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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 CHC NL 22 SS 124 574 189 351 34 70 .941 4.35 .960 4.59
1949 CHC NL 23 SS 132 742 265 438 39 91 .947 5.33 .962 4.70
1950 CHC NL 24 SS 154 924 332 541 51 115 .945 5.67 .962 4.74
1951 CHC NL 25 SS 74 322 117 190 15 42 .953 4.15 .955 4.47
1952 CHC NL 26 SS 82 356 139 200 17 33 .952 4.13 .960 4.70
1953 CHC NL 27 SS 77 369 153 191 25 39 .932 4.47 .959 4.63
1954 MLN NL 28 SS 9 0 37.2 20 9 10 1 5 .950 -0.8 -25.5 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 0 4.54 2.11 .960 5.16 4.63
1954 MLN NL 28 2B 7 4 44.0 28 13 15 0 5 1.000 -1.0 -27.3 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0 5.73 4.00 .975 5.56 5.31
1954 MLN NL 28 1B 2 1 11.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 10.9 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 12.27 7.50 .993 9.82 9.25
1955 PHI NL 29 SS 87 79 706.0 350 136 205 9 32 .974 4.8 8.2 6.8 3.3 3.5 -2 4.35 3.92 .964 5.02 4.57
1955 PHI NL 29 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00
1955 PHI NL 29 3B 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .933 3.10 2.80
1956 PHI NL 30 SS 60 53 472.0 235 81 142 12 32 .949 1.9 4.8 0.9 0.0 0.9 1 4.25 3.72 .963 4.94 4.53
1957 PHI NL 31 SS 20 6 83.0 34 11 21 2 5 .941 -1.1 -15.9 -1.1 -0.7 -0.3 0 3.47 1.60 .959 4.83 4.34
1958 PHI NL 32 SS 1 0 6.0 7 3 2 2 1 .714 -0.8 -160.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 7.50 5.00 .971 5.10 4.60
11 Seasons SS 820 138 1304.2 3933 1435 2291 207 465 .947 4.0 3.7 5.0 2.0 3.1 -1 25.70 4.54 .961 4.98 4.63
2 Seasons 2B 8 4 45.0 28 13 15 0 5 1.000 -1.0 -26.7 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0 5.60 3.50 .975 5.56 5.28
1 Season 1B 2 1 11.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 10.9 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 12.27 7.50 .993 9.82 9.25
1 Season 3B 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .933 3.10 2.80
11 Seasons TOT 831 144 1369.2 3979 1464 2308 207 471 .948 2.9 2.5 3.9 1.0 3.0 -1 24.79 4.54 .909 5.03 4.64

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 CHC NL 22 124 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0
1949 CHC NL 23 135 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0
1950 CHC NL 24 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0
1951 CHC NL 25 79 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0
1952 CHC NL 26 87 87 87 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 0 0 0
1953 CHC NL 27 82 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 28 25 5 25 25 0 0 2 7 0 9 0 0 0 0 10 0
1955 PHI NL 29 92 80 92 92 0 0 0 1 1 87 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 PHI NL 30 65 53 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 5 0
1957 PHI NL 31 28 6 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 6 2
1958 PHI NL 32 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 872 144 872 872 0 0 2 8 1 820 0 0 0 0 24 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 MLN NL 28 163 57% 77% 20% 11 91% 0 9 3 3 3 10 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
1955 PHI NL 29 2820 59% 80% 25% 294 93% 2 123 75 35 13 210 170 33 0 6 10 0 9 1 8 26 12 0 7 2 0 21 12 9 2 0 1
1956 PHI NL 30 1973 67% 81% 23% 197 89% 1 80 46 28 6 148 109 30 1 4 12 0 11 1 11 32 14 1 6 4 3 29 15 13 3 2 1
1957 PHI NL 31 344 56% 78% 22% 24 88% 1 11 4 6 1 21 13 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 0
1958 PHI NL 32 29 55% 59% 28% 3 67% 0 3 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 5329 62% 80% 24% 529 91% 4 226 129 74 23 391 301 70 1 11 27 0 23 4 22 69 29 1 17 7 3 58 30 27 7 3 2
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 MLN NL 28 192 58% 82% 30% 20 90% 0 13 4 5 4 15 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 5 3 1 0 0 0
1955 PHI NL 29 4 50% 25% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 196 58% 81% 29% 20 90% 0 13 4 5 4 15 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 5 3 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 MLN NL 28 44 59% 82% 34% 2 100% 0 14 1 13 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 44 59% 82% 34% 2 100% 0 14 1 13 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 PHI NL 29 35 60% 83% 23% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 35 60% 83% 23% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 61%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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