What years did Zane Smith play?

Zane Smith played in Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1996.

Was Zane Smith a pitcher?

Yes. Zane Smith pitched in the major leagues, recording 100 wins and 1011 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Zane Smith hit?

Zane Smith hit 0 career home runs with 87 hits.

What teams did Zane Smith play for?

Zane Smith played for 4 teams: the Atlanta Braves (1984–1989), the Montreal Expos (1989–1990), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1990–1994, 1996), and the Boston Red Sox (1995).

What were Zane Smith's career stats?

In 360 games, Zane Smith went 100-115 with a 3.74 ERA, 1,011 strikeouts, 1,919.1 innings pitched, and 3 saves. At the plate he had 87 hits and 0 home runs.

What was Zane Smith's salary?

Zane Smith's last recorded salary was $400,000, in 1996. His highest recorded salary was $3,125,000, in 1994, and his lowest was $200,000, in 1986. The Salary History table lists each season from 1986 to 1996.

What position did Zane Smith play?

Zane Smith played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Zane Smith and how much did he weigh?

Zane Smith was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.

What was Zane Smith's career ERA?

Zane Smith finished with a 3.74 career ERA, going 100-115 with 1,011 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Zane Smith have?

Zane Smith recorded 1,011 career strikeouts.

Is Zane Smith in the Hall of Fame?

No. Zane Smith has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Zane Smith

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1984-1996)

Zane Smith was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1996 for 4 teams, including the Atlanta Braves, a span of 13 seasons. Across 360 career appearances, he went 100-115 with a 3.74 ERA and 1,011 strikeouts. He also batted .158 with 0 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 21829.9.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 23, 2026

W–L 100–115

ERA 3.74

WHIP 1.34

SO 1,011

Pitcher PIV 21829.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 185 lb
Born: 12/28/1960 in Madison, WI, USA
MLB Debut: 1984-09-10
Last Game: 1996-07-05

Full name: Zane William Smith

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Career Pitching Statistics

Zane Smith — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
100	115	360	291	35	16	3	1919.1	1,980	798	122	583	1,011	3.74	21829.9

Career ERA 3.74 vs. league average 4.05 across their career seasons — 7.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Zane Smith Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1984	ATL	NL	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	20.0	16	5	13	16	2.25	3.81 (+41%)	21.5
1985	ATL	NL	9	10	42	18	2	2	0	147.0	135	62	80	85	3.80	3.89 (+3%)	1204.0
1986	ATL	NL	8	16	38	32	3	1	1	204.2	209	92	105	139	4.05	3.97 (-2%)	2342.2
1987	ATL	NL	15	10	36	36	9	3	0	242.0	245	110	91	130	4.09	4.29 (+5%)	1817.2
1988	ATL	NL	5	10	23	22	3	0	0	140.1	159	67	44	59	4.30	3.73 (-15%)	215.3
1989	ATL	NL	1	12	17	17	0	0	0	99.0	102	49	33	58	4.45	3.71 (-20%)	1015.3
1989	MON	NL	0	1	31	0	0	0	2	48.0	39	8	19	35	1.50	3.71 (+60%)	744.2
1990	MON	NL	6	7	22	21	1	0	0	139.1	141	50	41	80	3.23	3.86 (+16%)	815.6
1990	PIT	NL	6	2	11	10	3	2	0	76.0	55	11	9	50	1.30	3.86 (+66%)	2565.2
1991	PIT	NL	16	10	35	35	6	3	0	228.0	234	81	29	120	3.20	3.91 (+18%)	5042.3
1992	PIT	NL	8	8	23	22	4	3	0	141.0	138	48	19	56	3.06	3.75 (+18%)	2075.7
1993	PIT	NL	3	7	14	14	1	0	0	83.0	97	42	22	32	4.55	4.19 (-9%)	833.7
1994	PIT	NL	10	8	25	24	2	1	0	157.0	162	57	34	57	3.27	4.51 (+28%)	-131.1
1995	BOS	AL	8	8	24	21	0	0	0	110.2	144	69	23	47	5.61	4.45 (-26%)	2049.6
1996	PIT	NL	4	6	16	16	1	1	0	83.1	104	47	21	47	5.08	4.61 (-10%)	1219.2
Career · 15 seasons			100	115	360	291	35	16	3	1,919.1	1,980	798	583	1,011	3.74	—	21,830

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Zane Smith — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
386	551	27	87	12	2	0	32	1	13	108	.158	.180	.187	.367	-2,581

Career AVG .158 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 39.4% below league average.

