Billy Smith
Billy Edward Smith
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 14, 1953 in Jonesboro, LA
High School: John Jay (San Antonio, TX)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1975
Final Game: September 24, 1981
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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 Awards
1975 21 CAL AL 59 159 143 10 29 5 1 0 14 1 3 12 27 .203 .263 .252 .515 52 36 0 0 3 1 0 6/3D5
1976 22 CAL AL 13 9 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 128 3 0 0 1 0 0 6/D
1977 23 BAL AL 109 411 367 44 79 12 2 5 29 3 2 33 71 .215 .281 .300 .581 63 110 3 1 9 1 2 4/635
1978 24 BAL AL 85 283 250 29 65 12 2 5 30 3 0 27 40 .260 .333 .384 .717 107 96 2 1 4 1 3 4/6
1979 25 BAL AL 68 214 189 18 47 9 4 6 33 1 0 15 33 .249 .309 .434 .743 101 82 1 2 7 1 1 4/6
1981 27 SFG NL 36 71 61 6 11 0 0 1 5 0 0 9 16 .180 .282 .230 .511 48 14 1 0 0 1 0 6/45
6 Seasons 370 1147 1018 107 234 38 9 17 111 8 5 96 189 .230 .297 .335 .632 79 341 7 4 24 5 6
162 Game Avg. 162 502 446 47 102 17 4 7 49 4 2 42 83 .230 .297 .335 .632 79 149 3 2 11 2 3
BAL (3 yrs) 262 908 806 91 191 33 8 16 92 7 2 75 144 .237 .304 .357 .661 86 288 6 4 20 3 6
CAL (2 yrs) 72 168 151 10 32 5 1 0 14 1 3 12 29 .212 .268 .258 .527 56 39 0 0 4 1 0
SFG (1 yr) 36 71 61 6 11 0 0 1 5 0 0 9 16 .180 .282 .230 .511 48 14 1 0 0 1 0
AL (5 yrs) 334 1076 957 101 223 38 9 16 106 8 5 87 173 .233 .298 .342 .640 81 327 6 4 24 4 6
NL (1 yr) 36 71 61 6 11 0 0 1 5 0 0 9 16 .180 .282 .230 .511 48 14 1 0 0 1 0

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
1975 21 CAL AL 159 121 10 2.2 86 .248 .203 .249 .263 .317 .252 .365 .515 .682 52 .229 -8.6 -0.9 .393 .119 .049 .0
1976 22 CAL AL 9 6 1 4.5 80 .500 .375 .248 .375 .311 .375 .350 .750 .660 128 .556 0.2 0.0 .600 .000 .000
1977 23 BAL AL 411 303 33 2.9 95 .253 .215 .259 .281 .322 .300 .394 .581 .716 63 .300 -18.0 -1.8 .495 .177 .084 3.8
1978 24 BAL AL 283 192 34 4.7 89 .291 .260 .254 .333 .318 .384 .374 .717 .693 107 .541 2.9 0.3 .679 .244 .124 3.8
1979 25 BAL AL 214 151 27 4.8 99 .272 .249 .266 .309 .330 .434 .403 .743 .733 101 .506 -0.4 -0.0 .699 .270 .185 1.7
1981 27 SFG NL 71 52 5 2.6 90 .222 .180 .260 .282 .325 .230 .373 .511 .698 48 .302 -4.0 -0.4 .451 .197 .049 .0
6 Seasons 1147 825 110 3.6 92 .266 .230 .258 .297 .322 .335 .385 .632 .707 79 .397 -27.8 -2.8 .558 .202 .105 10.9
162 Game Avg. 502 361 48 3.6 92 .266 .230 .258 .297 .322 .335 .385 .632 .707 79 .397 -27.8 -2.8 .558 .202 .105 5
BAL (3 yrs) 908 646 94 3.9 94 .270 .237 .259 .304 .323 .357 .390 .661 .713 86 .428 -15.5 -1.5 .597 .220 .120 9.7
CAL (2 yrs) 168 127 11 2.3 86 .260 .212 .249 .268 .317 .258 .364 .527 .681 56 .246 -8.4 -0.9 .402 .113 .046 .0
SFG (1 yr) 71 52 5 2.6 90 .222 .180 .260 .282 .325 .230 .373 .511 .698 48 .302 -4.0 -0.4 .451 .197 .049 .0
AL (5 yrs) 1076 773 105 3.6 93 .268 .233 .258 .298 .322 .342 .386 .640 .708 81 .402 -23.9 -2.4 .565 .203 .109 10.7
NL (1 yr) 71 52 5 2.6 90 .222 .180 .260 .282 .325 .230 .373 .511 .698 48 .302 -4.0 -0.4 .451 .197 .049 .0

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
1979 25 BAL AL ALCS CAL W 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 25 BAL AL WS PIT L 4 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286 .444 .286 .730 2 2 0 0 0 2
1 Season (2 Series) 5 13 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .182 .308 .182 .490 2 2 0 0 0 2
1 ALCS 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286 .444 .286 .730 2 2 0 0 0 2

