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Dave Smith played 13 major-league seasons (1980-1992) as a P (609). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 25 | HOU | 57 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1981 | 26 | HOU | 42 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .500 | 47 |
| 1982 | 27 | HOU | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1983 | 28 | HOU | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1984 | 29 | HOU | 53 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | -37 |
| 1985 | 30 | HOU | 64 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | -22 |
| 1986 | 31 | HOU | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1987 | 32 | HOU | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.167 | 227 |
| 1988 | 33 | HOU | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1989 | 34 | HOU | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1990 | 35 | HOU | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | 4 |
| 1991 | 36 | CHN | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 25 | HOU | 57 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 102.2 | 85 | 32 | 1.93 | 187 |
| 1981 | 26 | HOU | 42 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 75 | 52 | 23 | 2.76 | 126 |
| 1982 | 27 | HOU | 49 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 63.1 | 28 | 31 | 3.84 | 94 |
| 1983 | 28 | HOU | 42 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 72.2 | 41 | 36 | 3.10 | 117 |
| 1984 | 29 | HOU | 53 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 77.1 | 45 | 20 | 2.21 | 162 |
| 1985 | 30 | HOU | 64 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 79.1 | 40 | 17 | 2.27 | 158 |
| 1986 | 31 | HOU | 54 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 56 | 46 | 22 | 2.73 | 136 |
| 1987 | 32 | HOU | 50 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 60 | 73 | 21 | 1.65 | 247 |
| 1988 | 33 | HOU | 51 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 57.1 | 38 | 19 | 2.67 | 129 |
| 1989 | 34 | HOU | 52 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 58 | 31 | 19 | 2.64 | 132 |
| 1990 | 35 | HOU | 49 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 60.1 | 50 | 20 | 2.39 | 159 |
| 1991 | 36 | CHN | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 16 | 19 | 6.00 | 61 |
| 1992 | 37 | CHN | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 3 | 4 | 2.51 | 139 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | P | 57 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | P | 42 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | P | 49 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 1983 | P | 42 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | P | 53 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 1985 | P | 64 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 1986 | P | 54 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | P | 50 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | P | 51 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | P | 52 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990 | P | 49 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1991 | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | P | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1986, 1980.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 5 | 13 / 120 | 2 |
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
Dave Smith ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #76 | closers | 1987 | 247 ERA+ |
| #93 | relief pitchers | 1987 | 247 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.