John Smiley

John Smiley [John Patrick Smiley] played Major League Baseball between 1986-1997. Smiley was born on March 17th, 1965 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and is currently 61 years old. He played High School baseball for the Perkiomen Valley High School Vikings in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. He was drafted and signed in the 12th round (300th overall) of the 1983 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ranked by Baseball America as the Pittsburgh Pirates No. 1 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut on September 1st, 1986 at the age of 21. Debuted as a relief pitcher for Pittsburgh Pirates against the Cincinnati Reds, throwing 0.1 innings, allowing 2 runs, 0 walks and striking out 0 batters. He did not factor in the decision. He allowed a single ...

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to Kal Daniels, the first batter he faced. His most frequent teammate throughout his career, based on statistics listed below was Jose Lind [8 seasons]. Smiley played 9 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, 5 seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, 1 season with the Cleveland Guardians and 1 season with the Minnesota Twins. Participated in the MLB Division Series 1x [1995] and the MLB Championship Series 3x [1990,1991,1995]. Led the Gulf Coast League (Rk) with 43 Earned Runs Allowed and 5 Home Runs Allowed in 1983. Led the Carolina League (A+) with a 1.16 W+H Per Inning Pitched, a 6.40 Hits per 9 Innings and a 9.30 Strikeouts per 9 Innings in 1986. Led the National League (MLB) with 20 Wins in 1991.

Awards: Named American League Pitcher of the Month in June 1992.

Career Transactions: Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Minnesota Twins for Denny Neagle and Midre Cummings on March 17th, 1992. Signed a 4-year free agent contract for 1993-1996 worth $18m with the Cincinnati Reds on December 1st, 1992Traded from Cincinnati Reds with Jeff Branson to Cleveland Indians for Jim Crowell, Danny Graves, Damian Jackson and Scott Winchester on July 31st, 1997.

