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Roy
Smalley		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 25, 1952 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1979   
All-Star Selections 1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 22 DET AL     4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 8 7 7 7 6 6
1976 23 DET AL     4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1977 24 DET AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 8 7 7 7
1978 25 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 7 8 7 6 7
1979 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
1980 27 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 10 9 9 8 7 7
1981 28 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 10 9 9 8 7 7
1982 29 DET AL $ 3,478,571   6 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 9 9 8 7 7
1983 30 DET AL $ 3,478,571   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 7
1984 31 NYG NL $ 3,528,571   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 9 9 6 6 6
1985 32 SDP NL $ 2,800,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6
1986 33 SDP NL $ 2,800,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 10 9 9 6 6 6
1987 34 SDP NL $ 2,800,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 10 9 9 6 5 5
1988 35 SDP NL $ 2,800,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 9 8 9 5 5 5
1989 36 SDP NL $ 2,550,000   2 2 2 2 1 2 4 3 3 8 7 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 1 2 4 3 3 8 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,528,571   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 9 9 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 22 AAA   31 115 17 31 3 0 3 12 0 3 14 12 .270 .349 .374 .723 14.7  
    AA   106 362 57 101 19 4 16 55 6 4 101 49 .279 .436 .486 .922 81.0  
1976 23 AAA   137 519 85 141 27 2 25 94 4 6 77 58 .272 .366 .476 .842 89.7  
1977 24 AAA   137 505 76 136 28 0 25 67 7 9 88 61 .269 .378 .473 .851 90.5  
1978 25 DET AL 103 353 54 91 13 1 17 62 0 0 37 38 .258 .326 .445 .770 49.9 7.5
    AAA   52 205 32 63 10 1 11 35 2 0 28 19 .307 .391 .527 .917 40.8  
1979 26 DET AL 151 484 62 117 19 1 14 59 0 0 68 66 .242 .335 .372 .707 63.7 9.3
1980 27 DET AL 153 543 89 146 22 2 19 61 0 2 62 55 .269 .343 .422 .765 77.5 12.7
1981 28 DET AL 147 504 66 136 35 2 14 85 0 0 71 58 .270 .357 .431 .787 76.6 16.2
1982 29 DET AL 153 567 81 146 19 2 15 56 0 0 83 76 .257 .350 .377 .728 72.6 12.7
1983 30 DET AL 154 507 76 147 32 4 10 77 0 1 81 62 .290 .384 .428 .812 86.9 17.9
1984 31 DET AL 76 260 30 60 13 1 4 20 0 1 33 40 .231 .314 .335 .649 29.0 4.3
  NYG NL 77 261 36 75 7 2 6 30 0 1 34 44 .287 .366 .398 .764 39.2 9.1
  TOT   153 521 66 135 20 3 10 50 0 2 67 84 .259 .340 .367 .707 68.2 13.4
1985 32 SDP NL 127 424 68 111 21 3 10 60 0 0 62 83 .262 .355 .396 .751 59.6 14.3
1986 33 SDP NL 154 526 61 137 29 2 8 63 0 1 78 82 .260 .352 .369 .721 70.8 12.0
1987 34 SDP NL 152 501 85 139 28 0 11 71 0 1 92 109 .277 .386 .399 .785 78.2 15.9
1988 35 SDP NL 134 473 78 122 17 2 9 40 0 0 73 97 .258 .356 .359 .716 60.3 10.3
1989 36 SDP NL 95 224 23 45 4 1 3 25 0 0 34 63 .201 .305 .268 .573 20.3 1.7
12 Years Sim 1676 5627 809 1472 259 23 140 709 0 7 808 873 .262 .352 .390 .742 784.6 143.7
4 Years AAA 357 1344 210 371 68 3 64 208 13 18 207 150 .276 .371 .474 .845 235.8  
1 Years AA 106 362 57 101 19 4 16 55 6 4 101 49 .279 .433 .486 .919 81.0  
5 Years Minors 463 1706 267 472 87 7 80 263 19 22 308 199 .277 .386 .477 .862 316.8  
162 Game Average 543 78 142 25 2 13 68 0 0 78 84 .262 .352 .390 .742 75.8  
Career Highs 154 567 89 147 35 4 19 85 0 2 92 109 .290 .386 .445 .812 86.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3858 528 972 176 17 85 462 0 6 523 628 .252 .339 .372 .711 512.6
vs LH   1769 281 500 83 6 55 247 0 1 285 245 .283 .380 .430 .810 298.0
Home 822 2675 404 726 141 13 71 377 0 3 375 416 .271 .358 .413 .771 407.2
Away 854 2952 405 746 118 10 69 332 0 4 433 457 .253 .347 .370 .716 403.4
RISP   1452 0 380 59 5 34 549 0 0 204 233 .262 .343 .379 .723 204.1
Pinch Hitting   32 5 8 0 0 2 11 0 0 6 6 .250 .359 .438 .796 5.6
Close/Late   624 68 164 26 2 9 68 0 0 100 83 .263 .363 .354 .717 87.1
Mar/Apr 252 842 119 214 31 2 18 101 0 0 129 116 .254 .351 .360 .711 115.4
May 259 883 118 222 43 1 21 98 0 1 119 153 .251 .338 .374 .712 117.4
June 292 981 158 264 57 11 17 129 0 1 158 143 .269 .367 .402 .769 151.0
