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Roy Smalley
Roy Frederick Smalley Jr.

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 9, 1926 in Springfield, MO
High School: Springfield (Springfield, MO)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Final Game: April 21, 1958
Relatives: Father of Roy Smalley and Brother-In-Law of Gene Mauch
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1948	22	CHC	NL	124	387	361	25	78	11	4	4	36	0		23	76	.216	.265	.302	.567	56	109	11	1	2			*6
1949	23	CHC	NL	135	519	477	57	117	21	10	8	35	2		36	77	.245	.304	.382	.685	85	182	12	4	2			*6
1950	24	CHC	NL	154	616	557	58	128	21	9	21	85	2		49	*114*	.230	.297	.413	.710	85	230	11	4	6			*6
1951	25	CHC	NL	79	266	238	24	55	7	4	8	31	0	0	25	53	.231	.304	.395	.699	85	94	6	0	3			6
1952	26	CHC	NL	87	293	261	36	58	14	1	5	30	0	0	29	58	.222	.305	.341	.646	78	89	5	2	1			6
1953	27	CHC	NL	82	288	253	20	63	9	0	6	25	0	0	28	57	.249	.329	.356	.684	77	90	4	2	5			6
1954	28	MLN	NL	25	42	36	5	8	0	0	1	7	0	0	4	9	.222	.310	.306	.615	66	11	2	1	0	1		/643
1955	29	PHI	NL	92	308	260	33	51	11	1	7	39	0	0	39	58	.196	.304	.327	.631	69	85	11	2	5	2	2	6/45
1956	30	PHI	NL	65	194	168	14	38	9	3	0	16	0	0	23	29	.226	.323	.315	.638	75	53	4	1	2	0	4	6
1957	31	PHI	NL	28	33	31	5	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	9	.161	.212	.323	.535	43	10	0	1	0	0	0	6
1958	32	PHI	NL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
11 Seasons				872	2948	2644	277	601	103	33	61	305	4	0	257	541	.227	.300	.360	.660	77	953	66	18	26	3	6
162 Game Avg.				162	548	491	51	112	19	6	11	57	1		48	101	.227	.300	.360	.660	77	177	12	3	5

CHC (6 yrs)				661	2369	2147	220	499	83	28	52	242	4	0	190	435	.232	.299	.370	.669	78	794	49	13	19
PHI (4 yrs)				186	537	461	52	94	20	5	8	56	0	0	63	97	.204	.304	.321	.625	69	148	15	4	7	2	6
MLN (1 yr)				25	42	36	5	8	0	0	1	7	0	0	4	9	.222	.310	.306	.615	66	11	2	1	0	1

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1948	22	CHC	NL	387	296	29	2.6	99	.263	.216	.264	.265	.338	.302	.391	.567	.728	56	.272	-23.2	-2.3	.452	.150	.086	.0
1949	23	CHC	NL	519	374	54	3.9	101	.278	.245	.267	.304	.340	.382	.399	.685	.739	85	.422	-11.7	-1.2	.602	.216	.136	3.2
1950	24	CHC	NL	616	446	67	4.0	107	.254	.230	.268	.297	.345	.413	.416	.710	.761	85	.425	-14.9	-1.4	.648	.275	.183	3.7
1951	25	CHC	NL	266	192	29	4.1	105	.266	.231	.270	.304	.344	.395	.409	.699	.753	85	.451	-6.1	-0.6	.630	.269	.164	.0
1952	26	CHC	NL	293	209	27	3.5	98	.268	.222	.263	.305	.336	.341	.391	.646	.727	78	.418	-7.6	-0.8	.577	.230	.119	.0
1953	27	CHC	NL	288	199	29	3.8	112	.300	.249	.277	.329	.348	.356	.431	.684	.779	77	.398	-8.4	-0.8	.619	.217	.107	.0
1954	28	MLN	NL	42	31	3	2.6	104	.259	.222	.267	.310	.337	.306	.412	.615	.749	66	.246	-1.6	-0.2	.533	.194	.083	.0
1955	29	PHI	NL	308	227	26	3.1	104	.223	.196	.263	.304	.334	.327	.417	.631	.750	69	.315	-10.7	-1.0	.573	.281	.131	.0
1956	30	PHI	NL	194	136	18	3.5	101	.273	.226	.262	.323	.328	.315	.413	.638	.741	75	.395	-5.4	-0.5	.575	.226	.089
1957	31	PHI	NL	33	26	2	2.1	100	.190	.161	.265	.212	.328	.323	.410	.535	.738	43	.188	-2.7	-0.3	.462	.194	.161	.0
1958	32	PHI	NL	2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.000	.336	.000	.420	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
11 Seasons				2948	2138	284	3.6	103	.264	.227	.267	.300	.340	.360	.408	.660	.747	77	.386	-93.0	-9.2	.584	.232	.133	7.5
162 Game Avg.				548	397	53	3.6	103	.264	.227	.267	.300	.340	.360	.408	.660	.747	77	.386	-93.0	-9.2	.584	.232	.133	1

