Zane Smith

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Zane Smith
Pitcher
Born: (1960-12-28) December 28, 1960 Madison, Wisconsin
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 10, 1984 for the Atlanta Braves
Last MLB appearance
July 5, 1996 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics
Win–loss record	100–115
Earned run average	3.74
Strikeouts	1,011
Teams
Atlanta Braves (1984–1989) Montreal Expos (1989–1990) Pittsburgh Pirates (1990–1994) Boston Red Sox (1995) Pittsburgh Pirates (1996)

Zane William Smith (born December 28, 1960 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a former American Major League baseball player.

Career

Smith, a left-handed pitcher, played collegiately at Indiana State University. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft and made his Major League debut on September 10, 1984 for Atlanta. His first successful season was 1987 with the Braves, when he led the team with 15 wins, nearly twice as many as any other Braves pitcher on a team with only 69 wins. He was among the league leaders in wins (tied 5th), innings pitched (5th), games started (tied 1st), complete games (4th) and shutouts (tied 3rd).

Smith was traded from Atlanta to the Montreal Expos on July 2, 1989 for Sergio Valdez, Nate Minchey and minor leaguer Kevin Dean. Just over a year later, on August 8, 1990, Smith was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Scott Ruskin, Willie Greene and Moisés Alou. The trade allowed the Pirates to hold off the New York Mets down the stretch and win the National League Eastern Division pennant. Smith contributed by winning 6 games, 3 of them complete games, 2 of those shutouts, while losing only 2, and compiling a 1.30 ERA. It was during this season that Smith had his best performance, a 1 hit complete game shutout of the Mets in the first game of a doubleheader sweep that gave the Pirates a 2.5 game lead over the Mets.

Smith played with the Pirates through the 1994 season before signing as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox on April 18, 1995. Smith did not have much success during the 1995 season for Boston. The next offseason, he returned to the Pirates for a salary that was significantly reduced from the $3.125 million he earned in 1994. Smith pitched his final career game for the Pirates on July 5, 1996; he would be released by the Pirates the following day.

Highlights

On May 1, 1986 Smith struck out 12 Mets to end New York's club record tying 11 game win streak.

On April 17, 1988 Smith got Atlanta's first victory of the season, ending a 10 game season-opening losing streak that set an MBHN record.

On October 3, 1995 Smith gave up a walk-off home run to Tony Peña to end Game 1 of the 1995 American League Division Series.

On June 7, 1996 Smith recorded the 100th and final win of his career, a complete game shutout at San Diego.

Personal

Smith has 3 daughters and lives near Atlanta.^[1]

References

↑ "Jimmy Scott's High and Tight: The Zane Smith Interview".

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube

v t e Atlanta Braves Opening Day starting pitchers

Len Barker Tommy Boggs John Burkett Tony Cloninger Gary Gentry Tom Glavine Tim Hudson Tommy Hanson Pat Jarvis Denny Lemaster Derek Lowe Greg Maddux Rick Mahler Andy Messersmith Carl Morton Phil Niekro Russ Ortiz Zane Smith John Smoltz

Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day starting pitchers

Persondata
Name	Smith, Zane
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	December 28, 1960
Place of birth	Madison, Wisconsin
Date of death
Place of death

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