Bobby Gene Smith
Bobby Gene Smith
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 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
Final Game: July 17, 1965
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 STL NL 23 OF 79 45 477.2 148 138 6 4 4 .973 5.4 13.6 2.4 2.3 0.1 3 2.71 1.82 .980 2.29 2.07
1957 STL NL 23 CF 61 41 415.0 130 126 2 2 1 .985 4.9 14.2 1.9 2.7 -0.8 3 2.78 2.10 .985 2.82 2.62
1957 STL NL 23 RF 20 4 62.2 18 12 4 2 3 .889 0.5 9.6 0.5 -0.4 0.9 0 2.30 0.80 .972 1.98 1.72
1958 STL NL 24 OF 27 22 201.2 59 57 2 0 0 1.000 -4.2 -25.0 -4.2 -2.9 -1.3 0 2.63 2.19 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 STL NL 24 CF 25 21 190.2 58 56 2 0 0 1.000 -3.9 -24.5 -3.9 -2.6 -1.3 0 2.74 2.32 .986 2.72 2.50
1958 STL NL 24 RF 2 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -32.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.82 0.50 1.000 2.05 1.75
1959 STL NL 25 OF 32 10 134.1 35 31 3 1 1 .971 2.1 18.8 2.1 0.1 2.1 0 2.28 1.06 .977 2.21 1.90
1959 STL NL 25 RF 15 6 68.2 20 18 2 0 1 1.000 2.8 48.9 1.8 -0.2 1.9 1 2.62 1.33 .980 1.97 1.64
1959 STL NL 25 LF 10 1 30.2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -11.7 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0 1.47 0.50 .980 2.05 1.59
1959 STL NL 25 CF 7 3 35.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0.4 -13.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 -1 2.57 1.43 .982 2.62 2.24
1960 PHI NL 26 OF 70 46 444.1 129 125 4 0 1 1.000 7.8 21.1 5.8 3.7 2.1 2 2.61 1.84 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 PHI NL 26 LF 66 42 407.0 119 115 4 0 1 1.000 8.3 24.5 6.3 3.6 2.7 2 2.63 1.80 .973 1.98 1.54
1960 PHI NL 26 CF 5 4 37.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -16.2 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 2.43 2.00 .980 2.58 2.32
1960 PHI NL 26 3B 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 .950 3.15 2.60
1960 PHI NL 26 RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1961 PHI NL 27 OF 47 37 334.2 102 91 8 3 1 .971 5.1 18.3 3.1 2.5 0.5 2 2.66 2.11 .977 2.16 1.86
1961 PHI NL 27 LF 34 27 241.1 68 61 5 2 0 .971 4.4 21.9 2.4 1.9 0.5 2 2.46 1.94 .974 1.88 1.50
1961 PHI NL 27 RF 11 7 67.0 19 17 1 1 0 .947 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 -0.7 0 2.42 1.64 .974 1.93 1.60
1961 PHI NL 27 CF 3 3 26.1 14 12 2 0 1 1.000 0.7 31.9 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 4.78 4.67 .979 2.63 2.27
1962 TOT NL 28 OF 93 39 450.2 91 86 5 0 1 1.000 3.3 8.8 -1.7 -0.1 -1.7 5 1.82 0.98 .974 2.07 1.79
1962 TOT NL 28 CF 22 17 157.4 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -2.3 -1.3 -1.0 -0.4 1 2.06 1.64 .978 2.47 2.27
1962 TOT NL 28 RF 12 6 62.0 16 15 1 0 1 1.000 2.7 52.3 0.7 0.4 0.3 2 2.32 1.33 .975 1.90 1.64
1962 NYM NL 28 OF 6 5 48.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -10.0 -0.4 0.5 -1.0 0 2.25 2.00 .975 2.06 1.78
1962 NYM NL 28 RF 4 3 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -4.4 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0 1.67 1.25 .980 1.90 1.65
1962 NYM NL 28 CF 3 2 21.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -17.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 0 3.43 2.67 .975 2.49 2.27
1962 CHC NL 28 OF 7 7 58.2 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -10.2 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 1.53 1.43 .970 2.07 1.79
1962 CHC NL 28 CF 6 6 49.2 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -7.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.81 1.67 .980 2.46 2.27
1962 CHC NL 28 RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 1.90 1.60
1962 STL NL 28 OF 80 27 344.0 69 65 4 0 1 1.000 4.2 14.7 -0.8 -0.3 -0.5 5 1.81 0.86 .974 2.07 1.79
1962 STL NL 28 LF 65 16 231.1 42 40 2 0 0 1.000 0.9 4.7 -1.1 0.5 -1.6 2 1.63 0.65 .967 1.81 1.37
1962 STL NL 28 CF 13 9 86.2 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 4.2 -0.7 -0.8 0.1 1 1.87 1.38 .978 2.47 2.27
1962 STL NL 28 RF 7 2 26.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 3.0 138.5 1.0 0.0 1.0 2 3.81 1.57 .973 1.90 1.64
1965 CAL AL 31 OF 15 13 107.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 11.2 1.0 0.2 0.7 0 1.93 1.53 .978 2.04 1.78
1965 CAL AL 31 LF 14 13 104.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 5.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 0 1.82 1.50 .976 1.87 1.49
1965 CAL AL 31 RF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 200.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 1.80 1.60
