Ken Smith
Kenneth Earl Smith
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 12, 1958 in Youngstown, OH
High School: East (Youngstown, OH)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1981
Final Game: June 14, 1983
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Standard Batting

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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
1981 23 ATL NL 5 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 177 2 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1982 24 ATL NL 48 47 41 6 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 13 .293 .383 .317 .700 95 13 0 0 0 0 0 /37
1983 25 ATL NL 30 13 12 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 .167 .231 .417 .647 71 5 0 0 0 0 0 3
3 Seasons 83 63 56 8 15 2 0 1 5 1 0 7 19 .268 .349 .357 .706 95 20 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 123 109 16 29 4 0 2 10 2 0 14 37 .268 .349 .357 .706 95 39 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1981 23 ATL NL 3 2 1 13.6 93 .500 .333 .265 .333 .330 .667 .379 1.000 .710 177 .898 0.3 0.0 1.000 .333 .333
1982 24 ATL NL 47 29 6 5.6 98 .429 .293 .270 .383 .334 .317 .393 .700 .727 95 .626 0.0 0.0 .655 .171 .024
1983 25 ATL NL 13 10 1 2.7 103 .167 .167 .272 .231 .342 .417 .404 .647 .746 71 .303 -0.6 -0.1 .700 .417 .250 1.0
3 Seasons 63 41 8 5.3 99 .389 .268 .270 .349 .335 .357 .394 .706 .730 95 .599 -0.3 -0.0 .683 .232 .089 1.0
162 Game Avg. 123 80 16 5.3 99 .389 .268 .270 .349 .335 .357 .394 .706 .730 95 .599 -0.3 -0.0 .683 .232 .089 2

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1981 23 ATL NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 3.0 67%
1982 24 ATL NL 47 0.0% 27.7% 12.8% 2.1% 8% 2.17 3.2 13.7 1.00 60%
1983 25 ATL NL 13 7.7% 38.5% 7.7% 7.7% 50% 5.00 2.4 12.0 6.0 4.00 46%
3 Seasons 63 1.6% 30.2% 11.1% 4.8% 20% 2.71 2.9 56.0 11.2 1.44 57%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1981 23 ATL 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 0
1982 24 ATL NL 0 0 33% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 71% 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 25 ATL NL 0 0 50% 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 0 0 33% 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 70% 10 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1981 23 ATL NL 3 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 24 ATL NL 47 98% 12 35 8 0 2 1.53 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 3 0 0% 35 3 9% 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 0
1983 25 ATL NL 13 100% 2 8 1 0 0 1.06 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 1 13% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
3 Seasons 63 97% 15 44 9 0 2 1.43 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 0% 6 0 0% 46 4 9% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1981 23 5 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 177 2 0 0 0 0 0
1982 24 53 50 44 6 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 6 14 .295 .380 .341 .721 101 15 0 0 0 0 0
1983 25 83 63 56 8 15 2 0 1 5 1 0 7 19 .268 .349 .357 .706 95 20 0 0 0 0 0

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
1981 23 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 5
1982 24 48 48 42 6 13 1 0 0 3 0 6 13 .310 .396 .333 .729 6 48
1983 25 30 13 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 .167 .231 .417 .647 1 30
3 Seasons 86 66 59 7 15 1 0 1 4 1 7 20 .254 .333 .322 .655 9 83
162 Game Avg. 162 124 111 13 28 2 0 2 8 2 13 38 .254 .333 .322 .655 17 83

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