Mike Smithson
[edit] Biography
Born on January 21, 1955 in Centerville, Tennessee, Mike Smithson (Billy Mike Smithson) played for the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 8 year career. Smithson broke into the bigs on August 27, 1982 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 3.91 ERA in 223.1 innings pitched in 1983, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Mike Smithson's best season was 1984, when he posted a 3.68 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 144 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1982
| TEX
| A
| 8
| 8
| 3
| 4
| 5.01
| 24
| 26
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 46.2
| 51
| 5
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 3
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| 33
| 33
| 10
| 14
| 3.91
| 135
| 102
| 97
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 223.1
| 233
| 14
| 71
| 2
| 8
| 8
|
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| 36
| 36
| 15
| 13
| 3.68
| 144
| 113
| 103
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 252
| 246
| 35
| 54
| 7
| 7
| 8
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| 37
| 37
| 15
| 14
| 4.34
| 127
| 134
| 124
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 257
| 264
| 25
| 78
| 1
| 6
| 15
|
| 1986
| MIN
| A
| 34
| 33
| 13
| 14
| 4.77
| 114
| 123
| 105
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 198
| 234
| 26
| 57
| 4
| 15
| 14
|
| 1987
| MIN
| A
| 21
| 20
| 4
| 7
| 5.94
| 53
| 76
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 109
| 126
| 17
| 38
| 3
| 4
| 9
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| 31
| 18
| 9
| 6
| 5.97
| 73
| 87
| 84
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 126.2
| 149
| 25
| 37
| 1
| 2
| 6
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| 40
| 19
| 7
| 14
| 4.95
| 61
| 84
| 79
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 143.2
| 170
| 21
| 35
| 5
| 0
| 10
|
| Total
|
|
| 240
| 204
| 76
| 86
| 4.58
| 731
| 745
| 690
| 41
| 6
| 2
| 1356.1
| 1473
| 168
| 383
| 25
| 43
| 73
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1982
| TEX
| A
| P
| 8
| 8
| 46.2
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| P
| 33
| 33
| 223.1
| 19
| 33
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 26
| 7
| 0
| .963
|
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| P
| 36
| 36
| 252
| 17
| 29
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 23
| 9
| 3
| .958
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| P
| 37
| 37
| 257
| 16
| 28
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 25
| 8
| 3
| .957
|
| 1986
| MIN
| A
| P
| 34
| 33
| 198
| 10
| 32
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 20
| 4
| 2
| .955
|
| 1987
| MIN
| A
| P
| 21
| 20
| 109
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| P
| 31
| 18
| 126.2
| 7
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 2
| 2
| .870
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| P
| 40
| 19
| 143.2
| 9
| 19
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 4
| 1
| .966
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 240
| 204
| 1356.1
| 86
| 168
| 12
| 17
| 0
| 6
| 138
| 37
| 11
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1982
| TEX
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| MIN
| A
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| MIN
| A
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| MIN
| A
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 240
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Texas Rangers in exchange for John Henry Johnson (April 9, 1982).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with John Butcher to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Gary Ward and Sam Sorce (December 7, 1983).
- Released by Minnesota Twins (December 21, 1987).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (January 18, 1988).
- Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 19, 1988).
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
- Signed by California Angels (December 21, 1989).
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