The End of a Stellar Career - David Smith Retires

[Sagitta]

#89 David Smith, Starting Pitcher, 40 yrs, No Team Saturday, 3/2/1976

Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight : Position : Bats : Throws : David Smith 8/28/1935 40 USA 6"5 220 Starting Pitcher R R Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating : Free Agent - - Minimal Minimal None at all Good Normal Prone 1.0 Stars &#160

Pitching Ratings

Pitching Stuff Movement Control Velocity Overall 4 6 3 3 Talent Average Average Poor &#160

Pitching Ratings Duration Starter : Duration Reliever : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : E - 42 C &#160 Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider &#160

Batting Ratings

Batting Contact Power Discipline/Eye Overall 0 2 2 Talent Poor Poor Fair

Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type : D E D E Spray Hitter Fielding Ratings P : E (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : - Outfield Arm : -

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date Opp. &#160Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec &#160 &#160 &#160 &#160

Pitching Stats 1976

Overall G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS% &#160 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0

Overall SVO BS SV% RA GF R/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 RL RLS RLS% IR IRS IRS% ERC &#160 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 .0 .0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0.00

&#160 AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS vs. LHB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 vs. RHB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

&#160 G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K Home 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Road 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 This Week 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Last Week 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

Month G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K

Career Pitching Stats

Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO Teams 1955 12 12 6 1 0 4.18 71.0 69 39 33 34 50 0 0 SEA 1956 40 40 17 15 0 4.10 267.2 230 129 122 120 192 3 1 SEA 1957 39 39 20 8 0 3.82 275.1 232 125 117 100 195 4 2 SEA,AL 1958 40 40 21 6 0 2.46 292.1 205 90 80 101 208 3 1 SEA 1959 41 41 22 9 0 2.46 314.0 204 95 86 74 182 7 4 SEA 1960 40 40 23 11 0 3.15 309.0 222 110 108 100 220 12 2 SEA,AL 1961 40 40 19 10 0 2.34 323.1 209 91 84 92 229 13 3 PHI 1962 39 39 21 8 0 2.16 308.1 210 84 74 88 208 14 5 PHI 1963 39 39 17 15 0 2.89 304.2 230 103 98 88 198 13 2 PHI 1964 39 39 21 11 0 3.34 296.0 256 124 110 102 217 6 1 PHI 1965 39 39 22 8 0 2.73 286.2 192 100 87 99 199 10 5 PHI,NL 1966 41 41 19 12 0 2.10 326.0 195 91 76 120 220 10 3 PHI 1967 39 39 25 9 0 2.11 315.0 222 85 74 124 287 12 4 PHI,NL 1968 36 36 28 6 0 1.88 288.0 180 62 60 80 266 15 7 CHN,NL 1969 36 36 15 9 0 2.19 292.1 182 77 71 94 253 14 3 CHN 1970 35 35 23 6 0 2.08 281.2 176 69 65 105 259 12 2 CHN,NL 1971 35 34 22 8 0 1.55 278.0 141 51 48 116 267 10 3 CHN,NL 1972 36 36 23 8 0 2.12 285.0 172 74 67 120 259 13 6 CHN 1973 36 36 24 6 0 1.84 284.1 153 63 58 144 231 10 4 CHN,NL 1974 35 35 17 14 0 3.15 248.2 163 90 87 185 226 4 1 CHN 1975 11 9 2 3 0 6.14 48.1 56 37 33 53 23 0 0 CHN MC Total 748 745 407 183 0 2.59 5695.2 3899 1789 1638 2139 4389 185 59 &#160

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 1954, A 6 6 4 1 0 3.07 41.0 49 14 14 19 31 0 0 1954, AA 14 14 3 5 0 4.43 81.1 96 41 40 35 51 0 0 1955, AA 25 25 13 6 0 3.54 167.2 153 67 66 65 175 0 0

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 1957 2 2 1 1 0 4.73 13.1 10 7 7 6 9 0 0 1958 2 2 1 0 0 0.00 14.0 3 0 0 7 19 0 0 1959 6 6 6 0 0 1.08 50.0 22 10 6 15 31 4 1 1960 5 5 3 1 0 1.51 41.2 23 10 7 14 25 2 0 1965 6 6 4 1 0 2.30 47.0 31 13 12 15 28 1 1 1966 2 2 0 2 0 5.40 16.2 15 10 10 8 5 1 0 1967 7 7 3 3 0 2.54 56.2 38 16 16 17 53 1 0 1968 6 6 2 1 0 1.14 47.1 24 7 6 17 46 1 1 Total 36 36 20 9 0 2.01 286.2 166 73 64 99 216 10 3

