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Lee Smith played 18 major-league seasons (1980-1997) as a P (1,022). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 9 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 24 | CHN | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1982 | 25 | CHN | 72 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .063 | .368 | 4 |
| 1983 | 26 | CHN | 66 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .111 | .311 | -8 |
| 1984 | 27 | CHN | 69 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .077 | .154 | -55 |
| 1985 | 28 | CHN | 65 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .143 | -55 |
| 1986 | 29 | CHN | 66 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1987 | 30 | CHN | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1990 | 33 | SLN | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1993 | 36 | SLN | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 23 | CHN | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | 17 | 14 | 2.91 | 124 |
| 1981 | 24 | CHN | 40 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 66.2 | 50 | 31 | 3.51 | 99 |
| 1982 | 25 | CHN | 72 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 117 | 99 | 37 | 2.69 | 134 |
| 1983 | 26 | CHN | 66 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 103.1 | 91 | 41 | 1.65 | 219 |
| 1984 | 27 | CHN | 69 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 101 | 86 | 35 | 3.65 | 98 |
| 1985 | 28 | CHN | 65 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 97.2 | 112 | 32 | 3.04 | 118 |
| 1986 | 29 | CHN | 66 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 90.1 | 93 | 42 | 3.09 | 120 |
| 1987 | 30 | CHN | 62 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 83.2 | 96 | 32 | 3.12 | 131 |
| 1988 | 31 | BOS | 64 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 83.2 | 96 | 37 | 2.80 | 142 |
| 1989 | 32 | BOS | 64 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 70.2 | 96 | 33 | 3.57 | 109 |
| 1990 | 33 | BOS | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14.1 | 17 | 9 | 1.88 | 207 |
| 1990 | 33 | SLN | 53 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 68.2 | 70 | 20 | 2.10 | 181 |
| 1991 | 34 | SLN | 67 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 73 | 67 | 13 | 2.34 | 157 |
| 1992 | 35 | SLN | 70 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 75 | 60 | 26 | 3.12 | 112 |
| 1993 | 36 | NYA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0.00 | — |
| 1993 | 36 | SLN | 55 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 50 | 49 | 9 | 4.50 | 90 |
| 1994 | 37 | BAL | 41 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 38.1 | 42 | 11 | 3.29 | 146 |
| 1995 | 38 | CAL | 52 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 49.1 | 43 | 25 | 3.47 | 136 |
| 1996 | 39 | CAL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2.45 | 203 |
| 1996 | 39 | CIN | 43 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 44.1 | 35 | 23 | 4.06 | 104 |
| 1997 | 40 | MON | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21.2 | 15 | 8 | 5.82 | 72 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | P | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | P | 40 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | P | 72 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 1983 | P | 66 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | P | 69 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985 | P | 65 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1986 | P | 66 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 1987 | P | 62 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | P | 64 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | P | 64 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | P | 64 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | P | 67 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | P | 70 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 1993 | P | 63 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | P | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | P | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | P | 54 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | P | 25 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 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 (8 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1994, 1992, 1991, 1988, 1983.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Cy Young Award | NL | 10 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 4 / 392 | 0 |
| 1991 | Cy Young Award | NL | 2 | 60 / 120 | 4 |
| 1991 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 89 / 336 | 0 |
| 1992 | Cy Young Award | NL | 4 | 3 / 120 | 0 |
| 1994 | Cy Young Award | AL | 5 | 1 / 140 | 0 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 14 | 18 / 392 | 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.