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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 HOU NL 25 P 57 0 102.2 15 3 11 1 0 .933 1.23 0.25 .953 1.91 0.69 RoY-5
1981 HOU NL 26 P 42 0 75.0 15 3 11 1 0 .933 1.68 0.33 .960 1.97 0.68
1982 HOU NL 27 P 49 1 63.1 12 3 7 2 2 .833 1.42 0.20 .958 1.96 0.70
1983 HOU NL 28 P 42 0 72.2 9 3 4 2 0 .778 0.87 0.17 .956 1.92 0.68
1984 HOU NL 29 P 53 0 77.1 15 5 9 1 1 .933 1.63 0.26 .953 1.87 0.67
1985 HOU NL 30 P 64 0 79.1 14 4 7 3 1 .786 1.25 0.17 .964 1.92 0.68
1986 HOU NL 31 P 54 0 56.0 13 7 6 0 0 1.000 2.09 0.24 .954 1.94 0.66 AS,MVP-17
1987 HOU NL 32 P 50 0 60.0 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.16 .950 1.90 0.62
1988 HOU NL 33 P 51 0 57.1 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.73 0.22 .955 1.96 0.69
1989 HOU NL 34 P 52 0 58.0 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 2.48 0.31 .944 1.88 0.63
1990 HOU NL 35 P 49 0 60.1 5 1 3 1 1 .800 0.60 0.08 .960 1.80 0.58 AS
1991 CHC NL 36 P 35 0 33.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.36 0.14 .960 1.85 0.59
1992 CHC NL 37 P 11 0 14.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.18 .950 1.95 0.60
13 Seasons P 609 1 809.1 140 42 87 11 6 .921 1.43 0.21 .955 1.91 0.66
13 Seasons TOT 609 1 809.1 140 42 87 11 6 .921 1.43 0.21 .876 1.91 0.66

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
1980 HOU NL 25 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 26 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 27 49 1 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HOU NL 28 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 HOU NL 29 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 HOU NL 30 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 HOU NL 31 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 HOU NL 32 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 HOU NL 33 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 HOU NL 34 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 HOU NL 35 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CHC NL 36 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CHC NL 37 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 609 1 609 609 609 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1980 HOU NL 25 436 72% 26% 15 73% 0 3 0 2 12 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60%
1981 HOU NL 26 317 76% 35% 15 80% 1 3 0 3 12 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1982 HOU NL 27 299 80% 27% 10 80% 0 3 0 2 7 5 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 100%
1983 HOU NL 28 342 77% 24% 7 71% 0 3 1 2 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1984 HOU NL 29 314 79% 31% 8 100% 0 5 0 5 8 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1985 HOU NL 30 330 82% 30% 6 83% 0 3 0 3 5 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1986 HOU NL 31 230 70% 26% 5 100% 0 6 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 HOU NL 32 252 62% 25% 5 80% 0 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1988 HOU NL 33 264 78% 39% 7 100% 0 3 0 3 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1989 HOU NL 34 245 79% 38% 11 100% 0 6 0 5 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1990 HOU NL 35 261 73% 25% 4 75% 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
1991 CHC NL 36 158 77% 29% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1992 CHC NL 37 64 89% 36% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Seasons 3512 76% 29% 100 86% 1 40 1 35 85 72 8 10 1 6 3 6 6 5 6 0 29 86%
MLB Averages 78% 29% 92% 88%

* 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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