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Charley
Smith		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 187
 
Born: September 15, 1937 in Usa, SC, CHARLESTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1969   
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
1960 22 SEM AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
1961 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
1962 24 WOR AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
1963 25 WOR AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
1964 26 WOR AL     4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
1965 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1966 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7
1967 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6
1968 30 NYA AL $ 1,207,143   5 5 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1969 31 NYA AL $ 1,300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1970 32 NYA AL $ 1,300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1971 33 NYA AL $ 1,300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1972 34 NYA AL $ 1,300,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1973 35 BSN NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 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
1960 22 AA   2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
    A   135 529 86 169 17 5 42 104 8 12 46 93 .319 .374 .609 .983 109.1  
1961 23 SEM AL 131 417 29 82 16 1 10 32 0 0 16 119 .197 .225 .312 .537 26.6 0.8
1962 24 AA   137 574 86 160 23 1 31 84 13 7 36 112 .279 .321 .484 .806 87.3  
1963 25 AA   137 567 84 158 23 2 32 75 13 10 41 88 .279 .327 .496 .823 89.0  
1964 26 AAA   135 532 73 129 23 4 26 81 10 9 16 119 .242 .265 .447 .712 61.8  
1965 27 KCR AL 26 81 9 17 3 0 4 14 1 1 4 11 .210 .239 .395 .634 8.3 0.5
    AAA   135 531 61 145 19 1 25 73 9 7 26 96 .273 .307 .454 .761 71.9  
1966 28 NYA AL 148 434 55 118 22 1 11 63 2 3 23 73 .272 .308 .403 .711 49.3 7.6
1967 29 NYA AL 148 439 66 109 16 5 11 48 3 2 30 81 .248 .297 .383 .680 44.7 5.6
1968 30 NYA AL 140 409 52 105 20 1 17 58 4 3 13 63 .257 .279 .435 .714 49.2 6.3
1969 31 NYA AL 153 549 57 131 25 2 12 58 2 5 30 119 .239 .283 .357 .640 51.8 4.3
1970 32 NYA AL 156 546 50 116 19 7 15 48 2 1 30 144 .212 .253 .355 .609 44.5 2.6
1971 33 NYA AL 146 510 49 113 12 7 16 51 5 5 31 101 .222 .268 .367 .635 47.9 5.3
1972 34 NYA AL 82 253 21 57 10 2 5 28 1 3 11 66 .225 .257 .340 .597 20.8 0.8
1973 35 AAA   60 46 8 9 4 0 1 1 1 0 8 8 .196 .315 .348 .663 5.7  
9 Years Sim 1130 3638 388 848 143 26 101 400 20 23 188 777 .233 .271 .370 .641 343.2 33.8
3 Years AAA 330 1109 142 283 46 5 52 155 20 16 50 223 .255 .287 .446 .733 139.4  
3 Years AA 276 1148 170 318 46 3 63 159 26 17 77 201 .277 .324 .487 .811 175.7  
1 Years A 135 529 86 169 17 5 42 104 8 12 46 93 .319 .374 .609 .983 109.1  
7 Years Minors 741 2786 398 770 109 13 157 418 54 45 173 517 .276 .319 .494 .813 424.2  
162 Game Average 521 55 121 20 3 14 57 2 3 26 111 .233 .271 .370 .641 49.2  
Career Highs 156 549 66 131 25 7 17 63 5 5 31 144 .272 .308 .435 .714 51.8  
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   2194 220 495 76 14 55 236 10 16 103 463 .226 .260 .348 .608 192.1
vs LH   1444 168 353 67 12 46 164 10 7 85 314 .244 .289 .403 .692 164.7
Home 553 1724 194 401 73 10 52 205 9 16 97 373 .233 .276 .377 .653 173.3
Away 577 1914 194 447 70 16 49 195 11 7 91 404 .234 .267 .364 .631 183.4
RISP   803 0 181 38 5 20 284 0 0 48 171 .225 .264 .360 .624 77.0
Pinch Hitting   43 10 10 1 0 2 5 0 0 3 10 .233 .283 .395 .678 5.0
Close/Late   385 49 94 9 2 13 39 0 0 19 80 .244 .279 .379 .659 40.8
Mar/Apr 186 582 72 148 32 5 18 77 3 6 28 143 .254 .291 .419 .710 67.1
May 199 644 58 132 27 2 12 60 3 6 28 132 .205 .239 .309 .548 43.3
June 176 575 62 130 19 9 17 65 2 5 29 117 .226 .265 .379 .645 55.9
July 171 540 69 143 20 4 18 71 5 0 33 110 .265 .306 .417 .723 69.0
August 197 637 60 138 25 3 17 53 3 3 33 147 .217 .257 .345 .603 55.0
