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Dick Smith

Richard Arthur Smith

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 17, 1939 in Lebanon, OR
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1963
Teams (by GP): Mets/Dodgers 1963-1965

Final Game: May 2, 1965
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1963 24 NYM NL 20 47 42 4 10 0 1 0 3 3 2 5 10 .238 .319 .286 .605 76 12 0 0 0 0 2 /873
1964 25 NYM NL 46 97 94 14 21 6 1 0 3 6 2 1 29 .223 .247 .309 .556 58 29 2 2 0 0 0 37/89
1965 26 LAD NL 10 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /789
3 Seasons 76 151 142 18 31 6 2 0 7 9 4 6 42 .218 .260 .289 .549 57 41 2 2 1 0 2
162 Game Avg. 162 322 303 38 66 13 4 0 15 19 9 13 90 .218 .260 .289 .549 57 87 4 4 2 0 4
NYM (2 yrs) 66 144 136 18 31 6 2 0 6 9 4 6 39 .228 .271 .301 .572 64 41 2 2 0 0 2
LAD (1 yr) 10 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1963 24 NYM NL 47 -1 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ /873
1964 25 NYM NL 97 -5 1 0 0 1 -1 3 0 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $ 37/89
1965 26 LAD NL 7 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /789
3 Seasons 151 -8 1 0 0 -1 -1 5 -2 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $
NYM (2 yrs) 144 -6 1 0 0 -1 -1 5 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
LAD (1 yr) 7 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 NYM NL 24 OF 10 9 8 78.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -28 1.73 1.50 .977 2.01 2.00
1963 NYM NL 24 CF 6 6 6 54.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 2.17 2.17 .982 2.37 2.37
1963 NYM NL 24 LF 4 3 2 24.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -70 1.12 0.75 .970 1.80 1.80
1963 NYM NL 24 1B 2 1 0 8.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 12.38 5.50 .989 9.79 9.80
1964 NYM NL 25 1B 18 16 13 137.1 156 143 11 2 11 .987 0 4 10.09 8.56 .990 10.02 9.95
1964 NYM NL 25 OF 13 3 0 43.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 11 1.67 0.62 .972 1.99 1.98
1964 NYM NL 25 LF 11 3 0 41.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 20 1.76 0.73 .965 1.69 1.69
1964 NYM NL 25 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1964 NYM NL 25 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1965 LAD NL 26 OF 9 1 1 26.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 0.35 0.11 .980 2.01 2.00
1965 LAD NL 26 LF 5 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -20 0.00 0.00 1.65 1.72
1965 LAD NL 26 CF 4 1 1 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.47 0.25 .980 2.27 2.30
1965 LAD NL 26 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
3 Seasons OF 32 13 9 147.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -13 1.47 0.75 .976 2.00 1.99
2 Seasons 1B 20 17 13 145.1 167 154 11 2 11 .988 0 2 10.22 8.25 .990 10.01 9.93
3 Seasons LF 20 6 2 71.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -14 1.39 0.55 .966 1.72 1.72
3 Seasons CF 11 7 7 74.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 1.70 1.27 .982 2.35 2.34
2 Seasons RF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.95
3 Seasons TOT 52 30 22 292.1 191 178 11 2 11 .990 -1 -5 5.82 3.63 .988 5.98 5.05
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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