Roy Smith
Le Roy Purdy Smith
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 6, 1961 in Mount Vernon, NY
High School: Mt. Vernon (Mt. Vernon, NY)
School: Fordham University
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Signed July 30, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1984
Final Game: August 16, 1991
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 CLE AL 22 P 22 14 86.1 13 4 6 3 0 .769 1.04 0.45 .969 1.79 0.70
1985 CLE AL 23 P 12 11 62.1 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 1.30 0.75 .956 1.86 0.70
1986 MIN AL 24 P 5 0 10.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.20 1.000 1.83 0.68
1987 MIN AL 25 P 7 1 16.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.10 0.29 .950 1.82 0.67
1988 MIN AL 26 P 9 4 37.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.22 0.56 .960 1.78 0.67
1989 MIN AL 27 P 32 26 172.1 22 9 13 0 1 1.000 1.15 0.69 .959 1.87 0.66
1990 MIN AL 28 P 32 23 153.1 20 10 9 1 0 .950 1.12 0.59 .955 1.78 0.59
1991 BAL AL 29 P 17 14 80.1 17 9 8 0 0 1.000 1.90 1.00 .953 1.80 0.58
8 Seasons P 136 93 618.1 89 41 44 4 1 .955 1.24 0.63 .958 1.82 0.65
8 Seasons TOT 136 93 618.1 89 41 44 4 1 .955 1.24 0.63 .913 1.82 0.65

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
1984 CLE AL 22 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CLE AL 23 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 MIN AL 24 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIN AL 25 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIN AL 26 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 MIN AL 27 32 0 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MIN AL 28 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 BAL AL 29 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 136 0 1 136 136 0 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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1984 CLE AL 22 398 76% 14% 9 67% 0 4 0 1 5 4 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1985 CLE AL 23 296 84% 18% 3 100% 0 6 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 MIN AL 24 55 75% 24% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIN AL 25 79 78% 27% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIN AL 26 163 82% 24% 4 75% 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1989 MIN AL 27 757 80% 25% 17 94% 0 10 4 5 13 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1990 MIN AL 28 710 81% 24% 17 88% 0 11 3 7 11 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1991 BAL AL 29 364 86% 30% 8 100% 1 9 0 9 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2822 81% 23% 61 89% 1 43 8 28 45 32 3 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 13 69%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 92% 87%

* 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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