Roy Smalley
Roy Frederick (III) Smalley
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 25, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Westchester (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1975
Final Game: October 4, 1987
Relatives: Son of Roy Smalley and Nephew 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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1975 TEX AL 22 SS 59 45 459.0 271 80 175 16 30 .941 2.8 7.3 2.8 2.4 0.3 0 5.00 4.32 .960 4.85 4.09
1975 TEX AL 22 2B 19 17 157.0 89 28 57 4 14 .955 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.87 4.47 .975 5.40 4.73
1975 TEX AL 22 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 0
1976 TOT AL 23 SS 108 104 938.2 559 192 348 19 71 .966 2.2 2.8 0.2 0.4 -0.2 2 5.18 5.00 .967 4.99 4.40
1976 TEX AL 23 2B 38 38 337.0 188 82 99 7 19 .963 -3.4 -12.1 -3.4 -4.0 0.6 0 4.83 4.76 .976 5.40 4.64
1976 TEX AL 23 SS 5 3 31.2 14 3 10 1 1 .929 -1.7 -64.4 -1.7 -1.4 -0.3 0 3.69 2.60 .971 5.00 4.40
1976 MIN AL 23 SS 103 101 907.0 545 189 338 18 70 .967 3.9 5.2 1.9 1.8 0.1 2 5.23 5.12 .967 4.99 4.40
1977 MIN AL 24 SS 150 149 1325.1 792 255 504 33 116 .958 3.0 2.7 -1.0 2.8 -3.7 4 5.15 5.06 .963 4.82 4.07
1978 MIN AL 25 SS 157 157 1408.2 839 287 527 25 121 .970 4.2 3.6 1.2 -9.7 10.9 3 5.20 5.18 .964 4.92 4.19
1979 MIN AL 26 SS 161 160 1412.1 897 296 572 29 144 .968 -1.5 -1.3 -4.5 -4.5 0.0 3 5.53 5.39 .965 5.01 4.10 AS,MVP-16
1979 MIN AL 26 1B 1 1 7.0 9 9 0 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 11.57 9.00 .989 10.03 8.80 AS,MVP-16
1980 MIN AL 27 SS 125 124 1075.0 673 210 446 17 100 .975 4.5 5.0 2.5 1.0 1.5 2 5.49 5.25 .963 4.99 4.26
1980 MIN AL 27 1B 3 2 21.0 18 16 2 0 3 1.000 0.7 40.0 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 7.71 6.00 .994 10.03 8.40
1980 MIN AL 27 DH 3
1980 MIN AL 27 LF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1981 MIN AL 28 SS 37 37 306.2 149 52 89 8 14 .946 -7.3 -28.6 -6.3 -2.3 -4.0 -1 4.14 3.81 .968 4.99 4.19
1981 MIN AL 28 DH 15
1981 MIN AL 28 1B 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 10.00 10.00 .990 10.10 8.60
1982 TOT AL 29 SS 93 85 760.1 376 114 254 8 44 .979 -0.5 -0.8 -0.5 0.4 -0.8 0 4.36 3.96 .964 4.87 4.17
1982 MIN AL 29 SS 4 4 36.0 21 5 16 0 2 1.000 0.7 23.3 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 5.25 5.25 .962 4.88 4.18
1982 NYY AL 29 SS 89 81 724.1 355 109 238 8 42 .977 -1.2 -2.0 -1.2 0.4 -1.5 0 4.31 3.90 .965 4.87 4.17
1982 NYY AL 29 3B 53 49 446.2 148 28 113 7 11 .953 -1.5 -4.0 -1.5 -3.5 2.0 0 2.84 2.66 .954 3.07 2.62
1982 NYY AL 29 DH 4
1982 NYY AL 29 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1983 NYY AL 30 SS 91 86 730.0 370 125 230 15 40 .959 -9.4 -15.5 -7.4 -7.4 0.0 -2 4.38 3.90 .963 4.75 4.15
1983 NYY AL 30 3B 26 22 207.0 73 11 57 5 7 .932 1.4 8.1 1.4 1.9 -0.5 0 2.96 2.62 .956 3.07 2.57
1983 NYY AL 30 1B 22 15 149.2 162 153 8 1 11 .994 -0.9 -7.2 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 0 9.68 7.32 .992 9.90 8.24
1984 TOT AL 31 3B 73 70 594.2 181 32 135 14 14 .923 1.8 3.6 1.8 -2.7 4.5 0 2.53 2.29 .951 2.75 2.19
1984 TOT AL 31 SS 16 6 62.2 30 7 22 1 2 .967 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0 4.16 1.81 .963 4.75 3.93
1984 TOT AL 31 DH 7
1984 TOT AL 31 1B 6 6 49.0 53 51 1 1 8 .981 -0.1 -2.4 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 9.55 8.67 .991 9.75 8.23
1984 NYY AL 31 3B 35 35 310.2 105 17 78 10 8 .905 -0.7 -2.7 -0.7 -2.4 1.7 0 2.75 2.71 .952 2.75 2.19
1984 NYY AL 31 SS 13 6 57.2 27 5 21 1 2 .963 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0 4.06 2.00 .963 4.76 3.93
1984 NYY AL 31 1B 5 5 42.0 45 44 0 1 7 .978 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 9.43 8.80 .991 9.75 8.24
1984 NYY AL 31 DH 5
1984 CHW AL 31 3B 38 35 284.0 76 15 57 4 6 .947 2.5 10.6 2.5 -0.3 2.8 0 2.28 1.89 .950 2.75 2.19
