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Hal Smith

Harold Raymond Smith (Cura)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: June 1, 1931 in Barling, AR
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1956
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates 1956-1965

Final Game: July 8, 1965
Relatives: Uncle of Tim Flannery
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1949	18	STL-min	D	99	321	321		72	12	2	1						.224	.224	.283	.508		91							ABY · GAFL
1950	19	STL-min	D,B	81	281	281		63	13	0	0						.224	.224	.270	.495		76							HAM,LBG · PONY,PIED
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952	21	STL-min	A,B	31	80	80		19	1	0	1						.238	.238	.288	.525		23							OMA,ALN · WL,ISLG
1953	22	STL-min	A	107	339	339		73	10	1	1						.215	.215	.260	.475		88							OMA · WL
1954	23	STL-min	AA	79	286	270	27	70	9	1	5	39	2	1	13	29	.259	.295	.356	.650		96		1	1	1			HSN · TL
1955	24	STL-min	AA	139	545	512	58	153	22	7	8	67	7	2	21	32	.299	.330	.416	.746		213		4	5	3			HSN · TL
1956	25	STL	NL	75	242	227	27	64	12	0	5	23	1	0	15	22	.282	.326	.401	.727	96	91	7	0	0	0	4	2
1957	26	STL	NL	100	355	333	25	93	12	3	2	37	2	2	18	18	.279	.314	.351	.665	77	117	9	0	1	3	2	2	AS
1958	27	STL	NL	77	238	220	13	50	4	1	1	24	0	0	14	14	.227	.272	.268	.541	41	59	6	0	3	1	4	2
1959	28	STL	NL	142	474	452	35	122	15	3	13	50	2	6	15	28	.270	.295	.403	.698	80	182	13	1	5	0	6	*2	AS
1960	29	STL	NL	127	370	337	20	77	16	0	2	28	1	0	29	33	.228	.291	.294	.585	56	99	12	1	1	1	13	*2
1961	30	STL	NL	45	142	125	6	31	4	1	0	10	0	0	11	12	.248	.309	.296	.605	57	37	3	1	3	2	4	2

1965	34	PIT	NL	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
7 Yrs				570	1824	1697	126	437	63	8	23	172	6	8	102	128	.258	.300	.345	.644	70	585	50	3	13	7	33
162 Game Avg.				162	518	482	36	124	18	2	7	49	2	2	29	36	.258	.300	.345	.644	70	166	14	1	4	2	9

STL (6 yrs)				566	1821	1694	126	437	63	8	23	172	6	8	102	127	.258	.300	.345	.645	70	585	50	3	13	7	33
PIT (1 yr)				4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1956	25	STL	NL	75	242	1	-1	-0	-2	3	0	-0.1	8	8	0.7	.500	.500	1.0	-0.0	10	$	2
1957	26	STL	NL	100	355	-7	-4	-0	-3	4	-9	-1.1	12	3	0.1	.490	.494	0.5	0.1	6	$	2	AS
1958	27	STL	NL	77	238	-18	-0	1	0	3	-14	-1.5	8	-6	-0.7	.481	.491	-0.7	0.3	-6	$	2
1959	28	STL	NL	142	474	-10	-4	-1	3	7	-5	-0.5	16	10	1.1	.496	.496	0.8	1.1	8	$	*2	AS
1960	29	STL	NL	127	370	-23	-1	-1	6	6	-13	-1.5	12	-0	-0.2	.489	.491	-0.9	1.3	-6	$20,000	*2
1961	30	STL	NL	45	142	-9	-0	0	5	2	-2	-0.2	5	3	0.3	.496	.499	-0.2	0.8	-2	$	2

1965	34	PIT	NL	4	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
7 Seasons				570	1824	-67	-10	-1	9	26	-43	-5.0	61	18	1.2	.492	.496	0.4	3.5	9	$20,000