Career OBP .180 vs. league average .328 across their career seasons — 45.1% below league average.

Career SLG .187 vs. league average .397 across their career seasons — 52.9% below league average.

Career OPS .367 vs. league average .724 across their career seasons — 49.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Zane Smith Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1984	ATL	NL	3	9	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.556	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	ATL	NL	43	37	1	6	0	0	3	0	1	5	.162	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	ATL	NL	43	59	2	5	0	0	3	0	2	19	.085	.257 (-67%)	.325 (-65%)	.395 (-79%)	.720 (-72%)	-675.0
1987	ATL	NL	41	76	6	10	1	1	6	1	3	14	.132	.262 (-50%)	.331 (-47%)	.415 (-59%)	.746 (-54%)	-672.1
1988	ATL	NL	27	42	3	7	1	0	0	0	1	8	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	ATL	NL	21	28	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.179	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	MON	NL	32	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	MON	NL	23	40	1	7	1	1	2	0	0	9	.175	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	PIT	NL	11	28	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	7	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	PIT	NL	36	71	3	13	3	0	10	0	3	8	.183	.255 (-28%)	.323 (-31%)	.384 (-41%)	.708 (-37%)	-416.2
1992	PIT	NL	26	49	2	6	2	0	3	0	2	11	.122	—	—	—	—	-415.8
1993	PIT	NL	14	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	.080	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	PIT	NL	26	57	2	12	1	0	2	0	0	11	.211	.269 (-22%)	.338 (-38%)	.424 (-46%)	.763 (-43%)	-401.7
1995	BOS	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	PIT	NL	16	26	2	4	0	0	3	0	0	6	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			386	551	27	87	12	2	32	1	13	108	.158	—	—	—	—	-2,581

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Zane Smith — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Zane Smith — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1995	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	.000
1991	NLCS	PIT	2	5	4	.000
1990	NLCS	PIT	2	3	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Zane Smith — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	4	5	3	0	25.0	30	8	4	18	2.88

Playoff Pitching by Year

Zane Smith — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1995	ALDS1	BOS	0	1	1	0	1.1	1	1	0	0	6.75
1991	NLCS	PIT	1	1	2	2	14.2	15	1	3	10	0.61
1990	NLCS	PIT	0	2	2	1	9.0	14	6	1	8	6.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Zane Smith — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	197	281	18	48	0	14	.171
Away	189	270	9	39	0	18	.144

Pitching — Home / Away

Zane Smith — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	183	1033.1	1067	399	292	571	3.48
Away	177	886.0	913	398	291	440	4.04

Last 10 Games — Batting

Zane Smith — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	SO
1996-07-05	PIT	STL	L	1	0	0	0
1996-06-30	PIT	STL	L	0	0	0	0
1996-06-25	PIT	WSN	L	1	0	0	0
1996-06-19	PIT	NYN	W	1	0	0	0
1996-06-13	PIT	MIA	L	2	0	0	0
1996-06-07	PIT	SDP	W	4	1	1	2
1996-06-02	PIT	COL	W	2	0	0	0
1996-05-27	PIT	HOU	L	1	0	0	0
1996-05-22	PIT	COL	L	1	0	0	1
1996-05-17	PIT	HOU	L	3	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Zane Smith — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1996-07-05	PIT	STL	L	3.2	8	7	7	3	3	0
1996-06-30	PIT	STL	L	1.1	9	8	8	2	2	1
1996-06-25	PIT	WSN	L	4.0	7	5	5	1	0	0
1996-06-19	PIT	NYN	—	4.1	6	5	1	0	1	1
1996-06-13	PIT	MIA	—	7.0	5	1	1	0	5	1
1996-06-07	PIT	SDP	W	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0
1996-06-02	PIT	COL	W	8.0	8	2	2	4	8	0
1996-05-27	PIT	HOU	L	5.0	6	5	3	1	2	1
1996-05-22	PIT	COL	L	4.0	6	6	6	0	3	1
1996-05-17	PIT	HOU	—	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Zane Smith — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	360	291	104	380	17	34

