Mike Smithson (baseball)
| Mike Smithson | |
|---|---|
 Smithson in 1987 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: January 21, 1955 Centerville, Tennessee, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 27, 1982, for the Texas Rangers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 28, 1989, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 76–86 |
| Earned run average | 4.58 |
| Strikeouts | 731 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Billy Mike Smithson (born January 21, 1955) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) right-handed pitcher who played for the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, and Boston Red Sox from 1982 to 1989.
Amateur career
Smithson attended the
Professional career
During the course of his seven-year
. The game was suspended after 32 innings, and resumed June 23; Smithson's PawSox won it in the bottom of the 33rd frame.After attending
As a member of the Twins, Smithson led the American League in games started in 1984 and 1985. He won 15 games in each season. The Red Sox brought Smithson back as a free agent in 1988, and he spent two seasons with them as a swing man, making 37 starts in 71 games. Along the way, he pitched against the Oakland Athletics in the 1988 American League Championship Series, his only postseason appearance, providing 21⁄3 innings of scoreless relief in Game 4, which Oakland won to complete a sweep over the Red Sox.
Smithson allowed 1,473 hits and 383 bases on balls in 1,3561⁄3 innings of big-league work. He made 204 starts out of his 240 total games pitched, and recorded 731 strikeouts, 41 complete games, six shutouts and two saves. He retired after the 1989 campaign. In 2009, he was named to the University of Tennessee's All Century Team.
References
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Mike Smithson at SABR (Baseball BioProject)