CHC (6 yrs)				2369	1716	235	3.7	104	.269	.232	.268	.299	.342	.370	.406	.669	.748	78	.399	-71.9	-7.2	.590	.228	.137	7.4
PHI (4 yrs)				537	391	46	3.1	103	.240	.204	.263	.304	.331	.321	.415	.625	.746	69	.333	-19.4	-1.9	.563	.254	.117	.0
MLN (1 yr)				42	31	3	2.6	104	.259	.222	.267	.310	.337	.306	.412	.615	.749	66	.245	-1.6	-0.2	.533	.194	.083	.0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	22	CHC	NL	387	1.0%	19.6%	5.9%	4.9%	24%	3.30	4.8	90.3	10.0		73%
1949	23	CHC	NL	519	1.5%	14.8%	6.9%	7.5%	33%	2.14	6.2	59.6	13.6		76%
1950	24	CHC	NL	616	3.4%	18.5%	8.0%	8.3%	40%	2.33	4.9	26.5	6.6		69%
1951	25	CHC	NL	266	3.0%	19.9%	9.4%	7.1%	35%	2.12	4.5	29.8	7.7		67%
1952	26	CHC	NL	293	1.7%	19.8%	9.9%	6.8%	35%	2.00	4.5	52.2	8.7		68%
1953	27	CHC	NL	288	2.1%	19.8%	9.7%	5.2%	24%	2.04	4.4	42.2	10.1		66%
1954	28	MLN	NL	42	2.4%	21.4%	9.5%	2.4%	13%	2.25	4.0	36.0	5.1	2.67	64%
1955	29	PHI	NL	308	2.3%	18.8%	12.7%	6.2%	37%	1.49	4.5	37.1	6.7	1.34	64%
1956	30	PHI	NL	194	0.0%	15.0%	11.9%	6.2%	32%	1.26	5.8		10.5	0.67	72%
1957	31	PHI	NL	33	3.0%	27.3%	3.0%	6.1%	40%	9.00	3.4	31.0	31.0	0.13	64%
1958	32	PHI	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
11 Seasons				2948	2.1%	18.4%	8.7%	6.7%	33%	2.11	4.9	43.3	8.7	0.99	69%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	28	MLN	NL	2	0	33%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	25%	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	29	PHI	NL	1	0	31%	93	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	50%	10	7	3	7	3	4	7	1	5
1956	30	PHI	NL	0	0	23%	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	50%	6	5	1	1	0	1	5	0	4
1957	31	PHI	NL	0	0	67%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1958	32	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Seasons				3	0	27%	171	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	9	48%	22	17	5	8	3	5	14	1	11
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	28	MLN	NL	41	44%	8			7	2	1	2	1.69	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		11	2	18%	5	1	20%	30	7	23%	5	3	60%	3	1	33%	1
1955	29	PHI	NL	285	27%	51			3	1	0	1	1.85	7	0	6	7	0	4	3	0	6	5	83%	63	11	17%	30	10	33%	178	31	17%	19	7	37%	15	2	13%	23
1956	30	PHI	NL	192	20%	38			4	0	0	0	0.56	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	37	4	11%	15	2	13%	120	17	14%	10	5	50%	9	4	44%	2
1957	31	PHI	NL	33	39%	5			6	0	0	0	1.42	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	0	0%	18	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1958	32	PHI	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Seasons				553	27%	601			20	3	1	3	1.41	61	0	13	7	2	5	4	0	10	26	260%	116	66	57%	53	13	25%	349	55	16%	36	15	42%	27	7	26%	26
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	22	124	387	361	25	78	11	4	4	36	0		23	76	.216	.265	.302	.567	56	109	11	1	2
1949	23	259	906	838	82	195	32	14	12	71	2		59	153	.233	.287	.347	.634	72	291	23	5	4