Season-by-Season Fielding

Zane Smith — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1984	ATL	P	3	3	2	3	1	1
1985	ATL	P	42	18	7	35	3	2
1986	ATL	P	38	32	7	45	1	4
1987	ATL	P	36	36	15	43	0	4
1988	ATL	P	23	22	16	33	1	6
1989	ATL	P	17	17	4	27	2	0
1989	MON	P	31	0	3	12	1	0
1990	MON	P	22	21	4	27	3	3
1990	PIT	P	11	10	6	8	0	2
1991	PIT	P	35	35	12	39	3	5
1992	PIT	P	23	22	6	29	0	2
1993	PIT	P	14	14	8	8	0	2
1994	PIT	P	25	24	8	40	0	1
1995	BOS	P	24	21	5	18	1	1
1996	PIT	P	16	16	1	13	1	1

Career Games by Position

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Zane Smith Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	360

Awards & Honors

Zane Smith — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1987	TSN All-Star	LHP

Salary History

Zane Smith's recorded salaries total $14,935,000 over 11 seasons, 1986 to 1996. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Smith's career ran from 1984 to 1996. His seasons before 1985 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 1985.

Zane Smith — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1996	PIT	NL	$400,000
1995	BOS	AL	$1,525,000
1994	PIT	NL	$3,125,000
1993	PIT	NL	$2,725,000
1992	PIT	NL	$2,525,000
1991	PIT	NL	$2,225,000
1990	MON	NL	$860,000
1989	ATL	NL	$650,000
1988	ATL	NL	$450,000
1987	ATL	NL	$250,000
1986	ATL	NL	$200,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$14,935,000

College History

Zane Smith — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Indiana State University	Terre Haute	IN	1980, 1981, 1982

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Zane Smith: the record in brief

Between the debut on September 10, 1984 and the final game on July 5, 1996, Zane Smith built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the Atlanta Braves (1984 to 1989), the Montreal Expos (1989 through 1990), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1990 to 1996), and the Boston Red Sox (1995). Smith is listed as a pitcher at 6 feet, 2 inches and 185 pounds. Smith both batted and threw left-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is December 28, 1960, in Madison, WI, USA. Zane Smith was the playing name; the full given name is Zane William.

Smith went 100-115 with a 3.74 ERA in 360 games, 291 of them starts. The totals include 1,011 strikeouts, 35 complete games, and 16 shutouts. Against a 4.05 league ERA for the same years, Smith was 7.6% better. No season topped the 16 wins of 1991. 1986 produced Smith's most strikeouts, 139. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.20 in 1991, when the league's was 3.91.

Frequently Asked Questions about Zane Smith

What years did Zane Smith play?: Zane Smith played in Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1996.
Was Zane Smith a pitcher?: Yes. Zane Smith pitched in the major leagues, recording 100 wins and 1011 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Zane Smith hit?: Zane Smith hit 0 career home runs with 87 hits.
What teams did Zane Smith play for?: Zane Smith played for 4 teams: the Atlanta Braves (1984–1989), the Montreal Expos (1989–1990), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1990–1994, 1996), and the Boston Red Sox (1995).
What were Zane Smith's career stats?: In 360 games, Zane Smith went 100-115 with a 3.74 ERA, 1,011 strikeouts, 1,919.1 innings pitched, and 3 saves. At the plate he had 87 hits and 0 home runs.
How much did Zane Smith earn in his career?: Zane Smith's recorded salaries total $14,935,000 over 11 seasons, 1986 to 1996. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Smith's career ran from 1984 to 1996. His seasons before 1985 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 1985.
What was Zane Smith's salary?: Zane Smith's last recorded salary was $400,000, in 1996. His highest recorded salary was $3,125,000, in 1994, and his lowest was $200,000, in 1986. The Salary History table lists each season from 1986 to 1996.
What position did Zane Smith play?: Zane Smith played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Zane Smith and how much did he weigh?: Zane Smith was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.
What was Zane Smith's career ERA?: Zane Smith finished with a 3.74 career ERA, going 100-115 with 1,011 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Zane Smith have?: Zane Smith recorded 1,011 career strikeouts.
Is Zane Smith in the Hall of Fame?: No. Zane Smith has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.