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: 11-10 / in Starts: 11-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	149	4	Apr 10	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	2.50	32	11	12	1	1	5	72			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	.90	0.263	1.55	0.27%	3.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out a7
2	150	9	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-2	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	7.1	4	2	2	1	5	0	1	1.17	2.41	28	11	10	3	1	0	66			3	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.301	2.04	0.36%	1.40	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a3
3	151	13	Apr 20	MIN		SEA	W,13-5	GS-7	W(3-0)	4	7.0	8	4	3	1	0	0	0	2.01	2.69	30	14	15	5	1	0	46			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	1	.55	0.063	1.18	0.08%	-0.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
4	152	18	Apr 25	MIN		CAL	W,8-7	GS-6		4	5.1	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	2.93	3.38	25	10	9	7	0	1	39			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.103	2.73	-0.14%	-1.18	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a1
5	153	21	Apr 29	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-8	GS-7	L(3-1)	3	6.0	6	5	4	2	1	2	0	3.48	4.18	25	6	10	0	0	6	41			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	.78	-0.023	1.43	-0.03%	-1.63	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out d5
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
6	154	25	May 5	MIN		BAL	L,4-5	GS-6	L(3-2)	5	5.0	8	4	4	2	2	2	0	3.96	4.73	25	11	8	5	0	2	35			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.151	1.67	-0.17%	-2.67	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d4
7	155	30	May 10	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-2	L(3-3)	4	2.0	4	4	3	2	1	0	2	4.43	4.89	14	5	2	0	0	2	33			3	0	0	9	1	0	2	0	1	0	.81	-0.257	1.36	-0.26%	-2.91	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
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
8	156	56	Jun 8	MIN		KCR	W,5-3	GS-6		28	6.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	1	4.24	4.65	24	8	14	3	1	0	53			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.122	2.65	0.19%	1.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
9	157	60	Jun 12(2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS-5		3	4.1	6	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.59	4.81	22	4	6	2	0	6	35			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.169	2.27	-0.25%	-2.17	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out a2
10	158	65	Jun 17	MIN	@	MIL	L,5-8	GS-4		4	3.1	9	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.97	4.84	20	3	4	0	0	8	29			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.315	3.54	-0.49%	-2.71	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d1
11	159	69	Jun 23	MIN		CLE	W,9-4	GS-7	W(4-3)	5	6.1	6	4	4	2	3	2	1	5.04	5.11	28	13	7	6	0	2	46			2	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.008	2.66	-0.01%	-0.61	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a3
12	160	75	Jun 28	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-6	GS-8	L(4-4)	4	7.0	6	6	6	3	5	1	1	5.32	5.10	29	11	9	4	1	0	43			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	1	0	.88	-0.171	2.48	-0.29%	-1.16	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out d1
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
13	161	80	Jul 3	MIN		BAL	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.2	5	3	3	1	6	0	0	5.28	4.81	23	9	7	4	0	0	52			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.060	1.83	0.09%	0.05	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a2
14	162	85	Jul 8	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-13	GS-5	L(4-5)	4	4.0	8	5	5	1	4	1	1	5.59	4.85	22	5	5	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.320	2.56	-0.54%	-2.45	1b start a 1	5b -2- 0 out tie
15	163	93	Jul 19	MIN		TOR	W,7-6	GS-3		10	2.2	7	5	5	3	1	2	0	5.96	5.20	18	6	5	3	0	3	22			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.365	2.87	-0.66%	-3.77	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d1
16	164	98	Jul 24	MIN	@	TOR	L,6-8	GS-5		4	4.0	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	5.79	5.16	19	5	6	1	0	6	45			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.007	3.01	-0.01%	-0.26	1b start tie	5b -23 0 out a5
17	165	103	Jul 29	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-8	GS-5	L(4-6)	4	5.0	6	7	7	2	3	2	1	6.17	5.35	24	7	5	0	0	6	28			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.358	2.60	-0.80%	-4.11	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
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
18	166	137	Sep 5	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	GS-8		37	8.0	3	1	1	5	3	0	0	5.75	5.24	30	12	10	2	0	0	70			4	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.316	4.78	0.80%	3.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
19	167	142	Sep 11	MIN	@	CLE	W,13-10	GS-4		5	3.2	8	4	4	1	2	2	0	5.90	5.40	20	8	1	0	0	8	30			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.213	4.54	-0.57%	-1.91	1b start a 1	4b --- 2 out d3
20	168	147	Sep 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,10-13	GS-5	L(4-7)	4	4.2	6	6	6	2	2	0	0	6.15	5.31	21	5	6	3	0	6	28			0	0	0	19	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.354	4.78	-0.88%	-2.54	1b start a 1	5b -2- 2 out d2
21	169	154	Sep 25	MIN		KCR	L,4-6	5-9		8	3.2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.94	5.22	15	3	9	4	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.67	0.096	.39	0.03%	0.50	5t --- 1 out d2	9t -23 0 out d2
							11-10		W-L:4-7	4.3	109.0	126	76	72	38	53	17	9	5.94	5.22	494	1.04		16%	2%	67	42	0	---%	22	1	0	441	24	3	3	7	5	6	.94	-1.593	2.53	-3.28%	-19.60

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