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4 de dic. de 2010 · Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Lee Smith. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com.
Lee Arthur Smith (born December 4, 1957) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams.
Lee Arthur Smith. Nacido: 12/04/1957 en Shreveport, LA. Draft: 1975, Chicago Cubs, Ronda: 2, Selección General: 28. Preparatoria: Castor, Castor, LA. Debut: 9/01/1980. Hall of Fame: 2019.
3 de dic. de 2022 · When Lee Smith called it a career after the 1997 season, there was no closer more fruitful in baseball history. He held the record in career saves, with 478. He acquired at least 30 saves 10 times and 40 saves three times, leading the NL four times (and the Majors.
Lee Arthur Smith – by virtue of having saved the most games in major league history – was one of baseball’s greatest relief pitchers. Smith, born Dec. 4, 1957, in Jamestown, La., was an excellent basketball player and part-time baseball player in high school.
21 de jul. de 2019 · Smith, 61, retired in 1997 as baseball’s all-time saves leader. He still ranks third on the list with 478 career saves, accumulated with eight different clubs over 18 seasons. It took nearly that long for him to break through the doors of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
5 de feb. de 2019 · Smith, with his menacing glare, was of baseball’s premier closers in the 1980s and ‘90s, an imposing 6-foot-5 figure atop a pitching mound. During an 18-year career, he pitched with the Cubs (1980-87), Red Sox (1988-90), Cardinals (1990-92), Yankees (1993), Orioles (1994), Angels (1995), Reds (1996) and Expos (1997).
