George Smith
George Cornelius Smith
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 7, 1937 in St. Petersburg, FL
School: Michigan State University
Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1963
Final Game: September 17, 1966
Died: June 15, 1987 in St.Petersburg, FL
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 DET AL 25 2B 52 52 460.1 282 120 157 5 28 .982 5.7 14.9 6.7 2.3 4.3 -1 5.42 5.33 .980 5.08 4.68
1964 DET AL 26 2B 3 1 16.2 7 2 5 0 2 1.000 0.3 21.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.78 2.33 .986 5.18 4.53
1965 DET AL 27 2B 22 11 117.2 62 30 31 1 10 .984 0.3 3.1 0.3 -0.4 0.7 0 4.67 2.77 .977 5.07 4.38
1965 DET AL 27 3B 3 0 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 3.38 1.00 .967 3.15 2.87
1965 DET AL 27 SS 3 0 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.00 0.67 .950 4.70 4.37
1966 BOS AL 28 2B 109 101 905.1 543 239 287 17 76 .969 -6.9 -9.1 -6.9 -6.3 -0.6 0 5.23 4.83 .975 5.09 4.38
1966 BOS AL 28 SS 19 13 132.0 80 29 44 7 9 .913 -5.5 -50.0 -5.5 -1.5 -4.1 0 4.98 3.84 .962 4.79 4.41
4 Seasons 2B 186 165 1500.0 894 391 480 23 116 .974 -0.6 -0.5 0.4 -4.1 4.4 -1 5.23 4.68 .977 5.09 4.47
2 Seasons SS 22 13 141.0 82 30 45 7 9 .915 -5.7 -48.5 -5.7 -1.5 -4.3 0 4.79 3.41 .962 4.79 4.40
1 Season 3B 3 0 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 3.38 1.00 .967 3.15 2.87
4 Seasons TOT 211 178 1649.0 979 423 526 30 125 .969 -6.7 -4.9 -5.7 -6.0 0.1 -1 5.18 4.50 .945 5.05 4.44

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
1963 DET AL 25 52 52 52 52 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 DET AL 26 5 1 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1965 DET AL 27 32 11 32 32 0 0 0 22 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 6
1966 BOS AL 28 128 114 128 128 0 0 0 109 0 19 0 0 0 0 4 2
4 Seasons 217 178 217 217 0 0 0 186 3 22 0 0 0 0 10 10
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 -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1963 DET AL 25 1973 56% 78% 27% 208 93% 0 120 54 41 25 157 137 17 1 4 6 0 6 0 4 28 8 5 6 4 25 10 14 3 0 3
1964 DET AL 26 76 61% 78% 18% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1965 DET AL 27 483 66% 75% 28% 39 92% 0 35 11 17 7 30 23 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 3 1 4 0 8 4 4 2 1 1
1966 BOS AL 28 4045 58% 76% 26% 347 92% 1 237 89 109 40 280 235 35 1 3 17 1 15 1 14 76 27 16 18 3 69 22 45 5 2 2
4 Seasons 6577 58% 76% 26% 598 93% 1 394 155 168 72 472 399 59 2 8 24 1 22 1 19 116 39 22 29 7 104 37 64 10 3 6
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 DET AL 27 36 42% 89% 31% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 BOS AL 28 620 63% 74% 21% 61 84% 0 31 17 14 0 41 29 10 0 1 7 0 7 0 5 9 2 0 2 0 2 7 2 5 2 1 1
2 Seasons 656 62% 74% 21% 62 84% 0 32 17 14 1 42 30 10 0 1 7 0 7 0 5 9 2 0 2 0 2 7 2 5 2 1 1
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 DET AL 27 37 70% 76% 24% 2 100% 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 37 70% 76% 24% 2 100% 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 90% 68%

* 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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