Al Smith

Positions: Rightfielder, Third Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 189lb (183cm, 85kg)

Born: February 7, 1928 in Kirkwood, MO us

Died: January 3, 2002 in Hammond, IN

Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Gary, IN

High School: Douglas HS (Webster Groves, MO)

AL/NL Debut: July 10, 1953 (Age 25-153d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1964 (Age 36-240d)
vs. WSA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Alphonse Eugene Smith

Nicknames: Fuzzy

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.9

5499

1500

168

.273

866

RBI

701

OBP

.358

SLG

.431

OPS

.789

OPS+

114

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1946	18	-11.2	CBE	NAL	Maj	CBE	4	13	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	1		1		.333	.385	.333	.718	4		0	0
1947	19	-10.1	CBE	NAL	Maj	CBE	19	76	69	10	22	3	4	3	13	1		6		.319	.382	.609	.990	42		1	0
1948	20	-5.0	Wilkes-Barre	EL	A	CLE	68	279	231	37	73	8	8	1	30	5		44	34	.316	.426	.433	.858	100		0	4
1948	20	-8.2	CBE	NAL	Maj	CBE	16	69	61	12	16	2	1	1	12	1		6		.262	.338	.377	.715	23		1	1
1949	21	-3.4	Wilkes-Barre	EL	A	CLE	139	616	521	112	162	27	17	12	82	11		87	100	.311	.412	.497	.910	259		3	5
1950	22	-8.4	San Diego	PCL	AAA	CLE	104	383	326	73	81	13	4	10	50	11		51	79	.249	.355	.405	.760	132		3	3
1951	23	-7.0	San Diego	PCL	AAA	CLE	25	104	89	16	25	5	2	3	10	1		9	16	.281	.385	.483	.868	43		6	0
1952	24	-3.3	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	CLE	136	519	455	80	131	26	12	20	69	10		52	86	.288	.371	.530	.901	241	2	8	4
1953	25	-2.0	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	CLE	86	362	313	72	104	20	7	18	75	9		46	41	.332	.423	.613	1.036	192	2	3	0
1953	25	-3.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	47	173	150	28	36	9	0	3	14	2	0	20	25	.240	.341	.360	.701	54	0	3	0		0
1954	26	-2.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	131	583	481	101	135	29	6	11	50	2	9	88	65	.281	.398	.435	.832	209	2	7	5	2	1
1955	27	-1.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	154	725	607	123	186	27	4	22	77	11	6	93	77	.306	.407	.473	.880	287	4	15	3	7	1
1956	28	-0.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	141	626	526	87	144	26	5	16	71	6	3	84	72	.274	.378	.434	.812	228	15	8	2	6	7
1957	29	0.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	135	605	507	78	125	23	5	11	49	12	6	79	70	.247	.348	.377	.725	191	7	4	8	7	3
1958	30	1.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	139	541	480	61	121	23	5	12	58	3	3	48	77	.252	.323	.396	.719	190	17	5	3	5	2
1959	31	2.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	129	529	472	65	112	16	4	17	55	7	5	46	74	.237	.311	.396	.707	187	10	5	5	1	3
1960	32	3.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	142	595	536	80	169	31	3	12	72	8	3	50	65	.315	.374	.452	.826	242	18	3	2	4	3
1961	33	4.7	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	147	602	532	88	148	29	4	28	93	4	4	56	67	.278	.348	.506	.854	269	17	5	2	7	2
1962	34	6.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	142	575	511	62	149	23	8	16	82	3	3	57	60	.292	.364	.462	.825	236	17	3	0	4	7
1963	35	7.2	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	120	406	368	45	100	17	1	10	39	9	0	32	74	.272	.335	.405	.740	149	14	3	3	0	1
1964	36		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BOS-CLE	90	212	187	25	33	5	1	6	16	0	1	21	42	.177	.267	.310	.577	58	6	2	2	0	1
1964	36	8.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	61	147	136	15	22	1	1	4	9	0	1	8	32	.162	.214	.272	.486	37	5	1	2	0	1
1964	36	8.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	29	65	51	10	11	4	0	2	7	0	0	13	10	.216	.385	.412	.796	21	1	1	0	0	0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		1556	6330	5499	866	1500	263	51	168	701	70	43	687	768	.273	.358	.431	.789	2369	127	65	36	43	31
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		558	2263	1935	390	576	99	50	64	316	47		289	356	.298	.395	.500	.895	967		23	16
All Levels (19 Seasons)							2114	8593	7434	1256	2076	362	101	232	1017	117	43	976	1124	.279	.368	.449	.816	3336		88	52	43	31

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		351	1368	1183	241	341	64	25	51	204	31		158	222	.288	.381	.514	.895	608		20	7
A (2 seasons)					Minors		207	895	752	149	235	35	25	13	112	16		131	134	.313	.417	.477	.894	359		3	9