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Tommy Smith

Tommy Alexander Smith

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 1, 1948 in Albemarle, NC
School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1973
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mariners 1973-1977

Final Game: September 10, 1977
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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
1973 24 CLE AL 14 42 41 6 10 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 2 .244 .262 .439 .701 93 18 1 0 0 0 0 8/79
1974 25 CLE AL 23 35 31 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .097 .176 .129 .306 -10 4 0 1 1 0 1 /789D
1975 26 CLE AL 8 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .125 .111 .125 .236 -33 1 0 0 0 1 0 /D97
1976 27 CLE AL 55 173 164 17 42 3 1 2 12 8 0 8 8 .256 .289 .323 .612 81 53 4 0 0 1 2 97/D
1977 28 SEA AL 21 27 27 1 7 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 6 .259 .259 .370 .630 71 10 0 0 0 0 0 9/7
5 Yrs 121 286 271 28 63 7 2 4 21 9 1 11 24 .232 .263 .317 .581 68 86 5 1 1 2 3
162 Game Avg. 162 383 363 37 84 9 3 5 28 12 1 15 32 .232 .263 .317 .581 68 115 7 1 1 3 4
CLE (4 yrs) 100 259 244 27 56 6 1 4 17 9 0 11 18 .230 .264 .311 .575 68 76 5 1 1 2 3
SEA (1 yr) 21 27 27 1 7 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 6 .259 .259 .370 .630 71 10 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 Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1973 24 CLE AL 14 42 -1 0 0 -2 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .479 .498 0.1 -0.3 1 $ 8/79
1974 25 CLE AL 23 35 -4 -0 0 1 -1 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .479 .497 -0.5 0.0 -4 $ /789D
1975 26 CLE AL 8 9 -2 -0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .467 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /D97
1976 27 CLE AL 55 173 -4 1 1 0 -3 -4 -0.4 6 2 0.1 .492 .497 0.1 -0.2 1 $ 97/D
1977 28 SEA AL 21 27 -1 -0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 9/7
5 Seasons 121 286 -12 1 2 -2 -4 -16 -1.6 9 -6 -0.8 .486 .498 -0.6 -0.6 -5 $
CLE (4 yrs) 100 259 -10 1 1 -1 -4 -13 -1.4 8 -5 -0.7 .485 .498 -0.5 -0.5 -4 $
SEA (1 yr) 21 27 -1 -0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -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
1973 24 CLE AL 42 32 4 3.4 95 .216 .244 .262 .262 .331 .439 .385 .701 .716 93 .385 -0.7 -0.1 .625 .244 .195 1.3
1974 25 CLE AL 35 29 1 0.9 88 .125 .097 .257 .176 .322 .129 .370 .306 .691 -10 .061 -4.4 -0.5 .250 .097 .032
1975 26 CLE AL 9 8 0 0.0 92 .125 .125 .257 .111 .327 .125 .377 .236 .704 -33 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .143 .000 .000
1976 27 CLE AL 173 127 16 3.4 84 .258 .256 .254 .289 .318 .323 .358 .612 .675 81 .428 -4.5 -0.5 .548 .165 .067 3.2
1977 28 SEA AL 27 21 2 2.6 99 .333 .259 .265 .259 .329 .370 .403 .630 .732 71 .251 -1.3 -0.1 .429 .074 .111
5 Yrs 286 217 23 2.9 88 .241 .232 .257 .263 .321 .317 .368 .581 .690 68 .337 -12.3 -1.3 .495 .155 .085 5.5
162 Game Avg. 383 291 31 2.9 88 .241 .232 .257 .263 .321 .317 .368 .581 .690 68 .337 -12.3 -1.3 .495 .155 .085 7
CLE (4 yrs) 259 196 21 2.9 87 .232 .230 .256 .264 .321 .311 .364 .575 .685 68 .348 -11.0 -1.2 .503 .164 .082 5.5
SEA (1 yr) 27 21 2 2.6 99 .333 .259 .265 .259 .329 .370 .403 .630 .732 71 .251 -1.3 -0.1 .429 .074 .111

