Bob Smith
Robert Gilchrist Smith
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 1, 1931 in Woodsville, NH
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1955
Final Game: September 23, 1959
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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
1955 24 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 26 TOT NL 26 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1957 26 STL NL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 26 PIT NL 20 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .077 .077 .077 .154 -58 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1958 27 PIT NL 35 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .091 .083 .091 .174 -53 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 28 TOT MLB 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 28 PIT NL 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 28 DET AL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
4 Seasons 91 31 29 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .069 .067 .069 .136 -63 2 0 0 1 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 55 52 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 .069 .067 .069 .136 -63 4 0 0 2 2 0
PIT (3 yrs) 75 28 26 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .077 .074 .077 .151 -59 2 0 0 1 1 0
STL (1 yr) 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 81 30 28 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .071 .069 .071 .140 -62 2 0 0 1 1 0
AL (2 yrs) 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 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
1957 26 TOT NL 16 15 0 0.0 101 .167 .067 .266 .067 .329 .067 .411 .133 .740 -64 .000 -3.4 -0.4 .071 .000 .000
1957 26 STL NL 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .271 .000 .334 .000 .420 .000 .754 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1957 26 PIT NL 14 13 0 0.0 100 .250 .077 .265 .077 .328 .077 .410 .154 .738 -58 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
1958 27 PIT NL 12 11 0 0.0 103 .143 .091 .266 .083 .334 .091 .416 .174 .749 -53 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
1959 28 TOT MLB 3 3 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .268 .000 .336 .000 .413 .000 .750 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1959 28 PIT NL 2 2 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .269 .000 .335 .000 .416 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1959 28 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .267 .000 .339 .000 .408 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
4 Seasons 31 29 0 0.0 102 .143 .069 .266 .067 .331 .069 .413 .136 .745 -63 .000 -6.7 -0.7 .074 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 55 52 0 0.0 102 .143 .069 .266 .067 .331 .069 .413 .136 .745 -63 .000 -6.7 -0.7 .074 .000 .000
PIT (3 yrs) 28 26 0 0.0 102 .167 .077 .266 .074 .331 .077 .413 .151 .744 -59 .000 -5.8 -0.6 .083 .000 .000
STL (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .271 .000 .334 .000 .420 .000 .754 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
DET (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .267 .000 .339 .000 .408 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (3 yrs) 30 28 0 0.0 102 .143 .071 .266 .069 .331 .071 .413 .140 .745 -62 .000 -6.4 -0.6 .077 .000 .000
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .267 .000 .339 .000 .408 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

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
1957 26 TOT NL 16 0.0% 56.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.7 3.00 38%
1957 26 STL NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
1957 26 PIT NL 14 0.0% 64.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.4 5.00 29%
1958 27 PIT NL 12 0.0% 41.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 11.0 5.00 58%
1959 28 TOT MLB 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 33%
1959 28 PIT NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1959 28 DET AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
4 Seasons 31 0.0% 51.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.8 29.0 4.00 45%
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
1957 26 TOT NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 PIT NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 27 PIT NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 TOT MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
1957 26 TOT NL 16 13% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1957 26 STL NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 PIT NL 14 14% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1958 27 PIT NL 12 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 9 1 11% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1959 28 TOT MLB 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 PIT NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 DET AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 31 16% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 7 1 14% 18 1 6% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 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
1957 26 27 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 1 0 0 1 0 0
1958 27 62 28 26 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .077 .074 .077 .151 -59 2 0 0 1 1 0
1959 28 91 31 29 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .069 .067 .069 .136 -63 2 0 0 1 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1957 26 27 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 26
1958 27 37 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 35
1959 28 30 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
3 Seasons 94 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 90
162 Game Avg. 162 55 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 90

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