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Charley Smith

Charles William Smith

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 15, 1937 in Charleston, SC
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1960
Teams (by GP): Mets/Yankees/Cardinals/Phillies/WhiteSox/... 1960-1969

Final Game: April 22, 1969
Died: November 29, 1994 in Reno, NV
Cremated
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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
1960 LAD NL 22 3B 18 18 6 140.0 43 14 27 2 2 .953 0 0 2.64 2.28 .952 2.97 2.96
1961 TOT NL 23 3B 98 97 90 855.1 298 79 197 22 20 .926 -6 -8 2.90 2.82 .948 2.92 2.89
1961 TOT NL 23 SS 17 15 13 133.0 70 28 36 6 8 .914 -3 -24 4.33 3.76 .959 4.92 4.87
1961 LAD NL 23 3B 4 4 2 33.0 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -44 1.91 1.75 .949 2.92 2.90
1961 LAD NL 23 SS 3 3 2 22.0 12 3 8 1 0 .917 -1 -44 4.50 3.67 .959 4.91 4.87
1961 PHI NL 23 3B 94 93 88 822.1 291 75 194 22 19 .924 -5 -7 2.94 2.86 .948 2.92 2.89
1961 PHI NL 23 SS 14 12 11 111.0 58 25 28 5 8 .914 -2 -21 4.30 3.79 .959 4.92 4.87
1962 CHW AL 24 3B 54 36 32 343.0 108 26 76 6 12 .944 1 2 2.68 1.89 .952 3.08 3.07
1963 CHW AL 25 SS 1 1 1 9.0 8 3 5 0 4 1.000 0 40 8.00 8.00 .965 4.80 4.80
1964 TOT MLB 26 3B 87 85 73 722.2 290 91 176 23 11 .921 -2 -4 3.33 3.07 .942 2.93 2.91
1964 CHW AL 26 3B 2 2 2 18.0 12 2 10 0 2 1.000 2 153 6.00 6.00 .955 3.05 3.00
1964 NYM NL 26 3B 85 83 71 704.2 278 89 166 23 9 .917 -5 -8 3.26 3.00 .941 2.93 2.91
1964 NYM NL 26 SS 36 20 17 202.1 112 50 55 7 17 .938 -6 -36 4.67 2.92 .963 5.03 5.00
1964 NYM NL 26 LF 13 13 9 110.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -1 -7 1.55 1.46 .965 1.70 1.69
1964 NYM NL 26 OF 13 13 9 110.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -1 -7 1.47 1.38 .973 1.99 1.98
1965 NYM NL 27 3B 131 126 116 1106.2 418 119 281 18 27 .957 6 7 3.25 3.05 .951 2.82 2.82
1965 NYM NL 27 SS 6 0 0 10.0 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 1 108 8.10 1.50 .964 4.95 4.93
1965 NYM NL 27 2B 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -180 9.00 2.00 .975 5.40 5.30
1966 STL NL 28 3B 107 100 99 916.1 308 84 213 11 26 .964 1 1 2.92 2.78 .954 3.04 3.04
1966 STL NL 28 SS 1 1 1 9.0 8 5 3 0 1 1.000 -0 -13 8.00 8.00 .964 5.00 5.00
1967 NYY AL 29 3B 115 110 107 982.1 396 92 283 21 22 .947 5 6 3.44 3.26 .955 3.13 3.14
1968 NYY AL 30 3B 13 11 8 107.1 51 19 30 2 3 .961 -0 -1 4.11 3.77 .951 3.05 3.04
8 Seasons 3B 623 583 531 5173.2 1912 524 1283 105 123 .945 4 1 3.14 2.90 .951 2.98 2.97
5 Seasons SS 61 37 32 363.1 207 89 105 13 31 .937 -8 -25 4.81 3.18 .962 4.98 4.95
1 Season OF 13 13 9 110.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -1 -7 1.47 1.38 .973 1.99 1.98
1 Season LF 13 13 9 110.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -1 -7 1.55 1.46 .965 1.70 1.69
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -180 9.00 2.00 .975 5.40 5.30
10 Seasons TOT 698 633 572 5649.0 2140 632 1389 119 155 .944 -4 -1 3.22 2.90 .952 3.09 3.13
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
1960 LAD NL 22 3B 0 0 0 -1 1 0
1961 LAD NL 23 3B -1 -44 -1 -1 -0 0
1961 LAD NL 23 SS -1 -44 -1 0 -1 0
1961 PHI NL 23 3B -5 -7 -6 1 -7 1
1961 PHI NL 23 SS -2 -21 -2 -2 0 0
1962 CHW AL 24 3B 1 2 -0 0 -1 1
1963 CHW AL 25 SS 0 40 0 0 0 0
1964 CHW AL 26 3B 2 153 2 2 0 0
1964 NYM NL 26 3B -5 -8 -4 -4 0 -1
1964 NYM NL 26 SS -6 -36 -6 -3 -3 0
1964 NYM NL 26 LF -1 -7 -1 -1 0 0
1965 NYM NL 27 3B 6 7 6 4 3 0
1965 NYM NL 27 SS 1 108 1 1 0 0
1965 NYM NL 27 2B -0 -180 -0 -0 0 0
1966 STL NL 28 3B 1 1 1 -0 1 0
1966 STL NL 28 SS -0 -13 -0 -0 0 0
1967 NYY AL 29 3B 5 6 4 2 2 1
1968 NYY AL 30 3B -0 -1 -0 1 -1 0
8 Seasons 3B 4 1 2 4 -2 2
5 Seasons SS -8 -25 -8 -4 -3 0
1 Season LF -1 -7 -1 -1 0 0
1 Season 2B -0 -180 -0 -0 0 0
10 Seasons TOT -4 -1 -6 -1 -5 2 0
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
1960 LAD NL 22 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 23 112 105 112 106 0 0 0 0 94 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
1961 LAD NL 23 9 7 9 7 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1962 CHW AL 24 65 36 65 54 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
