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Bobby Smith

Bobby Gene Smith

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 28, 1934 in Hood River, OR
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1957
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies/Angels/Cubs/Mets 1957-1965

Final Game: July 17, 1965
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 STL NL 23 OF 79 45 39 477.2 148 138 6 4 4 .973 5 14 2.71 1.82 .980 2.29 2.31
1957 STL NL 23 CF 61 41 36 415.0 130 126 2 2 1 .985 5 14 2.78 2.10 .985 2.81 2.83
1957 STL NL 23 RF 20 4 3 62.2 18 12 4 2 3 .889 0 10 2.30 0.80 .972 1.98 1.99
1958 STL NL 24 OF 27 22 21 201.2 59 57 2 0 0 1.000 -4 -25 2.63 2.19 .980 2.26 2.25
1958 STL NL 24 CF 25 21 20 190.2 58 56 2 0 0 1.000 -4 -25 2.74 2.32 .986 2.73 2.71
1958 STL NL 24 RF 2 1 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -33 0.82 0.50 .980 2.05 2.00
1959 STL NL 25 OF 32 10 7 134.1 35 31 3 1 1 .971 2 19 2.28 1.06 .977 2.21 2.19
1959 STL NL 25 RF 15 6 4 68.2 20 18 2 0 1 1.000 3 49 2.62 1.33 .978 1.95 1.93
1959 STL NL 25 LF 10 1 1 30.2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 1.47 0.50 .972 2.05 2.02
1959 STL NL 25 CF 7 3 2 35.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0 -14 2.57 1.43 .980 2.62 2.60
1960 PHI NL 26 OF 70 46 34 444.1 129 125 4 0 1 1.000 8 21 2.61 1.84 .978 2.20 2.20
1960 PHI NL 26 LF 66 42 31 407.0 119 115 4 0 1 1.000 8 24 2.63 1.80 .974 1.99 1.99
1960 PHI NL 26 CF 5 4 3 37.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -16 2.43 2.00 .981 2.60 2.60
1960 PHI NL 26 3B 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 9.00 2.00 .950 3.15 3.00
1960 PHI NL 26 RF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1961 PHI NL 27 OF 47 37 31 334.2 102 91 8 3 1 .971 5 18 2.66 2.11 .977 2.16 2.14
1961 PHI NL 27 LF 34 27 23 241.1 68 61 5 2 0 .971 4 22 2.46 1.94 .973 1.88 1.86
1961 PHI NL 27 RF 11 7 6 67.0 19 17 1 1 0 .947 0 0 2.42 1.64 .974 1.93 1.91
1961 PHI NL 27 CF 3 3 2 26.1 14 12 2 0 1 1.000 1 32 4.78 4.67 .981 2.63 2.60
1962 TOT NL 28 OF 93 39 33 450.2 91 86 5 0 1 1.000 3 9 1.82 0.98 .974 2.07 2.05
1962 TOT NL 28 CF 22 17 15 157.4 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 2.06 1.64 .979 2.47 2.45
1962 TOT NL 28 RF 12 6 4 62.0 16 15 1 0 1 1.000 3 52 2.32 1.33 .975 1.90 1.88
1962 NYM NL 28 OF 6 5 4 48.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 2.25 2.00 .974 2.06 2.05
1962 NYM NL 28 RF 4 3 2 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 1.67 1.25 .976 1.90 1.88
1962 NYM NL 28 CF 3 2 2 21.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 3.43 2.67 .979 2.49 2.47
1962 CHC NL 28 OF 7 7 5 58.2 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 1.53 1.43 .974 2.07 2.04
1962 CHC NL 28 CF 6 6 4 49.2 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.81 1.67 .979 2.46 2.45
1962 CHC NL 28 RF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -27 0.00 0.00 1.90 1.90
1962 STL NL 28 OF 80 27 24 344.0 69 65 4 0 1 1.000 4 15 1.81 0.86 .974 2.07 2.05
1962 STL NL 28 LF 65 16 14 231.1 42 40 2 0 0 1.000 1 5 1.63 0.65 .968 1.81 1.80
1962 STL NL 28 CF 13 9 9 86.2 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 0 4 1.87 1.38 .979 2.47 2.45
1962 STL NL 28 RF 7 2 1 26.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 3 138 3.81 1.57 .975 1.90 1.89
1965 CAL AL 31 OF 15 13 8 107.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 1 11 1.93 1.53 .978 2.04 2.03
1965 CAL AL 31 LF 14 13 8 104.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 1.82 1.50 .979 1.87 1.86
1965 CAL AL 31 RF 1 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 200 6.00 2.00 .980 1.80 1.80
7 Seasons OF 363 212 173 2150.1 587 550 29 8 8 .986 21 11 2.42 1.60 .978 2.18 2.17
5 Seasons LF 189 99 77 1014.1 255 241 12 2 1 .992 14 16 2.24 1.34 .973 1.91 1.89
6 Seasons CF 123 89 78 861.1 259 248 8 3 2 .988 0 1 2.67 2.08 .984 2.71 2.71
7 Seasons RF 62 24 18 274.2 76 65 8 3 5 .961 6 27 2.39 1.18 .975 1.95 1.94
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 9.00 2.00 .950 3.15 3.00
7 Seasons TOT 364 212 173 2152.1 589 551 30 8 8 .986 21 12 2.43 1.60 .978 2.19 2.18
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1957 STL NL 23 CF 5 14 2 -1 3 3
1957 STL NL 23 RF 0 10 0 1 -0 0
1958 STL NL 24 CF -4 -25 -4 -1 -3 0
1958 STL NL 24 RF -0 -33 -0 0 -0 0
1959 STL NL 25 RF 3 49 2 2 -0 1
1959 STL NL 25 LF -0 -12 -0 -0 -0 0
1959 STL NL 25 CF -0 -14 1 0 0 -1
1960 PHI NL 26 LF 8 24 6 3 4 2
1960 PHI NL 26 CF -0 -16 -0 -1 0 0
1960 PHI NL 26 3B 0 120 0 0 0 0
1960 PHI NL 26 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 27 LF 4 22 2 0 2 2
1961 PHI NL 27 RF 0 0 0 -1 1 0
1961 PHI NL 27 CF 1 32 1 1 0 0
1962 NYM NL 28 RF -0 -4 -0 -0 0 0
1962 NYM NL 28 CF -0 -17 -0 -0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 28 CF -0 -7 -0 0 -0 0
1962 CHC NL 28 RF -0 -27 -0 -0 0
