Bill Smiley

William B. Smiley

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown

Born: 1856 in Baltimore, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: October 13, 1874
Teams (by GP): BrownStockings/Orioles/Canaries 1874-1882

Final Game: September 30, 1882
Died: July 11, 1884 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: St. Patrick Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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	Pos
1874	18	BAL	NA	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/5

1882	26	TOT	AA	75	307	301	33	60	4	2	0	0			6		.199	.215	.226	.441	48	68		0	*4/O6
1882	26	STL	AA	59	246	240	30	51	4	2	0	0			6		.213	.232	.246	.478	58	59		0	*4/O
1882	26	BAL	AA	16	61	61	3	9	0	0	0	0			0		.148	.148	.148	.295	4	9		0	4/6
2 Seasons				77	314	308	33	60	4	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	.195	.210	.221	.431	44	68	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	661	648	69	126	8	4	0	0			13		.195	.210	.221	.431	44	143		0

BAL (1 yr)				16	61	61	3	9	0	0	0	0			0		.148	.148	.148	.295	4	9		0
STL (1 yr)				59	246	240	30	51	4	2	0	0			6		.213	.232	.246	.478	58	59		0
BAL (1 yr)				2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0

AA (1 yr)				75	307	301	33	60	4	2	0	0			6		.199	.215	.226	.441	48	68		0
NA (1 yr)				2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1874	18	BAL	NA	7	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/5

1882	26	STL	AA	246	-9	0	0	0	-5	1	4	-9	-0.8	-4	-0.4	-0.4	$	*4/O
1882	26	BAL	AA	61	-6	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-7	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$	4/6
2 Seasons				314	-17	0	0	0	-8	1	5	-19	-1.7	-11	-1.1	-0.6	$

BAL (1 yr)				61	-6	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-7	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$
STL (1 yr)				246	-9	0	0	0	-5	1	4	-9	-0.8	-4	-0.4	-0.4	$
BAL (1 yr)				7	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1874	BAL	NA	18	3B	2	14	8	3	3	0	.786	5.50	.759	4.35
1882	TOT	AA	26	2B	73	454	188	209	57	27	.874	5.44	.882	5.96
1882	STL	AA	26	2B	57	339	145	155	39	20	.885	5.26	.882	5.96
1882	STL	AA	26	OF	2	6	3	1	2	0	.667	2.00	.848	1.85	1-0-1
1882	BAL	AA	26	2B	16	115	43	54	18	7	.843	6.06	.882	5.96
1882	BAL	AA	26	SS	2	5	2	2	1	1	.800	2.00	.860	4.90
	1 Season			2B	73	454	188	209	57	27	.874	5.44	.882	5.96
	1 Season			3B	2	14	8	3	3	0	.786	5.50	.759	4.35
	1 Season			SS	2	5	2	2	1	1	.800	2.00	.860	4.90
	1 Season			OF	2	6	3	1	2	0	.667	2.00	.848	1.85	1-0-1
	2 Seasons			TOT	79	479	201	215	63	28	.868	5.27	.878	5.79	1-0-1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Outs Made s c a p y 1882 AA 241 (10th)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1882 AA 73 (3rd)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1882 AA 188 (4th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1882 AA 209 (2nd)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1882 AA 57 (2nd)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1882 AA .874 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1874 NA born 1856-00-00 (3rd)

Transactions

August 23, 1882: Released by the St. Louis Brown Stockings.

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