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John Smiley played 12 major-league seasons (1986-1997) as a P (361). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 10 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 22 | PIT | 63 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .429 | 14 |
| 1988 | 23 | PIT | 34 | 63 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .079 | .216 | -35 |
| 1989 | 24 | PIT | 28 | 65 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .138 | .376 | 11 |
| 1990 | 25 | PIT | 26 | 49 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .122 | .296 | -14 |
| 1991 | 26 | PIT | 33 | 70 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .100 | .237 | -30 |
| 1993 | 28 | CIN | 18 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .250 | .546 | 51 |
| 1994 | 29 | CIN | 24 | 55 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .200 | .509 | 38 |
| 1995 | 30 | CIN | 28 | 55 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .164 | .508 | 37 |
| 1996 | 31 | CIN | 35 | 68 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .191 | .457 | 26 |
| 1997 | 32 | CIN | 20 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .100 | .225 | -40 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 21 | PIT | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 9 | 4 | 3.86 | 96 |
| 1987 | 22 | PIT | 63 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 75 | 58 | 50 | 5.76 | 71 |
| 1988 | 23 | PIT | 34 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 205 | 129 | 46 | 3.25 | 106 |
| 1989 | 24 | PIT | 28 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 205.1 | 123 | 49 | 2.81 | 125 |
| 1990 | 25 | PIT | 26 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 149.1 | 86 | 36 | 4.64 | 82 |
| 1991 | 26 | PIT | 33 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 207.2 | 129 | 44 | 3.08 | 120 |
| 1992 | 27 | MIN | 34 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 241 | 163 | 65 | 3.21 | 123 |
| 1993 | 28 | CIN | 18 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 105.2 | 60 | 31 | 5.62 | 72 |
| 1994 | 29 | CIN | 24 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 158.2 | 112 | 37 | 3.86 | 109 |
| 1995 | 30 | CIN | 28 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 176.2 | 124 | 39 | 3.46 | 121 |
| 1996 | 31 | CIN | 35 | 34 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 217.1 | 171 | 54 | 3.64 | 116 |
| 1997 | 32 | CLE | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 37.1 | 26 | 10 | 5.54 | 82 |
| 1997 | 32 | CIN | 20 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 117 | 94 | 31 | 5.23 | 80 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | P | 63 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 1988 | P | 34 | 32 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 3 |
| 1989 | P | 28 | 28 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 2 |
| 1990 | P | 26 | 25 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| 1991 | P | 33 | 32 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | P | 34 | 34 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 2 |
| 1993 | P | 18 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | P | 24 | 24 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | P | 28 | 27 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 3 |
| 1996 | P | 35 | 34 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| 1997 | P | 26 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 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: 1991.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 26 / 120 | 0 |
| 1991 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
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.