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Keith Smith

Keith Lavarne Smith

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: May 3, 1953 in Palmetto, FL
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1977
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Rangers 1977-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980
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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
1972	19	TEX-min	A-	69	288	288		78	6	4	1						.271	.271	.330	.601		95							GEN · NYPL
1974	21	TEX-min	A	131	554	496	73	141	18	7	6	73	21	15	48	52	.284	.350	.385	.735		191	15	5	0	5	2		GST · WCRS
1975	22	TEX-min	AA	101	338	338		84	10	7	2						.249	.249	.337	.586		114							PFD · EL
1976	23	TEX-min	AAA	111	423	403	71	131	20	0	23	73	4	5	14	40	.325	.352	.546	.898		220		3	3	0			SAC · PCL
1977	24	TEX-min	AAA	104	466	421	94	136	24	5	19	77	14	6	31	28	.323	.374	.539	.913		227		6	3	5			TUC · PCL
1977	24	TEX	AL	23	78	67	13	16	4	0	2	6	2	0	4	7	.239	.301	.388	.689	86	26	0	2	5	0	0	7

1978	25	TEX-min	AAA	120	508	466	78	144	24	8	10	69	13	5	25	38	.309	.348	.459	.807		214		6	5	6			TUC · PCL
1979	26	STL-min	AAA	119	473	448	77	157	17	4	9	61	30	11	21	28	.350	.377	.467	.844		209		0	1	3			SPR · AA
1979	26	STL	NL	6	13	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.231	.231	.231	.462	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1980	27	STL-min	AAA	69	294	271	39	80	10	2	5	32	22	6	19	16	.295	.344	.402	.746		109		2	0	2			SPR · AA
1980	27	STL	NL	24	33	31	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.129	.182	.161	.343	-5	5	2	0	0	0	1	/798
1981	28	NYM-BAL-STL-NYY-min	AAA,A	120	335	304	36	64	11	1	2	29	16	5	25	34	.211	.273	.273	.546		83		2	2	2	0		TID,ROC,SPR,GBO · IL,AA,SALL
3 Yrs				53	124	111	17	23	5	0	2	8	2	1	6	10	.207	.261	.306	.567	54	34	2	2	5	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	379	339	52	70	15	0	6	24	6	3	18	31	.207	.261	.306	.567	54	104	6	6	15	0	3

STL (2 yrs)				30	46	44	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	.159	.196	.182	.377	4	8	2	0	0	0	1
TEX (1 yr)				23	78	67	13	16	4	0	2	6	2	0	4	7	.239	.301	.388	.689	86	26	0	2	5	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				30	46	44	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	.159	.196	.182	.377	4	8	2	0	0	0	1
AL (1 yr)				23	78	67	13	16	4	0	2	6	2	0	4	7	.239	.301	.388	.689	86	26	0	2	5	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
1977	24	TEX	AL	23	78	0	1	0	2	-1	3	0.3	2	5	0.5	.512	.502	0.3	0.1	3	$	7

1979	26	STL	NL	6	13	-1	-1	0	3	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.514	.501	-0.2	0.3	-2	$	/7
1980	27	STL	NL	24	33	-5	0	-0	0	-0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.478	.497	-0.5	0.0	-4	$	/798
3 Seasons				53	124	-6	0	0	5	-1	-1	-0.1	4	3	0.2	.497	.500	-0.4	0.5	-3	$

STL (2 yrs)				30	46	-6	-1	0	3	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.485	.499	-0.7	0.3	-6	$
TEX (1 yr)				23	78	0	1	0	2	-1	3	0.3	2	5	0.5	.512	.502	0.3	0.1	3	$

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
1977	24	TEX	AL	78	56	9	4.3	101	.241	.239	.267	.301	.332	.388	.407	.689	.738	86	.466	-1.4	-0.1	.667	.239	.149	2.0

