Billy Smith

Billy Edward Smith

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 14, 1953 in Hodge, LA
High School: Jay HS (San Antonio, TX)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1975
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Angels/Giants 1975-1981

Final Game: September 24, 1981
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Standard Batting

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
1971	17	ANA-min	Rk	59	231	231		53	5	2	0						.229	.229	.268	.498		62							IDF · PION
1972	18	ANA-min	A	127	517	455	58	105	15	10	5	31	15	8	62	128	.231	.323	.341	.664		155							STK · CALL
1973	19	ANA-min	A,AA	110	422	402	32	126	17	7	6	18	11	4	16	26	.313	.344	.435	.780		175		3	1	0			SLS,ELP · CALL,TL
1974	20	ANA-min	AA,AAA	102	371	353	15	102	11	3	1	11	6	2	14	16	.289	.320	.346	.665		122		2	2	0			ELP,SLC · TL,PCL
1975	21	ANA-min	AAA	64	254	226	37	67	11	1	3	34	9	7	22	28	.296	.364	.394	.757		89		3	1	2			SLC · PCL
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	ANA-min	AAA	115	471	396	64	114	16	9	3	60	22	9	53	45	.288	.373	.396	.769		157		6	7	9			SLC · PCL
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

1980	26	PHI-min	AAA	72	272	230	45	64	6	4	5	37	4	1	38	35	.278	.376	.404	.781		93		0	1	3			OKC · AA
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 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1975	21	CAL	AL	59	159	-8	-4	2	-12	2	-20	-2.1	5	-15	-1.6	.463	.487	-0.4	-1.0	-3	$	6/3D5
1976	22	CAL	AL	13	9	0	0	0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.484	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$	6/D
1977	23	BAL	AL	109	411	-19	-0	2	9	3	-6	-0.4	13	8	0.8	.495	.496	-0.2	1.3	-1	$	4/635
1978	24	BAL	AL	85	283	1	0	1	5	2	10	1.1	9	19	2.0	.512	.506	1.4	0.8	14	$	4/6
1979	25	BAL	AL	68	214	1	0	1	4	2	8	0.9	7	15	1.5	.512	.505	1.1	0.7	11	$	4/6

1981	27	SFG	NL	36	71	-4	-0	-0	-0	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.491	.498	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	6/45
6 Seasons				370	1147	-28	-4	6	4	10	-13	-1.0	37	24	2.4	.496	.499	1.9	1.8	20	$

BAL (3 yrs)				262	908	-17	0	4	19	6	12	1.6	29	42	4.3	.505	.503	2.3	2.9	23	$
CAL (2 yrs)				72	168	-8	-3	2	-14	2	-22	-2.3	5	-17	-1.8	.467	.493	-0.3	-1.2	-3	$
SFG (1 yr)				36	71	-4	-0	-0	-0	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.491	.498	-0.1	0.1	-1	$

Advanced Batting

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	-18.1	-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	.542	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 Yrs				1147	825	110	3.6	92	.266	.230	.258	.297	.322	.335	.385	.632	.707	79	.397	-28.0	-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	-28.0	-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	.429	-15.6	-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	.247	-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	-24.0	-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

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	IBB
1979	25	BAL	AL	ALCS	CAL	W	1	4	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1979	25	BAL	AL	WS	PIT	L	4	9	7	1	2	2	0	.286	.444	.286	.730	2	2	2
1 Yr (2 Series)							5	13	11	1	2	2	1	.182	.308	.182	.490	2	2	2
1 ALCS							1	4	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1 WS							4	9	7	1	2	2	0	.286	.444	.286	.730	2	2	2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				1147	1.5%	16.5%	8.4%	5.6%	27%	1.97	5.4	59.9	9.2	0.81	71%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.50	7.0	46.9	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1975	21	CAL	AL	-8.6	-0.9	166	-0.4	2.2	-2.6	.99	-0.8	0.4	-4.4	-0.5	0.99	-8.5		0
1976	22	CAL	AL	0.2	0.0	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.41	-0.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.87	-0.1	1.66	3
1977	23	BAL	AL	-18.1	-1.8	420	-1.8	5.6	-7.4	1.02	-2.1	0.3	-19.7	-2.0	0.97	-21.2	2.11	5
1978	24	BAL	AL	2.9	0.3	289	0.4	5.1	-4.7	.99	0.0	0.4	3.1	0.3	0.97	0.3	3.41	3
1979	25	BAL	AL	-0.4	-0.0	216	1.1	4.7	-3.6	1.07	0.4	0.7	6.0	0.6	0.92	5.2	1.44	3

1981	27	SFG	NL	-4.0	-0.4	71	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	1.13	-0.3	-0.2	-3.5	-0.4	0.91	-3.5	0.99	12
6 Yrs				-28.0	-2.8	1171	-1.5	18.4	-19.9	1.03	-2.8	1.4	-18.8	-2.0	0.96	-27.8	1.62	26

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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 Yrs				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

Situational Hitting*

						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%	8	5	63%	0
1976	22	CAL	AL	9	100%	3			3	1	0	0	1.66	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	2.11	5	0	11	5	0	0	5	0	16	9	56%	80	3	4%	42	15	36%	258	24	9%	17	6	35%	17	8	47%	0
1978	24	BAL	AL	283	100%	65			3	0	0	0	3.41	5	1	9	4	1	2	3	0	6	4	67%	43	2	5%	27	8	30%	171	27	16%	19	7	37%	16	10	63%	0
1979	25	BAL	AL	214	100%	47			3	0	0	0	1.44	6	1	7	6	0	2	4	0	7	7	100%	44	1	2%	22	10	45%	128	27	21%	13	8	62%	5	2	40%	0

1981	27	SFG	NL	71	100%	11			12	4	0	0	0.99	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		10	1	10%	9	4	44%	40	5	13%	3	2	67%	4	1	25%	0
6 Yrs				1147	100%	234			26	6	1	1	1.62	17	2	32	16	1	4	13	0	33	24	73%	208	7	3%	120	49	41%	697	98	14%	59	29	49%	50	26	52%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			35%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

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	164	147	12	32	6	1	0	16	1	13	27	.218	.280	.272	.552	11	59
1976	22	13	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	13
1977	23	109	418	372	49	84	13	2	5	32	3	35	71	.226	.293	.312	.605	34	109
1978	24	85	293	257	35	72	13	2	6	36	3	30	40	.280	.356	.416	.773	38	85
1979	25	68	216	191	19	48	9	4	6	35	1	15	33	.251	.311	.435	.746	26	68

1981	27	55	113	95	11	19	0	0	2	9	0	16	24	.200	.310	.263	.573	8	36
6 Yrs		389	1213	1070	126	258	41	9	19	128	8	109	197	.241	.312	.350	.662	118	370
162 Game Avg.		162	505	446	52	107	17	4	8	53	3	45	82	.241	.312	.350	.662	49	370

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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