1963 CHW AL 25 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1964 NYM NL 26 127 116 127 123 0 0 0 0 85 36 13 0 0 13 0 7 1
1964 CHW AL 26 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 NYM NL 27 135 126 135 133 0 0 0 1 131 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1966 STL NL 28 116 101 116 108 0 0 0 0 107 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1967 NYY AL 29 135 110 135 115 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
1968 NYY AL 30 46 11 46 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
1969 CHC NL 31 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Seasons 771 633 771 680 0 0 0 1 623 61 13 0 0 13 0 101 6
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 -- 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 LAD NL 22 563 63% 74% 30% 46 87% 0 15 14 1 0 26 19 6 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 33%
1961 PHI NL 23 3593 60% 82% 28% 296 83% 1 75 60 6 9 193 144 40 1 8 22 0 20 2 22 19 14 1 16 2 1 1 11 45%
1961 LAD NL 23 144 68% 74% 28% 6 100% 1 4 2 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1962 CHW AL 24 1454 61% 79% 25% 103 90% 1 26 23 2 1 76 54 17 1 3 6 0 4 2 6 12 11 0 11 1 1 0 4 50%
1964 NYM NL 26 3045 60% 85% 33% 280 80% 3 85 61 9 15 168 132 28 0 9 22 0 13 9 14 9 5 2 7 1 0 0 23 26%
1964 CHW AL 26 74 70% 80% 31% 12 100% 0 2 2 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1965 NYM NL 27 4715 64% 82% 31% 389 92% 8 115 78 12 25 281 228 44 2 10 18 0 16 2 15 26 19 1 24 2 2 0 8 50%
1966 STL NL 28 3826 68% 80% 28% 314 88% 9 87 69 6 12 217 158 39 6 2 11 0 9 2 10 26 18 0 21 4 3 1 20 75%
1967 NYY AL 29 4080 67% 80% 29% 395 89% 2 92 71 9 12 284 221 53 3 8 22 0 18 4 16 22 17 2 20 2 2 0 9 44%
1968 NYY AL 30 452 68% 80% 29% 53 85% 0 19 14 4 1 31 24 6 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0%
8 Seasons 21946 64% 81% 29% 1894 87% 25 520 394 49 77 1289 989 237 13 41 105 0 82 23 86 123 90 6 106 14 10 3 79 47%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 89% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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
1961 PHI NL 23 457 55% 80% 29% 42 81% 0 24 10 12 3 28 21 7 0 0 5 1 4 0 4 8 3 0 3 2 0 8 3 5 0 0 0
1961 LAD NL 23 107 67% 83% 31% 10 90% 0 4 1 3 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHW AL 25 35 77% 77% 23% 4 100% 0 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1964 NYM NL 26 891 58% 84% 31% 79 84% 0 46 15 23 8 60 48 8 0 0 7 0 5 2 7 18 4 1 2 3 3 16 5 9 1 0 1
1965 NYM NL 27 39 59% 92% 41% 7 86% 0 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1966 STL NL 28 44 70% 84% 27% 6 100% 0 5 3 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1573 59% 83% 30% 148 84% 0 85 31 44 11 110 85 21 0 0 13 1 9 3 12 32 10 1 6 7 3 30 11 17 1 0 1
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 91%

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%
1964 NYM NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 450 59% 84% 31% 43 44%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 450 59% 84% 31% 43 44%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.7% 63% 79% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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
1965 NYM NL 27 9 67% 78% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 Season 9 67% 78% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 93%

* 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

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1961 NL  28 (4th)
1964 NL  31 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1965 NL  281 (4th)
1967 AL  283 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1961 NL  22 (3rd)
1964 NL  23 (4th)
1967 AL  21 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1965 NL  7 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1964 NL  3.26 (2nd)
1965 NL  3.25 (1st)
1967 AL  3.44 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1961 NL  2.82 (5th)
1964 NL  3.00 (2nd)
1965 NL  3.05 (2nd)
1966 NL  2.78 (5th)
1967 AL  3.26 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1965 NL  .957 (4th)
1966 NL  .964 (3rd)

             

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