Hal
Smith
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 7, 1930 in Usa, IL, WEST FRANKFOR
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 26 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 27 TAM AL $ 964,286 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 28 TAM AL $ 964,286 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 29 TAM AL $ 650,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 30 TAM AL $ 650,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 31 CLE AL $ 650,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 32 CLE AL $ 650,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 33 CLE AL $ 650,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 964,286 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1956 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1957 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 4 8 7 7
1958 27 TAM AL $ 964,286   4 4 5 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 4 7 6 6
1959 28 TAM AL $ 964,286   4 4 5 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 4 7 6 7
1960 29 TAM AL $ 650,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 7 4 3 3 6 6 6
1961 30 TAM AL $ 650,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 3 3 6 6 6
1962 31 CLE AL $ 650,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 3 3 6 6 6
1963 32 CLE AL $ 650,000   3 3 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 3 3 5 5 5
1964 33 CLE AL $ 650,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 964,286   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1958 27 TAM AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 2 0 9.00 .375 .500 .500 1.000 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 2 0 9.00 .375 .500 .500 1.000 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2 0 0 1 0   .400 .500 .400 .900
vs LH   1 2 0 1 0   .333 .500 .667 1.167
Home 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 2 0 9.00 .375 .500 .500 1.000
June 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 2 0 9.00 .375 .500 .500 1.000
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
1955 24 NYG NL 71 236 32 68 17 2 2 32 0 0 19 16 .288 .339 .403 .741 28.7 4.0
1956 25 NYG NL 93 268 38 80 28 2 2 34 0 0 24 30 .299 .355 .440 .795 38.5 7.5
1957 26 NYG NL 82 196 25 46 11 0 4 18 0 0 10 31 .235 .275 .352 .627 17.9 1.3
1958 27 TAM AL 38 100 9 32 7 1 2 18 1 0 3 12 .320 .340 .470 .810 13.8 3.0
1959 28 TAM AL 55 110 10 24 9 0 3 15 1 0 7 20 .218 .265 .382 .647 10.4 1.1
1960 29 TAM AL 54 138 11 22 4 0 1 10 0 0 5 31 .159 .189 .210 .399 2.8 0.0
    AAA   1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6  
1961 30 AAA   105 231 26 57 15 0 10 28 1 0 13 40 .247 .287 .442 .728 29.1  
1962 31 AAA   46 87 10 17 6 0 3 13 0 0 2 19 .195 .213 .368 .581 6.6  
1963 32 AAA   51 133 25 35 14 1 5 17 1 0 9 15 .263 .310 .496 .806 19.7  
1964 33 AAA   67 106 13 25 7 1 2 13 0 0 13 13 .236 .319 .377 .697 13.1  
6 Years Sim 393 1048 125 272 76 5 14 127 2 0 68 140 .260 .304 .382 .686 112.1 16.9
5 Years AAA 270 559 74 135 43 2 20 72 2 0 37 88 .242 .290 .433 .723 69.1  
162 Game Average 432 51 112 31 2 5 52 0 0 28 57 .260 .304 .382 .686 46.2  
Career Highs 93 268 38 80 28 2 4 34 1 0 24 31 .320 .355 .470 .810 38.5  
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   399 40 93 24 2 4 50 2 0 19 63 .233 .268 .333 .602 34.1
vs LH   649 85 179 52 3 10 77 0 0 49 77 .276 .326 .411 .738 83.5
Home 184 487 58 129 42 3 7 51 0 0 29 65 .265 .306 .407 .713 57.4
Away 209 561 67 143 34 2 7 76 2 0 39 75 .255 .303 .360 .663 60.1
RISP   247 0 67 23 2 1 102 0 0 20 34 .271 .322 .393 .715 30.1
Pinch Hitting   95 8 23 7 0 1 13 1 0 3 14 .242 .265 .347 .613 8.3
Close/Late   190 17 48 13 1 4 19 0 0 9 30 .253 .286 .395 .681 20.6
Mar/Apr 70 192 23 49 14 1 5 26 0 0 13 23 .255 .302 .417 .719 23.5
May 77 229 30 55 21 2 2 22 1 0 10 25 .240 .272 .376 .648 22.0
June 69 187 19 45 12 0 1 19 0 0 10 21 .241 .278 .321 .599 15.8
July 69 186 21 52 15 1 2 18 0 0 12 37 .280 .327 .403 .730 22.9
August 60 135 14 37 8 0 1 20 1 0 11 23 .274 .327 .356 .682 15.7
Sep/Oct 48 119 18 34 6 1 3 22 0 0 12 11 .286 .348 .429 .777 17.6
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
1955 24 NYG NL C 69 65 587.3 403 27 0 0 1.000 6.59 19 10 .526 3 4.3
1956 25 NYG NL C 81 70 642.7 416 22 0 0 1.000 6.13 11 5 .455 1 3.5
    3B 6 0 10.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 26 NYG NL C 58 44 425.7 272 17 0 0 1.000 6.11 12 6 .500 0 2.4
    3B 13 0 22.0 2 4 1 1 .857 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 27 TAM AL C 23 22 184.7 110 10 1 0 .992 5.85 3 2 .667 0 0.3
    P 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 28 TAM AL C 24 23 203.7 131 4 1 0 .993 5.97 3 1 .333 1 0.4
    3B 5 0 10.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 29 TAM AL C 27 24 220.7 157 12 0 0 1.000 6.89 5 2 .400 1 1.7
    3B 15 10 93.0 4 26 1 1 .968 2.90 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 282 248 2264.6 1489 92 2 0 .999 6.28 53 26 .491 6 12.6
  3B 40 10 136.0 6 34 2 2 .952 2.65 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  P 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   326 258 2406.6 1499 127 4 2 .998 6.08 53 26 .491 6 13.0
Career Highs   87 70 652.7 416 38 1 1 1.000 6.59 19 10 .667 3  
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
1956 25 NYG NL 4 15 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .267 .467
1957 26 NYG NL 5 5 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.400 2.000
1959 28 TAM AL 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .800 1.200
Career Post-Season Batting 14 25 2 8 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 3 .320 .320 .600 .920
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  1. Wayne Nordhagen (981)
  2. B.J. Surhoff (974)
  3. Rollie Hemsley (970)
  4. Hardy Peterson (966)
  5. Hal Peck (966)
  6. Craig Biggio (965)
  7. Rich Gedman (962)
  8. Bob Scheffing (961)
  9. Glenn Myatt (960)
  10. Bennie Tate (959)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1955
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/2/1955, off Billy Pierce (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/2/1955, off Billy Pierce (MON)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 4/2/1958 (Going to TAM: C Hal Smith, P Rudy Minarcin. Going to NYG: C Johnny Pramesa, P Al Schroll)
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
4/2/1959: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $650,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cleveland (A) on 2/21/1962 (Going to CLE: C Stan Lopata, C Hal Smith, P Ralph Terry, LF Manny Jimenez, C Phil Roof. Going to TAM: LF Norm Siebern, 1B Jim Gentile)
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $650,000 through salary arbitration