1950	24	413	1522	1395	140	323	53	23	33	156	4		108	267	.232	.291	.373	.664	78	521	34	9	10
1951	25	492	1788	1633	164	378	60	27	41	187	4	0	133	320	.231	.293	.377	.670	79	615	40	9	13
1952	26	579	2081	1894	200	436	74	28	46	217	4	0	162	378	.230	.295	.372	.666	79	704	45	11	14
1953	27	661	2369	2147	220	499	83	28	52	242	4	0	190	435	.232	.299	.370	.669	78	794	49	13	19
1954	28	686	2411	2183	225	507	83	28	53	249	4	0	194	444	.232	.299	.369	.668	78	805	51	14	19	1
1955	29	778	2719	2443	258	558	94	29	60	288	4	0	233	502	.228	.299	.364	.664	77	890	62	16	24	3	2
1956	30	843	2913	2611	272	596	103	32	60	304	4	0	256	531	.228	.301	.361	.662	77	943	66	17	26	3	6
1957	31	871	2946	2642	277	601	103	33	61	305	4	0	257	540	.227	.300	.361	.661	77	953	66	18	26	3	6
1958	32	872	2948	2644	277	601	103	33	61	305	4	0	257	541	.227	.300	.360	.660	77	953	66	18	26	3	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	22	130	406	380	27	84	12	4	4	39	0	25	79	.221	.271	.305	.576	31	124
1949	23	140	536	495	59	121	22	10	8	36	2	37	80	.244	.302	.378	.680	56	135
1950	24	161	632	578	58	130	21	9	21	85	2	50	119	.225	.291	.401	.693	67	154
1951	25	82	271	246	24	56	7	4	8	32	0	25	55	.228	.299	.386	.685	29	79
1952	26	91	307	274	39	62	15	1	5	33	0	31	61	.226	.309	.343	.653	29	87
1953	27	85	290	260	19	63	9	0	6	24	0	28	59	.242	.321	.346	.667	28	82
1954	28	26	43	37	5	8	0	0	1	7	0	4	9	.216	.302	.297	.600	3	25
1955	29	97	319	274	35	54	12	1	7	41	0	41	61	.197	.304	.325	.629	27	92
1956	30	68	206	179	16	43	10	3	0	18	0	26	30	.240	.340	.330	.669	20	65
1957	31	29	34	32	5	5	0	1	1	1	0	1	9	.156	.206	.313	.518	2	28
1958	32	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
11 Seasons		910	3046	2757	287	626	108	33	61	316	4	268	563	.227	.299	.357	.656	292	872
162 Game Avg.		162	542	491	51	111	19	6	11	56	1	48	100	.227	.299	.357	.656	52	872

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1950 NL--154--5th

Triples s c a p y
1949 NL--10--6th
1950 NL--9--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 NL--76--4th
1949 NL--77--2nd
1950 NL--114--1st

Outs Made s c a p y
1950 NL--446--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Andres Thomas (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Hansen (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andujar Cedeno (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andujar Cedeno (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Buddin (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Crosby (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Crosby (936) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Heath (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Elster (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Elster (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
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