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- December 4, 1957
Lee Arthur Smith (born December 4, 1957) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams.
Lee Arthur Smith was a Major League Baseball player with the Chicago Cubs (1980-1987), Boston Red Sox (1988-1990), St. Louis Cardinals (1990-1993), New York Yankees (1993), Baltimore Orioles (1994), California Angels (1995-1996), Cincinnati Reds (1996), and Montreal Expos (1997).
- Lee Arthur Smith
- 12-04-1957 (Sagittarius)
- Shreveport, Louisiana
- Big Lee or Lee Arthur
- Zachary Silver
- The all-time saves record. Date: April 13, 1993. A pair of all-time greats have come and surpassed him. But when Smith, then a Cardinal, passed Jeff Reardon and reached save No. 358 -- getting Tim Wallach of the Dodgers to fly out -- no one in baseball history had compiled more.
- An NL record, a career year and Cy Young flirtation. Date: The 1991 season. The greatness of Smith’s career was the longevity paired with the consistency.
- Save No. 450. Date: June 11, 1995. The milestones were defining for Smith. He tied Bruce Sutter’s career mark of 300 on Aug. 25, 1991, as a member of the Cardinals (a Chicago-to-St.
- A long-awaited induction. Date: July 21, 2019. Missing from Smith’s career arc, for a lengthy amount of time, was recognition. Career over after 1997, Smith had to wait 22 years for enshrinement into the Hall of Fame, left out of Cooperstown by the voting process from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America for 15 years.
Jul 21, 2019 · Smith, 61, retired in 1997 as baseball’s all-time saves leader. He still ranks third on the list with 478 career saves, accumulated with eight different clubs over 18 seasons. It took nearly that long for him to break through the doors of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Lee Arthur Smith – by virtue of having saved the most games in major league history – was one of baseball’s greatest relief pitchers. Smith, born Dec. 4, 1957, in Jamestown, La., was an excellent basketball player and part-time baseball player in high school.
Watch the Baseball Hall of Fame Video Biography for Lee Smith, Hall of Fame Class of 2019.Watch more Baseball Hall of Fame videos: https://www.youtube.com/us...
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