Lee Smith Career Pitching Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Lee Smith played in Major League Baseball from 1980 to 1997, appearing in 1,022 games over 18 seasons. He recorded a total of 71 W and 92 L, an ERA of 3.03, 1,251 SO, a WHIP of 1.256, and a WAR of 29.5.

🧾 Basic Profile

Lee Smith
NameLee Smith
Date of BirthDecember 4, 1957
Nationality
United States
PositionPitcher
ThrowsRight
BatsRight
MLB Debut1980
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Lee Smith Yearly Pitching Stats

This chart shows the season-by-season changes in ERA, SO, and IP for Lee Smith.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Career Summary

Lee Smith appeared in 1,022 games over 18 MLB seasons from 1980 to 1997. Below are his cumulative stats and MLB all-time rankings:

GS6 (MLB Rank: 5,078)
GF802 (MLB Rank: 3)
W71 (MLB Rank: 1,006)
L92 (MLB Rank: 675)
SV478 (MLB Rank: 3)
ERA3.03 (MLB Rank: 1,465)
IP1289.1 (MLB Rank: 976)
SO1,251 (MLB Rank: 363)
BB486 (MLB Rank: 848)
H1,133 (MLB Rank: 1,146)
HR89 (MLB Rank: 1,115)
SO98.73 (MLB Rank: 1,349)
BB93.39 (MLB Rank: 7,167)
H97.91 (MLB Rank: 10,122)
HR90.62 (MLB Rank: 6,772)
WHIP1.256 (MLB Rank: 10,095)
WAR29.5 (MLB Rank: 309)

📊 Last Season Summary (1997)

In his final season (1997), Lee Smith recorded the following stats:

GS0
GF14
W0
L1
SV5
ERA5.82
IP21.2
SO15
BB8
H28
HR2
SO96.23
BB93.32
H911.63
HR90.83
WHIP1.662
WAR−0.4

📈 Seasonal Highlights

  • Most Wins: 1984, 9 W
  • Most SO: 1985, 112 SO
  • Most IP: 1982, 117 IP
  • Best WAR: 1983, 4.8 WAR
  • Best ERA: 1983, 1.66 ERA

🎯 Postseason Performance

Lee Smith appeared in 4 games during the postseason. He recorded an ERA of 8.82, pitched 5.1 IP, struck out 7 batters, with 0 W and 2 L.

Lee Smith Career Pitching Stats Overview

seasonWLERAW-L%SVSOIPWARWHIPHRHBBRERERA+FIPSO9SO/BBGSGGFCGSHOHR9H9BB9BKHBPIBBWPBF
1980
2
0
2.91
1
0
17
21.2
0.4
1.615
0
21
14
9
7
138
3.12
7.1
1.21
0
18
6
0
0
0
8.7
5.8
0
0
5
0
97
1981
3
6
3.51
0.333
1
50
66.2
0.8
1.32
2
57
31
31
26
106
2.93
6.8
1.61
1
40
12
0
0
0.3
7.7
4.2
1
1
8
7
281
1982
2
5
2.69
0.286
17
99
117
3.1
1.214
5
105
37
38
35
139
2.61
7.6
2.68
5
72
38
0
0
0.4
8.1
2.8
1
3
5
6
480
1983
4
10
1.65
0.286
29
91
103.1
4.8
1.074
5
70
41
23
19
229
2.84
7.9
2.22
0
66
56
0
0
0.4
6.1
3.6
2
1
14
5
413
1984
9
7
3.65
0.563
33
86
101
1.4
1.317
6
98
35
42
41
107
2.88
7.7
2.46
0
69
59
0
0
0.5
8.7
3.1
0
0
7
6
428
1985
7
4
3.04
0.636
33
112
97.2
2.6
1.218
9
87
32
35
33
131
2.6
10.3
3.5
0
65
57
0
0
0.8
8
2.9
0
1
6
4
397
1986
9
9
3.09
0.5
31
93
90.1
3.2
1.229
7
69
42
32
31
131
3.11
9.3
2.21
0
66
59
0
0
0.7
6.9
4.2
0
0
11
2
372
1987
4
10
3.12
0.286
36
96
83.2
2.8
1.386
4
84
32
30
29
137
2.35
10.3
3
0
62
55
0
0
0.4
9
3.4
0
0
5
4
360
1988
4
5
2.8
0.444
29
96
83.2
1.3
1.303
7
72
37
34
26
148
2.92
10.3
2.59
0
64
57
0
0
0.8
7.7
4
0
1
6
2
363
1989
6
1
3.57
0.857
25
96
70.2
1
1.217
6
53
33
30
28
116
2.55
12.2
2.91
0
64
50
0
0
0.8
6.8
4.2
0
0
6
1
290
1990
5
5
2.06
0.5
31
87
83
2.2
1.205
3
71
29
24
19
188
2.23
9.4
3
0
64
53
0
0
0.3
7.7
3.1
0
0
7
2
344
1991
6
3
2.34
0.667
47
67
73
2.3
1.137
5
70
13
19
19
158
2.45
8.3
5.15
0
67
61
0
0
0.6
8.6
1.6
0
0
5
1
300
1992
4
9
3.12
0.308
43
60
75
0.6
1.173
4
62
26
28
26
110
2.92
7.2
2.31
0
70
55
0
0
0.5
7.4
3.1
0
0
4
2
310
1993
2
4
3.88
0.333
46
60
58
0.4
1.155
11
53
14
25
25
103
4.11
9.3
4.29
0
63
56
0
0
1.7
8.2
2.2
0
0
2
1
239
1994
1
4
3.29
0.2
33
42
38.1
0.8
1.174
6
34
11
16
14
153
3.84
9.9
3.82
0
41
39
0
0
1.4
8
2.6
0
0
1
0
160
1995
0
5
3.47
0
37
43
49.1
1.3
1.358
3
42
25
19
19
136
3.73
7.8
1.72
0
52
51
0
0
0.5
7.7
4.6
0
1
4
1
209
1996
3
4
3.74
0.429
2
41
55.1
0.9
1.5
4
57
26
24
23
118
4.09
6.7
1.58
0
54
24
0
0
0.7
9.3
4.2
0
1
4
3
245
1997
0
1
5.82
0
5
15
21.2
-0.4
1.662
2
28
8
16
14
73
4.17
6.2
1.88
0
25
14
0
0
0.8
11.6
3.3
0
1
0
0
100