1984 CHW AL 31 SS 3 0 5.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 5.40 1.00 .967 4.68 3.93
1984 CHW AL 31 DH 2
1984 CHW AL 31 1B 1 1 7.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 10.29 8.00 .988 9.77 8.20
1985 MIN AL 32 DH 56
1985 MIN AL 32 SS 49 39 338.1 150 57 91 2 16 .987 -7.3 -25.9 -6.3 -3.0 -3.3 -1 3.94 3.02 .963 4.64 3.93
1985 MIN AL 32 3B 14 13 106.0 51 9 41 1 2 .980 5.9 66.8 5.9 2.6 3.3 0 4.25 3.57 .951 2.85 2.38
1985 MIN AL 32 1B 1 1 6.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 7.50 5.00 1.000 9.75 8.70
1986 MIN AL 33 DH 114
1986 MIN AL 33 SS 19 5 64.0 27 11 15 1 4 .963 -3.2 -60.0 -3.2 -2.0 -1.2 0 3.66 1.37 .967 4.53 3.94
1986 MIN AL 33 3B 8 7 62.0 22 3 19 0 1 1.000 2.3 44.5 2.3 -0.4 2.7 0 3.19 2.75 .945 2.74 2.38
1987 MIN AL 34 DH 73
1987 MIN AL 34 3B 14 10 89.0 20 7 10 3 0 .850 -2.9 -39.1 -2.9 -2.0 -0.9 0 1.72 1.21 .955 2.77 2.31
1987 MIN AL 34 SS 4 0 5.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -42.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.76 0.75 .967 4.61 4.03
13 Seasons SS 1069 997 8886.2 5136 1688 3274 174 702 .966 -12.7 -1.7 -22.7 -21.1 -1.5 10 5.03 4.64 .964 4.90 4.16
7 Seasons DH 272
6 Seasons 3B 188 171 1505.1 495 90 375 30 35 .939 7.0 5.6 7.0 -4.1 11.1 0 2.78 2.47 .953 2.90 2.39
3 Seasons 2B 58 55 496.0 277 110 156 11 33 .960 -3.4 -8.2 -3.4 -4.0 0.6 0 4.83 4.59 .975 5.40 4.67
6 Seasons 1B 34 26 241.2 257 243 12 2 24 .992 -0.9 -4.5 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2 0 9.50 7.50 .992 9.89 8.29
1 Season C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 0
1 Season LF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
13 Seasons TOT 1350 1249 11129.2 6165 2131 3817 217 794 .965 -10.0 -1.1 -20.0 -29.9 10.0 10 4.81 4.41 .930 4.76 4.04 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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
1975 TEX AL 22 78 62 78 78 0 0 0 19 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1976 MIN AL 23 103 101 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 TEX AL 23 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 38 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 MIN AL 24 150 149 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 MIN AL 25 158 157 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 MIN AL 26 162 161 162 162 0 0 1 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MIN AL 27 133 128 133 128 0 0 3 0 0 125 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
1981 MIN AL 28 56 50 56 38 0 0 1 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 12 6 0
1982 NYY AL 29 142 134 142 135 0 0 0 1 53 89 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
1982 MIN AL 29 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 30 130 123 130 127 0 0 22 0 26 91 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1984 NYY AL 31 67 51 67 52 0 0 5 0 36 13 0 0 0 0 5 15 0
1984 CHW AL 31 47 38 47 39 0 0 1 0 38 3 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
1985 MIN AL 32 129 99 129 63 0 0 1 0 14 49 0 0 0 0 46 29 0
1986 MIN AL 33 143 116 143 26 0 0 0 0 8 19 0 0 0 0 104 24 1
1987 MIN AL 34 110 77 110 18 0 0 0 0 14 4 0 0 0 0 67 33 0
13 Seasons 1653 1491 1653 1321 0 0 34 58 189 1069 1 0 0 1 241 137 3
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
1975 TEX AL 22 2084 53% 80% 29% 227 87% 3 76 35 29 12 178 139 28 2 1 16 1 8 7 9 31 13 5 5 1 1 27 18 7 4 3 1
1976 MIN AL 23 4055 57% 80% 27% 408 92% 4 191 74 89 28 338 261 67 2 4 18 0 16 2 12 70 27 8 22 3 6 67 35 31 2 1 1
1976 TEX AL 23 154 65% 79% 23% 11 91% 0 3 1 1 1 10 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1977 MIN AL 24 5965 55% 80% 28% 578 95% 7 257 101 128 28 506 389 95 2 8 33 0 28 5 25 116 46 13 27 7 12 108 60 46 7 3 3
