Hal Smith
Harold Raymond Smith (Cura)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 189 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
Final Game: July 8, 1965
Relatives: Uncle of Tim Flannery
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1956 STL NL 25 C 66 58 516.0 340 300 34 6 3 .982 -2.0 -4.7 -2 5.83 5.06 .985 5.83 5.01 1 21 15 11 42%
1957 STL NL 26 C 97 86 795.0 515 468 42 5 8 .990 -3.0 -4.5 -3 5.77 5.26 .988 5.98 4.99 17 21 28 15 35% AS
1958 STL NL 27 C 71 61 554.2 372 346 22 4 4 .989 0.0 0.0 0 5.97 5.18 .988 6.06 5.19 2 7 25 9 26%
1959 STL NL 28 C 141 128 1105.2 827 758 60 9 13 .989 3.0 3.3 3 6.66 5.80 .989 6.34 5.24 5 34 44 32 42% AS
1960 STL NL 29 C 124 108 917.0 732 664 61 7 9 .990 6.0 7.9 6 7.12 5.85 .986 6.58 5.41 2 24 32 34 52%
1961 STL NL 30 C 45 42 344.1 291 261 28 2 6 .993 5.0 17.4 5 7.55 6.42 .985 6.39 5.17 1 9 12 11 48%
1965 PIT NL 34 C 4 1 12.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.75 3.25 .985 6.98 5.80 0 1 0 0
7 Seasons C 548 484 4244.2 3090 2810 247 33 43 .989 9.0 2.5 9 6.48 5.58 .987 6.23 5.20 28 117 156 112 42%
7 Seasons TOT 548 484 4244.2 3090 2810 247 33 43 .989 9.0 2.5 9 6.48 5.58 .976 6.23 5.20 28 117 156 112 42%

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
1956 STL NL 25 75 58 75 75 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1957 STL NL 26 100 86 100 100 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1958 STL NL 27 77 61 77 77 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1959 STL NL 28 142 128 142 142 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 STL NL 29 127 108 127 127 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1961 STL NL 30 45 42 45 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PIT NL 34 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 570 484 570 570 0 548 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
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%
1956 STL NL 25 2296 4.52 5.35 69 99% 0 0 300 53 1 5 241 33 12 1 0 4 6 0 5 1 0 3 1 0 1 6 100%
1957 STL NL 26 3505 3.88 4.34 69 94% 0 2 467 52 5 10 399 42 16 0 1 5 5 0 2 3 0 8 0 5 5 5 80%
1958 STL NL 27 2385 3.46 3.86 47 100% 0 0 348 39 1 7 301 22 6 2 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 6 100%
1959 STL NL 28 4938 4.27 4.68 78 97% 2 0 760 64 4 20 672 59 10 1 0 3 10 0 4 6 0 14 0 1 1 8 100%
1960 STL NL 29 3948 3.34 3.76 74 97% 1 0 669 49 3 12 604 62 19 2 1 4 7 1 1 5 0 11 0 2 3 14 93%
1961 STL NL 30 1551 3.61 4.08 18 94% 0 1 261 10 0 6 245 27 6 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 2 2 100%
1965 PIT NL 34 48 4.09 4.09 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 18671 3.86 4.34 355 97% 3 3 2817 267 14 60 2474 245 69 7 2 18 34 2 13 19 0 46 2 8 12 41 95%
MLB Averages 3.78 4.29 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
1956 STL NL 25 1 21 864 15 11 11 42% 14 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 52 16 1.09 0.99
1957 STL NL 26 17 21 1308 28 15 12 35% 23 13 3 1 2 1 4 0 79 23 1.42 1.54
1958 STL NL 27 2 7 867 25 9 8 26% 21 8 4 1 0 0 1 0 43 14 1.08 1.52
1959 STL NL 28 5 34 1917 44 32 30 42% 38 26 5 3 1 3 7 0 113 47 1.05 1.16
1960 STL NL 29 2 24 1479 32 34 33 52% 28 33 2 0 2 1 0 0 82 40 1.12 1.05
1961 STL NL 30 1 9 586 12 11 11 48% 11 8 1 2 0 1 5 0 32 18 1.11 1.05
1965 PIT NL 34 0 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Seasons 28 117 7037 156 112 105 42% 135 99 16 7 5 6 18 0 403 158 1.14 1.18
MLB Averages 39% 1.20 1.18

* 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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