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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1963 24 DET AL 1 0 1.000 4.57 11 2 4 0 0 2 21.2 24 13 11 2 13 2 16 0 1 0 99 82 1.708 10.0 0.8 5.4 6.6 1.23
1964 25 LAA AL 1 4 .200 2.84 15 1 3 0 0 0 31.2 34 13 10 5 10 1 20 1 0 2 134 115 1.389 9.7 1.4 2.8 5.7 2.00
1968 29 TOT MLB 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 25 0.391 2.3 0.0 1.2 3.5 3.00
1968 29 CLE AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 0.600 3.6 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.00
1968 29 CHC NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
3 Seasons 2 4 .333 3.10 29 3 10 0 0 2 61.0 60 26 21 7 24 3 39 1 1 3 258 110 1.377 8.9 1.0 3.5 5.8 1.63
162 Game Avg. 4 9 .333 3.10 62 6 21 0 0 4 130 128 55 45 15 51 6 83 2 2 6 548 110 1.377 8.9 1.0 3.5 5.8 1.63
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 0.600 3.6 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.00
LAA (1 yr) 1 4 .200 2.84 15 1 3 0 0 0 31.2 34 13 10 5 10 1 20 1 0 2 134 115 1.389 9.7 1.4 2.8 5.7 2.00
DET (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.57 11 2 4 0 0 2 21.2 24 13 11 2 13 2 16 0 1 0 99 82 1.708 10.0 0.8 5.4 6.6 1.23
AL (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 3.24 28 3 9 0 0 2 58.1 60 26 21 7 24 3 37 1 1 2 250 105 1.440 9.3 1.1 3.7 5.7 1.54
NL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 24 DET AL 11 99 80 13 24 2 1 2 2 0 13 16 .300 .389 .425 .814 .344 34 2 0 4 2 2
1964 25 LAA AL 15 134 116 13 34 3 2 5 0 1 10 20 .293 .344 .483 .826 .305 56 6 1 3 4 1
1968 29 TOT MLB 3 25 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .083 .120 .083 .203 .095 2 1 0 0 0 0
1968 29 CHC NL 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 29 CLE AL 2 17 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .176 .125 .301 .133 2 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 29 258 220 26 60 5 3 7 2 1 24 39 .273 .339 .418 .757 .294 92 9 1 7 6 3
162 Game Avg. 62 548 468 55 128 11 6 15 4 2 51 83 .273 .339 .418 .757 .294 196 19 2 15 13 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1963 24 DET AL 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45 47 43 4 1 1 1 6.8 8.0 5.0
1964 25 LAA AL 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 52 52 52 11 2 1 0 2.1 0.0 5.7
2 Seasons 26 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 47 52 43 15 3 2 1 4.7 5.1 5.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1963 24 DET AL 11 9 4 1 0 2 2 0 100% 4 2 11 5 45% 8 0.909 3 3 3 4 0 5 6 3 2 4 3 1 3.9
1964 25 LAA AL 15 14 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 8 4 50% 8 0.855 2 6 6 1 3 10 5 9 8 6 8 1 5.6
1968 29 TOT MLB 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0.033 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 7.7
1968 29 CLE AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.025 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5
1968 29 CHC NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 0.050 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8.0
3 Seasons 29 26 10 2 4 2 2 0 100% 5 3 21 9 43% 0.796 5 9 11 5 3 18 12 14 13 10 14 2 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1963 24 DET AL 99 65% 2.0% 16.2% 13.1% 5.1% 21% 2.27 65% 23 2 9%
1964 25 LAA AL 134 63% 3.7% 14.9% 7.5% 7.5% 29% 1.06 71% 28 6 21%
1968 29 TOT MLB 25 68% 0.0% 12.0% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 84% 5 1 20%
1968 29 CLE AL 17 71% 0.0% 5.9% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 0.56 88% 5 1 20%
1968 29 CHC NL 8 63% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.00 75% 0 0
3 Seasons 258 64% 2.7% 15.1% 9.3% 5.8% 25% 1.35 70% 56 9 16%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1963 24 DET AL 99 24 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 8 6 0 75% 1 0 0 48 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1964 25 LAA AL 134 34 5 0 0 2 3 2 3 6 5 1 83% 2 2 0 53 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1968 29 TOT MLB 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 29 CLE AL 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 29 CHC NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 Seasons 258 60 7 0 2 3 4 3 4 15 11 2 73% 3 3 0 108 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1963 24 1 0 1.000 4.57 11 2 4 0 0 2 21.2 24 13 11 2 13 2 16 0 1 0 99 82 1.708 10.0 0.8 5.4 6.6 1.23 82
1964 25 2 4 .333 3.54 26 3 7 0 0 2 53.1 58 26 21 7 23 3 36 1 1 2 233 98 1.519 9.8 1.2 3.9 6.1 1.57 98
1965 26 2 4 .333 3.54 26 3 7 0 0 2 53.1 58 26 21 7 23 3 36 1 1 2 233 98 1.519 9.8 1.2 3.9 6.1 1.57 98
1966 27 2 4 .333 3.54 26 3 7 0 0 2 53.1 58 26 21 7 23 3 36 1 1 2 233 98 1.519 9.8 1.2 3.9 6.1 1.57 98
1967 28 2 4 .333 3.54 26 3 7 0 0 2 53.1 58 26 21 7 23 3 36 1 1 2 233 98 1.519 9.8 1.2 3.9 6.1 1.57 98
1968 29 2 4 .333 3.10 29 3 10 0 0 2 61.0 60 26 21 7 24 3 39 1 1 3 258 110 1.377 8.9 1.0 3.5 5.8 1.63 110

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1963 24 1 1 .500 4.71 21.0 24 12 11 2 13 15 0 1.762 10.3 5.6 6.4 1.15 0.9 11
1964 25 2 1 .667 3.86 28.0 37 13 12 5 11 18 1 1.714 11.9 3.5 5.8 1.64 1.6 15
1968 29 0 0 0.00 8.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.125 0.0 1.1 3.4 3.00 0.0 3
3 Seasons 3 2 .600 3.63 57.0 61 25 23 7 25 36 1 1.509 9.6 5.7 1.44 1.1 29

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