Roy
Smalley
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 200
 
Born: June 9, 1926 in Usa, MO, SPRINGFIELD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1961   
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
1948 22 SEM AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1949 23 SEM AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1950 24 SEM AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1951 25 NYG NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1952 26 NYG NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1953 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1954 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1955 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1956 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1957 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1958 32 NYG NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1960 34 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1961 35 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1962 36 WOR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1963 37 WOR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 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
1948 22 AA   20 79 13 16 1 0 2 4 1 1 8 18 .203 .276 .291 .567 6.6  
    A   108 410 91 128 17 1 27 87 3 2 101 49 .312 .448 .556 1.004 100.8  
1949 23 A   137 524 109 155 34 2 32 94 10 6 119 78 .296 .426 .552 .978 121.1  
1950 24 AA   83 308 46 73 16 0 19 51 4 4 63 56 .237 .367 .474 .841 56.2  
    A   54 192 42 54 10 0 6 22 1 2 55 32 .281 .441 .427 .868 39.8  
1951 25 AA   137 470 87 129 17 2 30 80 2 7 101 68 .274 .403 .511 .913 97.2  
1952 26 AAA   137 512 78 128 18 2 31 88 3 1 60 105 .250 .329 .475 .803 81.9  
1953 27 NYG NL 55 201 25 39 6 2 5 19 0 0 25 41 .194 .283 .318 .602 18.7 0.7
    AAA   26 85 9 22 2 1 4 9 1 1 16 13 .259 .376 .447 .823 15.0  
1954 28 NYG NL 63 137 16 26 7 0 1 11 0 0 13 23 .190 .258 .263 .521 9.4 0.0
1955 29 NYG NL 51 105 9 17 4 1 3 13 0 0 15 17 .162 .267 .305 .571 9.4 0.1
1956 30 NYG NL 60 92 8 13 3 0 2 4 0 0 8 18 .141 .210 .239 .449 4.2 0.0
1957 31 NYG NL 42 90 12 20 5 1 1 5 0 0 3 16 .222 .245 .333 .578 5.7 0.0
1958 32 NYG NL 40 74 6 18 5 1 2 7 0 0 4 13 .243 .282 .419 .701 8.0 0.9
1959 33 AAA   94 231 29 60 8 0 12 24 2 4 23 54 .260 .327 .450 .777 33.5  
1960 34 SEM AL 128 389 34 87 17 2 8 37 0 0 21 123 .224 .262 .339 .601 33.4 2.4
1961 35 SDP NL 154 466 36 92 15 1 7 44 0 0 27 121 .197 .242 .279 .521 31.0 0.0
1962 36 WOR AL 25 30 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .100 .156 .100 .256 -1.1 0.0
1963 37 WOR AL 22 25 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .240 .321 .360 .681 2.9 0.6
1964 38 A   54 199 15 30 6 1 0 10 2 1 27 45 .151 .252 .191 .443 9.9  
10 Years Sim 640 1609 149 321 65 8 29 144 0 0 121 388 .200 .255 .304 .559 121.6 4.7
3 Years AAA 257 828 116 210 28 3 47 121 6 6 99 172 .254 .334 .465 .799 130.5  
3 Years AA 240 857 146 218 34 2 51 135 7 12 172 142 .254 .376 .477 .853 160.1  
4 Years A 353 1325 257 367 67 4 65 213 16 11 302 204 .277 .411 .481 .892 271.6  
10 Years Minors 850 3010 519 795 129 9 163 469 29 29 573 518 .264 .381 .475 .856 562.1  
162 Game Average 407 37 81 16 2 7 36 0 0 30 98 .200 .255 .304 .559 30.8  
Career Highs 154 466 36 92 17 2 8 44 0 0 27 123 .243 .321 .419 .701 33.4  
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   1180 109 224 48 4 18 90 0 0 94 287 .190 .250 .283 .533 81.8
vs LH   429 40 97 17 4 11 54 0 0 27 101 .226 .269 .361 .630 42.0
