Chris Smith

Christopher William Smith

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 18, 1957 in Torrance, CA
High School: Bishop Montgomery HS (Hermosa Beach, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 11th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1981
Teams (by GP): Giants/Expos 1981-1983

Final Game: October 2, 1983
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Standard Batting

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
1978	20	TEX-min	AAA	19	66	62	5	16	4	0	0	8	1	0	3	12	.258	.288	.323	.610		20		0	0	1			TUC · PCL
1979	21	TEX-min	AA	98	395	354	46	117	18	3	6	54	4	1	36	32	.331	.395	.449	.844		159		3	0	2			TUL · TL
1980	22	WSN-min	AA,AAA	98	406	361	54	107	16	1	13	73	1	0	34	28	.296	.362	.454	.816		164		6	0	5			MEM,DEN · SOUL,AA
1981	23	WSN-min	AAA	38	158	132	22	40	9	1	1	17	1	2	22	15	.303	.405	.409	.814		54		2	0	2	1		DEN · AA
1981	23	MON	NL	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1982	24	WSN-min	AAA	115	494	445	79	145	27	9	14	84	3	4	44	27	.326	.383	.521	.904		232		0	0	5	4		WCH · AA
1982	24	MON	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	25	SFG-min	AAA	123	517	449	88	170	31	5	21	102	4	1	58	40	.379	.445	.610	1.055		274		2	0	8	6		PHX · PCL
1983	25	SFG	NL	22	77	67	13	22	6	1	1	11	0	0	7	12	.328	.403	.493	.895	151	33	0	2	0	1	1	3/75
1984	26	YKU	Fgn																										YKU · JPCL
1985	27	YKU	Fgn																										YKU · JPCL
3 Yrs				31	86	76	13	22	6	1	1	11	0	0	7	15	.289	.360	.434	.795	123	33	0	2	0	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	449	397	68	115	31	5	5	57	0	0	37	78	.289	.360	.434	.795	123	172	0	10	0	5	5

MON (2 yrs)				9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				22	77	67	13	22	6	1	1	11	0	0	7	12	.328	.403	.493	.895	151	33	0	2	0	1	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1981	23	MON	NL	7	7	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.475	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/4
1982	24	MON	NL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.471	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
1983	25	SFG	NL	22	77	4	0	0	-2	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.503	.500	0.6	-0.4	6	$	3/75
3 Seasons				31	86	2	0	0	-2	-1	-1	-0.2	3	1	0.0	.495	.500	0.3	-0.4	4	$

MON (2 yrs)				9	9	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.3	.474	.499	-0.3	0.0	-2	$
SFG (1 yr)				22	77	4	0	0	-2	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.503	.500	0.6	-0.4	6	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1981	23	MON	NL	7	7	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.264	.000	.329	.000	.378	.000	.707	-100	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1982	24	MON	NL	2	2	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.268	.000	.332	.000	.390	.000	.721	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1983	25	SFG	NL	77	46	14	8.2	94	.382	.328	.260	.403	.328	.493	.385	.895	.713	151	.769	5.1	0.5	.933	.269	.164	.0
3 Yrs				86	55	14	6.8	94	.344	.289	.260	.360	.328	.434	.384	.795	.712	123	.707	2.7	0.3	.778	.237	.145	.0
162 Game Avg.				449	287	73	6.8	94	.344	.289	.260	.360	.328	.434	.384	.795	.712	123	.707	14	2	.778	.237	.145

MON (2 yrs)				9	9	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.265	.000	.330	.000	.380	.000	.710	-100	.000	-2.4	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
SFG (1 yr)				77	46	14	8.2	94	.382	.328	.260	.403	.328	.493	.385	.895	.713	151	.769	5.1	0.5	.933	.269	.164	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1981	23	MON	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%			3.5			0.67	71%
1982	24	MON	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
1983	25	SFG	NL	77	1.3%	15.6%	9.1%	10.4%	36%	1.71	5.6	67.0	6.1	0.62	71%
3 Yrs				86	1.2%	17.4%	8.1%	9.3%	36%	2.14	5.1	76.0	6.9	0.60	71%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.57	6.8	45.2	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	23	MON	NL	-1.9	-0.2	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.04	-0.2	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.69	-1.7	1.04	7
1982	24	MON	NL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.81	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.73	-0.5	0.81	2
1983	25	SFG	NL	5.1	0.5	80	1.0	2.0	-1.0	1.02	0.4	0.7	8.5	0.9	0.94	4.4	1.57	3
3 Yrs				2.7	0.3	89	0.8	2.0	-1.2	1.02	0.1	0.7	7.0	0.7	0.91	2.2	1.14	12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1981	23	MON	NL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	24	MON	NL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	25	SFG	NL	40%	26	3	3	57%	2	2	2	1	1	3	3
3 Yrs				40%	26	3	3	57%	2	2	2	1	1	3	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1981	23	MON	NL	7	100%	0			7	0	0	0	1.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1982	24	MON	NL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1983	25	SFG	NL	77	100%	22			3	3	0	0	1.57	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0%	18	0	0%	3	2	67%	45	10	22%	3	3	100%	3	2	67%	0
3 Yrs				86	100%	22			12	3	0	0	1.14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0%	18	0	0%	3	2	67%	46	10	22%	3	3	100%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			84%			11%			35%			15%			52%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SF	IBB
1981	23	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1982	24	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1983	25	31	86	76	13	22	6	1	1	11	7	15	.289	.360	.434	.795	123	33	2	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1981	23	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1982	24	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1983	25	22	78	68	14	23	6	1	1	12	7	12	.338	.410	.500	.910	14	22
3 Yrs		35	91	81	14	23	6	1	1	12	7	16	.284	.352	.420	.771	14	31
162 Game Avg.		162	421	375	65	106	28	5	5	56	32	74	.284	.352	.420	.771	65	31

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