Charley Smith
Charles William Smith
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 177 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
Final Game: April 22, 1969
Died: November 29, 1994 in Reno, NV
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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
1960 LAD NL 22 3B 18 18 140.0 43 14 27 2 2 .953 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.9 0 2.64 2.28 .951 2.97 2.61
1961 TOT NL 23 3B 98 97 855.1 298 79 197 22 20 .926 -6.0 -8.4 -7.0 -7.1 0.1 1 2.90 2.82 .949 2.92 2.60
1961 TOT NL 23 SS 17 15 133.0 70 28 36 6 8 .914 -2.7 -24.4 -2.7 -0.7 -2.0 0 4.33 3.76 .960 4.92 4.28
1961 LAD NL 23 3B 4 4 33.0 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -43.6 -1.2 -0.4 -0.8 0 1.91 1.75 .943 2.92 2.60
1961 LAD NL 23 SS 3 3 22.0 12 3 8 1 0 .917 -0.8 -43.6 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 4.50 3.67 .958 4.91 4.27
1961 PHI NL 23 3B 94 93 822.1 291 75 194 22 19 .924 -4.8 -7.0 -5.8 -6.7 0.9 1 2.94 2.86 .949 2.92 2.60
1961 PHI NL 23 SS 14 12 111.0 58 25 28 5 8 .914 -1.9 -20.5 -1.9 0.1 -2.0 0 4.30 3.79 .960 4.92 4.28
1962 CHW AL 24 3B 54 36 343.0 108 26 76 6 12 .944 0.6 2.1 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 1 2.68 1.89 .953 3.08 2.79
1963 CHW AL 25 SS 1 1 9.0 8 3 5 0 4 1.000 0.3 40.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 8.00 8.00 .962 4.80 4.60
1964 TOT MLB 26 3B 87 85 722.2 290 91 176 23 11 .921 -2.5 -4.2 -1.5 0.2 -1.7 -1 3.33 3.07 .943 2.93 2.60
1964 CHW AL 26 3B 2 2 18.0 12 2 10 0 2 1.000 2.3 153.3 2.3 0.0 2.3 0 6.00 6.00 .950 3.05 2.75
1964 NYM NL 26 3B 85 83 704.2 278 89 166 23 9 .917 -4.8 -8.2 -3.8 0.2 -4.0 -1 3.26 3.00 .942 2.93 2.60
1964 NYM NL 26 SS 36 20 202.1 112 50 55 7 17 .938 -6.0 -35.6 -6.0 -2.8 -3.1 0 4.67 2.92 .964 5.03 4.32
1964 NYM NL 26 LF 13 13 110.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -0.6 -6.5 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 0 1.55 1.46 .965 1.71 1.34
1964 NYM NL 26 OF 13 13 110.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -0.6 -6.5 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 0 1.47 1.38 .974 1.99 1.72
1965 NYM NL 27 3B 131 126 1106.2 418 119 281 18 27 .957 6.5 7.0 6.5 3.0 3.5 0 3.25 3.05 .951 2.82 2.47
1965 NYM NL 27 SS 6 0 10.0 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 0.9 108.0 0.9 0.3 0.6 0 8.10 1.50 .967 4.95 4.20
1965 NYM NL 27 2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 9.00 2.00 .950 5.40 4.70
1966 STL NL 28 3B 107 100 916.1 308 84 213 11 26 .964 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 -0.2 0 2.92 2.78 .954 3.04 2.66
1966 STL NL 28 SS 1 1 9.0 8 5 3 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 8.00 8.00 .962 5.00 4.40
1967 NYY AL 29 3B 115 110 982.1 396 92 283 21 22 .947 5.2 6.4 4.2 1.8 2.3 1 3.44 3.26 .955 3.13 2.72
1968 NYY AL 30 3B 13 11 107.1 51 19 30 2 3 .961 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -1.0 1.0 0 4.11 3.77 .951 3.05 2.67
8 Seasons 3B 623 583 5173.2 1912 524 1283 105 123 .945 4.4 1.0 2.4 -2.0 4.3 2 3.14 2.90 .951 2.98 2.62
5 Seasons SS 61 37 363.1 207 89 105 13 31 .937 -7.6 -25.1 -7.6 -3.2 -4.3 0 4.81 3.18 .963 4.98 4.30
1 Season LF 13 13 110.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -0.6 -6.5 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 0 1.55 1.46 .965 1.71 1.34
1 Season OF 13 13 110.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -0.6 -6.5 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 0 1.47 1.38 .974 1.99 1.72
1 Season 2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 9.00 2.00 .950 5.40 4.70
10 Seasons TOT 698 633 5649.0 2140 632 1389 119 155 .944 -4.1 -0.9 -6.1 -5.0 -1.1 0 2 3.22 2.90 .897 3.09 2.76
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
1960 LAD NL 22 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 23 112 105 112 112 0 0 0 0 94 14 0 0 0 0 4 2
1961 LAD NL 23 9 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
1962 CHW AL 24 65 36 65 65 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
1963 CHW AL 25 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1964 NYM NL 26 127 116 127 127 0 0 0 0 85 36 13 0 0 13 7 1
1964 CHW AL 26 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 NYM NL 27 135 126 135 135 0 0 0 1 131 6 0 0 0 0 6 0
1966 STL NL 28 116 101 116 116 0 0 0 0 107 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1967 NYY AL 29 135 110 135 135 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
1968 NYY AL 30 46 11 46 46 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
1969 CHC NL 31 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Seasons 771 633 771 771 0 0 0 1 623 61 13 0 0 13 101 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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 LAD NL 22 573 62% 73% 29% 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 3723 58% 79% 27% 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 23 152 64% 70% 26% 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 1490 59% 77% 24% 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 3171 57% 81% 31% 280 80% 3 85 61 9 15 167 132 28 0 9 22 0 13 9 14 9 5 2 7 1 0 0 23 26%
1964 CHW AL 26 78 67% 76% 29% 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 4902 62% 79% 30% 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 3943 66% 78% 27% 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 4193 65% 78% 28% 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 30 460 67% 79% 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 22685 62% 78% 28% 1894 87% 25 520 394 49 77 1288 989 237 13 41 105 0 82 23 86 123 90 6 106 14 10 3 79 47%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1961 PHI NL 23 470 54% 77% 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 23 110 65% 81% 30% 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 26 927 56% 81% 30% 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 42 55% 86% 38% 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 47 66% 79% 26% 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 1631 57% 80% 29% 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 62% 77% 27% 91%

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%
1964 NYM NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 462 57% 82% 31% 43 44%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 462 57% 82% 31% 43 44%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.5% 62% 77% 26% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 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 62% 77% 27% 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 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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