STL (6 yrs)				566	1821	-66	-10	-1	9	25	-43	-4.9	61	18	1.3	.492	.495	0.5	3.5	10	$20,000
PIT (1 yr)				4	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1956	25	STL	NL	242	170	28	4.4	102	.295	.282	.263	.326	.330	.401	.415	.727	.745	96	.493	-1.5	-0.2	.629	.189	.119	1.7
1957	26	STL	NL	355	255	35	3.7	105	.288	.279	.271	.314	.335	.351	.420	.665	.754	77	.401	-11.0	-1.1	.538	.126	.072	2.0
1958	27	STL	NL	238	180	16	2.4	110	.238	.227	.276	.272	.344	.268	.430	.541	.775	41	.228	-19.5	-1.9	.415	.105	.041	.0
1959	28	STL	NL	474	354	47	3.6	110	.265	.270	.277	.295	.344	.403	.429	.698	.773	80	.382	-16.0	-1.6	.556	.157	.133	3.5
1960	29	STL	NL	370	274	27	2.7	106	.248	.228	.272	.291	.339	.294	.418	.585	.757	56	.287	-20.9	-2.1	.478	.154	.065	1.3
1961	30	STL	NL	142	102	12	3.1	113	.270	.248	.280	.309	.348	.296	.437	.605	.785	57	.327	-7.9	-0.8	.505	.136	.048

1965	34	PIT	NL	3	3	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.000	.322	.000	.390	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				1824	1338	165	3.3	107	.267	.258	.273	.300	.340	.345	.424	.644	.763	70	.358	-77.7	-7.8	.522	.146	.087	9.5
162 Game Avg.				518	380	47	3.3	107	.267	.258	.273	.300	.340	.345	.424	.644	.763	70	.358	-77.7	-7.8	.522	.146	.087	3

STL (6 yrs)				1821	1335	165	3.3	107	.267	.258	.273	.300	.340	.345	.424	.645	.764	70	.359	-76.9	-7.7	.523	.146	.087	9.5
PIT (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.000	.322	.000	.390	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1957	STL	NL	26	DNP

1959	STL	NL	28	DNP
1959	STL	NL	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	25	STL	NL	242	2.1%	9.1%	6.2%	7.0%	27%	1.47	10.3	45.4	9.9	0.87	83%
1957	26	STL	NL	355	0.6%	5.1%	5.1%	4.8%	18%	1.00	18.5	166.5	9.0	1.04	89%
1958	27	STL	NL	238	0.4%	5.9%	5.9%	2.5%	12%	1.00	15.7	220.0	9.2	1.33	87%
1959	28	STL	NL	474	2.7%	5.9%	3.2%	6.5%	25%	1.87	16.1	34.8	9.0	1.14	87%
1960	29	STL	NL	370	0.5%	8.9%	7.8%	4.9%	23%	1.14	10.2	168.5	12.0	1.25	82%
1961	30	STL	NL	142	0.0%	8.5%	7.8%	3.5%	16%	1.09	10.4		12.5	1.39	81%

1965	34	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.00	67%
7 Yrs				1824	1.3%	7.0%	5.6%	5.2%	22%	1.25	13.3	73.8	9.9	1.14	85%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.0%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.64	6.4	38.3	8.5	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1956	25	STL	NL	-1.8	-0.2	244	-1.1	3.7	-4.8	1.01	0.3	-1.4	-2.1	-0.2	0.93	0.8	0.98	9
1957	26	STL	NL	-11.0	-1.1	360	-1.3	4.8	-6.2	.93	-0.7	-0.8	-3.4	-0.3	0.94	-6.4	1.60	4
1958	27	STL	NL	-19.2	-1.9	240	-1.1	3.2	-4.4	.98	-1.4	0.2	-11.4	-1.1	0.95	-15.3	1.84	5
1959	28	STL	NL	-16.0	-1.6	485	-2.7	7.0	-9.7	1.02	-0.9	-1.7	-21.3	-2.0	0.97	-12.1	1.24	1
1960	29	STL	NL	-20.9	-2.1	376	-1.8	5.0	-6.8	.97	-2.1	0.3	-18.7	-1.8	0.96	-22.0	1.52	6
1961	30	STL	NL	-8.1	-0.8	144	-0.7	1.9	-2.6	.97	-0.6	-0.1	-9.5	-0.9	0.98	-7.9		0

1965	34	PIT	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.47	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.07	-0.8		0
7 Yrs				-77.8	-7.8	1852	-8.7	25.7	-34.4	.98	-5.5	-3.4	-67.3	-6.5	0.95	-63.7	1.39	25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1956	25	STL	NL	6	0	30%	116	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	32%	17	13	3	5	3	2	12	5	6
1957	26	STL	NL	9	0	21%	140	2	2	50%	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	1	30%	22	18	4	3	3	0	12	3	7
1958	27	STL	NL	5	0	19%	89	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	46%	8	5	2	2	1	1	3	0	3
1959	28	STL	NL	11	0	18%	151	2	6	25%	1	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	43%	22	15	6	1	0	1	5	0	5
1960	29	STL	NL	6	0	17%	133	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	5	29%	13	12	1	3	1	1	8	3	5
1961	30	STL	NL	2	0	14%	63	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	20%	5	4	1	1	1	0	4	3	1

