Willie Smith
Willie Smith
Wonderful Willie
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 11, 1939 in Anniston, AL
High School: Carbon Hill (Carbon Hill, AL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1963
Final Game: September 28, 1971
Died: January 16, 2006 in Anniston, AL
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 DET AL 24 P 11 2 21.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.45 .960 1.99 0.79
1964 LAA AL 25 OF 87 80 717.1 133 128 2 3 0 .977 1.0 1.7 2.0 -1.3 3.3 -1 1.63 1.49 .980 2.04 1.79
1964 LAA AL 25 LF 57 50 449.2 83 79 2 2 0 .976 -0.1 -0.3 0.9 -1.1 2.0 -1 1.62 1.42 .975 1.81 1.46
1964 LAA AL 25 RF 31 28 251.2 49 49 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 7.2 1.5 0.2 1.3 0 1.75 1.58 .984 1.88 1.61
1964 LAA AL 25 P 15 1 31.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.99 0.47 .957 1.90 0.72
1964 LAA AL 25 CF 3 2 16.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -0.4 -30.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.69 1.00 .975 2.48 2.13
1965 CAL AL 26 OF 123 108 977.0 201 187 10 4 1 .980 6.2 7.6 6.2 1.2 5.1 0 1.81 1.60 .978 2.04 1.78
1965 CAL AL 26 LF 122 108 976.0 210 196 10 4 1 .981 6.2 7.6 6.2 1.2 5.1 0 1.90 1.69 .979 1.87 1.49
1965 CAL AL 26 1B 2 1 12.0 12 9 2 1 1 .917 -0.3 -30.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 8.25 5.50 .992 9.52 7.90
1965 CAL AL 26 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1966 CAL AL 27 OF 52 40 341.0 77 71 4 2 1 .974 -3.3 -11.6 -4.3 -4.1 -0.1 1 1.98 1.44 .982 2.10 1.82
1966 CAL AL 27 LF 32 26 219.0 39 36 2 1 1 .974 -1.4 -7.7 -1.4 -1.3 -0.1 0 1.56 1.19 .979 1.83 1.45
1966 CAL AL 27 RF 22 14 122.0 26 23 2 1 0 .962 -1.9 -18.7 -2.9 -2.8 0.0 1 1.84 1.14 .981 1.94 1.69
1967 CLE AL 28 LF 4 3 27.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1.4 -62.2 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 -1 1.33 1.00 .980 1.87 1.40
1967 CLE AL 28 OF 4 3 27.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1.4 -62.2 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 -1 1.33 1.00 .980 2.03 1.75
1967 CLE AL 28 1B 3 1 10.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -24.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0 7.20 2.67 .988 9.54 8.33
1968 TOT MLB 29 LF 39 37 289.1 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 -3.8 -15.8 -2.8 -1.4 -1.5 -1 1.31 1.08 .962 1.65 1.38
1968 TOT MLB 29 OF 39 37 289.1 44 43 1 0 0 1.000 -3.8 -15.8 -2.8 -1.4 -1.5 -1 1.37 1.13 .975 2.02 1.82
1968 TOT MLB 29 1B 11 5 58.1 70 67 3 0 5 1.000 -0.1 -2.1 -0.1 -0.6 0.4 0 10.80 6.36 .990 9.70 8.53
1968 TOT MLB 29 P 3 0 7.2 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.87 1.67 .960 1.88 0.77
1968 CLE AL 29 1B 7 4 43.1 53 51 2 0 5 1.000 -0.5 -13.8 -0.5 -0.6 0.0 0 11.01 7.57 .989 9.57 8.31
1968 CLE AL 29 P 2 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60 1.00 .950 1.80 0.75
1968 CLE AL 29 LF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.40
1968 CLE AL 29 OF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.80
1968 CHC NL 29 LF 38 36 281.1 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 -3.8 -16.2 -2.8 -1.4 -1.5 -1 1.31 1.08 .961 1.64 1.38
1968 CHC NL 29 OF 38 36 281.1 43 42 1 0 0 1.000 -3.8 -16.2 -2.8 -1.4 -1.5 -1 1.38 1.13 .974 2.02 1.82
1968 CHC NL 29 1B 4 1 15.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 32.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 10.20 4.25 .994 10.08 8.90
1968 CHC NL 29 P 1 0 2.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 10.12 3.00 .967 2.02 0.80
1969 CHC NL 30 OF 33 30 212.1 28 26 0 2 0 .929 -5.2 -29.4 -4.2 -1.8 -2.5 -1 1.10 0.79 .975 2.02 1.75
1969 CHC NL 30 LF 32 30 212.0 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -5.1 -28.9 -4.1 -1.7 -2.5 -1 1.23 0.91 .965 1.67 1.30
1969 CHC NL 30 1B 24 16 152.2 169 159 9 1 14 .994 0.3 2.4 0.3 -0.1 0.3 0 9.90 7.00 .992 9.83 8.84
1969 CHC NL 30 RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
1970 CHC NL 31 1B 43 32 302.1 331 318 11 2 32 .994 -2.4 -9.5 -2.4 0.3 -2.7 0 9.79 7.65 .992 9.68 8.37
1970 CHC NL 31 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1970 CHC NL 31 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1971 CIN NL 32 1B 10 9 80.0 89 80 9 0 10 1.000 0.6 9.0 0.6 0.8 -0.1 0 10.01 8.90 .992 9.88 8.58
7 Seasons OF 339 298 2566.0 488 459 17 12 2 .975 -6.5 -3.0 -3.5 -7.7 4.2 -3 1.67 1.40 .979 2.04 1.79
7 Seasons LF 287 254 2175.0 410 385 15 10 2 .976 -5.6 -3.1 -1.6 -4.6 2.9 -4 1.66 1.39 .975 1.80 1.44
6 Seasons 1B 93 64 615.1 679 641 34 4 62 .994 -2.1 -4.1 -2.1 -0.0 -2.3 0 9.87 7.26 .992 9.74 8.52
4 Seasons RF 55 42 375.0 75 72 2 1 0 .987 -0.5 -1.6 -1.5 -2.7 1.3 1 1.78 1.35 .983 1.90 1.64
3 Seasons P 29 3 61.0 17 5 12 0 2 1.000 2.51 0.59 .959 1.93 0.75
1 Season CF 3 2 16.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -0.4 -30.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.69 1.00 .975 2.48 2.13