Career Batting Stats

Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 1955 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SEA 1956 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SEA 1957 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SEA,AL 1958 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SEA 1959 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SEA 1960 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SEA,AL 1961 40 105 8 3 0 0 2 9 6 48 0 0 .076 .126 .105 .231 PHI 1962 39 106 14 4 1 1 2 6 4 40 0 0 .132 .164 .217 .381 PHI 1963 39 103 5 3 0 0 0 6 7 43 0 0 .049 .109 .078 .187 PHI 1964 39 106 14 4 0 1 8 8 4 43 0 0 .132 .164 .198 .362 PHI 1965 39 106 12 3 1 0 6 7 3 33 0 0 .113 .138 .160 .298 PHI,NL 1966 41 104 8 2 0 0 4 3 5 46 0 0 .077 .119 .096 .215 PHI 1967 39 111 14 3 2 3 11 11 3 64 0 0 .126 .149 .270 .419 PHI,NL 1968 36 102 4 0 1 0 4 4 7 46 0 0 .039 .101 .059 .160 CHN,NL 1969 36 95 9 0 1 0 0 6 7 41 0 0 .095 .157 .116 .273 CHN 1970 35 106 8 1 0 0 4 4 5 53 0 0 .075 .117 .085 .202 CHN,NL 1971 35 90 14 3 0 1 4 3 3 37 0 0 .156 .183 .222 .405 CHN,NL 1972 36 93 7 2 0 1 4 6 3 37 0 0 .075 .104 .129 .233 CHN 1973 36 102 8 1 1 0 3 5 3 54 0 0 .078 .105 .108 .213 CHN,NL 1974 35 83 9 1 0 0 3 5 2 41 1 0 .108 .129 .120 .250 CHN 1975 11 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 CHN MC Total 748 1420 136 31 7 7 55 84 62 629 1 0 .096 .134 .142 .276 &#160

Fielding Stats 1976

Position G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RANGE PB RSTA RTO RTO%

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Seattle in 1954... Earned first career win on 8/31/1955... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Pitched NO-HITTER against Anaheim on 9/17/1958, striking out 9... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1958, going 5-1, 1.35... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1959, going 6-0, 1.09... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1959, going 6-0, 1.41... Won World Championship with Seattle in 1959... Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 1/27/1961 to a 7-year deal worth $9,170,600 per year... Had first career hit on 3/31/1961, off Larry Ward (HOU)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1961, going 4-0, 1.35... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1961, going 4-1, 1.28... Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1962, off Calvin Holmstrom (COL)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1962, going 5-0, 0.62... Pitched NO-HITTER against Chicago (N) on 5/15/1963, striking out 7... Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1967, winning 2 games with a 1.17 ERA... Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1967, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA... Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 265 on 9/28/1967 ... Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 1/22/1968 to a 5-year deal worth $10,773,100 per year... Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1968, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 1968... Won Outstanding Pitcher Award in 1968, going 28-6, 1.88 ERA... Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game... Won Outstanding Pitcher Award in 1970, going 23-6, 2.08 ERA... Pitched NO-HITTER against Milwaukee on 5/17/1971, striking out 6... Pitched NO-HITTER against Cincinnati on 5/22/1971, striking out 7... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1971, going 6-0, 1.06... Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game... Won Outstanding Pitcher Award in 1971, going 22-8, 1.55 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1972, going 5-0, 0.89... Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1973, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Pitched NO-HITTER against Cincinnati on 6/14/1973, striking out 10... Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game... Released by Chicago (N) on 5/17/1975, refused assignment to minors... Signed as a free agent by Mexico City on 6/3/1975 to a 1-year deal worth $160,000 per year... Released by Mexico City on 8/9/1975... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1976.

