Ray Smith
Raymond Edward Smith
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 18, 1955 in Glendale, CA
High School: Lincoln (San Diego, CA)
School: University of Oregon
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1981
Final Game: September 21, 1983
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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
1981 MIN AL 25 C 15 13 112.0 68 65 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.46 4.53 .987 5.51 4.76 1 2 5 3 38%
1982 MIN AL 26 C 9 8 70.0 46 44 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.91 5.11 .987 5.70 4.90 0 2 3 2 40%
1983 MIN AL 27 C 59 46 418.2 304 272 27 5 3 .984 3.0 8.6 3 6.43 5.07 .986 5.70 4.76 1 11 36 24 40%
3 Seasons C 83 67 600.2 418 381 32 5 3 .988 3.0 6.0 3 6.19 4.98 .986 5.67 4.77 2 15 44 29 40%
3 Seasons TOT 83 67 600.2 418 381 32 5 3 .988 3.0 6.0 3 6.19 4.98 .974 5.67 4.77 2 15 44 29 40%

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
1981 MIN AL 25 15 13 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MIN AL 26 9 8 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MIN AL 27 59 46 59 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 83 67 83 83 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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%
1981 MIN AL 25 496 3.86 4.58 2 100% 0 0 65 1 0 1 63 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MIN AL 26 286 3.60 3.60 2 100% 0 0 44 2 0 1 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MIN AL 27 1889 4.34 4.71 14 100% 1 0 272 11 1 9 251 28 2 0 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 100%
3 Seasons 2671 4.17 4.55 18 100% 1 0 381 14 1 11 355 33 3 0 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 100%
MLB Averages 3.79 4.24 95% 92%

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
1981 MIN AL 25 1 2 165 5 3 0 38% 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 5 1.24 1.02
1982 MIN AL 26 0 2 90 3 2 2 40% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.95 1.39
1983 MIN AL 27 2 11 704 36 24 21 40% 30 19 6 5 0 0 0 0 57 24 1.68 1.37
3 Seasons 3 15 959 44 29 23 40% 37 23 7 5 0 1 1 0 74 31 1.58 1.34
MLB Averages 34% 1.30 1.30

* 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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