1978 MIN AL 25 6237 54% 81% 27% 620 92% 7 285 115 133 37 525 396 104 4 7 25 1 21 3 21 121 46 5 35 10 10 112 53 56 6 4 2
1979 MIN AL 26 6219 59% 82% 28% 623 94% 4 296 89 172 35 575 432 116 2 8 29 2 25 2 23 144 50 19 42 15 7 136 69 65 6 5 1
1980 MIN AL 27 4672 61% 81% 29% 474 93% 8 208 66 114 28 443 353 70 1 8 17 0 12 5 9 99 26 6 34 7 13 92 32 55 3 3 0
1981 MIN AL 28 1362 59% 79% 27% 114 86% 1 53 20 28 5 90 72 15 0 0 8 0 7 1 7 15 3 1 8 1 1 14 4 10 1 0 1
1982 NYY AL 29 3215 68% 77% 24% 317 90% 2 112 58 45 9 244 185 50 1 6 8 0 8 0 7 45 17 6 11 1 0 37 23 12 6 2 2
1982 MIN AL 29 166 59% 77% 27% 15 100% 0 5 1 4 0 15 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 30 3220 72% 77% 24% 305 90% 2 127 64 43 20 228 166 55 0 3 15 0 14 1 11 41 21 5 7 1 1 37 26 10 4 3 1
1984 NYY AL 31 258 65% 74% 23% 18 100% 0 5 0 5 0 19 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1984 CHW AL 31 24 63% 88% 25% 3 100% 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MIN AL 32 1556 53% 79% 22% 105 98% 0 56 25 22 9 91 71 16 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 16 4 2 5 0 2 13 6 7 3 2 0
1986 MIN AL 33 323 50% 78% 24% 18 94% 0 11 5 5 1 15 11 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 1
1987 MIN AL 34 30 47% 67% 23% 3 67% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 39540 59% 80% 27% 3839 92% 38 1688 656 819 213 3279 2514 625 14 47 173 4 143 26 128 708 256 70 200 46 55 652 329 305 43 26 13
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 91%

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%
1982 NYY AL 29 1936 66% 78% 25% 148 88% 0 28 21 2 5 113 90 18 1 7 7 0 7 0 7 10 8 0 8 1 1 0 1 100%
1983 NYY AL 30 896 69% 79% 27% 76 87% 0 11 6 3 2 59 46 13 0 1 5 0 5 0 4 8 7 1 8 0 0 0 2 50%
1984 CHW AL 31 1246 52% 80% 26% 77 96% 1 16 12 2 2 62 53 7 1 2 4 0 4 0 2 6 4 0 4 2 0 2 0
1984 NYY AL 31 1371 67% 77% 25% 96 90% 1 16 7 5 4 80 55 19 1 1 11 0 10 1 9 8 5 1 6 2 2 0 1 100%
1985 MIN AL 32 460 44% 79% 25% 45 98% 0 10 7 1 2 38 30 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1986 MIN AL 33 254 56% 74% 29% 22 95% 0 3 3 0 0 19 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1987 MIN AL 34 426 46% 77% 24% 19 79% 1 7 5 1 1 10 8 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
6 Seasons 6589 61% 78% 26% 483 90% 3 91 61 14 16 381 296 69 5 12 31 0 30 1 26 35 27 2 29 5 3 2 5 60%
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 90% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1975 TEX AL 22 684 53% 78% 29% 61 92% 0 28 7 16 5 58 50 7 0 1 4 0 3 1 4 14 5 3 4 1 13 5 8 1 0 1
1976 TEX AL 23 1483 59% 81% 26% 125 90% 0 81 30 35 17 98 87 8 0 2 7 1 4 2 4 19 8 4 4 1 18 5 13 1 0 0
1982 NYY AL 29 7 71% 71% 14% 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
3 Seasons 2174 57% 80% 27% 186 91% 0 109 37 51 22 156 137 15 0 3 11 1 7 3 8 33 13 7 8 2 31 10 21 2 0 1
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1979 MIN AL 26 35 51% 91% 26% 1 100% 0 9 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MIN AL 27 107 71% 79% 18% 4 100% 0 16 0 16 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MIN AL 28 40 63% 83% 38% 2 100% 0 10 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 30 652 71% 81% 26% 26 85% 0 154 6 148 0 8 9 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 11 1 0 0 8 1 3 0 3 0
1984 NYY AL 31 177 79% 75% 25% 5 100% 0 44 2 41 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHW AL 31 30 37% 80% 30% 2 100% 0 7 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MIN AL 32 34 47% 85% 18% 1 100% 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1075 70% 80% 25% 41 90% 0 244 10 233 1 15 13 11 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 24 1 0 0 21 1 3 0 3 0
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 94% 89%

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