Dave Smith career ERA
2.67Career Regular Season
Dave Smith has a career ERA of 2.67 over 13 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 1.65 in 1987.
- Most recent: 2.51 in 1992.
Average of 13 regular seasons, 1980 through 1992. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 |  HOU | 57 | 7 | 5 | 1.93 | 102.2 | 85 | 32 | 1.19 | 10 |
| 1981 | HOU | 42 | 5 | 3 | 2.76 | 75.0 | 52 | 23 | 1.03 | 8 |
| 1982 | HOU | 49 | 5 | 4 | 3.84 | 63.1 | 28 | 31 | 1.58 | 11 |
| 1983 | HOU | 42 | 3 | 1 | 3.10 | 72.2 | 41 | 36 | 1.49 | 6 |
| 1984 | HOU | 53 | 5 | 4 | 2.21 | 77.1 | 45 | 20 | 1.03 | 5 |
| 1985 | HOU | 64 | 9 | 5 | 2.27 | 79.1 | 40 | 17 | 1.08 | 27 |
| 1986 | HOU | 54 | 4 | 7 | 2.73 | 56.0 | 46 | 22 | 1.09 | 33 |
| 1987 | HOU | 50 | 2 | 3 | 1.65 | 60.0 | 73 | 21 | 1.00 | 24 |
| 1988 | HOU | 51 | 4 | 5 | 2.67 | 57.1 | 38 | 19 | 1.38 | 27 |
| 1989 | HOU | 52 | 3 | 4 | 2.64 | 58.0 | 31 | 19 | 1.17 | 25 |
| 1990 | HOU | 49 | 6 | 6 | 2.39 | 60.1 | 50 | 20 | 1.08 | 23 |
| 1991 |  CHC | 35 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 33.0 | 16 | 19 | 1.76 | 17 |
| 1992 | CHC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2.51 | 14.1 | 3 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV