Long considered one of the more intriguing players on the fringe of Hall of Fame conversation, former Chicago Cubs Lee Smith can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The right-hander finally got the call over the weekend and will head to Cooperstown as a member of the Class of 2019.
The 11-person Today’s Game Era Committee unanimously elected Smith to the land of baseball immortality – ending years upon years of speculation over whether or not the right-hander, a former closer, deserved to be enshrined with the game’s all-time greats.
When Smith retired in the late 1990s, he boasted 478 saves – the most in big league history.