MLB / Players

Zane Smith

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 185 lb
BornDecember 28, 1960 · Madison, WI, USA
MLB debutSeptember 10, 1984
Final gameJuly 5, 1996
Seasons13 (1984–1996)

Atlanta Braves 1984–1989; Montreal Expos 1989–1990; Pittsburgh Pirates 1990–1994; Boston Red Sox 1995; Pittsburgh Pirates 1996

Percentile snapshot

1994 season — qualified pitchers

G
25
72.7
GS
24
53.4
W
10
60.2
L
8
33
SV
0
0
CG
2
44.3
SHO
1
61.4
H
162
29.5
ER
57
79.5
BB
34
88.6
SO
57
2.3
HR
18
31.8
IP
157.0
62.5
ERA
3.27
83
WHIP
1.248
78.4
K/9
3.27
1.1
FIP
4.48
44.3
FIP-
104.5
33
ERA+
131.3
79.5
sWAR
3.4
81.8

of 89 qualified 1994 pitchers (min 114 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
104.9
56.9
sWAR
23.3
94.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19843991500000100.556.556.5561.111225.0205.1.5180.8
19854344371600031500.162.184.162.346-17.7-4.6.1661.4
198643705925000321900.085.115.085.199-64.3-45.5.1011.4
1987419476610110631410.132.175.171.346-20.0-9.9.1653.0
19882750423710001800.167.186.190.377-6.95.8.1780.3
19895336324610000300.188.188.219.4062.014.6.1871.7
1990347768111310211600.162.174.235.4095.013.8.1865.1
1991368971313300103800.183.224.225.44924.428.5.2133.6
199226544926200321100.122.157.163.320-23.0-8.6.1542.1
19931429250200000600.080.080.080.160-73.3-56.8.0730.2
1994265957212100201100.211.211.228.4393.413.8.1983.4
1995240000000000000.2
19961628262400030600.154.154.154.308-31.8-19.2.1400.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
198433100001651316120.02.251.4507.203.7999.4169.50.8
198542189100221356280854147.03.801.4635.203.5192.4100.11.4
19863832816131209921051398204.74.051.5346.113.5188.997.51.4
1987363615100932451109113019242.04.091.3884.834.0092.9105.33.0
198823225100301596744598140.34.301.4473.783.6198.985.00.3
198948171132001415752937147.03.491.3135.693.1487.3103.01.7
19903331129042196615013015215.32.551.1425.433.2588.6143.85.1
199135351610063234812912015228.03.201.1544.743.0083.2112.83.6
19922322880431384819568141.03.061.1133.573.1790.7113.92.1
199314143701097422232583.04.551.4343.473.7893.788.70.2
1994252410802116257345718157.03.271.2483.274.48104.5131.33.4
19952421880001446923477110.75.611.5093.823.7677.886.20.2
1996161646011104472147783.35.081.5005.083.9691.385.40.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
386
PA
639
AB
551
R
27
H
87
2B
12
3B
2
HR
0
RBI
32
BB
13
SO
108
SB
1
BA
.1579
OBP
.1799
SLG
.1869
OPS
.3668

Pitching

G (P)
360
GS
291
385th-most career GS
W
100
L
115
392nd-most career L
SV
3
CG
35
SHO
16
354th-most career SHO
IP
1,919
495th-most career IP
SO (P)
1,011
BB allowed
583
ERA
3.742
WHIP
1.3354
K/9
4.74

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1984-09-18LAD @ ATL Gameday313000003
1991-06-14PIT @ SF Gameday302100103
1988-07-15NYM @ ATL Gameday302100003
1987-07-22ATL @ NYM Gameday201010003
1990-04-15NYM @ WSH Gameday201010003

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1986-05-01NYM @ ATL Gameday9.05225120
1990-09-21STL @ PIT Gameday9.05001100
1986-07-02SF @ ATL Gameday9.0842090
1993-08-08PIT @ NYM Gameday9.0522191
1986-04-23HOU @ ATL Gameday8.2633190

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.