Career Notes: Opening day starter for the Cincinnati Reds in 1997.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1983	Gulf Coast Pirates	GCL	Rk	PIT	-	18	94	3	4	5.92	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	65.1	69	45	43	5	27	42	7	0	1	1.47	9.51	0.69	3.72	5.79	6.20	1.56
1984	Macon Pirates	SAL	A	PIT	-	19	103	5	11	3.95	21	19	2	0	2	2	1	130.0	119	73	57	12	41	73	4	0	2	1.23	8.24	0.83	2.84	5.05	5.05	1.78
1985	Macon Pirates	SAL	A	PIT	-	20	101	3	8	4.67	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	88.2	84	55	46	12	37	70	4	0	0	1.36	8.53	1.22	3.76	7.11	5.58	1.89
1985	Prince William Pirates	Caro	A+	PIT	-	20	92	2	2	5.14	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	56.0	64	36	32	3	27	45	3	0	0	1.63	10.29	0.48	4.34	7.23	5.79	1.67
1986	Prince William Pirates	Caro	A+	PIT	-	21	138	2	4	3.10	48	2	0	0	46	36	14	90.0	64	35	31	2	40	93	2	0	1	1.16	6.40	0.20	4.00	9.30	3.50	2.33
1986	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	57	21		1	0	3.86	12	0	0	0	12	2	0	11.2	4	6	5	2	4	9	0	0	0	0.69	3.09	1.54	3.09	6.94	4.63	2.25
1987	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	57	22	99	5	5	5.76	63	0	0	0	63	19	4	75.0	69	49	48	7	50	58	5	1	0	1.59	8.28	0.84	6.00	6.96	5.88	1.16
1988	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	57	23	111	13	11	3.25	34	32	5	1	2	0	0	205.0	185	81	74	15	46	129	6	6	3	1.13	8.12	0.66	2.02	5.66	3.56	2.80
1989	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	57	24	110	12	8	2.81	28	28	8	1	0	0	0	205.1	174	78	64	22	49	123	5	2	4	1.09	7.63	0.96	2.15	5.39	3.42	2.51
1990	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	57	25	98	9	10	4.64	26	25	2	0	1	0	0	149.1	161	83	77	15	36	86	2	2	2	1.32	9.70	0.90	2.17	5.18	5.00	2.39
1991	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	57	26	110	20	8	3.08	33	32	2	1	1	0	0	207.2	194	78	71	17	44	129	3	1	3	1.15	8.41	0.74	1.91	5.59	3.38	2.93
1992	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	57	27	114	16	9	3.21	34	34	5	2	0	0	0	241.0	205	93	86	17	65	163	4	0	6	1.12	7.66	0.63	2.43	6.09	3.47	2.51
1993	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	57	28	94	3	9	5.62	18	18	2	0	0	0	0	105.2	117	69	66	15	31	60	2	1	2	1.40	9.97	1.28	2.64	5.11	5.88	1.94
1994	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	57	29	107	11	10	3.86	24	24	1	1	0	0	0	158.2	169	80	68	18	37	112	4	2	4	1.30	9.59	1.02	2.10	6.35	4.54	3.03
1995	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	57	30	114	12	5	3.46	28	27	1	0	1	0	0	176.2	173	72	68	11	39	124	5	1	4	1.20	8.81	0.56	1.99	6.32	3.67	3.18
1996	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	57	31	117	13	14	3.64	35	34	2	2	1	0	0	217.1	207	100	88	20	54	171	7	1	4	1.20	8.57	0.83	2.24	7.08	4.14	3.17
1997	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	57	32	97	9	10	5.23	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	117.0	139	76	68	17	31	94	2	0	6	1.45	10.69	1.31	2.38	7.23	5.85	3.03
1997	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	57	32	97	2	4	5.54	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	37.1	45	23	23	9	10	26	3	0	1	1.47	10.85	2.17	2.41	6.27	5.54	2.60
Tot:	MLB (12 yrs)		MLB					126	103	3.80	361	280	28	8	81	21	4	1907.2	1842	888	806	185	496	1284	48	17	39	1.23	8.69	0.87	2.34	6.06	4.19	2.59
Tot:	NL (11 yrs)		NL					108	90	3.85	321	240	23	6	81	21	4	1629.1	1592	772	697	159	421	1095	41	17	32	1.24	8.79	0.88	2.33	6.05	4.26	2.60
Tot:	AL (2 yrs)		AL					18	13	3.52	40	40	5	2	0	0	0	278.1	250	116	109	26	75	189	7	0	7	1.17	8.08	0.84	2.43	6.11	3.75	2.52
Tot:	Minors (4 yrs)		Minors					15	29	4.37	107	59	3	1	48	38	15	430.0	400	244	209	34	172	323	20	0	4	1.33	8.37	0.71	3.60	6.76	5.11	1.88
Tot:	Rk (1 yrs)		Rk					3	4	5.92	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	65.1	69	45	43	5	27	42	7	0	1	1.47	9.51	0.69	3.72	5.79	6.20	1.56
Tot:	A (2 yrs)		A					8	19	4.24	37	35	3	1	2	2	1	218.2	203	128	103	24	78	143	8	0	2	1.29	8.36	0.99	3.21	5.89	5.27	1.83
Tot:	A+ (2 yrs)		A+					4	6	3.88	58	12	0	0	46	36	14	146.0	128	71	63	5	67	138	5	0	1	1.34	7.89	0.31	4.13	8.51	4.38	2.06
Avg:	MLB - 162 Inning avg		MLB					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1990	Pittsburgh Pirates	Championship Series	Playoffs	25	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1991	National League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	26	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1991	Pittsburgh Pirates	Championship Series	Playoffs	26	0	2	23.62	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	8	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	3.37	27.00	0.00	3.37	3.37	0.00	1.00
1995	National League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	30	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	4.50	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00
1995	Cincinnati Reds	Division Series	Playoffs	30	0	0	3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	13.50	0.00	0.00	1.50	0.00	0.00
1995	Cincinnati Reds	Championship Series	Playoffs	30	0	0	3.60	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	1.80	0.00	0.00
Tot:	AllStar (2 Yrs)		AllStar		0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	13.50	4.50	0.00	0.00	13.50
Tot:	Playoffs (3 Yrs)		Playoffs		0	2	6.32	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	15.2	24	0	11	0	1	3	0	0	0	1.60	13.79	0.00	0.57	1.72	0.00	3.00

