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)
View Lee Smith's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

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: 11-28 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 15

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	19	3	Apr 12	CHC		NYM	L,1-2	6-8		99	2.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.38	4.10	12	3	3	2	1	3		0	0	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.083	1.14	-0.04%	0.14	6t --- 0 out tie	8t 1-- 2 out d1
2	20	5	Apr 16	CHC	@	MON	L,0-7	2-4		3	2.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.69	4.48	8	6	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.155	.50	0.06%	2.37	2b 123 1 out d2	4b 3 out d2
3	21	6	Apr 17	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	5-6		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.23	3.15	7	3	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.06	0.00%	1.37	5b -23 0 out d5	6b 3 out d6
4	22	7	Apr 18	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	L(0-1)	0	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.00	4.27	6	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.244	1.01	-0.09%	-0.19	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
5	23	11	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	L,0-3	5-7		3	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.50	3.60	11	4	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	.28	0.042	.10	0.01%	1.34	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
6	24	12	Apr 24	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	7-8		1	2.0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	1.93	3.96	10	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.24	-0.043	.35	-0.01%	-0.10	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d2
7	25	13	Apr 25	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	6-7	H(1)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	3.71	5	1	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.042	.45	0.01%	-0.14	6t 12- 2 out a2	7t 3 out a1
8	26	15	Apr 29(1)	CHC		STL	W,6-1	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	3.66	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.012	.07	0.00%	0.86	9t 12- 1 out a5	9t end a 5
9	27	16	Apr 29(2)	CHC		STL	T,2-2	8-10		-1	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.45	3.56	9	4	2	0	1	1		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.28	0.540	.63	0.06%	2.41	8t 123 1 out tie	10t 3 out tie
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
10	28	19	May 3	CHC		ATL	L,7-9	8-GF		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.31	3.18	8	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.026	.03	0.00%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
11	29	21	May 5	CHC		HOU	L,3-4	8-GF	BL(0-2)	1	2.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	1.99	2.86	9	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.56	-0.552	.33	-0.03%	-1.10	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
12	30	22	May 6	CHC		HOU	W,2-1	10-GF(11)	W(1-2)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.82	2.60	7	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.254	.19	0.01%	0.90	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
13	31	24	May 8	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-4	8-9		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	2.60	4	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	0.237	.20	0.01%	1.01	8b -23 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
14	32	25	May 9	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-3	7-GF		0	3.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.48	2.53	14	9	4	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.009	.01	0.00%	-1.67	7b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 4
15	33	31	May 16	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-6	7-8		6	1.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.97	2.63	8	2	2	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.28	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 1-3 1 out d2
16	34	34	May 20	CHC		CIN	L,7-10	7-7	BL(1-3)	3	0.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.26	2.63	4	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.15	-0.471	.08	-0.01%	-2.82	7t --- 0 out a1	7t 123 0 out tie
17	35	42	May 28	CHC		PIT	L,4-9	9-GF		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.16	2.50	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
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
18	36	46	Jun 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-16	7-7		4	0.2	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.94	2.48	5	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.28	7b --- 0 out d6	7b 123 2 out d6
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
19	37	55	Aug 10	CHC		NYM	L,5-7	11-11		68	0.1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.90	2.57	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.55	-0.082	3.58	-0.07%	-0.41	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 12- 1 out tie
20	38	56	Aug 11	CHC		NYM	L,2-4	5-8	L(1-4)	0	2.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.15	2.60	10	3	4	2	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	-0.075	2.45	-0.06%	0.03	5t 1-3 2 out tie	8t 1-3 0 out a1
21	39	57	Aug 12	CHC		NYM	L,4-7	7-7		0	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.08	2.77	5	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1.77	-0.072	1.97	-0.05%	-0.36	7t -2- 1 out d1	7t 3 out d2
22	40	59	Aug 15	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	9-10		2	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.86	2.73	8	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.254	2.25	0.15%	0.90	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
23	41	60	Aug 16(1)	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	8-GF(11)	L(1-5)	0	4.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.70	2.65	14	8	2	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.64	0.333	2.95	0.22%	2.62	8t 123 0 out tie	11t end d 1
24	42	64	Aug 19	CHC		LAD	W,4-3	8-9	H(2)	2	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.86	3.03	4	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.123	1.62	-0.07%	-0.89	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t 1-- 0 out a1
25	43	68	Aug 24	CHC		SDP	W,9-8	10-GF(11)	W(2-5)	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.68	2.92	6	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.254	1.63	0.13%	0.90	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
26	44	70	Aug 26	CHC		SDP	W,9-7	9-GF	W(3-5)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	2.91	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	0.127	3.78	0.09%	0.45	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
27	45	72	Aug 28	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-6	7-7		1	0.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.55	2.82	4	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.020	.19	-0.01%	-0.89	7b 1-3 1 out d3	7b 3 out d5
28	46	73	Aug 29	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-1	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	2.77	6	0	4	0	3	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	0.306	3.64	0.17%	1.24	8b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 2
Sep/Oct				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
29	47	77	Sep 2	CHC	@	SDP	L,4-5	6-8	BS(3)	3	2.1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.26	2.88	12	5	5	3	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.70	-0.333	2.82	-0.21%	-1.09	6b --- 0 out a1	8b -23 1 out tie
30	48	79	Sep 4	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-3	8-9		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.14	2.85	8	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.73	0.218	1.83	0.09%	0.85	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
31	49	83	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	11-11	H(3)	3	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.29	2.91	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.42	-0.136	4.80	-0.11%	-0.41	11b --- 0 out a1	11b 12- 1 out a1
32	50	85	Sep 11	CHC		MON	W,6-5	9-9		2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.46	2.91	1	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.073	2.97	-0.09%	-0.37	9t --- 0 out a2	9t 1-- 0 out a2
33	51	86	Sep 12	CHC		MON	L,0-2	7-8		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.33	2.86	7	3	3	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.054	1.03	0.08%	0.90	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
34	52	87	Sep 13	CHC		MON	L,6-10	6-6		0	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.81	2.91	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.060	1.26	-0.07%	-1.41	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 12- 1 out d4
35	53	91	Sep 20	CHC	@	MON	L,0-4	6-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3.74	3.07	5	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.004	.16	0.00%	0.07	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 1-- 0 out d4
36	54	95	Sep 24	CHC		NYM	W,10-9	5-7		3	1.2	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	3.79	3.13	9	5	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.129	1.00	0.06%	0.83	5t -23 1 out a2	7t 12- 0 out a4
37	55	96	Sep 25	CHC		PHI	L,2-9	5-6		0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	3.11	4	1	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.050	.53	0.03%	0.66	5t 1-- 2 out d2	6t 3 out d2
38	56	97	Sep 27(1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.64	3.07	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.01	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
39	57	101	Sep 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-10	3-4		1	1.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.56	3.00	6	2	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.036	.09	0.00%	0.75	3b -2- 2 out d3	4b 3 out d3
40	58	106	Oct 4	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-6	L(3-6)	4	6.0	3	2	2	4	7	0	0	3.51	2.93	24	6	6	2	1	1	61			0	2	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.72	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
							11-28		W-L:3-6,Sv:1,BSv:3,Hld:3	1.8	66.2	57	31	26	31	50	2	1	3.51	2.93	281	1.44		17%	8%	21	61	29	17%	5	9	0	239	8	0	8	6	2	5	1.51	0.745	1.01	0.27%	10.69

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