Lee Smith

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Full Name: Lee Arthur Smith	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/220	First Game: September 1, 1980
Birthdate: December 4, 1957	Final Game: July 2, 1997
Birthplace: Jamestown, Louisiana	MLB Experience: 18 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on December 4, 1957 in Jamestown, Louisiana, Lee Smith (Lee Arthur Smith) played for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos over the course of his 18 year career. Smith broke into the bigs on September 1, 1980 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.51 ERA in 66.2 innings pitched in 1981, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Lee Smith's best season was 1991, when he posted a 2.34 ERA, notched 47 saves and struck out 67 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1980	CHI	N	18	0	2	0	2.91	17	9	7	0	0	0	21.2	21	0	14	5	0	0
1981	CHI	N	40	1	3	6	3.51	50	31	26	0	0	1	66.2	57	2	31	8	7	1
1982	CHI	N	72	5	2	5	2.69	99	38	35	0	0	17	117	105	5	37	5	6	3
1983	CHI	N	66	0	4	10	1.65	91	23	19	0	0	29	103.1	70	5	41	14	5	1
1984	CHI	N	69	0	9	7	3.65	86	42	41	0	0	33	101	98	6	35	7	6	0
1985	CHI	N	65	0	7	4	3.04	112	35	33	0	0	33	97.2	87	9	32	6	4	1
1986	CHI	N	66	0	9	9	3.09	93	32	31	0	0	31	90.1	69	7	42	11	2	0
1987	CHI	N	62	0	4	10	3.12	96	30	29	0	0	36	83.2	84	4	32	5	4	0
1988	BOS	A	64	0	4	5	2.80	96	34	26	0	0	29	83.2	72	7	37	6	2	1
1989	BOS	A	64	0	6	1	3.57	96	30	28	0	0	25	70.2	53	6	33	6	1	0
1990	STL	N	53	0	3	4	2.10	70	20	16	0	0	27	68.2	58	3	20	5	1	0
1990	BOS	A	11	0	2	1	1.88	17	4	3	0	0	4	14.1	13	0	9	2	1	0
1990	Total		64	0	5	5	2.06	87	24	19	0	0	31	83	71	3	29	7	2	0
1991	STL	N	67	0	6	3	2.34	67	19	19	0	0	47	73	70	5	13	5	1	0
1992	STL	N	70	0	4	9	3.12	60	28	26	0	0	43	75	62	4	26	4	2	0
1993	STL	N	55	0	2	4	4.50	49	25	25	0	0	43	50	49	11	9	1	1	0
1993	NY	A	8	0	0	0	.00	11	0	0	0	0	3	8	4	0	5	1	0	0
1993	Total		63	0	2	4	3.88	60	25	25	0	0	46	58	53	11	14	2	1	0
1994	BAL	A	41	0	1	4	3.29	42	16	14	0	0	33	38.1	34	6	11	1	0	0
1995	CAL	A	52	0	0	5	3.47	43	19	19	0	0	37	49.1	42	3	25	4	1	1
1996	CIN	N	43	0	3	4	4.06	35	20	20	0	0	2	44.1	49	4	23	4	2	1
1996	CAL	A	11	0	0	0	2.45	6	4	3	0	0	0	11	8	0	3	0	1	0
1996	Total		54	0	3	4	3.74	41	24	23	0	0	2	55.1	57	4	26	4	3	1
1997	MON	N	25	0	0	1	5.82	15	16	14	0	0	5	21.2	28	2	8	0	0	1
Total	NL		771	6	58	76	3.03	940	368	341	0	0	347	1014	907	67	363	80	41	8
Total	AL		251	0	13	16	3.04	311	107	93	0	0	131	275.1	226	22	123	20	6	2
Total			1022	6	71	92	3.03	1251	475	434	0	0	478	1289.1	1133	89	486	100	47	10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1980	CHI	N	P	18	0	21.2	0	3	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	1.000
1981	CHI	N	P	40	1	66.2	3	9	0	0	0	1	5	9	0	1.000
1982	CHI	N	P	72	5	117	9	10	1	2	0	3	15	8	1	.950
1983	CHI	N	P	66	0	103.1	8	9	0	0	0	4	8	5	0	1.000
1984	CHI	N	P	69	0	101	6	13	0	2	0	0	16	2	0	1.000
1985	CHI	N	P	65	0	97.2	3	9	0	1	0	1	6	4	0	1.000
1986	CHI	N	P	66	0	90.1	1	12	0	2	0	4	15	6	0	1.000
1987	CHI	N	P	62	0	83.2	3	8	0	0	0	1	13	3	0	1.000
1988	BOS	A	P	64	0	83.2	5	4	1	0	0	1	6	2	0	.900
1989	BOS	A	P	64	0	70.2	1	1	0	0	0	1	9	3	0	1.000
1990	STL	N	P	53	0	68.2	2	1	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	1.000
1990	BOS	A	P	11	0	14.1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1.000
1990	Total		P	64	0	83	2	3	0	0	0	0	14	5	0	1.000
1991	STL	N	P	67	0	73	3	6	0	0	0	2	10	2	0	1.000
1992	STL	N	P	70	0	75	1	7	1	1	0	0	12	1	0	.889
1993	STL	N	P	55	0	50	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	2	0	1.000
1993	NY	A	P	8	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1993	Total		P	63	0	58	0	2	0	0	0	1	12	2	0	1.000
1994	BAL	A	P	41	0	38.1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.800
1995	CAL	A	P	52	0	49.1	1	4	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	1.000
1996	CIN	N	P	43	0	44.1	2	5	0	1	0	1	9	3	0	1.000
1996	CAL	A	P	11	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1996	Total		P	54	0	55.1	3	5	0	1	0	1	11	3	0	1.000
1997	MON	N	P	25	0	21.2	1	4	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1.000
Total			P	1022	6	1289.1	52	111	4	9	0	21	170	63	1	.976

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1980	CHI	N	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	CHI	N	40	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
1982	CHI	N	72	16	2	1	1	1	.063	.118	.250	0	0	1	9	0	1	0	0	0
1983	CHI	N	66	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.200	.111	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0
1984	CHI	N	69	13	0	1	0	1	.077	.077	.077	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
1985	CHI	N	65	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
1986	CHI	N	66	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1987	CHI	N	63	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1988	BOS	A	64	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	BOS	A	64	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	STL	N	53	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1990	BOS	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	Total		64	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1991	STL	N	67	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	STL	N	70	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	STL	N	55	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1993	NY	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	Total		63	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1994	BAL	A	41	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	CAL	A	52	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	CIN	N	43	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	CAL	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	Total		54	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	MON	N	25	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		772	64	2	3	1	2	.047	.090	.094	0	0	3	42	0	4	0	0	0
Total	AL		251	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			1023	64	2	3	1	2	.047	.090	.094	0	0	3	42	0	4	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1975 - signed June 20, 1975).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Al Nipper and Calvin Schiraldi (December 8, 1987).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Tom Brunansky (May 4, 1990).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Yankees in exchange for Rich Batchelor (August 31, 1993).
Granted free agency (October 25, 1993).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (January 20, 1994).
Granted free agency (October 24, 1994).
Signed by California Angels (December 14, 1994).
Traded by California Angels to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Chuck McElroy (May 27, 1996).
Granted free agency (October 29, 1996).
Signed by Montreal Expos (January 21, 1997).
Released by Montreal Expos (September 25, 1997).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 20, 1998).

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