Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Lee Smith (baseball)

Lee Smith (baseball)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 4, 2022 by Wehwalt (talk) 17:35, 5 November 2022 (UTC)



Lee Arthur Smith is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams. A native of Jamestown, Louisiana, Smith was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 1975 MLB draft. In 1991, he set a National League (NL) record with 47 saves for the St. Louis Cardinals, and was runner-up for the league's Cy Young Award; it was the second of three times Smith led the NL in saves, and he later led the American League (AL) in saves once. At his retirement, he held the major league record for career games finished (802) and was third in games pitched (1,022). He still holds the Cubs' team record for career saves (180) and held the same record for the Cardinals (160) until 2006. After his playing career, Smith worked as a pitching instructor in Minor League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants. He served as the pitching coach for the South Africa national baseball team in the World Baseball Classics of 2006 and 2009.
 * Most recent similar article(s): History of the Nashville Sounds, about a minor league baseball team, was TFA on April 14.
 * Main editors: was the FAC nominator,  received a FASA for the 2021 FAR
 * Promoted: October 23, 2007. FAR October 9, 2021.
 * Reasons for nomination: December 4 is Smith's 65th birthday. This is a TFA re-run.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 00:25, 13 October 2022 (UTC)