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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
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
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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  4. Bob Oliver (942)
  5. Larry Elliot (942)
  6. Harlond Clift (939)
  7. Dick Williams (936)
  8. Bill Sorrell (934)
  9. Mike Lum (923)
  10. Max Alvis (923)
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
 
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