1962 STL NL 28 LF 1 5 -1 -2 0 2
1962 STL NL 28 CF 0 4 -1 0 -1 1
1962 STL NL 28 RF 3 138 1 1 0 2
1965 CAL AL 31 LF 0 6 0 0 0 0
1965 CAL AL 31 RF 0 200 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons LF 14 16 8 2 6 6
6 Seasons CF 0 1 -3 -2 -0 3
7 Seasons RF 6 27 3 3 0 3
1 Season 3B 0 120 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons TOT 21 12 9 2 6 0 12
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 STL NL 23 93 45 93 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 20 80 0 14 11
1958 STL NL 24 28 22 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 27 0 1 1
1959 STL NL 25 43 10 43 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 15 32 0 10 8
1960 PHI NL 26 98 46 98 70 0 0 0 0 1 0 66 5 1 70 0 36 4
1961 PHI NL 27 79 37 79 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 3 11 47 0 34 1
1962 STL NL 28 91 27 91 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 13 7 80 0 11 20
1962 CHC NL 28 13 7 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 7 0 6 0
1962 NYM NL 28 8 5 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 6 0 2 0
1965 CAL AL 31 23 13 23 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 15 0 9 1
7 Seasons 476 212 476 364 0 0 0 0 1 0 189 123 62 364 0 123 46
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 128 59% 73% 25% 10 50%
1960 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 23 20 0 11 3 0 4 2 0 7 3 0 11 9 1 56 37 66.1% 18 1 1.8% 3 1705 55% 84% 33% 208 56%
1961 PHI NL 27 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 4 1 0 13 9 1 8 1 0 7 6 0 2 0 0 5 5 0 35 21 60.0% 13 1 2.9% 4 1044 58% 80% 27% 122 54%
1962 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 17 16 0 3 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 27 22 81.5% 3 2 7.4% 0 973 58% 79% 25% 99 42%
1965 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 446 65% 77% 28% 45 47%
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 12 0 8 1 3 61 52 1 26 5 1 19 13 1 11 4 0 19 17 1 136 91 66.9% 41 4 2.9% 8 4296 58% 81% 29% 484 52%
MLB Averages 58.2% 2.5% 63% 80% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 STL NL 23 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 29 17 1 17 4 0 7 2 0 8 4 0 11 10 0 72 37 51.4% 34 1 1.4% 1 1804 59% 79% 27% 226 57%
1958 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 11 5 1 11 3 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 2 0 33 10 30.3% 22 1 3.0% 1 863 68% 80% 26% 111 52%
1959 STL NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 146 61% 78% 26% 20 50%
1960 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 155 66% 83% 26% 13 77%
1961 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 16.7% 3 2 33.3% 0 109 53% 85% 33% 21 62%
1962 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 2 1 16.7% 0 367 71% 80% 28% 32 56%
1962 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 212 60% 77% 23% 17 59%
1962 NYM NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 103 57% 87% 36% 13 62%
6 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 8 0 2 5 1 52 27 3 33 7 0 11 3 1 18 5 0 19 13 1 133 55 41.4% 73 5 3.8% 3 3759 62% 80% 27% 453 56%
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.2% 63% 80% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 STL NL 23 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 9 5 55.6% 3 1 11.1% 3 252 58% 88% 31% 26 46%
1958 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 49 69% 78% 35% 5 20%
1959 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 9 3 33.3% 4 2 22.2% 0 284 62% 85% 31% 33 58%
1960 PHI NL 26 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 0 0 0 1 100% 100% 0% 0
1961 PHI NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 1 299 52% 81% 34% 40 45%
1962 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 9 7 77.8% 1 1 11.1% 0 118 74% 86% 29% 20 50%
1962 NYM NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 116 75% 82% 30% 9 56%
1962 CHC NL 28 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 0 0 0 34 59% 79% 32% 0
1965 CAL AL 31 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 0 0 0 10 40% 80% 30% 3 67%
7 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 8 0 2 1 3 18 10 0 8 1 0 7 5 1 5 1 2 7 6 1 45 23 51.1% 18 4 8.9% 4 1163 61% 84% 32% 136 49%
MLB Averages 40.7% 3.1% 63% 80% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1960 PHI NL 26 9 67% 100% 22% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 9 67% 100% 22% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 89% 61%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 NL  115 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 NL  8 (2nd)
Career  14 (94th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 NL  5 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1962 NL  1.000 (1st)

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