Lonnie Smith Stats

Lonnie Smith was born on Thursday, December 22, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois. Smith was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 2, 1978, with the Philadelphia Phillies. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Lonnie Smith baseball stats page.
"I can still hit. I can still run. I can still make errors." - Lonnie Smith (Denying he was washed up & quoted by Bill James in the New Historical Baseball Abstract [1994])

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Lonnie Smith

Lonnie Smith Autograph on a 1987 Topps (#69)

Lonnie Smith Autograph on a 1987 Topps (#69)
 

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Birth Name:   Lonnie Smith
Nickname:   Skates
Born On:   12-22-1955  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Chicago, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Centennial High School (Compton, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   09-02-1978 (Age 22)
Last Game:   08-10-1994
Draft:   1974 : 1st Round (3rd)
Lonnie Smith

Lonnie Smith Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Lonnie Smith

Lonnie Smith Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1978 23 Phillies 17 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000
1979 24 Phillies 17 30 4 5 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 .167 .194 .233
1980 25 Phillies 100 298 69 101 14 4 3 0 20 26 2 48 1 2 4 5 .339 .397 .443
1981 26 Phillies 62 176 40 57 14 3 2 0 11 18 1 14 3 0 5 1 .324 .402 .472
1982 27 Cardinals 156 592 120 182 35 8 8 1 69 64 2 74 3 4 9 11 .307 .381 .434
1983 28 Cardinals 130 492 83 158 31 5 8 0 45 41 2 55 1 4 9 11 .321 .381 .453
1984 29 Cardinals 145 504 77 126 20 4 6 1 49 70 0 90 3 4 9 7 .250 .349 .341
1985 30 Cardinals 28 96 15 25 2 2 0 0 7 15 0 20 1 0 3 2 .260 .377 .323
1985 30 Royals 120 448 77 115 23 4 6 0 41 41 0 69 0 5 4 2 .257 .321 .366
1986 31 Royals 134 508 80 146 25 7 8 0 44 46 0 78 2 2 10 10 .287 .357 .411
1987 32 Royals 48 167 26 42 7 1 3 0 8 24 0 31 0 2 4 1 .251 .355 .359
1988 33 Braves 43 114 14 27 3 0 3 0 9 10 0 25 0 1 0 0 .237 .296 .342
1989 34 Braves 134 482 89 152 34 4 21 0 79 76 3 95 1 7 11 7 .315 .415 .533
1990 35 Braves 135 466 72 142 27 9 9 0 42 58 3 69 1 6 6 2 .305 .384 .459
1991 36 Braves 122 353 58 97 19 1 7 0 44 50 3 64 2 2 9 4 .275 .377 .394
1992 37 Braves 84 158 23 39 8 2 6 1 33 17 1 37 0 4 3 1 .247 .324 .437
1993 38 Pirates 94 199 35 57 5 4 6 0 24 43 2 42 3 2 5 3 .286 .422 .442
1993 38 Orioles 9 24 8 5 1 0 2 0 3 8 0 10 0 0 0 0 .208 .406 .500
1994 39 Orioles 35 59 13 12 3 0 0 0 2 11 0 18 0 1 1 2 .203 .333 .254
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
17 Years 1,613 5,170 909 1,488 273 58 98 3 533 623 19 849 21 46 92 69 .288 .371 .420
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Lonnie Smith Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1978 Phillies CF 1 1 21 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.57
1978 Phillies LF 9 0 42 4 0.4 4 3 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.57
1978 Phillies RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1979 Phillies CF 5 4 111 13 2.6 13 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.16
1979 Phillies LF 3 0 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1979 Phillies RF 4 4 63 7 1.8 7 6 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1980 Phillies CF 9 7 180 14 1.6 14 14 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.10
1980 Phillies LF 52 44 1,146 79 1.5 75 74 1 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .949 1.77
1980 Phillies RF 23 19 498 35 1.5 35 34 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.90
1981 Phillies CF 23 19 444 46 2.0 45 40 5 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.74
1981 Phillies LF 8 4 123 13 1.6 12 11 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 2.63
1981 Phillies RF 24 20 459 41 1.7 40 37 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.35
1982 Cardinals CF 36 36 702 73 2.0 71 67 4 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.73
1982 Cardinals LF 138 108 3,087 254 1.8 247 235 12 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.16
1983 Cardinals LF 126 121 3,033 254 2.0 239 225 14 15 4 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.13
1984 Cardinals LF 140 137 3,207 216 1.5 205 187 18 11 0 n/a n/a n/a .949 1.73
1985 Cardinals LF 28 27 621 44 1.6 44 43 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.91
1985 Royals LF 119 119 2,760 218 1.8 209 199 10 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .959 2.04
1986 Royals LF 118 118 2,901 261 2.2 252 247 5 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.35
