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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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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
1955 24 BAL AL 135 466 424 41 115 23 4 4 52 1 3 30 21 .271 .318 .373 .691 93 158 16 2 4 6 2 *2
1956 25 TOT AL 114 398 371 31 99 23 2 5 42 2 1 20 34 .267 .303 .380 .683 84 141 18 1 2 4 3 *2
1956 25 BAL AL 77 250 229 16 60 14 0 3 18 1 0 17 22 .262 .315 .362 .677 85 83 16 1 2 1 3 2
1956 25 KCA AL 37 148 142 15 39 9 2 2 24 1 1 3 12 .275 .284 .408 .692 81 58 2 0 0 3 0 2
1957 26 KCA AL 107 383 360 41 109 26 0 13 41 2 2 14 44 .303 .328 .483 .811 119 174 13 1 5 3 0 *2
1958 27 KCA AL 99 351 315 32 86 19 2 5 46 0 0 25 47 .273 .323 .394 .717 95 124 6 2 1 8 2 523
1959 28 KCA AL 108 332 292 36 84 12 0 5 31 0 3 34 39 .288 .367 .380 .747 104 111 4 3 2 1 0 52
1960 29 PIT NL 77 286 258 37 76 18 2 11 45 1 1 22 48 .295 .351 .508 .859 131 131 6 2 1 3 0 2
1961 30 PIT NL 67 208 193 12 43 10 0 3 26 0 0 11 38 .223 .267 .321 .588 55 62 6 1 2 1 1 2
1962 31 HOU NL 109 376 345 32 81 14 0 12 35 0 0 24 55 .235 .286 .380 .666 83 131 13 2 2 3 1 2/53
1963 32 HOU NL 31 62 58 1 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 15 .241 .290 .276 .566 69 16 4 0 0 0 1 2
1964 33 CIN NL 32 79 66 6 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 12 20 .121 .256 .136 .393 13 9 6 0 1 0 2 2
10 Seasons 879 2941 2682 269 715 148 10 58 323 7 10 196 361 .267 .317 .394 .711 94 1057 92 14 20 29 12
162 Game Avg. 162 542 494 50 132 27 2 11 60 1 2 36 67 .267 .317 .394 .711 94 195 17 3 4 5 2
KCA (4 yrs) 351 1214 1109 124 318 66 4 25 142 3 6 76 142 .287 .332 .421 .753 104 467 25 6 8 15 2
PIT (2 yrs) 144 494 451 49 119 28 2 14 71 1 1 33 86 .264 .316 .428 .744 98 193 12 3 3 4 1
HOU (2 yrs) 140 438 403 33 95 16 0 12 37 0 0 28 70 .236 .287 .365 .651 81 147 17 2 2 3 2
BAL (2 yrs) 212 716 653 57 175 37 4 7 70 2 3 47 43 .268 .317 .369 .686 90 241 32 3 6 7 5
CIN (1 yr) 32 79 66 6 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 12 20 .121 .256 .136 .393 13 9 6 0 1 0 2
AL (5 yrs) 563 1930 1762 181 493 103 8 32 212 5 9 123 185 .280 .326 .402 .728 99 708 57 9 14 22 7
NL (5 yrs) 316 1011 920 88 222 45 2 26 111 2 1 73 176 .241 .299 .379 .678 85 349 35 5 6 7 5

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 29 PIT NL WS NYY W 3 8 8 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .750 1.125 6 2 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 8 8 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .750 1.125 6 2 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 AL  8 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 AL  16 (10th)
1956 AL  18 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1955 AL  20.2 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

November 17, 1954: Traded by the New York Yankees with players to be named later, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Willy Miranda, Gus Triandos and Gene Woodling to the Baltimore Orioles for players to be named later, Billy Hunter, Don Larsen and Bob Turley. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954) and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954) and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

August 17, 1956: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Joe Ginsberg.

December 9, 1959: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later, Dick Hall and Ken Hamlin. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Hank Foiles (December 15, 1959) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1961 expansion draft.

October 1, 1963: Released by the Houston Colt .45's.

November 30, 1963: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

July 31, 1964: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

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