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 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 Awards
1975 CAL AL 21 SS 50 41 374.1 191 80 98 13 19 .932 -12.5 -40.1 -11.5 -4.8 -6.7 -1 4.28 3.56 .960 4.85 4.09
1975 CAL AL 21 1B 6 0 15.2 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 68.9 0.9 0.6 0.3 0 9.19 2.67 .988 9.88 8.32
1975 CAL AL 21 DH 4
1975 CAL AL 21 3B 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.5 -60.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 3.15 2.80
1976 CAL AL 22 SS 10 0 17.0 8 0 5 3 1 .625 -2.1 -148.2 -2.1 -1.6 -0.5 0 2.65 0.50 .975 4.98 4.40
1976 CAL AL 22 DH 1
1977 BAL AL 23 2B 104 92 837.0 537 260 272 5 78 .991 10.2 14.6 8.2 2.5 5.7 2 5.72 5.12 .978 5.42 4.76
1977 BAL AL 23 SS 5 0 8.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -0.6 -90.0 -0.6 -0.4 -0.1 0 3.38 0.60 .975 4.84 4.08
1977 BAL AL 23 1B 2 0 4.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -0.6 -180.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 6.75 1.50 1.000 10.12 8.80
1977 BAL AL 23 3B 1 8 4 4 0 2 1.000 8.00 .950 2.70
1978 BAL AL 24 2B 83 64 610.0 359 146 208 5 43 .986 4.7 9.2 5.7 3.1 2.7 -1 5.22 4.27 .980 5.47 4.74
1978 BAL AL 24 SS 2 0 2.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 13.50 1.50 .967 4.95 4.20
1979 BAL AL 25 2B 63 52 440.0 254 107 142 5 33 .980 4.4 12.0 3.4 1.1 2.3 1 5.09 3.95 .978 5.50 4.80
1979 BAL AL 25 SS 5 2 20.0 12 1 9 2 2 .833 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0 4.50 2.00 .967 5.00 4.10
1981 SFG NL 27 SS 21 11 106.0 68 27 39 2 9 .971 0.5 5.7 0.5 -1.1 1.6 0 5.60 3.14 .959 5.10 4.44
1981 SFG NL 27 2B 5 1 18.0 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 0.1 6.7 0.1 -0.4 0.5 0 5.50 2.20 .982 5.50 4.72
1981 SFG NL 27 3B 3 2 20.0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -48.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 2.25 1.67 .940 2.84 2.47
4 Seasons 2B 255 209 1905.0 1161 516 630 15 155 .987 19.4 12.2 17.4 6.3 11.2 2 5.41 4.49 .978 5.46 4.76
6 Seasons SS 93 54 527.1 286 110 155 21 31 .927 -14.2 -32.3 -13.2 -7.5 -5.6 -1 4.52 2.85 .961 4.91 4.20
2 Seasons 1B 8 0 19.2 20 18 1 1 0 .950 0.3 18.3 0.3 0.6 -0.3 0 8.69 2.38 .990 9.93 8.44
3 Seasons 3B 6 3 30.0 14 6 7 1 3 .929 -1.3 -52.0 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 3.90 2.17 .950 2.94 2.62
2 Seasons DH 5
6 Seasons TOT 362 266 2482.0 1481 650 793 38 189 .974 4.2 2.0 3.2 -1.9 5.3 1 5.23 3.99 .949 5.34 4.66
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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 CAL AL 21 59 42 59 54 0 0 7 0 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1976 CAL AL 22 13 0 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
1977 BAL AL 23 109 92 109 107 0 0 2 104 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
1978 BAL AL 24 85 64 85 84 0 0 0 83 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1979 BAL AL 25 68 54 68 67 0 0 0 63 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1981 SFG NL 27 36 14 36 27 0 0 0 5 3 21 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
6 Seasons 370 266 370 349 0 0 9 255 5 93 0 0 0 0 0 30 20
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 -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1977 BAL AL 23 3612 65% 79% 27% 331 96% 1 266 94 124 49 277 227 41 0 4 5 1 4 0 2 81 27 16 21 5 74 27 46 6 5 1
1978 BAL AL 24 2588 54% 78% 28% 244 93% 1 143 45 70 28 208 180 24 0 6 5 0 5 0 3 43 14 8 12 1 37 14 22 4 2 2
1979 BAL AL 25 1883 57% 79% 27% 177 92% 0 106 40 46 20 141 120 17 0 0 6 1 5 0 5 32 11 5 7 4 29 12 16 2 1 1
1981 SFG NL 27 83 48% 83% 37% 7 100% 0 3 0 3 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 8166 59% 79% 27% 759 94% 2 518 179 243 97 634 535 82 0 10 16 2 14 0 10 157 53 29 40 10 141 53 85 12 8 4
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94%

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 CAL AL 21 1694 62% 73% 22% 143 84% 0 84 35 30 19 100 77 19 0 3 13 1 11 1 11 19 6 1 4 4 2 18 7 11 0 0 0
1976 CAL AL 22 86 66% 84% 29% 10 50% 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1977 BAL AL 23 46 63% 85% 24% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BAL AL 24 6 83% 83% 33% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 BAL AL 25 87 71% 86% 33% 13 69% 0 1 0 1 0 9 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1981 SFG NL 27 475 60% 75% 26% 51 90% 0 29 14 13 2 38 29 9 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 9 4 0 5 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2394 62% 74% 24% 222 83% 0 116 50 45 21 156 119 33 0 3 21 2 18 1 17 31 12 2 9 4 2 30 14 16 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1975 CAL AL 21 71 73% 77% 31% 5 100% 0 15 1 14 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BAL AL 23 17 47% 76% 24% 1 0% 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 88 68% 77% 30% 6 83% 0 18 1 17 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 87%

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%
1975 CAL AL 21 49 45% 67% 14% 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 SFG NL 27 84 55% 80% 21% 5 100% 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 133 51% 75% 19% 7 71% 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 67%

* 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.

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