1987 Royals LF 32 31 831 58 1.8 53 51 2 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .914 1.72
1988 Braves LF 35 25 717 63 1.8 61 59 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.30
1989 Braves LF 132 129 3,426 295 2.2 293 290 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .993 2.31
1990 Braves LF 122 113 2,976 270 2.2 258 252 6 12 2 n/a n/a n/a .956 2.34
1991 Braves LF 99 98 2,175 144 1.5 139 134 5 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .965 1.73
1992 Braves LF 35 31 723 66 1.9 63 61 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.35
1993 Pirates CF 3 2 51 8 2.7 7 7 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 3.71
1993 Pirates LF 58 42 1,143 99 1.7 98 97 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.31
1993 Orioles LF 4 4 96 6 1.5 6 5 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.69
1994 Orioles RF 2 1 42 3 1.5 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.93
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
LF Totals 1,258 1,151 29,019 2,344 1.9 2,258 2,173 85 86 15 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.10
CF Totals 77 69 1,509 156 2.0 152 143 9 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.72
RF Totals 54 44 1,065 86 1.6 85 79 6 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.15
17 Years 1,389 1,264 31,593 2,586 1.9 2,495 2,395 100 91 18 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.13
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Lonnie Smith Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1978 Phillies 4 0 1.000 2 10 n/a 0.0 1.3 0.0 - - -
1979 Phillies 2 1 .667 2 7 n/a 0.0 4.3 10.0 - - -
1980 Phillies 33 13 .717 10 17 n/a 99.3 6.2 14.9 - - -
1981 Phillies 21 10 .677 5 10 n/a 88.0 12.6 16.0 - - -
1982 Cardinals 68 26 .723 11 0 n/a 74.0 8.0 8.6 - - -
1983 Cardinals 43 18 .705 6 1 n/a 61.5 8.9 10.9 - - -
1984 Cardinals 50 13 .794 8 0 n/a 84.0 5.6 10.3 - - -
1985 Cardinals 12 6 .667 1 0 n/a 0.0 4.8 13.7 - - -
1985 Royals 40 7 .851 1 0 0 74.7 6.5 10.9 - - -
1986 Royals 26 9 .743 4 2 10 63.5 6.5 11.5 - - -
1987 Royals 9 4 .692 1 2 15 55.7 5.4 20.9 - - -
1988 Braves 4 2 .667 15 0 n/a 38.0 4.6 12.7 - - -
1989 Braves 25 12 .676 4 0 n/a 23.0 5.1 6.1 - - -
1990 Braves 10 10 .500 20 1 n/a 51.8 6.8 11.1 - - -
1991 Braves 9 5 .643 24 0 n/a 50.4 5.5 8.0 - - -
1992 Braves 4 0 1.000 51 1 n/a 26.3 4.3 4.8 - - -
1993 Pirates 9 4 .692 43 1 n/a 33.2 4.7 8.3 - - -
1993 Orioles 0 0 .000 1 0 5 12.0 2.4 8.0 - - -
1994 Orioles 1 0 1.000 7 11 30 0.0 3.3 29.5 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
17 Years 370 140 .725 216 63 60 52.8 6.1 9.7 - - -
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Lonnie Smith Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1978 Philadelphia Phillies 27 $21,000.00 - -
1979 Philadelphia Phillies 27 $21,000.00 - -
1980 Philadelphia Phillies 27 $30,000.00 - Stats
1981 Philadelphia Phillies 27 Undetermined - -
1982 St. Louis Cardinals 27 Undetermined Stats Stats
1983 St. Louis Cardinals 27 Undetermined - -
1984 St. Louis Cardinals 27 Undetermined - -
1985 St. Louis Cardinals 27 $740,000.00 - Stats
1985 Kansas City Royals 21 Undetermined - Stats
1986 Kansas City Royals 21 $1,000,000.00 - -
1987 Kansas City Royals 21 $500,000.00 - -
1988 Atlanta Braves 6 Undetermined - -
1989 Atlanta Braves 27 $400,000.00 - -
1990 Atlanta Braves 27 $1,458,334.00 - -
1991 Atlanta Braves 27 $2,041,667.00 - Stats
1992 Atlanta Braves 27 $1,750,000.00 - Stats
1993 Pittsburgh Pirates 27 $1,000,000.00 - -
1993 Baltimore Orioles 27 Undetermined - -
1994 Baltimore Orioles 39 $750,000.00 - n/a




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Did you know that Lonnie Smith is one of only eight players (see list, below) in Major League history to have played for both the American and National teams that reached the World Series in the same season? Did you know of the eight only three actually appeared in a World Series game - those elite few appear below in bold print:

Getting a Ring - Win or Lose
Name Team 1 Team 2

World Series
Arthur Rhodes Texas Rangers St. Louis Cardinals

2011 World Series
Chris Ray Texas Rangers San Francisco Giants 2010 World Series
Bengie Molina San Francisco Giants Texas Rangers

2010 World Series
Jim Bruske New York Yankees San Diego Padres

1998 World Series
Lonnie Smith Kansas City Royals St. Louis Cardinals

1985 World Series
Sid Monge Detroit Tigers San Diego Padres

1984 World Series
Johnny Schmitz New York Yankees Brooklyn Dodgers

1952 World Series
Jack Kramer New York Yankees New York Giants

1951 World Series

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