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Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe
Rat,
Thank you for putting Lee Smith.
Guy never won a WS, never won a Cy Young.
Pitched for 8 teams......how does a HOFer get released by 7 teams?????
Lifetime WL Record 71-92
Postseason ERA 8.44
and I'm a Cub fan and saw him many times, never thought for a second he was a HOFer. Wanted him out of town most of the time.
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Smith is borderline HOF at best, but he was “released” once in his career...in Sept of his last season. And he played for 4 of those 7 teams after age 35 at the end of his career.
That being said, he’s below the average for a HOF reliever (only a few enshrined). He got elected based on holding the save record for a time. The HOF really hasn’t “figured out” relievers yet.