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Dick
Smith		  
Nickname: Tricky
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 17, 1939 in Usa, OR, LEBANON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1974   
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
1963 24 TAM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 7 6 7 2 2 2 3 3 3
1964 25 TAM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8 2 2 2 4 4 4
1965 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 8 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5
1966 27 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
1967 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
1968 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
1969 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1970 31 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1971 32 TAM AL $ 685,714   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1972 33 TAM AL $ 700,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1973 34 TAM AL $ 700,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1974 35 TAM AL $ 700,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1975 36 TAM AL $ 700,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1976 37 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1977 38 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1978 39 TAM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
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
1963 24 A   137 513 67 146 33 6 4 40 18 7 43 116 .285 .340 .396 .736 67.6  
1964 25 A   137 512 68 163 47 4 3 50 21 10 42 97 .318 .370 .443 .813 78.2  
1965 26 TAM AL 67 84 6 13 4 0 0 6 5 2 3 18 .155 .182 .202 .384 0.0 0.0
    AA   54 205 24 63 19 3 4 33 5 2 16 39 .307 .357 .488 .845 33.1  
1966 27 AA   134 552 63 146 34 11 2 36 17 7 39 111 .264 .313 .377 .690 63.4  
1967 28 TAM AL 51 173 17 37 6 2 0 11 8 2 8 39 .214 .257 .272 .529 10.8 0.0
    AAA   47 105 17 25 4 1 3 9 4 3 8 14 .238 .292 .381 .673 11.5  
    A   53 195 24 52 7 4 3 28 5 2 21 40 .267 .338 .390 .728 26.2  
1968 29 TAM AL 53 195 32 56 12 2 3 21 11 5 15 22 .287 .344 .415 .760 27.4 6.6
    A   104 402 77 136 33 1 14 58 7 5 47 66 .338 .408 .530 .937 79.1  
1969 30 TAM AL 138 441 65 111 16 2 6 49 32 11 31 72 .252 .307 .338 .645 48.1 8.4
1970 31 TAM AL 113 212 40 48 5 0 0 23 20 5 18 39 .226 .298 .250 .548 17.8 0.8
1971 32 TAM AL 51 86 13 22 4 1 0 10 11 7 7 14 .256 .309 .326 .634 7.9 0.4
    AAA   15 35 6 15 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 6 .429 .444 .543 .987 6.1  
1972 33 TAM AL 65 51 19 15 2 0 1 5 13 5 5 10 .294 .357 .392 .749 8.0 1.4
1973 34 TAM AL 148 589 81 161 33 6 4 56 42 16 35 97 .273 .318 .370 .688 64.4 8.5
1974 35 TAM AL 153 623 101 203 27 9 12 91 51 10 35 84 .326 .364 .456 .820 96.3 17.7
1975 36 TAM AL 156 547 70 148 26 3 1 67 26 15 41 71 .271 .323 .335 .658 54.3 6.0
1976 37 TAM AL 155 587 81 173 30 3 6 67 41 19 38 76 .295 .346 .387 .733 78.7 15.0
1977 38 TAM AL 99 236 34 72 9 1 1 23 11 5 12 29 .305 .348 .364 .712 27.5 4.3
1978 39 TAM AL 76 175 31 48 9 2 0 14 13 2 8 40 .274 .304 .349 .653 19.1 3.0
13 Years Sim 1325 3999 590 1107 183 31 34 443 284 104 256 611 .277 .325 .364 .689 460.3 72.2
2 Years AAA 62 140 23 40 5 1 4 10 4 6 9 20 .286 .351 .421 .772 17.7  
2 Years AA 188 757 87 209 53 14 6 69 22 9 55 150 .276 .337 .407 .744 96.5  
4 Years A 431 1622 236 497 120 15 24 176 51 24 153 319 .306 .373 .443 .816 251.1  
8 Years Minors 681 2519 346 746 178 30 34 255 77 39 217 489 .296 .361 .431 .792 365.3  
162 Game Average 488 72 135 22 3 4 54 34 12 31 74 .277 .325 .364 .689 56.3  
Career Highs 156 623 101 203 33 9 12 91 51 19 41 97 .326 .364 .456 .820 96.3  
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   2511 381 687 116 20 21 281 181 68 159 369 .274 .321 .361 .682 289.3
vs LH   1488 209 420 67 11 13 162 103 36 97 242 .282 .332 .368 .700 180.4
Home 673 2040 285 570 84 14 14 226 137 58 135 306 .279 .328 .355 .683 235.1
Away 652 1959 305 537 99 17 20 217 147 46 121 305 .274 .322 .373 .695 234.6
RISP   962 0 279 38 7 10 377 0 0 75 155 .290 .342 .375 .717 121.0
Pinch Hitting   85 4 22 2 0 0 13 2 0 2 14 .259 .281 .282 .563 6.4
Close/Late   528 115 145 20 2 1 55 0 0 44 81 .275 .337 .326 .663 57.1
Mar/Apr 217 698 103 197 22 9 5 76 54 14 37 126 .282 .324 .361 .685 82.6
May 199 625 109 171 27 4 5 67 42 17 46 87 .274 .326 .354 .680 72.5
June 211 666 78 165 32 4 5 64 38 22 34 103 .248 .288 .330 .618 59.7
July 208 553 89 154 30 3 5 60 48 15 45 79 .278 .338 .371 .708 70.8
August 237 686 100 206 34 9 10 99 45 22 51 97 .300 .354 .420 .774 97.1
Sep/Oct 253 771 111 214 38 2 4 77 57 14 43 119 .278 .322 .348 .669 87.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1965 26 TAM AL CF 7 6 48.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 6 4 38.0 45 4 2 5 .961 11.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 8 4 37.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 28 TAM AL 3B 36 35 308.3 19 76 1 8 .990 2.77 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 15 13 106.7 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1968 29 TAM AL 2B 51 51 445.0 118 189 3 48 .990 6.21 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 30 TAM AL 2B 70 63 573.3 114 224 8 48 .977 5.31 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    SS 19 15 144.0 26 63 3 13 .967 5.56 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 13 9 86.7 109 9 0 8 1.000 12.25 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 10 8 68.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 5 5 41.0 3 12 1 0 .938 3.29 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 6 4 40.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 3 36.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 0 0 .000 0  
