Dave
Smith
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 21, 1955 in Usa, CA, RICHMOND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982   
All-Star Selections 1981    1983    1986    1987    1988    1989    1990   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 25 CLN NL $ 300,000 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 8 8
1981 26 CLN NL $ 300,000 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1982 27 CLN NL $ 300,000 4 6 7 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1983 28 CLN NL $ 300,000 4 6 7 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1984 29 CLN NL $ 1,348,571 4 6 7 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
1985 30 CLN NL $ 1,348,571 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 8 8 8
1986 31 CLN NL $ 2,250,000 4 6 7 6 5 6 5 8 8 8
1987 32 CLN NL $ 2,250,000 5 6 7 7 5 6 5 8 8 8
1988 33 CLN NL $ 2,250,000 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1989 34 CLE AL $ 2,250,000 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1990 35 CLE AL $ 2,250,000 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,250,000 5 6 7 7 6 7 6 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1980 25 CLN NL 2 8 .200 60 0 0 0 29 75.3 77 35 5 35 41 4.18 .271 .351 .398 .748 6.4
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 .100 .100 .100 .200  
1981 26 CLN NL 6 5 .545 64 0 0 0 42 72.0 66 25 1 25 35 3.13 .251 .311 .304 .615 12.7
1982 27 CLN NL 9 8 .529 68 0 0 0 35 70.0 90 43 9 30 35 5.53 .313 .377 .469 .846 3.2
1983 28 CLN NL 5 3 .625 67 0 0 0 50 73.0 75 24 1 23 43 2.96 .260 .315 .326 .642 12.5
1984 29 CLN NL 5 8 .385 68 0 0 0 37 90.0 85 35 3 34 68 3.50 .253 .319 .321 .640 11.4
1985 30 CLN NL 6 10 .375 68 0 0 0 37 71.7 94 38 6 28 43 4.77 .321 .377 .451 .827 3.0
1986 31 CLN NL 5 5 .500 58 0 0 0 35 64.7 60 25 2 23 48 3.48 .245 .310 .351 .661 9.9
1987 32 CLN NL 11 2 .846 64 0 0 0 35 76.7 49 10 4 30 58 1.17 .186 .268 .266 .534 18.3
1988 33 CLN NL 6 8 .429 62 0 0 0 32 74.3 73 32 2 49 63 3.87 .258 .363 .367 .730 9.0
1989 34 CLE AL 8 6 .571 58 0 0 0 38 63.3 63 31 7 33 44 4.41 .259 .349 .432 .781 8.2
1990 35 CLE AL 8 9 .471 75 0 0 0 40 89.0 87 30 2 37 77 3.03 .258 .332 .353 .685 14.8
11 Years Sim 71 72 .497 712 0 0 0 410 820.0 819 328 42 347 555 3.60 .262 .334 .367 .701 109.3
1 Years AAA 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 .100 .100 .100 .200  
Season Average 6 6 .500 64 0 0 0 37 74.5 74 29 3 31 50 3.60 .262 .334 .367 .701  
Career Highs 11 10 .846 75 0 0 0 50 90.0 94 43 9 49 77 5.53 .321 .377 .469 .846  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   371 164 28 139 283   .250 .314 .365 .679
vs LH   448 164 14 208 272   .274 .356 .369 .725
Home 43 37 .538 365 0 0 0 199 431.3 432 176 17 194 284 3.67 .264 .342 .360 .702
Away 28 35 .444 347 0 0 0 223 388.6 387 152 25 153 271 3.52 .260 .329 .374 .704
Mar/Apr 6 20 .231 114 0 0 0 60 145.0 149 71 7 65 92 4.41 .266 .342 .395 .737
May 13 8 .619 129 0 0 0 79 154.0 122 39 8 52 101 2.28 .217 .284 .323 .606
June 12 10 .545 119 0 0 0 70 133.0 150 52 9 48 82 3.52 .290 .350 .400 .749
July 8 10 .444 103 0 0 0 66 109.0 108 41 7 49 73 3.39 .256 .333 .346 .679
August 17 12 .586 131 0 0 0 76 146.6 142 63 4 72 105 3.87 .257 .343 .346 .689
Sep/Oct 15 12 .556 116 0 0 0 71 132.3 148 62 7 61 102 4.22 .290 .366 .392 .758
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1980 25 CLN NL P 60 0 75.3 6 15 0 1 1.000 2.51    
1981 26 CLN NL P 64 0 72.0 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.63    
1982 27 CLN NL P 68 0 70.0 6 7 1 0 .929 1.67    
1983 28 CLN NL P 67 0 73.0 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.60    
1984 29 CLN NL P 68 0 90.0 8 17 0 0 1.000 2.50    
1985 30 CLN NL P 68 0 71.7 2 14 1 3 .941 2.01    
1986 31 CLN NL P 58 0 64.7 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.53    
1987 32 CLN NL P 64 0 76.7 3 9 0 2 1.000 1.41    
1988 33 CLN NL P 62 0 74.3 1 14 1 2 .938 1.82    
1989 34 CLE AL P 58 0 63.3 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.28    
1990 35 CLE AL P 75 0 89.0 6 12 0 0 1.000 1.82    
Career Totals   712 0 820.0 50 116 3 10 .982 1.82    
Career Highs   75 0 90.0 8 17 1 3 1.000 2.51    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1982 27 CLN NL 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 5 12.0 8 1 0 5 4 0.75 .195 .283 .220 .502
1983 28 CLN NL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 2 5.0 7 5 0 2 3 9.00 .368 .429 .526 .955
1984 29 CLN NL 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 5 8.7 6 1 0 3 1 1.04 .200 .273 .267 .539
1986 31 CLN NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 2 1 0 0 0 13.64 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1989 34 CLE AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 0 1 2 4.50 .267 .313 .400 .713
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 2 .600 23 0 0 0 12 30.3 27 10 0 11 10 2.97 .248 .317 .321 .638
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1980-3-29
1981-1-42
1982-2-35
1983-1-50
1984-4-37
1985-2-37
1986-3-35
1987-4-35
1988-2-32
1989-1-38
1990-1-40
CAR-1-410
Games Pitched
1982-4-68
1983-8-67
1984-5-68
1985-4-68
1990-9-75
CAR-30-712
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1980
Earned first career win on 5/9/1980
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,348,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,348,571 through salary arbitration
7/31/1985: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Injured on 7/25/1986 with a Pulled Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/8/1989 (Going to CLE: P Rich Bordi, P Mike Boddicker, P Dave Smith, 1B Clint Hurdle, 1B Jerry Turner. Going to CLN: P Wilson Alvarez)
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
10/27/1989: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $2,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game