July 282 952 142 251 49 5 28 122 0 1 126 139 .264 .347 .414 .761 140.5
August 311 1041 142 280 46 1 29 139 0 2 141 201 .269 .355 .399 .754 152.2
Sep/Oct 280 928 130 241 33 3 27 120 0 2 135 121 .260 .351 .389 .740 134.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1978 25 DET AL SS 102 100 866.3 127 417 20 71 .965 5.65   2.6
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1979 26 DET AL SS 151 151 1303.3 215 603 28 113 .967 5.65   7.6
1980 27 DET AL SS 153 151 1366.7 217 589 26 101 .969 5.31   9.9
1981 28 DET AL SS 146 143 1253.7 183 545 26 98 .966 5.23   6.5
1982 29 DET AL SS 152 150 1329.3 208 559 28 103 .965 5.19   5.9
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1983 30 DET AL SS 153 147 1299.7 175 539 25 77 .966 4.94   4.9
1984 31 DET AL SS 75 74 649.5 94 285 12 45 .969 5.25   3.1
    2B 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  NYG NL SS 76 75 656.1 94 288 12 45 .970 5.24   3.3
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 151 149 1305.6 188 573 24 90 .969 5.25   6.4
      2B 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1985 32 SDP NL 2B 125 124 1077.3 247 397 14 85 .979 5.38   3.7
1986 33 SDP NL 2B 151 148 1299.0 265 548 20 106 .976 5.63   5.3
    SS 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1987 34 SDP NL 2B 147 144 1273.0 262 484 16 111 .979 5.27   3.2
    SS 5 0 16.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.81   0.1
1988 35 SDP NL 2B 129 126 1060.3 240 451 14 102 .980 5.87   4.3
    SS 2 0 7.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 36 SDP NL 2B 53 47 403.3 98 200 8 50 .974 6.65   2.7
    SS 30 10 117.3 17 43 0 11 1.000 4.60   0.7
    3B 13 9 75.0 6 12 1 2 .947 2.16   0.1
  SS 1046 1002 8873.9 1335 3875 177 666 .967 5.28   44.5
  2B 607 589 5118.0 1115 2082 72 454 .978 5.62   19.2
  3B 16 9 81.0 7 14 1 2 .955 2.33   0.2
Career Totals   1669 1600 14072.9 2457 5971 250 1122 .971 5.39   64.0
Career Highs   153 151 1366.7 267 603 28 113 .980 5.84    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1980 27 DET AL 17 58 9 14 2 0 4 11 0 0 6 8 .241 .313 .483 .795
1981 28 DET AL 19 71 6 13 2 0 1 6 0 0 7 10 .183 .253 .254 .507
1982 29 DET AL 7 29 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .103 .161 .138 .299
1983 30 DET AL 7 25 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 .240 .333 .280 .613
1984 31 NYG NL 5 17 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .176 .300 .235 .535
1985 32 SDP NL 5 17 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 .176 .333 .412 .745
1987 34 SDP NL 18 62 5 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 7 16 .161 .246 .210 .456
1989 36 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 79 280 26 52 8 0 7 29 0 0 33 47 .186 .270 .289 .559
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1983-8-.384
1987-6-.386
 Walks
1982-7-83
1983-6-81
1987-3-92
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Detroit in 1975
Had first career hit (double) on 6/2/1978, off Steve Kline (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 6/8/1978, off Masanori Murakami (NYA)
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 7/6/1978
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1979
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Injured on 4/5/1981 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Drove in 7 runs against Baltimore on 8/25/1981
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1982, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1982, hitting .367 with 5 HR, 19 RBI
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,528,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 7/1/1984 (Going to NYG: SS Roy Smalley. Going to DET: SS Larry Lintz)
10/3/1984: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $2,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to San Diego on 3/4/1985 (Going to NYG: P Larry Andersen, LF Bruce Boisclair. Going to SDP: SS Roy Smalley, P Lance Rautzhan)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1985, hitting .609 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 5/2/1985 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 9/9/1988 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
10/3/1988: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $2,550,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/26/1989 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
 
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