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Dwight Smith

John Dwight Smith

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 8, 1963 in Tallahassee, FL
High School: Wade Hampton HS (Varnville, SC)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1984 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 8, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1989
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Braves/Angels/Orioles 1989-1996

Final Game: September 29, 1996
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Standard Fielding

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
1989 CHC NL 25 OF 102 86 61 764.0 200 188 7 5 3 .975 -5 -8 2.30 1.91 .981 2.32 2.32 RoY-2
1989 CHC NL 25 LF 75 63 43 544.2 137 128 5 4 2 .971 -8 -17 2.20 1.77 .981 2.15 2.15 RoY-2
1989 CHC NL 25 RF 32 23 18 219.1 63 59 3 1 1 .984 3 15 2.54 1.94 .978 2.12 2.12 RoY-2
1990 CHC NL 26 OF 81 65 39 573.2 145 139 4 2 2 .986 -7 -15 2.24 1.77 .981 2.39 2.37
1990 CHC NL 26 LF 59 52 32 431.1 110 106 3 1 1 .991 -5 -14 2.27 1.85 .979 2.19 2.18
1990 CHC NL 26 RF 22 13 7 140.0 35 33 1 1 1 .971 -2 -19 2.19 1.55 .981 2.22 2.20
1990 CHC NL 26 CF 3 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.73
1991 CHC NL 27 OF 42 35 20 297.0 79 73 3 3 1 .962 -1 -2 2.30 1.81 .983 2.28 2.27
1991 CHC NL 27 RF 28 19 12 183.0 47 43 3 1 1 .979 0 3 2.26 1.64 .980 2.06 2.05
1991 CHC NL 27 CF 13 13 5 84.0 24 22 0 2 0 .917 -1 -11 2.36 1.69 .985 2.59 2.58
1991 CHC NL 27 LF 5 3 3 30.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 2.40 1.60 .982 2.19 2.16
1992 CHC NL 28 OF 63 42 24 397.1 97 93 2 2 0 .979 1 3 2.15 1.51 .983 2.34 2.34
1992 CHC NL 28 CF 27 23 13 198.0 53 51 1 1 0 .981 4 21 2.36 1.93 .989 2.80 2.80
1992 CHC NL 28 RF 22 6 4 82.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.96 0.82 .979 2.08 2.08
1992 CHC NL 28 LF 20 13 7 116.2 26 24 1 1 0 .962 -2 -21 1.93 1.25 .979 2.16 2.16
1993 CHC NL 29 OF 89 76 41 618.0 176 163 5 8 2 .955 -5 -9 2.45 1.89 .979 2.34 2.33
1993 CHC NL 29 CF 53 49 29 400.1 121 112 3 6 1 .950 -6 -18 2.59 2.17 .985 2.75 2.73
1993 CHC NL 29 RF 28 20 9 154.1 42 40 1 1 1 .976 4 30 2.39 1.46 .976 2.17 2.15
1993 CHC NL 29 LF 14 7 3 63.1 14 12 1 1 0 .929 -3 -49 1.85 0.93 .975 2.10 2.10
1994 TOT AL 30 OF 53 47 32 392.1 90 81 2 7 1 .922 -3 -10 1.90 1.57 .982 2.37 2.35
1994 TOT AL 30 LF 51 45 31 372.1 85 76 2 7 1 .918 -4 -14 1.89 1.53 .978 2.16 2.14
1994 TOT AL 30 DH 5 0
1994 CAL AL 30 LF 31 27 21 229.1 58 51 2 5 1 .914 -2 -13 2.08 1.71 .978 2.16 2.14
1994 CAL AL 30 OF 31 27 21 229.1 57 50 2 5 1 .912 -2 -13 2.04 1.68 .982 2.37 2.35
1994 CAL AL 30 DH 2 0
1994 BAL AL 30 OF 22 20 11 163.0 33 31 0 2 0 .939 -1 -6 1.71 1.41 .982 2.37 2.35
1994 BAL AL 30 LF 20 18 10 143.0 27 25 0 2 0 .926 -2 -15 1.57 1.25 .978 2.16 2.14
1994 BAL AL 30 DH 3 0
1994 BAL AL 30 CF 2 1 0 11.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 109 5.73 3.50 .989 2.78 2.75
1994 BAL AL 30 RF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.20 2.20
1995 ATL NL 31 OF 25 16 5 148.0 26 24 0 2 0 .923 -3 -21 1.46 0.96 .979 2.15 2.14
1995 ATL NL 31 RF 14 9 3 83.1 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -1 -13 1.94 1.29 .978 2.08 2.07