1970 31 TAM AL 2B 27 8 111.3 23 36 1 10 .983 4.77 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 13 12 104.0 6 28 0 3 1.000 2.94 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 15 8 93.3 23 38 3 7 .953 5.88 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 11 7 72.7 17 3 0 0 1.000 2.48 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 15 4 61.0 12 1 1 0 .929 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 15 3 54.3 55 5 1 10 .984 9.94 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 6 3 32.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.84 0 0 .000 0  
1971 32 TAM AL 1B 7 1 22.0 21 1 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 1 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 7 0 14.3 2 9 1 2 .917 6.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 4 0 6.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 33 TAM AL SS 27 3 66.3 10 30 0 6 1.000 5.43 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 7 2 30.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 10 0 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 2 2 18.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 9.50 1 0 .000 1 0.1
    CF 6 0 12.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 4 1 11.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 6.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 6 0 10.0 11 0 0 1 1.000 9.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1973 34 TAM AL SS 144 142 1227.0 192 456 20 78 .970 4.75 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 35 TAM AL SS 146 146 1241.0 188 503 16 103 .977 5.01 0 0 .000 0 7.1
    LF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 6.0 7 2 0 2 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1975 36 TAM AL SS 144 142 1256.0 200 507 15 93 .979 5.07 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    CF 4 4 35.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 4 0 13.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 3 0 6.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 3.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 12.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 37 TAM AL SS 150 147 1342.3 212 587 21 113 .974 5.36 0 0 .000 0 6.4
    3B 4 1 15.3 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 38 TAM AL RF 16 11 124.7 28 0 1 0 .966 2.02 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 19 10 108.0 111 5 0 8 1.000 9.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 11 7 65.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 13 3 42.3 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.28 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 8 4 39.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.82 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 7 0 11.7 2 4 0 1 1.000 4.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 3 0 8.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 39 TAM AL SS 23 17 156.0 29 71 4 17 .962 5.77 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 14 8 88.3 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 16 10 87.0 20 0 1 0 .952 2.07 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 8 1 23.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 4.30 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 9 1 20.0 23 2 0 3 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 4 2 18.0 3 7 0 1 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 684 620 5555.3 884 2268 83 433 .974 5.11 0 0 .000 0 27.5
  2B 166 125 1177.3 265 471 12 109 .984 5.63 0 0 .000 0 4.0
  3B 92 59 572.7 39 140 2 12 .989 2.81 0 0 .000 0 2.3
  CF 75 46 451.0 121 6 0 1 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  1B 81 28 353.7 392 29 3 39 .993 10.71 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  LF 70 28 314.7 62 3 1 0 .985 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  RF 51 24 275.7 55 1 2 0 .966 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  C 4 2 20.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 .000 1 0.1
Career Totals   1223 932 8720.2 1838 2918 103 594 .979 4.91 1 0 .000 1 37.6
Career Highs   156 148 1362.7 285 592 21 113 1.000 6.20 1 0 .000 1  
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
1972 33 TAM AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1973 34 TAM AL 10 46 7 8 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 6 .174 .191 .239 .431
1974 35 TAM AL 6 29 4 11 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 .379 .379 .448 .828
1975 36 TAM AL 11 36 4 7 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 5 .194 .256 .361 .618
1977 38 TAM AL 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Career Post-Season Batting 33 114 16 27 6 1 1 10 4 1 3 17 .237 .269 .333 .602
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.
Batting Average
1974-4-.326
 Games
1975-6-156
 At-Bats
1973-5-589
1974-3-623
 Runs
1974-8-101
 Hits
1974-1-203
1976-10-173
 Total Bases
1974-7-284
Singles
1974-4-155
1976-7-134
 Triples
1973-7-6
1974-3-9
 Stolen Bases
1969-6-32
1973-6-42
1974-4-51
1976-4-41
 Caught Stealing
1973-6-16
1975-8-15
1976-4-19
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 74th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1963
Injured on 6/1/1964 with a Bruised Heel, out for 2 weeks
6/1/1965: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Had first career hit (double) on 6/25/1965, off Ed Rakow (CLN)
3/3/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Hit first career homerun on 8/4/1968, off Pat Jarvis (CLE)
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 9/27/1968
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $685,714 through salary arbitration
7/31/1971: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $700,000 per year, for 4 years
Hit for the cycle against Toronto on 6/5/1974
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 8/28/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1974, hitting .593 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 9/25/1974
9/22/1975: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (N) on 4/17/1977
Released by Tampa Bay on 10/29/1978
 
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