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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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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
1957 23 STL NL 93 201 185 24 39 7 1 3 18 1 1 13 35 .211 .260 .308 .568 51 57 5 0 1 2 3 89
1958 24 STL NL 28 92 88 8 25 3 0 2 5 1 0 2 18 .284 .304 .386 .691 79 34 1 1 0 1 0 8/9
1959 25 STL NL 43 61 60 11 13 1 1 1 7 0 0 1 9 .217 .230 .317 .546 41 19 2 0 0 0 0 97/8
1960 26 PHI NL 98 230 217 24 62 5 2 4 27 2 3 10 28 .286 .317 .382 .700 91 83 6 0 3 0 1 7/859
1961 27 PHI NL 79 192 174 16 44 7 0 2 18 0 1 15 32 .253 .313 .328 .640 72 57 5 1 0 2 2 79/8
1962 28 TOT NL 112 196 181 17 38 9 1 1 16 1 3 12 22 .210 .258 .287 .545 42 52 6 0 2 1 0 789
1962 28 NYM NL 8 25 22 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 2 .136 .240 .227 .467 27 5 1 0 0 0 0 /98
1962 28 CHC NL 13 32 29 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 6 .172 .219 .276 .495 30 8 0 0 0 1 0 /89
1962 28 STL NL 91 139 130 13 30 9 0 0 12 1 1 7 14 .231 .270 .300 .570 47 39 5 0 2 0 0 78/9
1965 31 CAL AL 23 62 57 1 13 3 0 0 5 0 1 2 10 .228 .262 .281 .543 57 16 0 1 1 1 0 7/9
7 Seasons 476 1034 962 101 234 35 5 13 96 5 9 55 154 .243 .284 .331 .615 64 318 25 3 7 7 6
162 Game Avg. 162 352 327 34 80 12 2 4 33 2 3 19 52 .243 .284 .331 .615 64 108 9 1 2 2 2
STL (4 yrs) 255 493 463 56 107 20 2 6 42 3 2 23 76 .231 .267 .322 .589 54 149 13 1 3 3 3
PHI (2 yrs) 177 422 391 40 106 12 2 6 45 2 4 25 60 .271 .315 .358 .673 83 140 11 1 3 2 3
NYM (1 yr) 8 25 22 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 2 .136 .240 .227 .467 27 5 1 0 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 23 62 57 1 13 3 0 0 5 0 1 2 10 .228 .262 .281 .543 57 16 0 1 1 1 0
CHC (1 yr) 13 32 29 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 6 .172 .219 .276 .495 30 8 0 0 0 1 0
NL (6 yrs) 453 972 905 100 221 32 5 13 91 5 8 53 144 .244 .286 .334 .619 65 302 25 2 6 6 6
AL (1 yr) 23 62 57 1 13 3 0 0 5 0 1 2 10 .228 .262 .281 .543 57 16 0 1 1 1 0

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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

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1959: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Bill Smith to the Philadelphia Phillies for Carl Sawatski.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the New York Mets from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1961 expansion draft.

April 26, 1962: Traded by the New York Mets to the Chicago Cubs for Sammy Taylor.

June 5, 1962: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Daryl Robertson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Alex Grammas and Don Landrum.

April, 1963: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Before 1964 Season: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

Before 1965 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

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