Dick Smith
Richard Harrison Smith
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 21, 1927 in Blandburg, PA
School: Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1951
Final Game: April 28, 1955
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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
1951 23 PIT NL 12 54 46 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 2 8 8 .174 .296 .174 .470 28 8 0 0 0 5
1952 24 PIT NL 29 75 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 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 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 NL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
5 Seasons 70 216 186 17 25 2 2 0 11 0 3 30 22 .134 .255 .167 .421 15 31 3 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 500 430 39 58 5 5 0 25 0 7 69 51 .134 .255 .167 .421 15 72 7 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
1951 23 PIT NL 54 40 2 1.3 106 .211 .174 .271 .296 .345 .174 .410 .470 .756 28 .098 -4.6 -0.5 .350 .130 .000
1952 24 PIT NL 75 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 .425 .475 .769 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 0.3 0.0
5 Seasons 216 167 7 1.1 104 .152 .134 .269 .255 .342 .167 .409 .421 .751 15 .072 -22.5 -2.3 .347 .177 .032
162 Game Avg. 500 386 16 1.1 104 .152 .134 .269 .255 .342 .167 .409 .421 .751 15 .072 -22.5 -2.3 .347 .177 .032

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
1951 23 PIT NL 54 0.0% 14.8% 14.8% 0.0% 0% 1.00 5.8 11.5 70%
1952 24 PIT NL 75 0.0% 4.0% 12.0% 1.3% 14% 0.33 22.0 13.2 84%
1953 25 PIT NL 49 0.0% 12.2% 12.2% 2.0% 14% 1.00 7.2 21.5 76%
1954 26 PIT NL 37 0.0% 13.5% 16.2% 5.4% 67% 0.83 6.2 0.82 70%
1955 27 PIT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
5 Seasons 216 0.0% 10.2% 13.9% 1.9% 16% 0.73 8.5 16.9 0.82 76%
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
1954 26 PIT NL 0 0 22% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 27 PIT NL 0 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 0 0 31% 17 0 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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
1954 26 PIT NL 31 42% 3 2 0 0 0 0.59 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% 6
1955 27 PIT NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0.82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 32 44% 25 2 0 0 0 0.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 100% 2 0 0% 12 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 6
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
1951 23 12 54 46 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 2 8 8 .174 .296 .174 .470 28 8 0 0 0
1952 24 41 129 112 10 15 1 0 0 9 0 2 17 11 .134 .248 .143 .391 9 16 1 0 0
1953 25 54 178 155 14 22 1 1 0 11 0 3 23 17 .142 .253 .161 .414 14 25 2 0 0
1954 26 66 215 186 16 25 2 2 0 11 0 3 29 22 .134 .251 .167 .418 14 31 3 0 0 0
1955 27 70 216 186 17 25 2 2 0 11 0 3 30 22 .134 .255 .167 .421 15 31 3 0 0 0 0

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

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