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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1975 21 CAL AL 159 0.0% 17.0% 7.6% 3.8% 21% 2.25 5.3 10.2 1.02 74%
1976 22 CAL AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 3.00 67%
1977 23 BAL AL 411 1.2% 17.3% 8.0% 4.6% 24% 2.15 5.2 73.4 12.7 0.84 71%
1978 24 BAL AL 283 1.8% 14.1% 9.5% 6.7% 29% 1.48 6.3 50.0 8.3 0.83 73%
1979 25 BAL AL 214 2.8% 15.4% 7.0% 8.9% 40% 2.20 5.7 31.5 5.7 0.73 71%
1981 27 SFG NL 71 1.4% 22.5% 12.7% 1.4% 9% 1.78 3.8 61.0 12.2 0.40 63%
6 Seasons 1147 1.5% 16.5% 8.4% 5.6% 27% 1.97 5.4 59.9 9.2 0.81 71%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1975 21 CAL AL 2 0 24% 67 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 25% 8 6 1 2 2 0 6 0 3
1976 22 CAL AL 0 0 0% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 23 BAL AL 3 0 36% 168 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 44% 25 16 9 4 3 1 12 3 8
1978 24 BAL AL 2 0 27% 106 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 50% 14 8 5 4 1 3 8 3 5
1979 25 BAL AL 4 0 21% 81 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 41% 10 6 4 2 1 1 5 2 2
1981 27 SFG NL 1 0 26% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 6 3 3 1 1 0 3 1 2
6 Seasons 12 0 28% 457 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 19 42% 65 41 22 13 8 5 34 9 20
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
1975 21 CAL AL 159 100% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 30 0 0% 19 11 58% 97 15 15% 7 6 86% 11 3 27% 0
1976 22 CAL AL 9 100% 3 3 1 0 0 1.74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1977 23 BAL AL 411 100% 79 5 1 1 1 2.15 5 0 11 5 0 0 5 0 16 9 56% 80 3 4% 42 15 36% 258 24 9% 17 6 35% 34 12 35% 0
1978 24 BAL AL 283 100% 65 3 0 0 0 3.04 5 1 9 4 1 2 3 0 6 4 67% 43 2 5% 27 8 30% 171 27 16% 19 7 37% 26 8 31% 0
1979 25 BAL AL 214 100% 47 3 0 0 0 1.53 6 1 7 6 0 2 4 0 7 7 100% 44 1 2% 22 10 45% 128 27 21% 13 8 62% 13 7 54% 0
1981 27 SFG NL 71 100% 11 12 4 0 0 1.10 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 1 10% 9 4 44% 40 5 13% 3 2 67% 5 1 20% 0
6 Seasons 1147 100% 234 26 6 1 1 1.65 17 2 32 16 1 4 13 0 33 24 73% 208 7 3% 120 49 41% 697 98 14% 59 29 49% 89 31 35% 0
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
1975 21 59 159 143 10 29 5 1 0 14 1 3 12 27 .203 .263 .252 .515 52 36 0 0 3 1 0
1976 22 72 168 151 10 32 5 1 0 14 1 3 12 29 .212 .268 .258 .527 56 39 0 0 4 1 0
1977 23 181 579 518 54 111 17 3 5 43 4 5 45 100 .214 .277 .288 .565 61 149 3 1 13 2 2
1978 24 266 862 768 83 176 29 5 10 73 7 5 72 140 .229 .296 .319 .615 76 245 5 2 17 3 5
1979 25 334 1076 957 101 223 38 9 16 106 8 5 87 173 .233 .298 .342 .640 81 327 6 4 24 4 6
1980 26 334 1076 957 101 223 38 9 16 106 8 5 87 173 .233 .298 .342 .640 81 327 6 4 24 4 6
1981 27 370 1147 1018 107 234 38 9 17 111 8 5 96 189 .230 .297 .335 .632 79 341 7 4 24 5 6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1975 21 59 163 148 12 33 6 1 0 17 1 14 27 .223 .288 .277 .565 12 59
1976 22 13 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 13
1977 23 109 413 375 48 87 13 2 6 32 3 36 71 .232 .300 .325 .626 36 109
1978 24 85 295 261 35 76 14 2 6 36 4 32 40 .291 .369 .429 .799 41 85
1979 25 68 213 194 19 51 10 4 7 35 1 16 33 .263 .324 .464 .788 28 68
1981 27 55 113 95 10 19 0 0 2 8 0 16 24 .200 .310 .263 .573 8 36
6 Seasons 389 1205 1081 124 266 43 9 21 128 9 114 197 .246 .319 .361 .679 126 370
162 Game Avg. 162 502 450 52 111 18 4 9 53 4 47 82 .246 .319 .361 .679 52 370

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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