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Willie
Smith		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: February 11, 1939 in Usa, AL, ANNISTON
 
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
1964 25 PIT NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1965 26 PIT NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1966 27 PIT NL     6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1967 28 PIT NL     7 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 3 3 3 5 6 6
1968 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 5
1969 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1970 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1971 32 PIT NL $ 1,450,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 5
1972 33 PIT NL $ 1,450,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 4
1973 34 PIT NL $ 1,450,000   5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,450,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 3 3 3 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
1964 25 AA   137 550 54 141 26 8 25 85 12 7 40 96 .256 .307 .469 .776 78.3  
1965 26 AAA   137 577 67 148 20 5 20 62 7 13 33 96 .256 .297 .412 .709 67.0  
1966 27 AAA   137 579 86 183 28 14 25 79 16 8 39 84 .316 .359 .542 .902 104.3  
1967 28 AAA   103 426 61 121 17 5 16 51 10 12 31 89 .284 .333 .460 .793 61.2  
1968 29 PIT NL 143 449 53 127 25 3 10 72 1 1 16 80 .283 .304 .419 .723 52.2 7.2
1969 30 PIT NL 151 476 53 132 24 2 8 70 4 3 36 100 .277 .331 .387 .717 60.3 10.3
1970 31 PIT NL 135 457 57 122 20 4 10 41 5 1 21 90 .267 .300 .394 .694 49.1 7.2
1971 32 PIT NL 123 470 47 107 15 4 8 36 1 3 29 110 .228 .273 .328 .600 38.7 2.7
1972 33 PIT NL 101 353 50 94 10 4 7 27 3 1 27 64 .266 .315 .377 .692 41.6 6.4
1973 34 PIT NL 103 353 32 79 11 4 2 25 2 3 17 88 .224 .261 .295 .556 23.9 0.2
6 Years Sim 756 2558 292 661 105 21 45 271 16 12 146 532 .258 .298 .369 .667 265.8 34.1
3 Years AAA 377 1582 214 452 65 24 61 192 33 33 103 269 .286 .332 .473 .805 232.5  
1 Years AA 137 550 54 141 26 8 25 85 12 7 40 96 .256 .313 .469 .782 78.3  
4 Years Minors 514 2132 268 593 91 32 86 277 45 40 143 365 .278 .327 .472 .799 310.8  
162 Game Average 548 62 141 22 4 9 58 3 2 31 114 .258 .298 .369 .667 57.0  
Career Highs 151 476 57 132 25 4 10 72 5 3 36 110 .283 .331 .419 .723 60.3  
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   1981 213 520 81 13 36 207 13 8 125 388 .262 .306 .371 .677 220.7
vs LH   577 79 141 24 8 9 64 3 4 21 144 .244 .272 .360 .632 53.1
Home 382 1276 147 337 56 13 21 140 3 7 75 266 .264 .305 .378 .683 141.2
Away 374 1282 145 324 49 8 24 131 13 5 71 266 .253 .291 .360 .651 132.6
RISP   582 0 147 24 4 8 205 0 0 34 135 .253 .287 .349 .636 58.3
Pinch Hitting   66 8 19 3 1 2 16 0 0 3 10 .288 .314 .455 .769 9.1
Close/Late   288 52 88 10 2 11 48 0 0 19 48 .306 .346 .469 .815 44.9
Mar/Apr 114 348 62 109 21 5 10 50 5 1 29 58 .313 .362 .489 .851 58.7
May 138 459 49 123 18 4 8 50 0 6 23 90 .268 .302 .377 .679 48.8
June 134 473 43 115 17 3 8 54 4 1 24 114 .243 .277 .342 .620 44.6
July 112 384 43 98 12 4 5 37 4 1 19 70 .255 .294 .346 .640 37.9
August 126 447 47 109 20 1 10 41 3 1 21 102 .244 .282 .360 .642 43.8
Sep/Oct 132 447 48 107 17 4 4 39 0 2 30 98 .239 .286 .322 .608 40.1
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
1968 29 PIT NL LF 58 47 438.0 91 0 0 0 1.000 1.87   1.7
    1B 52 46 404.0 415 32 2 29 .996 9.96   0.3
    CF 16 6 69.3 20 0 1 0 .952 2.60    
    RF 7 2 33.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.60    
1969 30 PIT NL 1B 137 128 1125.3 1123 94 9 120 .993 9.73   1.3
    RF 9 0 17.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00    
    LF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1970 31 PIT NL 1B 104 98 878.0 933 96 9 97 .991 10.55   1.9
    RF 10 8 72.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.86   0.3
    LF 5 5 47.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.53    
    CF 6 4 38.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.10    
    2B 1 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1971 32 PIT NL 1B 120 117 1035.0 1065 88 7 103 .994 10.03   1.6
    SS 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 33 PIT NL 1B 91 88 748.3 764 56 3 71 .996 9.86   1.6
    LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1973 34 PIT NL 1B 93 89 742.0 771 54 5 82 .994 10.01   0.5
    RF 4 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  1B 597 566 4932.7 5071 420 35 502 .994 10.02   7.1
  LF 67 52 497.0 101 0 0 0 1.000 1.83   1.7
  RF 32 10 130.7 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.86   0.5
  CF 23 11 117.0 32 1 1 0 .971 2.54    
  SS 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
  2B 1 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
Career Totals   721 640 5691.3 5233 423 36 502 .994 8.94   9.3
Career Highs   149 129 1157.7 1131 97 9 120 .996 9.96    
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  1. Steve Garvey (971)
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  3. Rick Joseph (951)
  4. Ray Barker (951)
  5. Tony Lupien (949)
  6. Billy Klaus (948)
  7. Bob Repass (947)
  8. Billy Conigliaro (946)
  9. Richie Scheinblum (945)
  10. Joe Cunningham (942)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 52nd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1964
Injured on 7/8/1967 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5-6 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1968, off Billy Hoeft (KCR)
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/9/1971 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
 
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