Sep/Oct 201 660 67 157 20 3 19 74 4 3 37 128 .238 .276 .364 .639 66.4
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
1961 23 SEM AL 3B 127 124 1045.3 70 231 25 14 .923 2.59   0.9
1965 27 KCR AL 1B 14 14 114.0 150 13 1 15 .994 12.87   0.2
    SS 12 11 98.0 18 30 2 6 .960 4.41   0.5
1966 28 NYA AL 2B 139 131 1104.3 221 409 13 80 .980 5.13   7.2
    SS 8 1 19.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.89   0.0
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1967 29 NYA AL 2B 99 84 764.3 171 310 8 83 .984 5.66   4.9
    CF 10 9 81.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.87   0.3
    SS 16 4 71.0 6 36 2 4 .955 5.32   0.4
    3B 9 6 54.0 3 12 1 0 .938 2.50   0.2
    LF 5 2 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1968 30 NYA AL 2B 96 86 758.3 169 273 9 62 .980 5.25   2.8
    3B 10 7 67.0 4 16 1 1 .952 2.69   0.1
    CF 9 5 52.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.2
    SS 9 5 48.0 11 16 0 7 1.000 5.06   0.3
    1B 5 5 36.0 44 2 0 2 1.000 11.50   0.1
    LF 5 3 26.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.73    
1969 31 NYA AL SS 127 125 1076.3 193 426 12 77 .981 5.18   5.2
    2B 23 22 196.7 42 81 0 18 1.000 5.63   0.6
    LF 2 2 20.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1970 32 NYA AL SS 147 146 1280.3 227 544 16 105 .980 5.42   6.3
    CF 4 3 27.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.23   0.2
    LF 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1971 33 NYA AL SS 114 114 988.3 160 404 11 98 .981 5.14   4.9
    3B 23 23 203.0 13 45 3 6 .951 2.57   0.5
    2B 7 3 31.3 4 11 0 0 1.000 4.31   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 34 NYA AL LF 17 11 109.7 29 4 0 0 1.000 2.71   0.4
    SS 8 6 63.0 10 26 0 4 1.000 5.14   0.4
    2B 4 2 19.0 6 10 1 4 .941 7.58   0.1
    CF 3 1 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    3B 4 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
  SS 441 412 3644.0 627 1484 43 302 .980 5.21   18.0
  2B 368 328 2874.0 613 1094 31 247 .982 5.35   15.7
  3B 174 160 1375.3 90 309 30 21 .930 2.61   1.7
  CF 27 19 182.3 43 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.7
  LF 33 18 180.7 45 5 0 0 1.000 2.49   0.5
  1B 19 19 150.0 194 15 1 17 .995 12.54   0.3
Career Totals   1062 956 8406.3 1612 2907 105 587 .977 4.84   36.9
Career Highs   154 149 1311.7 244 546 25 105 .989 8.96    
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
1966 28 NYA AL 5 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .214 .267 .214 .481
1967 29 NYA AL 8 22 3 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 6 .182 .208 .318 .527
Career Post-Season Batting 13 36 4 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 10 .194 .231 .278 .509
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.
Games
1970-4-156
 Triples
1970-2-7
1971-3-7
 Strikeouts
1970-8-144
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  3. Bill Melton (926)
  4. Don Buddin (922)
  5. Stu Martin (919)
  6. Frank Bolling (918)
  7. Bernie Allen (916)
  8. Al Smith (914)
  9. Lenn Sakata (911)
  10. Rene Lachemann (905)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 49th overall pick, by Seattle in 1960
Had first career hit on 4/3/1961, off Dean Stone (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1961, off Joe Gibbon (BRK)
Traded from Kansas City to New York (A) on 3/3/1966 (Going to NYA: 2B Charley Smith. Going to KCR: C Mike Ryan)
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,207,143 through salary arbitration
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $1,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 4/4/1969
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1969
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 9/23/1970
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1973 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
9/22/1973: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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