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1984	Macon Pirates	SAL	A	PIT	-	19				24	33	4	8	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	10	0	0	1	0	0	12	35	3	5	.242	.257	.364	.621	.152	.122	.333	2.86	28.57	10.00	0.00
1985	Macon Pirates	SAL	A	PIT	-	20				16	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	20	0	3	.167	.211	.167	.378	.056	.000	.214	5.00	20.00	4.00	0.00
1985	Prince William Pirates	Caro	A+	PIT	-	20				10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	.125	.000	.000	9.09	9.09	1.00	0.00
1986	Prince William Pirates	Caro	A+	PIT	-	21				48	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	.286	.000	.000	20.00	30.00	1.50	0.00
1987	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	57	22	1/	9		63	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	.143	.143	.167	0.00	14.29	0.00	0.00
1988	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	57	23	1/	9		34	63	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	30	0	7	0	0	0	6	73	1	4	.079	.121	.095	.216	.063	.016	.152	4.11	41.10	10.00	0.00
1989	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	57	24	1/	9		28	65	0	9	4	0	0	7	0	0	3	19	0	7	0	0	0	13	75	4	5	.138	.176	.200	.376	.108	.062	.196	4.00	25.33	6.33	0.00
1990	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	57	25	1/	9		26	49	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	0	3	0	0	0	6	55	0	6	.122	.173	.122	.295	.061	.000	.176	5.45	27.27	5.00	0.00
1991	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	57	26	1/	9		33	70	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	24	0	6	0	0	1	7	79	0	7	.100	.137	.100	.237	.043	.000	.152	3.80	30.38	8.00	0.00
1993	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	57	28	1/	9		18	32	2	8	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	10	0	5	1	0	0	9	39	1	7	.250	.265	.281	.546	.063	.031	.348	2.56	25.64	10.00	0.00
1994	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	57	29	1/	9		24	55	5	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	26	0	5	0	0	1	14	64	3	8	.200	.254	.255	.509	.127	.055	.379	6.25	40.63	6.50	0.00
1995	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	57	30	1/	9		28	55	6	9	1	0	2	5	0	0	4	26	0	6	1	0	1	16	66	3	6	.164	.217	.291	.508	.200	.127	.250	6.06	39.39	6.50	27.50
1996	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	57	31	1/	9		35	68	1	13	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	22	0	4	0	0	1	15	76	2	11	.191	.236	.221	.457	.088	.030	.283	5.26	28.95	5.50	0.00
1997	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	57	32	1/	9		20	40	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	0	2	5	42	1	3	.100	.100	.125	.225	.025	.025	.133	0.00	23.81	0.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (10 yrs)		MLB							309	504	21	73	14	0	2	35	0	0	25	183	0	45	2	0	6	93	576	16	57	.145	.185	.185	.369	.089	.040	.221	4.34	31.77	7.32	252.00
Tot:	NL (10 yrs)		NL							309	504	21	73	14	0	2	35	0	0	25	183	0	45	2	0	6	93	576	16	57	.145	.185	.185	.369	.089	.040	.221	4.34	31.77	7.32	252.00
Tot:	Minors (3 yrs)		Minors							98	66	7	11	2	1	0	3	0	0	5	18	0	4	1	0	0	15	76	3	8	.167	.222	.227	.449	.136	.061	.224	6.58	23.68	3.60
Tot:	A (2 yrs)		A							40	51	4	11	2	1	0	3	0	0	2	14	0	1	1	0	0	15	55	3	8	.216	.241	.294	.535	.118	.078	.289	3.64	25.45	7.00
Tot:	A+ (2 yrs)		A+							58	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	.200	.000	.000	14.29	19.05	1.33
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 game avg		Minors							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1991	National League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1995	National League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1995	Cincinnati Reds	Division Series	Playoffs	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
1995	Cincinnati Reds	Championship Series	Playoffs	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	AllStar (2 Yrs)		AllStar		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tot:	Playoffs (1 Yrs)		Playoffs		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33

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