The Greatest Athlete To Wear #46 is one of the great closers in baseball history-Lee Arthur Smith.

Notable #46’s- in baseball the late Mike Flanagan was a mainstay for the Orioles for years. Andy Pettitte has had an outstanding career mostly with the Yankees. In football Todd Christensen was a fine tight end with the Raiders, Herman “You Play To Win the Game” Edwards was a pretty good defensive back before he got into coaching/announcing.

The Greatest Athlete To Wear #46 is Lee Arthur Smith. In 18 seasons in the major leagues Lee Smith saved 478 games which was the record at the time of his retirement. He will be remembered mostly for his time with the Chicago Cubs. He was a 7 time All-Star. He ended up pitching with 8 different teams during his career which went from 1980-97. He’s not in the Hall of Fame. They are trying to figure out what to do with all these pitchers with all those saves!