Al
Smith
 
Nickname: Fuzzy
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 201
 
Born: February 7, 1928 in Usa, MO, KIRKWOOD
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1953 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1954 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1955 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6
1956 28 BSN NL $ 387,857   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1957 29 BSN NL $ 1,120,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1958 30 BSN NL $ 1,120,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1959 31 MIN AL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1960 32 SDP NL $ 1,120,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1961 33 CLE AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1962 34 CLE AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1963 35 BSN NL $ 750,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
1964 36 BSN NL $ 750,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 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
1953 25 BSN NL 116 325 36 80 17 3 7 38 2 0 38 59 .246 .327 .382 .709 41.4 6.6
1954 26 BSN NL 112 305 29 70 11 1 4 30 2 2 45 66 .230 .338 .311 .649 34.2 3.7
1955 27 BSN NL 40 45 9 11 3 0 2 8 0 0 7 6 .244 .340 .444 .784 7.3 1.3
1956 28 BSN NL 101 255 34 76 14 1 10 32 0 1 24 34 .298 .359 .478 .838 40.0 7.7
1957 29 BSN NL 79 165 26 45 11 2 4 18 2 0 18 31 .273 .348 .436 .784 23.8 4.3
1958 30 BSN NL 147 471 53 121 23 4 18 70 3 2 52 79 .257 .332 .437 .769 66.5 10.1
1959 31 MIN AL 151 525 57 128 24 2 17 67 4 2 62 129 .244 .325 .394 .719 65.1 7.2
1960 32 SDP NL 154 557 55 115 27 1 14 71 3 2 52 128 .206 .280 .334 .614 54.0 5.5
1961 33 CLE AL 105 236 25 46 12 2 3 23 1 1 29 52 .195 .287 .301 .588 19.6 1.1
1962 34 CLE AL 100 192 22 45 8 3 8 25 2 0 22 39 .234 .316 .432 .749 24.0 3.7
1963 35 BSN NL 111 220 20 43 9 1 2 15 1 1 20 50 .195 .261 .273 .534 12.9 0.0
1964 36 AAA   137 490 44 119 20 5 16 59 6 6 71 102 .243 .339 .402 .741 69.3  
11 Years Sim 1216 3296 366 780 159 20 89 397 20 11 369 673 .237 .316 .378 .694 388.7 51.3
1 Years AAA 137 490 44 119 20 5 16 59 6 6 71 102 .243 .343 .402 .745 69.3  
162 Game Average 439 48 103 21 2 11 52 2 1 49 89 .237 .316 .378 .694 51.8  
Career Highs 154 557 57 128 27 4 18 71 4 2 62 129 .298 .359 .478 .838 66.5  
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   1767 206 436 93 13 45 214 14 4 184 332 .247 .320 .390 .710 223.8
vs LH   1529 160 344 66 7 44 183 6 7 185 341 .225 .313 .364 .676 179.6
Home 596 1631 184 372 79 13 40 190 7 4 199 338 .228 .314 .366 .680 194.8
Away 620 1665 182 408 80 7 49 207 13 7 170 335 .245 .319 .390 .709 208.7
RISP   771 0 176 37 3 24 273 0 0 86 170 .228 .304 .377 .681 92.4
Pinch Hitting   164 21 42 11 1 7 24 0 0 13 39 .256 .311 .463 .774 23.2
Close/Late   422 46 107 29 0 17 69 0 0 29 92 .254 .301 .443 .744 55.5
Mar/Apr 202 534 59 125 30 4 13 61 2 1 68 104 .234 .322 .378 .700 67.4
May 217 599 74 148 29 2 22 80 5 4 70 122 .247 .332 .412 .745 82.3
June 200 554 60 130 26 4 18 79 0 3 53 95 .235 .306 .394 .699 66.2
July 198 559 52 113 23 5 11 61 3 1 51 124 .202 .268 .320 .588 49.3
August 216 580 70 156 31 3 15 65 8 0 64 126 .269 .343 .410 .753 83.0
Sep/Oct 183 470 51 108 20 2 10 51 2 2 63 102 .230 .327 .345 .671 55.3
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
1953 25 BSN NL 3B 83 75 660.7 40 169 19 11 .917 2.85   2.0
    RF 13 9 83.0 20 0 1 0 .952 2.17   0.5
    LF 9 9 75.0 24 0 1 0 .960 2.88    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1954 26 BSN NL 3B 77 70 607.3 43 159 10 12 .953 2.99   2.5
    RF 13 10 82.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.5
    LF 12 7 64.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.39    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 1 0 .667 18.00   0.0
1955 27 BSN NL 3B 28 6 94.0 5 23 1 3 .966 2.68   0.3
    LF 8 4 41.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.41   0.1
    RF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1956 28 BSN NL 3B 84 64 572.7 45 117 8 8 .953 2.55   1.7
    LF 8 6 54.0 13 1 1 0 .933 2.33   0.2
    RF 5 2 19.0 5 1 1 1 .857 2.84    
1957 29 BSN NL 3B 34 24 226.0 9 54 7 5 .900 2.51   0.6
    LF 12 7 75.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.08   0.3
    RF 9 8 64.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.97    
1958 30 BSN NL 3B 97 92 808.7 58 192 14 12 .947 2.78   2.2
    LF 34 33 271.3 44 1 2 1 .957 1.49   0.4
    RF 10 3 37.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.73    
1959 31 MIN AL 3B 147 143 1249.7 68 277 25 25 .932 2.48   3.4
    LF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 32 SDP NL 3B 116 110 984.7 73 242 24 19 .929 2.88   1.0
    CF 13 13 117.0 28 0 1 0 .966 2.15   0.3
    SS 12 12 101.0 13 28 2 8 .953 3.65   0.3
    LF 12 9 84.0 20 0 1 0 .952 2.14    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 33 CLE AL 3B 83 71 597.7 28 126 12 8 .928 2.32   1.5
    RF 8 2 29.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.24   0.0
    LF 5 1 21.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1962 34 CLE AL LF 29 22 201.0 39 0 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.8
    3B 23 9 105.3 5 21 2 2 .929 2.22   0.3
    RF 21 10 103.7 21 0 1 0 .955 1.82    
1963 35 BSN NL 3B 43 34 301.3 14 75 7 6 .927 2.66   0.8
    RF 17 13 114.7 24 0 2 0 .923 1.88   0.4
    LF 13 9 84.0 26 0 1 0 .963 2.79    
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 815 698 6208.0 388 1455 129 111 .935 2.67   16.1
  LF 144 107 976.0 206 4 6 1 .972 1.94   1.7
  RF 99 57 541.3 113 1 6 1 .950 1.90   1.4
  CF 13 13 117.0 28 0 1 0 .966 2.15   0.3
  SS 14 12 105.0 13 28 2 8 .953 3.51   0.3
  2B 2 0 2.0 1 2 1 0 .750 13.50   0.0
Career Totals   1087 887 7949.3 749 1490 145 121 .939 2.53   19.8
Career Highs   154 144 1288.7 134 277 28 27 .976 2.88    
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
1957 29 BSN NL 5 6 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .833 .875 .833 1.708
Career Post-Season Batting 5 6 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .833 .875 .833 1.708
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.
Caught Stealing
1958-8-2
Strikeouts
1960-10-128
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1953
Had first career hit (double) on 4/4/1953, off Curt Simmons (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1953, off Cliff Fannin (SDP)
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $387,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,120,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,120,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/14/1959 to a 1-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/2/1960 to a 1-year deal worth $1,120,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/2/1961 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/8/1963 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Injured on 7/7/1964 with a Stiff Neck, out for 5 days