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA 1958 - 2.46 - 2nd 1959 - 2.46 - 2nd 1960 - 3.15 - 9th 1961 - 2.34 - 2nd 1962 - 2.16 - 3rd 1963 - 2.89 - 6th 1965 - 2.73 - 9th 1966 - 2.10 - 2nd 1967 - 2.11 - 4th 1968 - 1.88 - 5th 1970 - 2.08 - 2nd 1971 - 1.55 - 1st 1972 - 2.12 - 7th 1973 - 1.84 - 1st WHIP 1958 - 1.05 - 2nd 1959 - 0.89 - 1st 1960 - 1.04 - 2nd 1961 - 0.93 - 3rd 1962 - 0.97 - 2nd 1963 - 1.04 - 8th 1965 - 1.02 - 5th 1966 - 0.97 - 1st 1968 - 0.90 - 3rd 1969 - 0.94 - 4th 1970 - 1.00 - 7th 1971 - 0.92 - 2nd Wins 1957 - 20 - 7th 1958 - 21 - 6th 1959 - 22 - 6th 1960 - 23 - 5th 1962 - 21 - 9th 1965 - 22 - 8th 1966 - 19 - 9th 1967 - 25 - 3rd 1968 - 28 - 1st 1970 - 23 - 1st 1971 - 22 - 3rd 1972 - 23 - 1st 1973 - 24 - 2nd IP 1958 - 292.1 - 9th 1959 - 314.0 - 2nd 1960 - 309.0 - 4th 1961 - 323.1 - 3rd 1962 - 308.1 - 7th 1963 - 304.2 - 9th 1966 - 326.0 - 2nd 1967 - 315.0 - 5th 1968 - 288.0 - 2nd 1969 - 292.1 - 3rd 1970 - 281.2 - 2nd 1971 - 278.0 - 5th 1972 - 285.0 - 2nd 1973 - 284.1 - 1st K's 1956 - 192 - 5th 1957 - 195 - 4th 1958 - 208 - 3rd 1959 - 182 - 8th 1960 - 220 - 1st 1961 - 229 - 1st 1962 - 208 - 2nd 1963 - 198 - 3rd 1964 - 217 - 1st 1965 - 199 - 4th 1966 - 220 - 1st 1967 - 287 - 1st 1968 - 266 - 2nd 1969 - 253 - 1st 1970 - 259 - 1st 1971 - 267 - 1st 1972 - 259 - 1st 1973 - 231 - 3rd 1974 - 226 - 3rd BB 1972 - 120 - 9th 1973 - 144 - 6th 1974 - 185 - 1st CG 1968 - 15 - 6th 1970 - 12 - 8th 1972 - 13 - 10th SHO 1957 - 2 - 9th 1959 - 4 - 2nd 1960 - 2 - 9th 1961 - 3 - 10th 1962 - 5 - 4th 1965 - 5 - 3rd 1968 - 7 - 1st 1971 - 3 - 7th 1972 - 6 - 2nd 1973 - 4 - 9th &#160 &#160

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[Sagitta]

Apologies for the ugly first post (is there any way to post that without it getting fouled?).

David Smith has completed his career in my league, and I figured I'd share his final stats for everyone.

The post above speaks for itself, but here is what the player page doesn't show:

Career Leader Rankings:

ERA: (2.59) #4, highest of all retired players

Career Wins: (407) #1, leading the closest pitcher by 60 wins. This active player is 38 and will not have a hope of matching Smith. The next closest player has 310 Wins.

Career K's: (4,389) #1. Leads the next closest player by 991 K's. This record should stand for a loooong time.

Career CG's: (185) #12

Career Shut-outs: (59) #2. Should keep this position for a long time.

Career WHIP: 1.06 (no clue how he ranks)

Has *FIVE* No-hitters spread over his career. Nobody else in the leagues has ever even had two.

Was Pitcher of the Year 3 times. (It's a huge system - 18 teams in the American and 18 in the National Leagues). Was Player of the Game 312 times, Player of the Week 4 times, and Pitcher of the Month 8 times.

Never lost more than 6 games in a row. Best win-streak was 14 games.

[ronsantohof]

That's a helluva career. Loved his overall post-season stats, especially 1959. How many post-season rounds does the league have? Definitely should consider naming the Oustanding Pitcher award after him.

[Dargone]

Very nice

[Sagitta]

Originally posted by ronsantohof
That's a helluva career. Loved his overall post-season stats, especially 1959. How many post-season rounds does the league have? Definitely should consider naming the Oustanding Pitcher award after him.

The playoffs are a 7-7-7 system, and I named the award for him already. The big question is which team should he wear the cap for in the HoF?

[TwinsFan86]

Seattle, but that's only because I feel players should wear the cap of the team they came into the league with.

[Dark Horse]

Nice and do my eyes deceive me or did he pitch back-to-back no-hitters in 1971?

[dsvitak]

Ya gotta love that 4 man rotation.

I should start a new career with that....imagine 40 starts for 18 years...720 total, instead of 35 or starts over that same time frame.

This would give ya an extra 90 starts or so. I have never had a player with 300 wins, in over 100 seasons simmed...but I sure do like this guys numbers.

[Sagitta]

Originally posted by Dark Horse
Nice and do my eyes deceive me or did he pitch back-to-back no-hitters in 1971?

That he did!

Ya gotta love that 4 man rotation.

Except Smith pitched in a 5-man rotation. If he'd pitched in a 4-man, his numbers would likely be even scarier. Though, for the first couple years of his career (up to '69 or so, if I remember right) I was running a 180-game season before scaling things back. However, he did the bulk of his stellar career after the switch to the shorter schedule.

[Dargone]

180 games? How did that work out for you?

[Sagitta]

Originally posted by Dargone
180 games? How did that work out for you?

It went... interestingly. For some reason, it seemed to be causing players to retire early by a few years, though, so I scrapped the idea in the late 60's (I'd started the league in 1950). Seeing players who were healthy and rated at 5 stars retire for no apparant reason whatsoever was getting annoying.

Players' stats didn't really differ all that much from a normal schedule either, whch didn't help matters any in keeping it up.

If I try running an extra-long season system again, I'll do it with a smaller league then this one.