1995 ATL NL 31 LF 11 7 2 64.2 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -2 -32 0.70 0.45 .972 1.86 1.86
1996 ATL NL 32 OF 29 20 9 184.0 52 49 1 2 0 .962 -2 -11 2.45 1.72 .978 2.13 2.12
1996 ATL NL 32 RF 26 20 9 174.0 49 46 1 2 0 .959 -2 -12 2.43 1.81 .974 2.06 2.05
1996 ATL NL 32 LF 3 0 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.90 0.33 .980 1.89 1.83
8 Seasons OF 484 387 231 3374.1 865 810 24 31 9 .964 -24 -9 2.22 1.72 .981 2.32 2.31
8 Seasons LF 238 190 121 1633.0 387 360 12 15 4 .961 -24 -17 2.05 1.56 .979 2.15 2.14
8 Seasons RF 173 111 63 1045.2 273 257 9 7 4 .974 2 2 2.29 1.54 .978 2.11 2.10
5 Seasons CF 98 86 47 695.2 205 192 4 9 1 .956 -2 -4 2.54 2.00 .986 2.75 2.73
8 Seasons TOT 484 387 231 3374.1 865 810 24 31 9 .964 -24 -9 2.22 1.72 .981 2.32 2.31
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1989 CHC NL 25 LF -8 -17 -9 -6 -3 1
1989 CHC NL 25 RF 3 15 2 -2 3 1
1990 CHC NL 26 LF -5 -14 -2 -2 0 -3
1990 CHC NL 26 RF -2 -19 -0 0 -0 -2
1990 CHC NL 26 CF 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CHC NL 27 RF 0 3 -0 0 -0 1
1991 CHC NL 27 CF -1 -11 -1 0 -1 0
1991 CHC NL 27 LF -0 -12 -0 -0 0 0
1992 CHC NL 28 CF 4 21 2 -1 2 2
1992 CHC NL 28 RF -0 -6 -0 -0 -0 0
1992 CHC NL 28 LF -2 -21 -1 -0 -1 -1
1993 CHC NL 29 CF -6 -18 -4 2 -6 -2
1993 CHC NL 29 RF 4 30 4 -0 4 0
1993 CHC NL 29 LF -3 -49 -4 0 -4 1
1994 CAL AL 30 LF -2 -13 0 3 -3 -3
1994 BAL AL 30 LF -2 -15 -1 -2 1 -1
1994 BAL AL 30 CF 1 109 1 1 0 0
1994 BAL AL 30 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 ATL NL 31 RF -1 -13 0 0 -0 -1
1995 ATL NL 31 LF -2 -32 -2 0 -2 0
1996 ATL NL 32 RF -2 -12 0 4 -4 -2
1996 ATL NL 32 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons LF -24 -17 -18 -7 -11 -6
8 Seasons RF 2 2 5 2 3 -3
5 Seasons CF -2 -4 -2 3 -5 0
8 Seasons TOT -24 -9 -15 -2 -13 -9
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1989 CHC NL 25 109 86 109 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 0 32 107 0 16 0
1990 CHC NL 26 117 65 117 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 3 22 84 0 41 1
1991 CHC NL 27 90 35 90 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 28 46 0 50 0
1992 CHC NL 28 109 42 109 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 27 22 69 0 53 3
1993 CHC NL 29 111 76 111 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 53 28 95 0 28 1
1994 CAL AL 30 45 27 45 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 31 2 18 0
1994 BAL AL 30 28 20 28 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 1 23 3 4 2
1995 ATL NL 31 103 16 103 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 14 25 0 82 0
1996 ATL NL 32 101 20 101 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 26 29 0 79 0
8 Seasons 813 387 813 484 0 0 0 0 0 0 238 98 173 509 5 371 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 CHC NL 25 4 0 4 0 0 5 0 2 0 3 28 22 0 10 2 0 18 10 2 7 4 1 10 9 1 73 47 64.4% 22 4 5.5% 1 2275 52% 80% 40% 276 47%
1990 CHC NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 34 26 0 16 4 1 9 5 0 8 0 0 8 6 0 75 41 54.7% 33 1 1.3% 2 1885 48% 81% 40% 227 48%
1991 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 128 36% 84% 41% 14 57%
1992 CHC NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 488 56% 78% 36% 43 58%
