Hal Smith
Harold Wayne Smith
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 7, 1930 in West Frankfort, IL
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1955
Final Game: July 22, 1964
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1955 BAL AL 24 C 125 113 980.1 563 497 58 8 9 .986 -3.0 -3.7 -3 5.10 4.44 .988 5.58 4.73 14 24 31 23 43%
1956 TOT AL 25 C 108 95 832.4 556 496 55 5 14 .991 -3.0 -4.3 -3 5.96 5.10 .988 5.91 5.02 6 25 43 23 35%
1956 BAL AL 25 C 71 59 527.2 348 313 33 2 11 .994 -2.0 -4.5 -2 5.90 4.87 .988 5.91 5.02 1 16 28 14 33%
1956 KCA AL 25 C 37 36 304.2 208 183 22 3 3 .986 -1.0 -3.9 -1 6.06 5.54 .988 5.91 5.02 5 9 15 9 38%
1957 KCA AL 26 C 103 95 855.0 527 463 55 9 8 .983 -8.0 -11.2 -8 5.45 5.03 .991 5.92 5.11 16 22 31 18 37%
1958 KCA AL 27 3B 43 42 384.2 138 44 87 7 9 .949 -1.0 -3.1 -1.0 -3.4 2.4 0 3.06 3.05 .951 3.11 2.59
1958 KCA AL 27 C 31 29 258.0 169 149 19 1 4 .994 0.0 0.0 0 5.86 5.42 .990 6.01 5.34 9 7 3 9 75%
1958 KCA AL 27 1B 14 14 125.1 126 120 6 0 6 1.000 0.6 5.7 0.6 -1.1 1.7 0 9.05 9.00 .991 9.60 8.47
1959 KCA AL 28 3B 77 60 553.0 214 85 119 10 10 .953 -12.5 -27.1 -12.5 -7.3 -5.1 0 3.32 2.65 .952 3.21 2.72
1959 KCA AL 28 C 22 18 169.0 140 125 10 5 5 .964 -1.0 -7.1 -1 7.19 6.14 .989 6.08 5.31 3 7 5 4 44%
1960 PIT NL 29 C 71 66 587.0 392 356 30 6 5 .985 -2.0 -4.1 -2 5.92 5.44 .986 6.58 5.41 8 15 19 10 34%
1961 PIT NL 30 C 65 55 481.1 311 290 18 3 1 .990 -1.0 -2.5 -1 5.76 4.74 .985 6.39 5.17 8 19 14 6 30%
1962 HOU NL 31 C 92 86 772.0 644 570 65 9 9 .986 -4.0 -6.2 -4 7.40 6.90 .987 6.72 5.50 6 41 59 24 29%
1962 HOU NL 31 3B 6 2 25.0 8 0 7 1 0 .875 0.7 33.6 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 2.52 1.17 .950 2.95 2.57
1962 HOU NL 31 1B 2 1 10.0 10 10 0 0 1 1.000 0.3 36.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 5.00 .990 9.81 8.05
1963 HOU NL 32 C 11 10 90.2 68 65 2 1 1 .985 -1.0 -13.2 -1 6.65 6.09 .985 7.07 6.02 2 3 3 2 40%
1964 CIN NL 33 C 20 18 160.2 115 105 8 2 1 .983 0.0 0.0 0 6.33 5.65 .988 6.81 5.91 2 4 7 5 42%
10 Seasons C 648 585 5186.1 3485 3116 320 49 57 .986 -23.0 -5.3 -23 5.96 5.30 .988 6.15 5.17 74 167 215 124 37%
3 Seasons 3B 126 104 962.2 360 129 213 18 19 .950 -12.8 -16.0 -12.8 -10.0 -2.7 0 3.20 2.71 .952 3.16 2.67
2 Seasons 1B 16 15 135.1 136 130 6 0 7 1.000 0.9 8.0 0.9 -1.1 2.0 0 9.04 8.50 .991 9.62 8.42
10 Seasons TOT 790 704 6284.1 3981 3375 539 67 83 .983 -34.9 -6.7 -11.9 -11.1 -0.7 0 -23 5.61 4.95 .968 5.77 4.84 74 167 215 124 37%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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
1955 BAL AL 24 135 113 135 135 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1956 BAL AL 25 77 59 77 77 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1956 KCA AL 25 37 36 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 KCA AL 26 107 95 107 107 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1958 KCA AL 27 99 85 99 99 0 31 14 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
1959 KCA AL 28 108 78 108 108 0 22 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1960 PIT NL 29 77 66 77 77 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 PIT NL 30 67 55 67 67 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 HOU NL 31 109 89 109 109 0 92 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1963 HOU NL 32 31 10 31 31 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1964 CIN NL 33 32 18 32 32 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
