Mike Smithson (baseball)

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23innings pitched—but no runs. The game was suspended after 32 innings, and resumed June 23; Smithson's PawSox won it in the bottom of the 33rd frame.

After attending spring training with the 1982 Red Sox, Smithson was traded to the Rangers on April 9 for left-handed relief pitcher John Henry Johnson. He was recalled by the Rangers from the Triple-A Denver Bears and began his MLB career late in August as a starting pitcher—the role he would play for much of his big-league tenure.

As a member of the Twins, Smithson led the American League in games started in 1984 and 1985. He won 15 games in each season. The Red Sox brought Smithson back as a free agent in 1988, and he spent two seasons with them as a swing man, making 37 starts in 71 games. Along the way, he pitched against the Oakland Athletics in the 1988 American League Championship Series, his only postseason appearance, providing 213 innings of scoreless relief in Game 4, which Oakland won to complete a sweep over the Red Sox.

Smithson allowed 1,473 hits and 383 bases on balls in 1,35613 innings of big-league work. He made 204 starts out of his 240 total games pitched, and recorded 731 strikeouts, 41 complete games, six shutouts and two saves. He retired after the 1989 campaign. In 2009, he was named to the University of Tennessee's All Century Team.

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Mike Smithson
Mike Smithson 1987.jpg
Smithson in 1987
Pitcher
Born: (1955-01-21) January 21, 1955 (age 69)
Centerville, Tennessee, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 27, 1982, for the Texas Rangers
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1989, for the Boston Red Sox