Home 317 814 76 144 37 2 13 73 0 0 67 210 .177 .240 .275 .515 51.9
Away 323 795 73 177 28 6 16 71 0 0 54 178 .223 .271 .333 .604 72.0
RISP   323 0 70 13 1 10 112 0 0 26 92 .217 .267 .356 .623 32.4
Pinch Hitting   21 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 8 .190 .261 .333 .594 2.0
Close/Late   143 14 25 5 2 1 5 0 0 13 30 .175 .242 .259 .501 8.7
Mar/Apr 87 201 16 38 7 0 2 16 0 0 19 46 .189 .256 .254 .509 13.2
May 146 374 38 86 14 3 7 35 0 0 31 95 .230 .288 .340 .628 37.2
June 100 268 30 66 14 2 9 31 0 0 22 65 .246 .305 .414 .719 33.7
July 109 245 17 36 7 1 3 20 0 0 16 55 .147 .199 .220 .420 8.3
August 70 167 15 27 5 0 2 13 0 0 12 43 .162 .221 .228 .449 7.1
Sep/Oct 128 354 33 68 18 2 6 29 0 0 21 84 .192 .235 .305 .540 24.4
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
1953 27 NYG NL SS 53 53 453.0 83 173 9 52 .966 5.09   2.3
    3B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1954 28 NYG NL 2B 30 16 147.0 37 64 3 16 .971 6.18   0.7
    SS 20 15 138.0 27 58 0 16 1.000 5.54   1.0
    3B 11 8 79.0 15 23 1 2 .974 4.33   0.5
1955 29 NYG NL SS 15 12 105.3 21 47 1 10 .986 5.81   0.9
    3B 21 10 103.0 9 22 1 1 .969 2.71   0.2
    2B 14 9 85.0 12 35 0 7 1.000 4.98   0.4
1956 30 NYG NL 3B 33 6 99.0 8 29 1 4 .974 3.36   0.5
    2B 10 10 79.0 17 46 1 5 .984 7.18   0.6
    SS 9 9 75.0 8 27 0 5 1.000 4.20   0.3
    1B 9 0 14.7 16 2 0 2 1.000 11.05   0.0
1957 31 NYG NL 2B 14 13 104.0 21 43 0 8 1.000 5.54   0.6
    3B 21 5 64.0 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.83   0.2
    SS 7 7 55.0 9 21 0 3 1.000 4.91   0.4
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1958 32 NYG NL 2B 10 10 83.0 14 25 0 4 1.000 4.23   0.4
    SS 11 11 77.0 6 23 3 3 .906 3.39   0.2
    3B 19 1 38.0 3 8 0 2 1.000 2.61   0.2
1960 34 SEM AL 3B 118 117 976.0 55 279 4 25 .988 3.08   6.6
    SS 7 2 26.0 5 11 1 0 .941 5.54   0.1
    2B 2 0 9.7 5 4 0 1 1.000 8.39   0.1
1961 35 SDP NL SS 153 148 1224.0 182 510 31 96 .957 5.09   5.6
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 36 WOR AL 1B 10 6 56.0 66 5 4 8 .947 11.41   0.1
    3B 4 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1963 37 WOR AL 2B 6 2 22.7 6 13 0 3 1.000 7.55   0.2
    1B 6 1 21.0 23 1 0 3 1.000 10.29   0.1
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 278 257 2159.3 341 871 45 185 .964 5.05   10.8
  3B 230 147 1365.0 95 372 7 35 .985 3.08   8.2
  2B 87 60 531.3 112 230 4 44 .988 5.79   2.9
  1B 26 7 92.7 108 8 4 13 .967 11.27   0.2
Career Totals   621 471 4148.3 656 1481 60 277 .973 4.64   22.1
Career Highs   154 148 1225.0 182 510 31 96 1.000 10.98    
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Seattle in 1948
Injured on 8/12/1948 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Seattle to New York (N) on 6/1/1951 (Going to NYG: SS Roy Smalley. Going to SEM: P Joe Haynes)
Injured on 6/8/1951 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 5/3/1953, off Willard Nixon (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/23/1953, off Curt Simmons (STL)
Injured on 6/3/1953 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 8 weeks
4/2/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by New York (N) on 10/21/1959
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/3/1960 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/2/1961 to a minor league deal
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1961
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 2/15/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by Worcester on 6/1/1964