1993 CHC NL 29 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 267 48% 82% 39% 30 43%
1994 CAL AL 30 5 0 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 15 9 1 6 1 0 11 4 0 4 2 0 4 2 0 40 18 45.0% 21 1 2.5% 1 1012 62% 80% 41% 129 40%
1994 BAL AL 30 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 7 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 22 12 54.5% 10 0 0.0% 0 618 66% 80% 43% 72 35%
1995 ATL NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 7 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 60.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 288 69% 76% 36% 27 19%
1996 ATL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 46 57% 61% 30% 3 33%
8 Seasons 15 0 15 0 2 12 0 5 1 4 100 76 1 49 10 1 45 23 2 21 6 1 27 22 1 242 137 56.6% 99 6 2.5% 6 7007 54% 80% 40% 821 45%
MLB Averages 61.1% 2.6% 58% 79% 40% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 10 5 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 4 3 0 5 4 0 27 12 44.4% 14 1 3.7% 2 922 54% 81% 43% 112 54%
1990 CHC NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 7 2 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 24 8 33.3% 16 0 0.0% 1 600 48% 79% 43% 73 45%
1991 CHC NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 8 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 7 5 0 21 11 52.4% 10 0 0.0% 3 808 49% 82% 41% 72 61%
1992 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 353 48% 84% 42% 28 64%
1993 CHC NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 7 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 22 12 54.5% 10 0 0.0% 1 636 54% 79% 40% 81 49%
1994 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 34 79% 65% 24% 1 0%
1995 ATL NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 6 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 18 7 38.9% 11 0 0.0% 0 353 68% 75% 33% 40 45%
1996 ATL NL 32 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 1 6 1 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 25 7 28.0% 17 1 4.0% 0 754 67% 78% 39% 88 53%
8 Seasons 7 0 7 0 2 9 0 1 2 1 62 25 1 26 6 1 19 10 0 13 5 0 23 15 0 143 61 42.7% 80 2 1.4% 7 4460 55% 80% 41% 495 53%
MLB Averages 42.6% 2.6% 58% 79% 40% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1990 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 45% 91% 27% 0
1991 CHC NL 27 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 345 52% 75% 33% 35 63%
1992 CHC NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 5 5 0 20 11 55.0% 8 1 5.0% 0 865 49% 79% 39% 61 85%
1993 CHC NL 29 6 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 25 14 0 14 1 0 5 3 0 7 1 0 12 8 1 63 27 42.9% 35 1 1.6% 2 1705 59% 83% 40% 221 51%
1994 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 51 59% 84% 47% 9 78%
5 Seasons 9 0 8 1 0 4 0 0 3 1 32 19 0 21 4 1 5 3 0 15 2 0 18 14 1 91 42 46.2% 47 2 2.2% 2 2977 55% 81% 39% 326 59%
MLB Averages 42.6% 1.9% 58% 79% 40% 57%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1989 NL  5 (5th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1989 NL  4 (5th)
1994 AL  7 (2nd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 NL  6 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1994 AL  7 (4th)

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