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Mike Smithson
Billy Mike Smithson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 8", Weight 215 lb.
School University of Tennessee

Debut August 27, 1982
  vs. BAL 8.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L
Final Game September 28, 1989
Born January 21, 1955 in Centerville, TN

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 27 TEX AL   3   4   8   8   3   0   0  0   46.7   51   26   26   5   13   24   3   1   199   2   0  5.01  3.88   77 1.371
 1983 28 TEX AL  10  14  33  33  10   0   0  0  223.3  233  102   97  14   71  135   8   8   960   2   2  3.91  3.99  102 1.361
 1984 29 MIN AL  15  13  36  36  10   1   0  0  252.0  246  113  103  35   54  144   8   7  1047   7   2  3.68  4.20  114 1.190
 1985 30 MIN AL  15  14  37  37   8   3   0  0  257.0  264  134  124  25   78  127  15   6  1088   1   1  4.34  4.36  100 1.331
 1986 31 MIN AL  13  14  34  33   8   1   1  0  198.0  234  123  105  26   57  114  14  15   880   4   1  4.77  4.27   89 1.470
 1987 32 MIN AL   4   7  21  20   0   0   0  0  109.0  126   76   72  17   38   53   9   4   494   3   2  5.94  4.61   77 1.505
 1988 33 BOS AL   9   6  31  18   1   0   6  0  126.7  149   87   84  25   37   73   6   2   561   1   6  5.97  4.13   69 1.468
 1989 34 BOS AL   7  14  40  19   1   1  12  2  143.7  170   84   79  21   35   61  10   0   632   5   0  4.95  4.13   83 1.427
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .469  76  86 240 204  41   6  19  2 1356.3 1473  745  690 168  383  731  73  43  5861  25  14  4.58  4.21   92 1.368
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  13  36  31   6   0   2  0  207.7  225  114  105  25   58  111  11   6   897   3   2  4.58  4.21   92 1.368
 Career High     15  14  40  37  10   3  12  2  257.0  264  134  124  35   78  144  15  15  1088   7   6  3.68  4.61  114 1.190

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 27 TEX AL P 8 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.72 0.96 1.79 8 46.7 1983 28 TEX AL P 33 19 33 2 3 .963 .958 1.58 0.73 2.10 1.80 33 223.3 1984 29 MIN AL P 36 17 29 2 2 .958 .958 1.28 0.70 1.64 1.79 36 252.0 1985 30 MIN AL P 37 16 28 2 4 .957 .952 1.19 0.70 1.54 1.86 37 257.0 1986 31 MIN AL P 34 10 32 2 4 .955 .957 1.24 0.68 1.91 1.83 33 198.0 1987 32 MIN AL P 21 6 11 0 1 1.000 .955 0.81 0.67 1.40 1.84 20 109.0 1988 33 BOS AL P 31 7 13 3 0 .870 .962 0.65 0.67 1.42 1.78 18 126.7 1989 34 BOS AL P 40 9 19 1 3 .966 .959 0.70 0.66 1.75 1.87 19 143.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 27 TEX AL P 8 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.72 0.96 1.79 8 46.7 1983 28 TEX AL P 33 19 33 2 3 .963 .958 1.58 0.73 2.10 1.80 33 223.3 1984 29 MIN AL P 36 17 29 2 2 .958 .958 1.28 0.70 1.64 1.79 36 252.0 1985 30 MIN AL P 37 16 28 2 4 .957 .952 1.19 0.70 1.54 1.86 37 257.0 1986 31 MIN AL P 34 10 32 2 4 .955 .957 1.24 0.68 1.91 1.83 33 198.0 1987 32 MIN AL P 21 6 11 0 1 1.000 .955 0.81 0.67 1.40 1.84 20 109.0 1988 33 BOS AL P 31 7 13 3 0 .870 .962 0.65 0.67 1.42 1.78 18 126.7 1989 34 BOS AL P 40 9 19 1 3 .966 .959 0.70 0.66 1.75 1.87 19 143.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 240 86 168 12 17 .955 .957 1.06 0.69 1.69 1.82 204 1356.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 240 86 168 12 17 .955 .957 1.06 0.69 1.69 1.82 204 1356
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1988   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2.1   3   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1988   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1984 AL-1.190-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1984 AL-1.93-2

Innings
1984 AL-252.0-7
1985 AL-257.0-6

Strikeouts
1984 AL-144-10

Games Started
1984 AL-36-1
1985 AL-37-1

Comp. Games
1984 AL-10-9

Shutouts
1985 AL-3-4

Home Runs Allow.
1984 AL-35-1
1988 AL-25-7
1989 AL-21-10

Hits Allowed
1984 AL-246-4
1985 AL-264-3
1986 AL-234-8

SO to Walk
1984 AL-2.67-4

Losses
1983 AL-14-7
1985 AL-14-9
1986 AL-14-6
1989 AL-14-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1984 AL-103-8
1985 AL-124-1

Wild Pitches
1983 AL-8-10
1986 AL-15-4

Hit Batsmen
1983 AL-8-4
1984 AL-8-4
1985 AL-15-1
1986 AL-14-2
1987 AL-9-5
1989 AL-10-2

Batters Faced
1984 AL-1047-6
1985 AL-1088-4

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 17 (1143) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1334) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

April 9, 1982: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Texas Rangers for John Henry Johnson.

December 7, 1983: Traded by the Texas Rangers with John Butcher to the Minnesota Twins for Gary Ward and Sam Sorce (minors).

December 21, 1987: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

January 18, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Minnesota Twins$335,000
1986Minnesota Twins$450,000
1989Boston Red Sox$540,000
1990California Angels$480,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,805,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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