7 Seasons OF 363 212 2150.1 587 550 29 8 8 .986 20.5 11.4 8.5 5.8 2.5 12 2.42 1.60 .978 2.18 1.91
5 Seasons LF 189 99 1014.1 255 241 12 2 1 .992 13.8 16.3 7.8 6.1 1.7 6 2.24 1.34 .973 1.91 1.47
6 Seasons CF 123 89 861.1 259 248 8 3 2 .988 0.5 0.7 -2.5 -0.4 -2.1 3 2.67 2.08 .984 2.71 2.49
7 Seasons RF 62 24 274.2 76 65 8 3 5 .961 6.2 27.1 3.2 0.1 2.9 3 2.39 1.18 .976 1.95 1.66
1 Season 3B 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 .950 3.15 2.60
7 Seasons TOT 364 212 2152.1 589 551 30 8 8 .986 20.7 11.5 8.7 6.0 2.5 12 0 2.43 1.60 .964 2.19 1.91
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1957 STL NL 23 93 45 93 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 20 79 14 11
1958 STL NL 24 28 22 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 27 1 1
1959 STL NL 25 43 10 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 15 32 10 8
1960 PHI NL 26 98 46 98 98 0 0 0 0 1 0 66 5 1 70 36 4
1961 PHI NL 27 79 37 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 3 11 47 34 1
1962 STL NL 28 91 27 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 13 7 80 11 20
1962 CHC NL 28 13 7 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 7 5 0
1962 NYM NL 28 8 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 6 2 0
1965 CAL AL 31 23 13 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 15 9 1
7 Seasons 476 212 476 476 0 0 0 0 1 0 189 123 62 363 122 46
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 -- LF*

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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 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 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 20 18 0 11 3 0 4 2 0 7 3 0 9 8 1 51 34 66.7% 16 1 2.0% 3 1761 53% 81% 32% 208 56%
1961 PHI NL 27 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 4 1 0 9 7 1 8 1 0 7 6 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 30 18 60.0% 11 1 3.3% 4 1079 57% 77% 26% 122 54%
1962 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 15 14 0 3 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 25 20 80.0% 3 2 8.0% 0 994 57% 77% 24% 99 42%
1965 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 462 62% 74% 27% 45 47%
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 12 0 8 1 3 49 44 1 26 5 1 19 13 1 11 4 0 16 15 1 121 81 66.9% 36 4 3.3% 8 4424 56% 78% 28% 484 52%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.3% 61% 77% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 20 12 0 17 4 0 7 2 0 8 4 0 10 9 0 62 31 50.0% 31 0 0.0% 2 1850 58% 77% 26% 226 57%
1958 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 7 4 1 11 3 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 27 8 29.6% 18 1 3.7% 1 897 65% 77% 25% 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% 0 149 60% 77% 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 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 160 64% 81% 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% 0 112 52% 83% 32% 21 62%
1962 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 374 70% 78% 27% 32 56%
1962 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 224 57% 73% 22% 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% 0 109 54% 83% 34% 13 62%
6 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 8 0 2 5 1 37 21 1 33 7 0 11 3 1 18 5 0 15 11 1 114 47 41.2% 64 3 2.6% 5 3875 61% 78% 26% 453 56%
MLB Averages 41.2% 2.0% 61% 77% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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% 3 259 56% 86% 30% 26 46%
1958 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 51 67% 75% 33% 5 20%
1959 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 8 3 37.5% 3 2 25.0% 0 289 61% 83% 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 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 1 311 50% 78% 32% 40 45%
1962 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 7 5 71.4% 1 1 14.3% 0 122 71% 83% 28% 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 35 57% 77% 31% 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 12 7 0 8 1 0 7 5 1 5 1 2 6 5 1 38 19 50.0% 15 4 10.5% 4 1194 60% 82% 31% 136 49%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.1% 61% 77% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 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 61% 77% 27% 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 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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