Lonnie Smith

Left Field

1978—1994

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Left Field RANK
#44

Player Detail

Lonnie
GIVEN NAME
Smith
SURNAME
December 22, 1955, in Chicago, IL
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1978—1994
Playing Career
Played from 22-38
PLAYING AGE
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
Kansas City Royals
Atlanta Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Baltimore Orioles
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Philadelphia Phillies
PRIMARY TEAM
1980, 1982, 1985
World Series titles
Skates
NICKNAME
27
UNIFORM NUMBER
#1 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-9 / 170
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 2, 1978
Major League Debut
August 10, 1994
FINAL GAME
— Top 50 Left Fielder —

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WHO IS Lonnie Smith?

Incredibly fast, but not incredibly smart ballplayer. Started for three World Championship teams on three different franchises in the 1980s.
Lonnie is the only player to be a member of three different World Series winning teams (the Phillies, Cardinals, and Royals) within a single decade, and he did this in a six-year period.
  • Lonnie Smith Scouting Report

50

HITTING

40

POWER

80

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

20

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1613
1488
98
533
.288
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
34.1
55.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.791
.744
106.8

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.288
.371
.420

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Tim Raines
Jeffrey Leonard

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.303
.385
.449

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Chris Hoiles
Pete Rose
Manny Trillo
Ozzie Smith
Mike Schmidt
Willie Wilson
Willie McGee
David Justice
Steve Carlton
Tom Glavine
Whitey Herzog

Lonnie Smith Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Smith
521
150
92
28
6
10
54
63
86
37
219
222
.288
.371
.420
791
AVG LF
535
143
74
25
4
14
54
89
18
219
200
.267
.335
.409
.744

Lonnie Smith Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
44
45
34
47
94
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
42
45
63
26
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Lonnie Smith PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
38.5
29.7
18.9
19.5
3.86
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Lonnie Smith
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
191.0
132.1
UNK
69.6
19.1
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Lonnie Smith
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF