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Lonnie Smith played 17 major-league seasons (1978-1994) as a OF (1,356). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 23 | PHI | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .000 | .500 | 56 |
| 1979 | 24 | PHI | 17 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .167 | .427 | 20 |
| 1980 | 25 | PHI | 100 | 298 | 69 | 101 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 26 | 48 | .339 | .840 | 142 |
| 1981 | 26 | PHI | 62 | 176 | 40 | 57 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 14 | .324 | .874 | 155 |
| 1982 | 27 | SLN | 156 | 592 | 120 | 182 | 8 | 69 | 68 | 64 | 74 | .307 | .815 | 136 |
| 1983 | 28 | SLN | 130 | 492 | 83 | 158 | 8 | 45 | 43 | 41 | 55 | .321 | .834 | 139 |
| 1984 | 29 | SLN | 145 | 504 | 77 | 126 | 6 | 49 | 50 | 70 | 90 | .250 | .691 | 102 |
| 1985 | 30 | KCA | 120 | 448 | 77 | 115 | 6 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 69 | .257 | .687 | 88 |
| 1985 | 30 | SLN | 28 | 96 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 20 | .260 | .700 | 105 |
| 1986 | 31 | KCA | 134 | 508 | 80 | 146 | 8 | 44 | 26 | 46 | 78 | .287 | .768 | 109 |
| 1987 | 32 | KCA | 48 | 167 | 26 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 31 | .251 | .715 | 91 |
| 1988 | 33 | ATL | 43 | 114 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 25 | .237 | .638 | 90 |
| 1989 | 34 | ATL | 134 | 482 | 89 | 152 | 21 | 79 | 25 | 76 | 95 | .315 | .948 | 179 |
| 1990 | 35 | ATL | 135 | 466 | 72 | 142 | 9 | 42 | 10 | 58 | 69 | .305 | .844 | 140 |
| 1991 | 36 | ATL | 122 | 353 | 58 | 97 | 7 | 44 | 9 | 50 | 64 | .275 | .771 | 125 |
| 1992 | 37 | ATL | 84 | 158 | 23 | 39 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 17 | 37 | .247 | .761 | 121 |
| 1993 | 38 | BAL | 9 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .208 | .906 | 143 |
| 1993 | 38 | PIT | 94 | 199 | 35 | 57 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 43 | 42 | .286 | .864 | 140 |
| 1994 | 39 | BAL | 35 | 59 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 18 | .203 | .588 | 55 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | OF | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | OF | 11 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 82 | 70 | 121 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | OF | 51 | 43 | 89 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 1982 | OF | 149 | 144 | 303 | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| 1983 | OF | 126 | 121 | 225 | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| 1984 | OF | 140 | 137 | 184 | 18 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | OF | 147 | 146 | 238 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| 1986 | OF | 118 | 118 | 245 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 1987 | OF | 32 | 31 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | OF | 35 | 25 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | OF | 132 | 129 | 289 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | OF | 122 | 113 | 254 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 1991 | OF | 99 | 98 | 134 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 1992 | OF | 35 | 31 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | OF | 64 | 48 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | OF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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.
Lonnie Smith won: TSN All-Star 1982 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1989, 1983, 1982, 1980.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 3 | 49 / 120 | 4 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 218 / 336 | 8 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 11 | 34 / 336 | 0 |
Lonnie Smith ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #72 | left fielders | 1989 | 179 OPS+ |
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.