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John Smiley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 180lb (193cm, 81kg)

Born: March 17, 1965 in Phoenixville, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Perkiomen School (Pennsburg, PA).

High Schools: Graterford HS (Graterford, PA), Perkiomen School (Pennsburg, PA)

Debut: September 1, 1986 (Age 21-168d, 15,222nd in major league history)
vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 30, 1997 (Age 32-166d)
vs. CHC 5.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: John Patrick Smiley

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.0

126

103

ERA

3.80

361

280

1907.2

1284

WHIP

1.226

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-15 / in Starts: 18-14
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	27 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 73 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	38 (23-12-3)
Avg. MLBer w/ 73 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (21-14-7)

Most Driven In
M LaValliere	1
F FermÃn	0
R Belliard	0

Most Driven In By
J Lind	1
B Bonilla	1

1988 Batting Game Log

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1988 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	76	2 (1)	Apr 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	77	5 (2)	Apr 10	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.47	-0.023	.78	-0.02%	-0.23	P
3	78	9 (3)	Apr 15	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.65	-0.033	1.45	-0.04%	-0.31	P
4	79	14 (4)	Apr 21	PIT		STL	L,3-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.04	-0.025	2.28	-0.03%	-0.20	P
5	80	18 (3)	Apr 26	PIT	@	SFG	W,2-0	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.48	0.167	3.15	0.21%	1.40	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	81	23 (4)	May 1	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.04	-0.046	2.11	-0.06%	-0.57	P
7	82	28 (4)	May 7	PIT		SDP	L,2-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.09	-0.011	2.10	-0.01%	-0.15	P
8	83	33 (4)	May 12	PIT		LAD	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.00	-0.077	1.96	-0.09%	-1.02	P
9	84	38 (4)	May 17	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.82	-0.080	3.57	-0.09%	-0.58	P
10	85	43 (4)	May 23	PIT		HOU	L,0-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	.90	0.029	1.38	0.03%	0.10	P
11	86	48 (4)	May 29	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-7	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.150	.340	9	.83	0.018	1.38	0.02%	0.09	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	87	53 (4)	Jun 3	PIT		MON	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	9	1.30	-0.099	2.09	-0.10%	-0.61	P
13	88	58 (4)	Jun 9	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.154	.120	.274	9	1.04	-0.050	1.63	-0.05%	-0.40	P
14	89	63 (4)	Jun 14	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.143	.111	.254	9	.39	-0.019	.78	-0.02%	-0.29	P
15	90	68 (4)	Jun 20	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.133	.103	.237	9	1.17	-0.054	2.67	-0.07%	-0.52	P
16	91	73 (4)	Jun 25	PIT	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.125	.301	9	.59	-0.033	.92	-0.03%	0.35	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	92	78 (4)	Jul 1	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	1.77	-0.157	2.77	-0.15%	-0.85	P
18	93	83 (4)	Jul 7	PIT	@	SDP	W,2-0	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.154	.108	.262	9	.58	-0.042	.80	-0.04%	-0.43	P
19	94	87 (3)	Jul 14	PIT		SFG	W,9-2	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.108	.154	.108	.262	9						P
20	95	91 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	PIT		SDP	L,2-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	9	1.61	-0.043	4.00	-0.06%	-0.33	P
21	96	96 (4)	Jul 23	PIT		LAD	L,2-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.143	.100	.243	9	.65	-0.031	1.66	-0.05%	-0.22	P
22	97	101 (4)	Jul 29	PIT	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.140	.098	.237	9	1.69	-0.075	8.35	-0.22%	-0.52	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	98	106 (4)	Aug 3	PIT		MON	L,4-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.136	.095	.232	9	.64	-0.015	1.64	-0.02%	-0.13	P
24	99	116 (9)	Aug 12 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.130	.091	.221	9	.92	-0.044	1.52	-0.04%	-0.35	P
25	100	118 (1)	Aug 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-8	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.130	.091	.221	9						P
26	101	123 (4)	Aug 20	PIT		HOU	W,2-1	GS-8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.146	.089	.235	9	.60	0.011	1.36	0.02%	0.03	P
27	102	128 (4)	Aug 26	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.085	.140	.085	.225	9	.44	-0.022	.63	-0.02%	-0.17	P
28	103	133 (4)	Aug 31	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.132	.080	.212	9	1.71	-0.118	1.16	-0.05%	-0.93	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	104	136 (2)	Sep 6	PIT		NYM	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.075	.125	.075	.200	9	.40	-0.031	.08	0.00%	-0.67	P
30	105	141 (4)	Sep 11	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.123	.074	.197	9	.75	-0.018	.05	0.00%	-0.13	P
31	106	146 (4)	Sep 16	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.119	.071	.190	9	.72	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.35	P
32	107	151 (4)	Sep 21	PIT	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.068	.113	.068	.181	9	.62	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-1.35	P
33	108	156 (4)	Sep 27	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.082	.125	.098	.223	9	.78	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.41	P
34	109	160 (3)	Oct 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.079	.121	.095	.216	9	1.26	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
							19-15		73	63	2	5	1	0	0	1	3	0	30	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	.079	.121	.095	.216		.97	-1.064	1.69	-1.01%	-9.57

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