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Ken Smith

Kenneth Earl Smith

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

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

Final Game: June 14, 1983
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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
1976	18	ATL-min	Rk	32	94	94		24	3	1	1						.255	.255	.340	.596		32							BVS · GULF
1977	19	ATL-min	A	67	282	212	38	64	7	0	1	25	5	2	64	50	.302	.457	.349	.806		74		0	2	4			GRW · WCRS
1978	20	ATL-min	AA	138	568	462	55	110	19	5	2	40	11	6	97	92	.238	.372	.314	.686		145		2	6	1			SAV · SOUL
1979	21	ATL-min	AA	141	558	449	71	112	12	4	10	51	18	7	102	101	.249	.391	.361	.752		162		4	1	2			SAV · SOUL
1980	22	ATL-min	AAA	132	505	418	61	103	17	4	12	53	11	12	79	106	.246	.370	.392	.762		164		4	2	2			RMD · IL
1981	23	ATL-min	AAA	129	542	478	64	128	9	6	11	60	22	6	57	114	.268	.347	.381	.728		182		2	3	2	4		RMD · IL
1981	23	ATL	NL	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	175	2	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1982	24	ATL-min	AAA	43	161	129	24	34	3	0	8	25	11	1	30	32	.264	.404	.473	.877		61		1	0	1	6		RMD · IL
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-min	AAA	52	209	174	36	49	8	2	4	31	6	2	31	45	.282	.394	.420	.814		73		2	1	1	4		RMD · IL
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
1984	26	ATL-min	AAA	136	551	453	72	123	17	4	9	59	32	11	92	99	.272	.397	.386	.784		175		4	0	2	5		RMD · IL
1985	27	ATL-min	AA,AAA	88	274	219	46	61	11	1	11	50	10	3	51	49	.279	.412	.489	.901		107		1	0	3	2		GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1986	28	BAL-min	A,AAA	70	226	186	35	41	13	1	5	20	13	5	38	42	.220	.353	.382	.734		71		0	2	0	2		HGR,ROC · CARL,IL
3 Yrs				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

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1981	23	ATL	NL	5	3	0	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/3
1982	24	ATL	NL	48	47	-0	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	1	0.1	.498	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/37
1983	25	ATL	NL	30	13	-1	0	2	-0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.0	0.2	0	$	3
3 Seasons				83	63	-1	1	0	-1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.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
1981	23	ATL	NL	3	2	1	13.6	94	.500	.333	.266	.333	.332	.667	.381	1.000	.713	175	.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 Yrs				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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				63	1.6%	30.2%	11.1%	4.8%	20%	2.71	2.9	56.0	11.2	1.44	57%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.57	6.8	45.2	8.6	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
1981	23	ATL	NL	0.3	0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.14	-0.0	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.07	-0.8	0.43	1
1982	24	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	47	-0.2	0.9	-1.1	1.46	-0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0	1.02	-0.4	1.49	35
1983	25	ATL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.95	-0.0	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.99	-0.8	0.97	8
3 Yrs				-0.3	-0.0	64	-0.3	1.0	-1.4	1.29	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	1.02	-2.0	1.37	44

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3
1981	23	ATL	NL	0%	0	0		0	0		0	0	0
1982	24	ATL	NL	33%	20	0		0	2	71%	7	2	5
1983	25	ATL	NL	50%	18	1	100%	1	0	67%	3	1	2
3 Yrs				33%	38	1	100%	1	2	70%	10	3	7

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
1981	23	ATL	NL	3	67%	1			1	0	0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1982	24	ATL	NL	47	98%	12			35	8	0	2	1.49	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	0.97	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 Yrs				63	97%	15			44	9	0	2	1.37	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		16	0	0%	6	0	0%	46	4	9%	3	2	67%	3	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			84%			11%			35%			15%			52%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1981	23	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	175	2
1982	24	53	50	44	6	13	2	0	3	0	6	14	.295	.380	.341	.721	101	15
1983	25	83	63	56	8	15	2	1	5	1	7	19	.268	.349	.357	.706	95	20

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1981	23	8	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.800	1.200	2	5
1982	24	48	47	41	6	12	1	0	3	0	6	13	.293	.383	.317	.700	5	48
1983	25	30	13	12	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	5	.167	.231	.417	.647	1	30
3 Yrs		86	65	58	8	16	3	1	5	1	7	20	.276	.354	.379	.733	8	83
162 Game Avg.		162	122	109	15	30	6	2	9	2	13	38	.276	.354	.379	.733	15	83

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