10 Seasons 879 704 879 879 0 648 16 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 108 2
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1955 BAL AL 24 4376 3.92 4.56 100 96% 0 0 490 68 2 30 390 56 14 3 2 7 7 0 6 1 4 9 0 1 3 14 86%
1956 BAL AL 25 2394 4.42 5.00 47 100% 0 0 316 38 4 17 257 33 4 0 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 11 0 1 4 3 100%
1956 KCA AL 25 1311 4.52 5.24 38 95% 0 1 169 27 2 8 132 22 5 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 5 80%
1957 KCA AL 26 3530 4.18 4.73 74 99% 0 0 433 59 3 17 354 47 11 0 1 6 9 0 5 4 1 7 0 0 2 5 100%
1958 KCA AL 27 1054 5.59 6.17 20 95% 0 0 139 13 3 5 118 19 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 5 100%
1959 KCA AL 28 788 5.55 6.24 15 100% 0 0 127 14 1 2 110 9 2 0 0 1 5 2 1 2 0 5 0 1 1 0
1960 PIT NL 29 2484 3.37 3.79 38 100% 0 2 353 27 2 16 308 31 7 0 0 7 6 0 0 6 0 5 0 1 1 5 100%
1961 PIT NL 30 2102 3.98 4.57 20 90% 0 1 291 13 1 4 273 18 3 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1962 HOU NL 31 3398 3.99 4.43 55 89% 0 1 578 35 1 9 532 59 13 0 1 8 9 2 5 2 2 9 0 0 2 4 50%
1963 HOU NL 32 397 3.57 3.87 4 75% 0 0 65 3 1 1 60 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 CIN NL 33 680 2.69 2.97 11 100% 0 0 117 11 0 2 104 8 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
10 Seasons 22514 4.09 4.63 422 96% 0 5 3078 308 20 111 2638 304 64 5 5 46 48 5 23 20 7 56 0 7 16 46 89%
MLB Averages 3.84 4.34 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1955 BAL AL 24 10 24 1752 31 23 22 43% 28 19 3 2 0 2 3 0 86 30 1.21 1.00
1956 BAL AL 25 1 16 906 28 14 13 33% 24 9 4 5 0 0 1 0 61 21 1.05 1.29
1956 KCA AL 25 5 9 496 15 9 8 38% 12 6 3 2 0 1 2 0 37 14 1.76 0.90
1957 KCA AL 26 16 22 1308 31 18 18 37% 27 15 4 3 0 0 3 0 93 32 1.28 1.26
1958 KCA AL 27 9 7 392 3 9 9 75% 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 32 10 1.09 1.28
1959 KCA AL 28 3 7 314 5 4 4 44% 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 6 0.64 1.08
1960 PIT NL 29 8 15 891 19 10 10 34% 18 7 1 2 0 1 2 0 59 15 1.10 1.07
1961 PIT NL 30 8 19 774 14 6 5 30% 12 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 55 15 1.23 0.92
1962 HOU NL 31 6 41 1217 59 24 22 29% 53 22 4 1 2 1 2 0 137 38 1.27 1.45
1963 HOU NL 32 2 3 143 3 2 2 40% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 1.07 1.15
1964 CIN NL 33 2 4 251 7 5 5 42% 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 6 1.28 1.11
10 Seasons 70 167 8444 215 124 118 37% 190 101 22 16 3 7 17 0 606 190 1.23 1.18
MLB Averages 40% 1.19 1.17

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%
1958 KCA AL 27 1670 63% 80% 26% 140 86% 1 42 39 1 2 87 69 12 0 2 7 0 5 2 7 9 6 0 6 3 3 0 11 36%
1959 KCA AL 28 2469 70% 80% 26% 221 86% 1 84 74 3 7 118 90 24 0 4 10 0 6 4 8 10 8 0 8 2 2 0 19 37%
1962 HOU NL 31 106 48% 81% 37% 10 80% 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 4245 66% 80% 26% 371 86% 2 126 113 4 9 213 167 36 0 6 18 0 12 6 16 19 14 0 14 5 5 0 30 37%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 KCA AL 27 545 62% 78% 24% 31 100% 0 121 10 110 2 15 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 HOU NL 31 40 38% 70% 25% 2 100% 0 10 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 585 61% 77% 24% 33 100% 0 131 10 120 2 17 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 85%

* 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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