9 Seasons TOT 461 365 3242.1 1184 1105 63 16 66 .986 -8.6 -3.2 -5.6 -7.7 1.9 -3 0 3.24 2.53 .972 3.50 3.08
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp 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
1963 DET AL 24 17 2 17 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
1964 LAA AL 25 118 81 118 118 15 0 0 0 0 0 57 3 31 87 23 5
1965 CAL AL 26 136 109 136 136 0 0 2 0 0 0 122 0 1 123 26 0
1966 CAL AL 27 90 40 90 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 22 52 47 0
1967 CLE AL 28 21 4 21 21 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 16 1
1968 CHC NL 29 55 37 55 55 1 0 4 0 0 0 38 0 0 38 16 0
1968 CLE AL 29 33 5 33 33 2 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 0
1969 CHC NL 30 103 46 103 103 0 0 24 0 0 0 32 0 1 33 51 0
1970 CHC NL 31 87 32 87 87 0 0 43 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 46 1
1971 CIN NL 32 31 9 31 31 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
9 Seasons 691 365 691 691 29 0 93 0 0 0 287 3 55 339 273 12
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 -- 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%
1964 LAA AL 25 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 19 14 0 10 2 0 6 3 0 3 1 0 4 4 0 42 24 57.1% 18 0 0.0% 2 1917 56% 74% 24% 178 45%
1965 CAL AL 26 4 0 4 0 1 10 0 2 3 4 17 10 0 9 0 0 9 3 2 14 7 1 9 9 0 58 29 50.0% 26 3 5.2% 7 4186 61% 77% 25% 326 62%
1966 CAL AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 12 10 0 8 1 1 4 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 27 14 51.9% 11 2 7.4% 0 939 67% 78% 22% 88 42%
1967 CLE AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 106 56% 73% 25% 8 50%
1968 CHC NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 7 0 9 0 0 8 7 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 32 16 50.0% 16 0 0.0% 1 1235 67% 77% 24% 102 40%
1968 CLE AL 29 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 32 53% 72% 34% 5 20%
1969 CHC NL 30 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 23 11 47.8% 12 0 0.0% 0 931 65% 77% 24% 78 37%
1970 CHC NL 31 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 9 56% 44% 11% 0
7 Seasons 10 0 10 0 4 15 0 3 3 6 68 47 0 42 3 1 33 18 2 24 10 2 16 16 0 183 94 51.4% 84 5 2.7% 10 9355 62% 77% 24% 785 50%
MLB Averages 57.2% 2.6% 62% 77% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 CAL AL 26 54 59% 80% 24% 3 100% 0 9 0 10 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CLE AL 28 49 57% 63% 16% 1 100% 0 8 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CLE AL 29 197 48% 77% 27% 10 80% 0 48 1 47 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 50%
1968 CHC NL 29 67 48% 75% 25% 7 100% 0 16 2 14 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CHC NL 30 691 59% 72% 26% 37 86% 0 160 6 152 2 19 9 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 11 0 3 0 3 3 33%
1970 CHC NL 31 1326 59% 76% 27% 68 91% 2 319 24 293 2 26 12 8 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 32 0 0 0 29 0 3 0 3 6 83%
1971 CIN NL 32 353 56% 79% 25% 21 95% 0 81 4 77 0 8 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 2 100%
6 Seasons 2737 58% 75% 26% 147 90% 2 641 37 601 4 64 36 27 4 2 0 4 2 2 0 2 62 1 0 0 54 1 8 0 8 13 69%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 87%

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%
1964 LAA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 0 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 24 10 41.7% 14 0 0.0% 0 1052 62% 78% 23% 97 51%
1965 CAL 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 3 67% 100% 33% 0
1966 CAL AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 3 1 12.5% 1 544 74% 76% 24% 42 60%
1969 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 5 60% 80% 20% 1 0%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 19 10 1 6 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 33 15 45.5% 17 1 3.0% 1 1604 66% 78% 23% 140 53%
MLB Averages 41.8% 3.1% 62% 77% 26% 54%

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%
1963 DET AL 24 102 72% 28% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1964 LAA AL 25 138 77% 23% 7 86% 0 2 0 2 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1968 CLE AL 29 17 88% 24% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1968 CHC NL 29 9 78% 56% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 266 76% 26% 13 92% 0 6 0 6 12 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 80%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 85%

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%
1964 LAA AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 74 62% 69% 16% 4 75%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 74 62% 69% 16% 4 75%
MLB Averages 40.6% 2.1% 62% 77% 26% 56%

* 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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