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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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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 Awards
1975 22 TEX AL 78 286 250 22 57 8 0 3 33 4 0 30 42 .228 .309 .296 .605 73 74 6 0 4 2 1 64/2
1976 23 TOT AL 144 618 513 61 133 18 3 3 44 2 4 76 106 .259 .356 .324 .679 99 166 11 2 25 2 4 64
1976 23 TEX AL 41 163 129 15 29 2 0 1 8 2 0 29 27 .225 .363 .264 .626 85 34 4 0 3 2 3 4/6
1976 23 MIN AL 103 455 384 46 104 16 3 2 36 0 4 47 79 .271 .353 .344 .697 103 132 7 2 22 0 1 6
1977 24 MIN AL 150 680 584 93 135 21 5 6 56 5 5 74 89 .231 .316 .315 .631 74 184 12 1 15 6 1 *6
1978 25 MIN AL 158 702 586 80 160 31 3 19 77 2 8 85 70 .273 .362 .433 .796 122 254 16 1 23 7 3 *6
1979 26 MIN AL 162 729 621 94 168 28 3 24 95 2 3 80 80 .271 .353 .441 .794 110 274 9 4 15 9 8 *6/3 AS,MVP-16
1980 27 MIN AL 133 564 486 64 135 24 1 12 63 3 3 65 63 .278 .359 .405 .765 103 197 15 2 2 9 4 *6/3D7
1981 28 MIN AL 56 200 167 24 44 7 1 7 22 0 0 31 24 .263 .375 .443 .818 129 74 8 0 0 2 5 6D/3
1982 29 TOT AL 146 581 499 57 127 15 2 20 67 0 1 71 104 .255 .345 .413 .758 109 206 4 0 7 4 8 65/D4
1982 29 MIN AL 4 16 13 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .154 .313 .231 .543 51 3 0 0 0 0 1 /6
1982 29 NYY AL 142 565 486 55 125 14 2 20 67 0 1 68 100 .257 .346 .418 .764 111 203 4 0 7 4 7 65/D4
1983 30 NYY AL 130 520 451 70 124 24 1 18 62 3 3 58 68 .275 .357 .452 .810 126 204 9 2 5 4 2 653
1984 31 TOT AL 114 385 344 32 73 12 1 11 39 3 2 37 65 .212 .286 .349 .635 76 120 6 0 0 4 3 56/D3
1984 31 NYY AL 67 227 209 17 50 8 1 7 26 2 1 15 35 .239 .286 .388 .674 88 81 5 0 0 3 2 56/3D
1984 31 CHW AL 47 158 135 15 23 4 0 4 13 1 1 22 30 .170 .285 .289 .574 57 39 1 0 0 1 1 5/6D3
1985 32 MIN AL 129 452 388 57 100 20 0 12 45 0 2 60 65 .258 .357 .402 .759 104 156 8 1 1 2 3 D65/3
1986 33 MIN AL 143 530 459 59 113 20 4 20 57 1 3 68 80 .246 .342 .438 .780 109 201 10 0 1 2 4 *D6/5
1987 34 MIN AL 110 347 309 32 85 16 1 8 34 2 0 36 52 .275 .352 .411 .763 100 127 7 1 0 1 1 D5/6
13 Seasons 1653 6594 5657 745 1454 244 25 163 694 27 34 771 908 .257 .345 .395 .740 103 2237 121 14 98 54 47
162 Game Avg. 162 646 554 73 142 24 2 16 68 3 3 76 89 .257 .345 .395 .740 103 219 12 1 10 5 5
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 Awards
MIN (10 yrs) 1148 4675 3997 551 1046 184 21 110 485 15 28 549 606 .262 .350 .401 .750 104 1602 92 12 79 38 31
NYY (3 yrs) 339 1312 1146 142 299 46 4 45 155 5 5 141 203 .261 .340 .426 .766 113 488 18 2 12 11 11
TEX (2 yrs) 119 449 379 37 86 10 0 4 41 6 0 59 69 .227 .328 .285 .613 77 108 10 0 7 4 4
CHW (1 yr) 47 158 135 15 23 4 0 4 13 1 1 22 30 .170 .285 .289 .574 57 39 1 0 0 1 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 34 MIN AL WS STL W 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .750 1.000 1.750 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .750 1.000 1.750 2 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1979 (SS)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1979-AL-16-4%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Games Played s c a p y
1978 AL--158--7th
1979 AL--162--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1979 AL--621--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1977 AL--680--7th
1978 AL--702--4th
1979 AL--729--1st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL--85--5th
1979 AL--80--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1976 AL--106--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1978 AL--246--7th
1979 AL--252--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1976 AL--25--1st
1977 AL--15--5th
1978 AL--23--2nd
1979 AL--15--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL--9--7th
1980 AL--9--5th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 AL--8--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1977 AL--487--3rd
1978 AL--480--7th
1979 AL--489--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 7 (1471), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (652), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Denis Menke (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. Davey Johnson (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 35th round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 13, 1971: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.

January 12, 1972: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.

January 9, 1974: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).

June 1, 1976: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Mike Cubbage, Jim Gideon, Bill Singer and $250,000 to the Minnesota Twins for Bert Blyleven and Danny Thompson.

April 10, 1982: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Yankees for Paul Boris, Ron Davis and Greg Gagne.

July 18, 1984: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Doug Drabek (August 13, 1984) and Kevin Hickey (August 13, 1984) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

February 19, 1985: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Ron Scheer (minors) and Randy Johnson.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Minnesota Twins$728,571
1986Minnesota Twins$740,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,468,571
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Roy Frederick (III) Roy Smalley smally

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