1979	26	STL	NL	13	11	0	0.0	101	.250	.231	.271	.231	.337	.231	.403	.462	.740	26	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.182	-.077	.000
1980	27	STL	NL	33	29	1	0.9	98	.138	.129	.271	.182	.334	.161	.394	.343	.728	-5	.059	-4.5	-0.5	.241	.097	.032
3 Yrs				124	96	10	2.8	100	.212	.207	.269	.261	.333	.306	.403	.567	.736	54	.295	-7.3	-0.7	.473	.162	.099	2.0
162 Game Avg.				379	293	31	2.8	100	.212	.207	.269	.261	.333	.306	.403	.567	.736	54	.295	-7.3	-0.7	.473	.162	.099	6

STL (2 yrs)				46	40	1	0.7	99	.171	.159	.271	.196	.335	.182	.397	.377	.732	4	.033	-5.9	-0.6	.225	.045	.023
TEX (1 yr)				78	56	9	4.3	101	.241	.239	.267	.301	.332	.388	.407	.689	.738	86	.466	-1.4	-0.1	.667	.239	.149	2.0

NL (2 yrs)				46	40	1	0.7	99	.171	.159	.271	.196	.335	.182	.397	.377	.732	4	.033	-5.9	-0.6	.225	.045	.023
AL (1 yr)				78	56	9	4.3	101	.241	.239	.267	.301	.332	.388	.407	.689	.738	86	.466	-1.4	-0.1	.667	.239	.149	2.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	24	TEX	AL	78	2.6%	9.0%	5.1%	7.7%	38%	1.75	9.6	33.5	11.2	2.07	74%

1979	26	STL	NL	13	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		13.0			0.67	92%
1980	27	STL	NL	33	0.0%	6.1%	6.1%	3.0%	25%	1.00	15.5		15.5	0.93	88%
3 Yrs				124	1.6%	8.1%	4.8%	5.7%	30%	1.67	11.1	55.5	13.9	1.37	80%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.8%	8.4%	6.7%	28%	1.52	7.0	43.6	8.4	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	24	TEX	AL	-1.4	-0.1	79	0.6	1.9	-1.3	1.10	-0.0	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.91	-0.3	0.20	3

1979	26	STL	NL	-1.4	-0.1	14	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.79	-0.2	-0.1	-3.4	-0.4	0.94	-2.9		0
1980	27	STL	NL	-4.5	-0.5	33	-0.2	0.9	-1.0	1.61	-0.4	0.3	-5.4	-0.5	1.12	-4.3	1.97	17
3 Yrs				-7.3	-0.7	126	0.2	2.8	-2.6	1.20	-0.7	0.8	-8.0	-0.8	0.97	-7.6	1.70	20

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
1977	24	TEX	AL	3	0	55%	33	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	73%	4	3	1	1	0	1	6	0	6

1979	26	STL	NL	0	0	33%	5	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
1980	27	STL	NL	0	0	50%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				3	0	52%	47	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	71%	4	3	1	1	0	1	9	0	8

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
1977	24	TEX	AL	78	53%	16			3	2	0	0	0.20	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	5	5	100%	12	0	0%	7	5	71%	43	5	12%	2	0	0%	6	4	67%	0

1979	26	STL	NL	13	38%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1980	27	STL	NL	33	85%	4			17	3	0	1	1.97	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	2	33%	2	1	50%	29	3	10%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				124	60%	23			20	5	0	1	1.70	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	6	5	83%	21	2	10%	11	6	55%	78	8	10%	6	1	17%	7	5	71%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1977	24	23	78	67	13	16	4	2	6	2	0	4	7	.239	.301	.388	.689	86	26	0	2	5	0
1978	25	23	78	67	13	16	4	2	6	2	0	4	7	.239	.301	.388	.689	86	26	0	2	5	0
1979	26	29	91	80	14	19	4	2	6	2	1	4	8	.238	.291	.363	.653	77	29	0	2	5	0
1980	27	53	124	111	17	23	5	2	8	2	1	6	10	.207	.261	.306	.567	54	34	2	2	5	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	24	23	79	68	14	17	4	0	2	7	2	4	7	.250	.311	.397	.708	8	23

1979	26	6	14	14	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	1	6
1980	27	24	33	31	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	.129	.182	.161	.343	1	24
3 Yrs		53	126	113	18	25	5	0	2	9	2	6	10	.221	.273	.319	.591	10	53
162 Game Avg.		162	385	345	55	76	15	0	6	28	6	18	31	.221	.273	.319	.591	31	53

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