Hal Smith

Positions: Catcher and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: December 7, 1930 in West Frankfort, IL us

Died: January 9, 2020 in Columbus, TX

Debut: April 11, 1955 (Age 24-125d, 11,187th in major league history)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 22, 1964 (Age 33-228d)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Harold Wayne Smith

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Relatives: Uncle of Tim Flannery

1960 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

2682

715

.267

269

RBI

323

OBP

.317

SLG

.394

OPS

.711

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 3)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-12	GS	29	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
2	4 (2)	Apr 17 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-14	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	5	Apr 17 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,9-12	GF	7	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
4	6	Apr 18	BAL		NYY	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	7	Apr 20	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	9 (1)	Apr 22	BAL		WSH	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	10	Apr 23	BAL		WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	11	Apr 24 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	12	Apr 24 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
10	13	Apr 26	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	14	Apr 27	BAL	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	15	Apr 29	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	17 (1)	May 1 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	54	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
14	19 (1)	May 3	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	20	May 4	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
16	21	May 6	BAL	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
17	22	May 7	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
18	23	May 8 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
19	25 (1)	May 10	BAL		KCA	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
20	26	May 11	BAL		KCA	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
21	27	May 12	BAL		CHW	L,2-6	GS	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
22	28	May 15 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	30 (1)	May 17	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	31	May 18	BAL		DET	L,3-6	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	32	May 20	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	33	May 21	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	34	May 22 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
28	36 (1)	May 24	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
29	37	May 25 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	39 (1)	May 26	BAL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	40	May 27	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	41	May 28	BAL		NYY	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
33	42	May 29	BAL		NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
34	43	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	45 (1)	May 31	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	52	12.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	46	Jun 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	48	Jun 3	BAL	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	50	Jun 5 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-10	GS	33	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
41	51	Jun 5 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	52	Jun 8	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	53	Jun 10	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	54	Jun 11	BAL	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
45	55	Jun 12 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
46	56	Jun 12 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
47	57	Jun 14	BAL		CHW	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	58	Jun 15 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
49	59	Jun 15 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
50	60	Jun 16	BAL		CHW	L,0-8	GS	32	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
51	61	Jun 17	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	63 (1)	Jun 21	BAL		CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
53	64	Jun 22	BAL		CLE	L,0-5	GS	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	65	Jun 23	BAL		CLE	L,2-9	GS	17	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
55	66	Jun 24	BAL		KCA	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
56	67	Jun 25	BAL		KCA	T,3-3	GS	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	68	Jun 26 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	70 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	25	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	71	Jun 29 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	72	Jul 1	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	73	Jul 2	BAL		BOS	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	74	Jul 3	BAL		BOS	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
63	75	Jul 4	BAL		WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
64	76	Jul 6	BAL		NYY	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	77	Jul 8	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-3	GF	27	6.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	79 (1)	Jul 10	BAL	@	BOS	L,7-10	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
67	80	Jul 14 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
68	81	Jul 14 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	82	Jul 15	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	83	Jul 16	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	15	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
71	84	Jul 17 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
72	85	Jul 17 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	86	Jul 18	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-0	GF	12	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
74	88 (1)	Jul 20	BAL	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	89	Jul 21	BAL	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
76	90	Jul 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	94 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	BAL		DET	L,6-8	CG	52	12.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
78	95	Jul 26 (2)	BAL		DET	L,2-7	GS	33	6.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
79	97 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	BAL		DET	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
80	98	Jul 28	BAL		DET	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
81	99	Jul 29	BAL		CLE	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
82	100	Jul 30	BAL		CLE	L,0-7	GS	38	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
83	102 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	103	Aug 2	BAL		KCA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
85	104	Aug 3 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	105	Aug 3 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	107 (1)	Aug 5	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	7	0	1	8	1	C
88	108	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
89	110 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
90	111	Aug 9 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,3-6	GS	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
91	112	Aug 14 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,2-7	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	113	Aug 14 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,6-20	GS	28	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
93	114	Aug 15 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
94	115	Aug 15 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,6-12	GF	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
95	116	Aug 16	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
96	117	Aug 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-8	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
97	118	Aug 20	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
98	120 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
99	121	Aug 23 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,10-3	GF	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
100	122	Aug 24 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-14	CG	47	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
101	123	Aug 24 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
102	124	Aug 25	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
103	127 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
104	128	Aug 30	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
105	129	Aug 31	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	131 (1)	Sep 3	BAL		BOS	L,1-2	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
107	132	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	133	Sep 5 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
109	134	Sep 5 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
110	136 (1)	Sep 8	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	GS	28	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
111	137	Sep 9	BAL		DET	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
112	138	Sep 10	BAL		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
113	139	Sep 11 (1)	BAL		KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
114	140	Sep 11 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
115	142 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
116	144 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,0-6	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
117	146 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	BAL		WSH	W,8-7	GS	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
118	147	Sep 17	BAL		WSH	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
119	148	Sep 18	BAL		WSH	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
120	149	Sep 20 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-2		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
121	150	Sep 20 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
122	151	Sep 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	56	13.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
123	152	Sep 23 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
124	153	Sep 23 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
125	155 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							125gm		980.1	497	58	8	563	9