Dick Smith

Richard Harrison Smith

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 21, 1927 in Blandburg, PA
School: Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania (Lock Haven, PA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1951
Team: Pirates 1951-1955

Final Game: May 1, 1955
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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
1949	21	PIT-min	D	71	257	257		81	25	7	3						.315	.315	.502	.817		129							GNV · ALSL
1950	22	PIT-min	D,B	129	476	476		153	20	11	7						.321	.321	.454	.775		216							TAL,WAC · GAFL,BSTL
1951	23	PIT-min	A	139	528	528		174	30	9	1						.330	.330	.426	.756		225							CHS · SALL
1951	23	PIT	NL	12	54	46	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	2	8	8	.174	.296	.174	.470	29	8	0	0	0			5
1952	24	PIT-min	A,AA	69	252	252		74	12	3	0						.294	.294	.365	.659		92							CHS,NOR · SALL,SOUA
1952	24	PIT	NL	29	74	66	8	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	9	3	.106	.213	.121	.335	-6	8	1	0	0			5/46
1953	25	PIT-min	AA	147	587	587		165	33	7	3						.281	.281	.376	.658		221							NOR · SOUA
1953	25	PIT	NL	13	49	43	4	7	0	1	0	2	0	1	6	6	.163	.265	.209	.475	26	9	1	0	0			6
1954	26	PIT-min	Opn	136	619	517	87	152	32	4	0	51	23		74	53	.294	.386	.371	.757		192	8	5	20	3			HOL · PCL
1954	26	PIT	NL	12	37	31	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	5	.097	.243	.194	.437	17	6	1	0	0	0		/5
1955	27	PIT-min	Opn	137	588	493	65	139	25	1	0	34	24		62	46	.282	.367	.337	.704		166	8	5	27	1			HOL · PCL
1955	27	PIT	NL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1956	28	PIT-min	Opn	146	593	505	63	136	24	2	2	48	16		72	39	.269	.358	.337	.695		170	11	0	12	4			HOL · PCL
1957	29	PIT-min	Opn	121	407	351	43	105	15	4	1	32	5		51	27	.299	.392	.373	.765		131	6	3	1	1			HOL · PCL
1958	30	CLE-PIT-min	AAA	114	416	365	43	97	14	1	3	32	7		40	25	.266	.338	.334	.672		122	8	2	5	4			SDG,SLC · PCL
1959	31	CLE-min	AAA	106	345	296	45	85	14	5	1	24	13	3	32	34	.287	.361	.378	.740		112		4	10	3			SDG · PCL
1960	32	OAK-CHW-min	AAA	126	485	431	45	114	15	3	0	24	8	1	54	40	.265	.346	.313	.660		135							DFW,SDG · AA,PCL
5 Yrs				70	215	186	17	25	2	2	0	11	0	3	30	22	.134	.255	.167	.421	15	31	3	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	498	430	39	58	5	5	0	25	0	7	69	51	.134	.255	.167	.421	15	72	7	0	0

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
1951	23	PIT	NL	12	54	-4	-1	0	0	0	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.453	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	5
1952	24	PIT	NL	29	74	-9	-0	0	1	0	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.472	.495	-0.7	0.2	-6	$	5/46
1953	25	PIT	NL	13	49	-4	-0	0	2	1	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.491	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	6
1954	26	PIT	NL	12	37	-4	-0	-0	3	0	-1	-0.2	1	-0	0.0	.487	.499	-0.3	0.3	-3	$	/5
1955	27	PIT	NL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/6
5 Seasons				70	215	-20	-1	0	6	1	-15	-1.6	7	-7	-1.0	.477	.498	-1.5	0.7	-13	$

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
1951	23	PIT	NL	54	40	2	1.3	105	.211	.174	.270	.296	.344	.174	.409	.470	.753	29	.098	-4.5	-0.5	.350	.130	.000
1952	24	PIT	NL	74	60	2	0.9	99	.111	.106	.264	.213	.337	.121	.393	.335	.730	-6	.056	-9.6	-1.0	.283	.152	.015
1953	25	PIT	NL	49	38	2	1.4	109	.189	.163	.273	.265	.344	.209	.426	.475	.770	26	.093	-4.8	-0.5	.368	.163	.047
1954	26	PIT	NL	37	29	1	0.9	107	.115	.097	.272	.243	.343	.194	.420	.437	.763	17	.047	-3.9	-0.4	.414	.290	.097
1955	27	PIT	NL	1	0	0						1.000	.334						.000	0.3	0.0
5 Yrs				215	167	7	1.1	104	.152	.134	.269	.255	.341	.167	.409	.421	.750	15	.072	-22.4	-2.3	.347	.177	.032
162 Game Avg.				498	386	16	1.1	104	.152	.134	.269	.255	.341	.167	.409	.421	.750	15	.072	-22.4	-2.3	.347	.177	.032

