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-7		4	6.0	5	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.68	4.15	25	7	8	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.82	0.029	3.34	0.07%	0.11	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a3
28	69	124	Aug 22(1)	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	W(13-9)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	3.60	4.26	32	10	10	0	0	6	67			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	.85	0.334	3.05	0.72%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
29	70	130	Aug 27	MIN		TOR	L,2-5	GS-7	L(13-10)	4	6.2	9	4	4	0	6	2	0	3.66	4.28	28	5	8	0	0	9	46			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.149	3.66	-0.33%	-0.63	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	71	135	Sep 1	MIN	@	TOR	L,4-12	GS-4	L(13-11)	4	4.0	7	7	7	2	3	1	0	3.89	4.32	22	4	6	0	0	7	21			2	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	-0.374	6.80	-1.05%	-4.94	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
31	72	139	Sep 5	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-4	GS-8	L(13-12)	3	7.1	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.85	4.25	29	6	12	0	0	7	58			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.229	9.81	1.07%	2.28	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out tie
32	73	143	Sep 10	MIN		KCR	W,7-3	CG	W(14-12)	4	9.0	8	3	2	2	6	2	0	3.77	4.28	36	12	8	0	0	8	65			2	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.358	8.77	1.62%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
33	74	147	Sep 15	MIN	@	TEX	W,1-0	SHO	W(15-12)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.63	4.20	35	10	12	0	0	6	78			0	0	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.64	0.843	9.97	3.07%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
34	75	151	Sep 19	MIN		CHW	L,3-7	GS-7	L(15-13)	3	6.2	8	7	7	1	6	2	0	3.79	4.23	28	6	7	0	0	8	35			1	0	1	27	2	1	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.530	3.98	-1.31%	-3.73	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d4
35	76	155	Sep 23	MIN		CLE	W,5-1	GS-5		3	5.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.71	4.20	16	4	8	0	0	3	62			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.290	5.24	1.04%	2.57	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
36	77	159	Sep 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.68	4.17	26	10	10	0	0	5	58			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.281	6.74	1.14%	2.15	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
							18-18		W-L:15-13	4.0	252.0	246	113	103	54	144	35	8	3.68	4.17	1047	0.90		0%	0%	245	54		---%	23	9	3	977	40	5	7	13	3	17	1.01	2.262	3.04	7.15%	17.48

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