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Dave Smith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: January 21, 1955 in Richmond, CA us

Died: December 17, 2008 in San Diego, CA

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 8th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Diego State University (San Diego, CA).

High School: Poway HS (Poway, CA)

School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)

Debut: April 11, 1980 (Age 25-081d, 14,273rd in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: June 8, 1992 (Age 37-139d)
vs. STL 1.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: David Stanley Smith

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.7

ERA

2.67

609

216

809.1

548

WHIP

1.215

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-20

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 11

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	58	1	Apr 9	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.60	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.010	.11	0.01%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
2	59	3	Apr 12	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-3	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.27	7	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.34	0.041	.24	0.02%	0.84	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
3	60	4	Apr 13	HOU		ATL	L,1-2	6-8		0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.93	11	6	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.131	.50	0.05%	1.23	6t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
4	61	7	Apr 17	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.17	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.09	0.00%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
5	62	8	Apr 18	HOU		PIT	L,3-6	11-11	L(0-1)	0	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	1	3.68	2.05	6	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	-0.478	.94	-0.14%	-3.40	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 12- 1 out d3
6	63	10	Apr 20	HOU		LAD	L,2-5	7-8		1	2.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.82	2.81	11	6	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	1	0	.71	-0.172	.40	-0.06%	-1.18	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d3
7	64	13	Apr 23	HOU		CIN	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	L(0-2)	2	2.0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.97	2.69	9	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	-0.213	.98	-0.05%	-0.18	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
8	65	15	Apr 25	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.38	2.38	6	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.068	.15	0.01%	0.82	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
9	66	17	Apr 28	HOU	@	ATL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	2.39	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	0.181	1.38	0.03%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	67	21	May 2	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-5	10-GF(12)	BL(0-3)	3	2.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.31	2.72	12	4	2	0	0	1		1	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.47	-0.479	1.48	-0.12%	-1.32	10b -2- 1 out a1	12b end d 1
11	68	22	May 3	HOU	@	PIT	W,3-1	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.12	2.48	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.39	0.307	1.76	0.07%	1.42	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
12	69	24	May 5	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-3	7-GF	BW(1-3)	1	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.70	2.55	10	5	3	2	1	0		3	3	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	-0.170	.77	-0.05%	-0.59	7b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 1
13	70	27	May 8	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.27	3.15	9	5	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.069	.09	-0.03%	-1.12	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
14	71	29	May 10	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-5	6-9	H(1)	1	3.2	6	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.86	2.83	17	5	3	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.36	0.073	.18	0.02%	-1.44	6b --- 0 out a2	9b 1-- 2 out a2
15	72	33	May 14	HOU		STL	L,6-7	8-9		3	1.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.73	3.05	7	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.043	.34	-0.01%	-1.95	8t --- 0 out a5	9t 1-- 0 out a3
16	73	37	May 19	HOU	@	STL	L,12-15	7-7		4	1.0	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	6.18	3.07	10	3	0	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.193	.15	-0.05%	-4.56	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d6
17	74	39	May 21	HOU	@	STL	L,1-3	7-7		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.04	2.99	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.030	.38	-0.01%	-0.10	7b --3 1 out d1	7b 3 out d2
18	75	40	May 22	HOU		SFG	L,3-6	13-14		0	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.93	3.00	10	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.11	-0.213	.92	-0.06%	-0.18	13t --- 0 out tie	14t 3 out d1
19	76	47	May 30	HOU	@	SFG	W,9-8	10-12		7	2.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	5.45	2.93	11	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.59	0.261	1.01	0.06%	0.88	10b --- 0 out tie	12b 12- 2 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	77	51	Jun 4	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-7	6-7		4	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.19	2.80	5	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.018	.07	0.01%	1.71	6b -23 1 out d5	7b 3 out d3
21	78	53	Jun 6	HOU		NYM	W,6-2	6-GF	S(3)	1	4.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.66	2.70	13	6	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.074	.17	0.02%	1.64	6t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
22	79	55	Jun 8	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-4	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.54	2.70	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.039	.41	0.01%	0.45	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	80	58	Aug 10	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-5	7-8		62	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.57	3.04	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.250	1.79	-0.19%	-0.60	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-3 2 out tie
24	81	60	Aug 12	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-4	8-8	H(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.46	3.03	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.128	2.26	0.10%	0.42	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
25	82	62	Aug 14	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-1	7-8		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	3.01	7	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.044	.39	0.03%	0.81	7b --- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a4
26	83	64	Aug 16	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-0	8-GF	S(4)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.08	3.01	7	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.102	1.06	0.09%	0.81	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
27	84	67	Aug 19	HOU		MON	W,9-1	7-GF	S(5)	2	3.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.83	2.94	13	5	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.16	0.004	.25	0.00%	0.23	7t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 8
28	85	72	Aug 26	HOU	@	NYM	W,9-3	8-GF		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.68	2.85	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.007	.05	0.01%	0.85	8b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
29	86	74	Aug 28	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	W(2-3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	2.85	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	0.118	1.63	0.07%	0.41	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
30	87	75	Aug 29(1)	HOU		PHI	W,6-1	7-GF		0	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	2.84	9	4	4	1	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	.20	0.026	.22	0.02%	1.27	7t 1-- 1 out a5	9t end a 5
31	88	77	Aug 30	HOU		PHI	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	W(3-3)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	2.83	5	2	2	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	0.222	4.32	0.20%	0.80	9t 12- 2 out tie	10t end tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	89	79	Sep 1	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	7-7	BS(3)	1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.32	2.88	4	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	-0.098	5.60	-0.11%	-0.39	7t -2- 1 out a1	7t 3 out tie
33	90	81	Sep 3	HOU	@	MON	W,2-1	7-GF	S(6)	1	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.15	2.85	11	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.410	5.78	0.53%	1.31	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
34	91	84	Sep 6	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3	8-10		2	2.1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.03	2.87	10	2	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.28	0.326	7.63	0.46%	1.17	8b -2- 2 out tie	10b 3 out tie
35	92	85	Sep 7	HOU	@	ATL	W,3-2	8-8	W(4-3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.98	2.88	5	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.60	0.100	7.10	0.16%	0.45	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
36	93	89	Sep 12	HOU		SFG	W,5-2	7-GF	S(7)	4	2.1	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.02	2.78	10	2	2	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.079	2.98	0.16%	0.53	7t 123 2 out a4	9t end a 3
37	94	92	Sep 15	HOU		CIN	L,0-4	7-8		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.93	2.69	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.013	.26	0.02%	0.82	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
38	95	99	Sep 23	HOU		ATL	L,1-3	9-GF		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	2.69	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.35	0.02%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
39	96	100	Sep 24	HOU		ATL	W,5-3	8-GF	S(8)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.83	2.66	4	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.090	2.82	0.17%	0.61	8t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
40	97	105	Sep 29	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.75	2.63	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.068	1.38	0.12%	0.82	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
41	98	106	Sep 30	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-5	7-7		0	1.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.84	2.67	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.139	4.64	-0.67%	-1.56	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d3
42	99	110	Oct 4	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-3	8-GF	W(5-3)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.76	2.56	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.169	.00	0.00%	0.84	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 2
							22-20		W-L:5-3,Sv:8,BSv:3,Hld:2	1.9	75.0	54	26	23	23	52	2	2	2.76	2.56	305	1.92		3%	2%	47		18	33%	4	4	0	273	11	4	4	2	1	5	1.27	0.586	1.43	0.94%	4.26

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