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	23	PIT	NL	54	0.0%	14.8%	14.8%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.8		11.5	1.25	70%
1952	24	PIT	NL	74	0.0%	4.1%	12.2%	1.4%	14%	0.33	22.0		13.2	1.90	85%
1953	25	PIT	NL	49	0.0%	12.2%	12.2%	2.0%	14%	1.00	7.2		21.5	0.60	76%
1954	26	PIT	NL	37	0.0%	13.5%	16.2%	5.4%	67%	0.83	6.2			1.00	70%
1955	27	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
5 Yrs				215	0.0%	10.2%	14.0%	1.9%	16%	0.73	8.5		16.9	1.18	76%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.7%	9.4%	6.4%	28%	1.14	8.3	43.0	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	23	PIT	NL	-4.5	-0.5	31	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.91	-0.2	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.90	-1.8		0
1952	24	PIT	NL	-9.6	-1.0	43	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.84	-0.5	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.79	-4.5	0.57	2
1953	25	PIT	NL	-4.8	-0.5	32	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.94	-0.2	-0.0	-2.5	-0.2	0.92	-2.5		0
1954	26	PIT	NL	-3.9	-0.4	36	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	.56	-0.3	0.0	-3.6	-0.4	0.77	-3.7	0.55	2
1955	27	PIT	NL	0.3	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.76	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.86	0.4	0.76	0
5 Yrs				-22.4	-2.3	143	-0.9	1.3	-2.2	.81	-1.1	-0.0	-10.1	-1.0	0.84	-12.0	0.56	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	23	PIT	NL	0	13%	6	2	0%	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	24	PIT	NL	0	50%	26	0		0	0	20%	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	1
1953	25	PIT	NL	2	31%	10	1	0%	1	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1954	26	PIT	NL	0	22%	15	0		0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	27	PIT	NL	0	100%	4	0		0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2	31%	61	3	0%	2	1	30%	7	5	2	1	1	2	1	1

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
1951	23	PIT	NL	54	27%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	12	3	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1952	24	PIT	NL	74	30%	7			2	0	0	0	0.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	13	1	8%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1953	25	PIT	NL	49	26%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	0	0%	17	2	12%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1954	26	PIT	NL	37	39%	3			2	0	0	0	0.55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	2	0	0%	12	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1955	27	PIT	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0	0.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				215	31%	25			4	0	0	0	0.56	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	11	3	27%	8	1	13%	54	6	11%	3	1	33%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			86%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
1951	23	12	54	46	2	8	0	0	4	2	8	8	.174	.296	.174	.470	29	8	0
1952	24	41	128	112	10	15	1	0	9	2	17	11	.134	.248	.143	.391	9	16	1
1953	25	54	177	155	14	22	1	1	11	3	23	17	.142	.253	.161	.414	14	25	2
1954	26	66	214	186	16	25	2	2	11	3	29	22	.134	.251	.167	.418	14	31	3	0
1955	27	70	215	186	17	25	2	2	11	3	30	22	.134	.255	.167	.421	15	31	3	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	23	12	55	47	2	8	0	0	4	8	8	.170	.291	.170	.461	2	12
1952	24	30	80	70	10	8	1	0	6	10	3	.114	.225	.129	.354	2	29
1953	25	14	50	44	3	7	0	1	2	6	6	.159	.260	.205	.465	2	13
1954	26	13	38	32	1	3	1	1	0	6	5	.094	.237	.188	.424	1	12
1955	27	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	4
5 Yrs		73	224	193	17	26	2	2	12	31	22	.135	.254	.166	.420	7	70
162 Game Avg.		162	497	428	38	58	4	4	27	69	49	.135	.254	.166	.420	16	70

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