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Billy Smith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-7, 200lb (201cm, 90kg)

Born: September 13, 1954 in La Marque, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX).

Schools: Wharton County Junior College (Wharton, TX), Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)

Debut: June 9, 1981 (Age 26-269d, 14,460th in major league history)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1981 (Age 27-020d)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Full Name: Billy Lavern Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

ERA

3.05

20.2

WHIP

1.113

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-8 / in Starts: 1-0

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 7, Entered with runners on base: 2

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	56	Jun 9	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-10	5-6		99	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	9.00	9.10	9	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.020	.04	-0.01%	-1.09	5b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	59	Aug 11	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		62	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.91	6.96	4	3	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.064	.42	0.05%	1.90	7b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 2
3	3	60	Aug 12	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	5.60	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.58	0.173	5.86	0.13%	0.42	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
4	4	69	Aug 22	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-8	5-6		9	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	2	0	6.75	8.60	10	5	1	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.047	.14	-0.05%	-2.09	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d7
5	5	70	Aug 23	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-6	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.19	7.22	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.91	6b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
6	6	76	Aug 29(2)	HOU		PHI	W,2-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.87	5.22	27	11	9	3	1	5	67			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.47	0.430	1.84	0.32%	2.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	7	86	Sep 8	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-3	9-GF	BL(1-1)	9	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.45	5.22	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.83	-0.686	15.62	-1.10%	-2.24	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
8	8	95	Sep 18	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-5	5-6		9	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	4.92	6	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.050	1.34	0.10%	0.85	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
9	9	108	Oct 2	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-6	3-4		13	2.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.20	4.84	9	4	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.040	5.30	-0.10%	-0.16	3b --- 0 out d1	4b 3 out d2
10	10	109	Oct 3	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.05	4.63	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.08	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
							2-8		W-L:1-1,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.6	20.2	20	7	7	3	3	3	0	3.05	4.63	81	2.24		7%	2%	20	67	4	25%	0	2	0	76	4	0	1	3	0	2	1.06	-0.072	2.05	-0.64%	1.78

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