1965	34	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				39	0	20%	692	6	8	43%	5	7	1	1	0	1	6	0	23	17	34%	87	67	17	15	9	5	44	14	27

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1956	25	STL	NL	242	31%	64			9	3	0	1	0.98	5	0	5	2	3	3	2	0	0	0		46	7	15%	22	6	27%	149	19	13%	20	9	45%	10	7	70%	0
1957	26	STL	NL	355	42%	93			4	2	0	1	1.60	2	0	8	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	100%	59	9	15%	27	10	37%	214	36	17%	24	11	46%	13	7	54%	0
1958	27	STL	NL	238	45%	50			5	0	0	0	1.84	1	0	8	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	100%	48	6	13%	24	11	46%	155	24	15%	18	12	67%	11	5	45%	0
1959	28	STL	NL	474	33%	122			1	0	0	0	1.24	13	1	10	7	6	6	7	0	5	5	100%	84	13	15%	44	16	36%	306	39	13%	25	10	40%	13	8	62%	0
1960	29	STL	NL	370	47%	77			6	1	0	1	1.52	2	0	6	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	50%	73	12	16%	33	6	18%	220	30	14%	17	8	47%	13	6	46%	0
1961	30	STL	NL	142	34%	31			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	32	3	9%	17	7	41%	99	11	11%	9	4	44%	4	2	50%	0

1965	34	PIT	NL	3	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				1824	39%	437			25	6	0	3	1.39	23	1	41	10	13	10	13	0	14	13	93%	342	50	15%	167	56	34%	1145	159	14%	113	54	48%	64	35	55%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1956	25	75	242	227	27	64	12	0	5	23	1	0	15	22	.282	.326	.401	.727	96	91	7	0	0	0	4
1957	26	175	597	560	52	157	24	3	7	60	3	2	33	40	.280	.319	.371	.690	85	208	16	0	1	3	6
1958	27	252	835	780	65	207	28	4	8	84	3	2	47	54	.265	.306	.342	.648	72	267	22	0	4	4	10
1959	28	394	1309	1232	100	329	43	7	21	134	5	8	62	82	.267	.302	.364	.666	75	449	35	1	9	4	16
1960	29	521	1679	1569	120	406	59	7	23	162	6	8	91	115	.259	.299	.349	.649	71	548	47	2	10	5	29
1961	30	566	1821	1694	126	437	63	8	23	172	6	8	102	127	.258	.300	.345	.645	70	585	50	3	13	7	33
1962	31	566	1821	1694	126	437	63	8	23	172	6	8	102	127	.258	.300	.345	.645	70	585	50	3	13	7	33
1963	32	566	1821	1694	126	437	63	8	23	172	6	8	102	127	.258	.300	.345	.645	70	585	50	3	13	7	33
1964	33	566	1821	1694	126	437	63	8	23	172	6	8	102	127	.258	.300	.345	.645	70	585	50	3	13	7	33
1965	34	570	1824	1697	126	437	63	8	23	172	6	8	102	128	.258	.300	.345	.644	70	585	50	3	13	7	33

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1956	25	78	255	239	29	69	13	0	5	25	1	16	23	.289	.333	.406	.739	32	75
1957	26	105	371	348	26	97	13	3	2	39	2	19	19	.279	.314	.351	.664	39	100
1958	27	81	247	229	13	50	4	1	1	23	0	14	15	.218	.262	.258	.520	16	77
1959	28	148	490	469	35	124	15	3	13	50	2	15	29	.264	.289	.392	.681	53	142
1960	29	133	384	351	20	79	16	0	2	29	1	30	34	.225	.287	.288	.575	29	127
1961	30	47	145	128	5	30	4	1	0	9	0	11	13	.234	.296	.281	.577	10	45

1965	34	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
7 Yrs		596	1895	1767	128	449	65	8	23	175	6	105	134	.254	.296	.339	.635	179	570
162 Game Avg.		162	515	480	35	122	18	2	6	48	2	29	36	.254	.296	.339	.635	49	570

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1957 1959-1 1959-2 *	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1959 NL 1.1 (8th) 1960 NL 1.3 (8th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1960 NL 13 (3rd)

All-Star Games
1957
1959-1
1959-2 *

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1959 NL 1.1 (8th)
1960 NL 1.3 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 NL 13 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 9 (1221), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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