Dave Smith
David Stanley Smith
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 21, 1955 in Richmond, CA
High School: Poway (Poway, CA)
School: San Diego State University
Drafted
by the Houston Astros in the 8th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1980
Final Game: June 8, 1992
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Standard Batting

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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
1980 25 HOU NL 57 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 RoY-5
1981 26 HOU NL 42 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 27 HOU NL 49 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 28 HOU NL 42 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1984 29 HOU NL 53 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -37 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1985 30 HOU NL 64 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1986 31 HOU NL 54 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-17
1987 32 HOU NL 50 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 221 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 33 HOU NL 51 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1989 34 HOU NL 52 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 35 HOU NL 49 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1991 36 CHC NL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 37 CHC NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 609 53 44 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21 .068 .146 .068 .214 -37 3 1 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 14 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .068 .146 .068 .214 -37 1 0 0 1 0 0
HOU (11 yrs) 563 52 43 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21 .070 .149 .070 .219 -35 3 1 0 5 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1980 25 HOU NL 14 14 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .257 .000 .318 .000 .373 .000 .691 -100 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1981 26 HOU NL 8 6 1 4.5 88 .500 .250 .256 .250 .321 .250 .368 .500 .689 46 .542 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1982 27 HOU NL 2 2 0 0.0 88 .000 .256 .000 .318 .000 .372 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1983 28 HOU NL 6 6 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .255 .000 .322 .000 .378 .000 .700 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1984 29 HOU NL 6 5 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .254 .200 .317 .000 .369 .200 .686 -37 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
1985 30 HOU NL 5 4 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .257 .250 .324 .000 .382 .250 .706 -23 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
1986 31 HOU NL 2 2 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .258 .000 .328 .000 .389 .000 .716 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1987 32 HOU NL 3 1 1 26.8 103 1.000 .500 .264 .667 .333 .500 .412 1.167 .745 221 .960 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .000
1988 33 HOU NL 2 3 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .252 .000 .314 .000 .370 .000 .684 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1989 34 HOU NL 1 1 0 0.0 88 .000 .250 .000 .317 .000 .373 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1990 35 HOU NL 3 2 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .261 .333 .327 .000 .392 .333 .718 2 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
1991 36 CHC NL 1 1 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .262 .000 .330 .000 .393 .000 .723 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
13 Seasons 53 47 2 1.2 90 .130 .068 .257 .146 .321 .068 .376 .214 .698 -37 .084 -7.9 -0.8 .167 .091 .000
162 Game Avg. 14 13 1 1.2 90 .130 .068 .257 .146 .321 .068 .376 .214 .698 -37 .084 -7.9 -0.8 .167 .091 .000
HOU (11 yrs) 52 46 2 1.2 90 .136 .070 .256 .149 .321 .070 .376 .219 .697 -35 .087 -7.6 -0.8 .171 .093 .000
CHC (2 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .262 .000 .330 .000 .393 .000 .723 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 25 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 31 HOU NL NLCS NYM L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 HOU NL 31 DNP
1990 HOU NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1980 25 HOU NL 14 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 4.00 57%
1981 26 HOU NL 8 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 50%
1982 27 HOU NL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1983 28 HOU NL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 33%
1984 29 HOU NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 2.00 2.0 2.00 33%
1985 30 HOU NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 20.0% 0.0% 2.00 1.5 3.0 20%
1986 31 HOU NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1987 32 HOU NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 2.0 33%
1988 33 HOU NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
1989 34 HOU NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1990 35 HOU NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 1.00 2.0 33% 0%
1991 36 CHC NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
13 Seasons 53 0.0% 39.6% 7.6% 0.0% 0% 5.25 2.1 44.0 7.67 43% 0%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1980 25 HOU NL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 HOU NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 27 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 28 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 29 HOU NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1985 30 HOU NL 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1986 31 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 32 HOU NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 33 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 34 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 35 HOU NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 36 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 1 0 29% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1980 25 HOU NL 14 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 4 0 0% 6 1 17% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1981 26 HOU NL 8 25% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 27 HOU NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1983 28 HOU NL 6 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1984 29 HOU NL 6 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1985 30 HOU NL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1986 31 HOU NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1987 32 HOU NL 3 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1988 33 HOU NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 34 HOU NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1990 35 HOU NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1991 36 CHC NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 53 34% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 10 1 10% 15 3 20% 45 1 2% 3 0 0% 5 1 20% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 33 HOU NL 2 8 4.00 6 75% 17% 17% 50% 17% 83% 0% 63% 80% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
1989 34 HOU NL 1 3 3.00 3 100% 0% 67% 33% 0% 100% 100% 33% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1990 35 HOU NL 3 17 5.67 8 47% 38% 25% 25% 13% 63% 0% 29% 60% 33% 0% 0 0 33% 1 0 33% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1991 36 CHC NL 1 2 2.00 2 100% 0% 50% 0% 50% 100% 100% 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 7 30 4.29 19 63% 21% 32% 32% 16% 79% 0% 50% 60% 71% 0% 0 0 14% 1 0 14% 1 0 33% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 25 57 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
1981 26 99 22 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .100 .100 .100 .200 -42 2 0 0 2 0 0
1982 27 148 24 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .091 .091 .091 .182 -47 2 0 0 2 0 0
1983 28 190 30 27 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .074 .074 .074 .148 -57 2 0 0 3 0 0
1984 29 243 36 31 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .065 .094 .065 .158 -53 2 0 0 4 0 0
1985 30 307 41 34 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .059 .111 .059 .170 -49 2 0 0 5 0 0
1986 31 361 43 36 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .056 .105 .056 .161 -52 2 0 0 5 0 0
1987 32 411 46 38 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 18 .079 .146 .079 .225 -33 3 0 0 5 0 0
1988 33 462 48 40 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19 .075 .140 .075 .215 -37 3 1 0 5 0 0
1989 34 514 49 41 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 20 .073 .136 .073 .210 -38 3 1 0 5 0 0
1990 35 563 52 43 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21 .070 .149 .070 .219 -35 3 1 0 5 0 0
1991 36 598 53 44 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21 .068 .146 .068 .214 -37 3 1 0 5 0 0
1992 37 609 53 44 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21 .068 .146 .068 .214 -37 3 1 0 5 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1980 25 57 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 57
1981 26 64 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 42
1982 27 49 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 49
1983 28 42 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 42
1984 29 53 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 53
1985 30 64 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 64
1986 31 54 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 54
1987 32 50 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 50
1988 33 51 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 51
1989 34 52 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 52
1990 35 49 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 49
1991 36 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 35
12 Seasons 620 52 48 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .021 .096 .021 .117 3 598
162 Game Avg. 162 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .021 .096 .021 .117 1 598

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1986
1990 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 NL (17, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

                           

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