Ratio Batting*

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
1973 24 CLE AL 42 4.8% 4.8% 2.4% 9.5% 40% 2.00 20.5 20.5 13.7 1.38 88%
1974 25 CLE AL 35 0.0% 20.0% 5.7% 2.9% 33% 3.50 4.4 0.40 69%
1975 26 CLE AL 9 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.0 4.0 1.33 89%
1976 27 CLE AL 173 1.2% 4.6% 4.6% 3.5% 14% 1.00 20.5 82.0 13.7 1.00 90%
1977 28 SEA AL 27 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 7.4% 29% 4.5 6.8 2.50 78%
5 Yrs 286 1.4% 8.4% 3.9% 4.6% 21% 2.18 11.3 67.8 12.9 1.03 86%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.2% 8.7% 6.2% 27% 1.52 6.7 46.9 8.7 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 24 CLE AL -0.7 -0.1 43 -0.0 0.6 -0.6 .79 0.1 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.91 -0.4 0
1974 25 CLE AL -4.4 -0.5 37 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .80 -0.3 0.0 -2.8 -0.3 0.90 -3.8 1.77 2
1975 26 CLE AL -1.4 -0.1 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .54 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.07 -1.3 0.07 3
1976 27 CLE AL -4.5 -0.5 182 -0.6 2.8 -3.3 1.04 -0.3 -0.3 -6.1 -0.7 0.94 -4.3 3.06 2
1977 28 SEA AL -1.3 -0.1 28 0.6 1.0 -0.4 1.14 -0.1 0.6 -0.8 -0.1 0.99 -1.3 1.76 8
5 Yrs -12.3 -1.3 299 -0.4 4.6 -5.0 .97 -0.7 0.4 -13.6 -1.4 0.94 -11.0 1.60 15

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1973 24 CLE AL 0 0 44% 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
1974 25 CLE AL 1 0 67% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1975 26 CLE AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 27 CLE AL 3 0 31% 65 8 0 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 60% 14 6 8 2 1 1 4 1 3
1977 28 SEA AL 0 0 14% 11 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 4 0 34% 125 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3 50% 20 12 8 4 2 2 6 1 5

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
1973 24 CLE AL 42 90% 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 1 17% 2 1 50% 25 1 4% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1974 25 CLE AL 35 80% 3 2 0 0 0 1.77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 3 1 33% 17 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1975 26 CLE AL 9 78% 1 3 0 0 0 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 8 2 25% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1976 27 CLE AL 173 98% 42 2 0 0 1 3.06 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0% 35 4 11% 15 3 20% 106 11 10% 8 3 38% 4 1 25% 0
1977 28 SEA AL 27 93% 7 8 2 0 2 1.76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 5 1 20% 18 4 22% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 286 94% 63 15 2 0 3 1.60 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 3 1 33% 54 5 9% 26 7 27% 174 18 10% 11 4 36% 6 3 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

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
1973 24 14 42 41 6 10 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 2 .244 .262 .439 .701 93 18 1 0 0 0 0
1974 25 37 77 72 10 13 3 0 2 3 1 0 3 9 .181 .224 .306 .529 49 22 1 1 1 0 1
1975 26 45 86 80 10 14 3 0 2 5 1 0 3 10 .175 .212 .288 .499 41 23 1 1 1 1 1
1976 27 100 259 244 27 56 6 1 4 17 9 0 11 18 .230 .264 .311 .575 68 76 5 1 1 2 3
1977 28 121 286 271 28 63 7 2 4 21 9 1 11 24 .232 .263 .317 .581 68 86 5 1 1 2 3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1973 24 14 42 41 6 10 2 0 2 3 1 1 2 .244 .262 .439 .701 5 14
1974 25 23 37 32 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 .125 .222 .156 .378 1 23
1975 26 8 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1976 27 55 179 169 20 46 3 1 2 14 9 9 8 .272 .307 .337 .645 18 55
1977 28 21 28 28 1 8 1 1 0 5 0 0 6 .286 .286 .393 .679 3 21
5 Yrs 121 295 278 34 68 7 2 4 22 10 13 24 .245 .279 .327 .606 27 121
162 Game Avg. 162 395 372 46 91 9 3 5 29 13 17 32 .245 .279 .327 .606 36 121

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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