Tommy Smith
Tommy Alexander Smith
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 1, 1948 in Albemarle, NC
School: North Carolina State University
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1973
Final Game: September 10, 1977
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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 Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 CLE AL 24 OF 13 11 102.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -2.5 -29.4 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 -1 2.38 2.08 .978 2.29 2.02
1973 CLE AL 24 CF 12 10 94.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -2.6 -33.2 -1.6 -0.2 -1.4 -1 2.59 2.25 .981 2.78 2.54
1973 CLE AL 24 LF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
1973 CLE AL 24 RF 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.70
1974 CLE AL 25 OF 17 6 81.0 32 29 1 2 0 .938 1.1 16.3 2.1 0.1 2.0 -1 3.33 1.76 .981 2.41 2.12
1974 CLE AL 25 LF 9 1 30.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.4 96.0 2.4 1.3 1.1 0 4.20 1.56 .971 2.13 1.76
1974 CLE AL 25 CF 4 3 26.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0.5 -23.1 -0.5 -0.8 0.3 0 3.46 2.50 .991 2.94 2.62
1974 CLE AL 25 RF 4 2 25.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.8 -38.4 0.2 -0.4 0.6 -1 1.80 1.25 .983 2.20 1.85
1974 CLE AL 25 DH 1
1975 CLE AL 26 DH 3
1975 CLE AL 26 OF 3 1 13.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -27.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.77 1.33 .975 2.35 2.10
1975 CLE AL 26 RF 2 1 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.85
1975 CLE AL 26 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1976 CLE AL 27 OF 50 41 382.1 96 90 4 2 0 .979 0.3 0.9 -1.7 -1.7 0.0 2 2.21 1.88 .981 2.47 2.21
1976 CLE AL 27 RF 38 35 309.1 83 78 3 2 0 .976 2.0 7.8 1.0 -0.1 1.2 1 2.36 2.13 .980 2.21 1.92
1976 CLE AL 27 LF 12 6 73.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -27.9 -2.7 -1.6 -1.2 1 1.48 1.00 .975 2.23 1.91
1976 CLE AL 27 DH 2
1977 SEA AL 28 OF 14 4 52.0 13 10 3 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -11.5 -1.5 -0.9 -0.6 1 2.25 0.93 .977 2.34 2.03
1977 SEA AL 28 RF 14 4 49.0 12 9 3 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -14.7 -1.6 -0.9 -0.7 1 2.20 0.86 .975 2.08 1.71
1977 SEA AL 28 LF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
5 Seasons OF 97 63 630.1 172 160 8 4 0 .977 -1.9 -3.6 -2.9 -2.8 -0.1 1 2.40 1.73 .980 2.42 2.14
5 Seasons RF 59 43 400.1 103 94 6 3 0 .971 0.5 1.5 -0.5 -1.4 1.0 1 2.25 1.69 .980 2.19 1.86
5 Seasons LF 24 7 110.0 28 26 2 0 0 1.000 0.7 7.6 -0.3 -0.4 -0.0 1 2.29 1.17 .975 2.19 1.83
2 Seasons CF 16 13 120.0 38 37 0 1 0 .974 -3.1 -31.0 -2.1 -1.0 -1.1 -1 2.78 2.31 .984 2.81 2.56
3 Seasons DH 6
5 Seasons TOT 97 63 630.1 172 160 8 4 0 .977 -1.9 -3.6 -2.9 -2.8 -0.1 1 2.40 1.73 .957 2.42 2.14
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1973 CLE AL 24 14 11 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 1 13 0 0 1
1974 CLE AL 25 23 6 23 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 4 17 0 2 6
1975 CLE AL 26 8 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 3 2
1976 CLE AL 27 55 42 55 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 38 50 1 3 5
1977 SEA AL 28 21 4 21 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 14 0 8 2
5 Seasons 121 64 121 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 16 59 97 1 16 16
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 -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 CLE AL 24 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 0 0 0 0 0 26 54% 62% 19% 0
1974 CLE AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 107 52% 83% 27% 9 56%
1975 CLE AL 26 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 0 0 0 0 0 54 57% 80% 28% 2 100%
1976 CLE AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 12 8 1 11 2 0 7 4 0 6 3 0 6 4 0 42 21 50.0% 20 1 2.4% 2 1363 55% 77% 24% 151 54%
1977 SEA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 3 241 51% 81% 25% 22 50%
5 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 4 2 0 16 9 1 15 4 0 9 5 0 7 3 0 6 4 0 53 25 47.2% 27 1 1.9% 5 1791 54% 77% 24% 184 54%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.0% 60% 78% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 CLE AL 24 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 0 0 0 0 0 11 64% 82% 36% 2 50%
1974 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 0 118 63% 84% 32% 17 82%
1975 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 6 83% 100% 17% 1 0%
1976 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 6 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 72.7% 3 0 0.0% 1 338 63% 77% 24% 35 34%
1977 SEA AL 28 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 0 0 0 0 0 13 62% 77% 23% 3 33%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 7 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16 11 68.8% 4 1 6.3% 1 486 63% 79% 26% 58 48%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.8% 60% 78% 26% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 18 7 38.9% 11 0 0.0% 0 460 53% 75% 18% 58 47%
1974 CLE AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 136 56% 79% 26% 22 45%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 9 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 5 3 0 24 8 33.3% 16 0 0.0% 0 596 54% 76% 20% 80 46%
MLB Averages 43.7% 2.3% 60% 78% 26% 58%

* 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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