Lou Smith  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's a pretty good ground-ball pitcher, which I like because ground balls stay in the park. Smith can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Smith also has a decent changeup. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
A decent fielder, Smith is quick around the mound and has good instincts. He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. Smith is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Smith has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Smith as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 WAR 90 72 73 65 54 56 47 49 51 70 64 48 45 0 0 0 28 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 347
2004 WAR 90 72 73 65 54 56 47 49 51 70 64 48 47 0 0 0 29 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 348
2005 WAR 90 72 73 65 54 56 47 49 51 70 64 48 48 0 0 0 30 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 1 0 72 349
2006 WAR 90 72 73 65 54 56 47 49 51 70 64 48 48 0 0 0 30 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 1 0 72 349
2007 NOR 90 72 73 65 54 56 47 49 51 70 64 48 49 0 0 0 32 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 347
2008 NOR 89 72 73 65 54 56 47 49 51 70 65 48 49 0 0 0 33 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 72 346
2009 NOR 89 72 73 64 54 56 47 49 51 70 65 48 49 0 0 0 34 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 72 344
2010 NOR 90 71 73 64 54 56 47 49 51 70 65 48 49 0 0 0 35 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 70 343
2011 NOR 90 70 73 63 54 56 47 49 51 70 65 48 49 0 0 0 36 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 340
2012 NOR 90 68 73 64 54 56 47 49 51 70 66 48 49 0 0 0 37 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 339
2013 NOR 86 67 73 65 54 56 47 49 51 70 66 48 50 0 0 0 38 14 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 67 333
Ratings Delta   -4 -1   +1                 +1       +1 +1           -3 -6
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.