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Willie Smith

Willie Smith
Wonderful Willie

Positions: Leftfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: February 11, 1939 in Anniston, AL
High School: Carbon Hill HS (Carbon Hill, AL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1963 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Angels/Cubs/Indians/Reds/Tigers 1963-1971

Final Game: September 30, 1971 (Age 32)
Died: January 16, 2006 in Anniston, AL
Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Anniston, AL
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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
1960	21	DET-min	C	44	91	91		27	2	0	1						.297	.297	.352	.648		32							DSU · NORL
1961	22	DET-min	A	68	124	115	9	25	2	1	1	12	0		9	12	.217	.274	.278	.552		32							KNX · SALL
1962	23	DET-min	A	71	166	147	23	40	7	1	1	23	1		12	12	.272	.319	.354	.673		52		0	3	4	0		KNX · SALL
1963	24	DET-min	AAA	50	85	79	10	30	4	1	1	13	0	0	6	11	.380	.424	.494	.917		39							SYR · IL
1963	24	DET	AL	17	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1964	25	DET-min	AAA	2	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333		5		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1964	25	LAA	AL	118	373	359	46	108	14	6	11	51	7	5	8	39	.301	.317	.465	.782	125	167	8	2	1	3	1	791/8
1965	26	CAL	AL	136	498	459	52	120	14	9	14	57	9	8	32	60	.261	.308	.423	.731	109	194	5	1	1	5	10	*7/39
1966	27	CAL	AL	90	216	195	18	36	3	2	1	20	1	0	12	37	.185	.239	.236	.475	39	46	0	3	2	3	2	79
1967	28	CLE-min	AAA	119	452	413	60	121	29	5	17	56	2	5	36	59	.293	.347	.511	.858		211		0	0	3			POR · PCL
1967	28	CLE	AL	21	33	32	0	7	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	10	.219	.242	.281	.524	53	9	1	0	0	0	0	/73
1968	29	TOT	MLB	88	204	184	14	45	10	2	5	28	0	0	15	47	.245	.305	.402	.708	108	74	2	2	1	2	4	73/1
1968	29	CLE	AL	33	47	42	1	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	14	.143	.213	.190	.403	24	8	1	1	0	1	2	/317
1968	29	CHC	NL	55	157	142	13	39	8	2	5	25	0	0	12	33	.275	.333	.465	.798	131	66	1	1	1	1	2	7/31
1969	30	CHC	NL	103	223	195	21	48	9	1	9	25	1	0	25	49	.246	.330	.441	.771	104	86	3	0	2	1	3	73/9
1970	31	CHC	NL	87	182	167	15	36	9	1	5	24	2	1	11	32	.216	.267	.371	.638	62	62	2	1	2	1	0	3/7
1971	32	CIN-min	AAA	77	295	259	50	91	15	3	8	43	1	1	33	48	.351	.425	.525	.950		136		1	1	1			INA · AA
1971	32	CIN	NL	31	58	55	3	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	9	.164	.207	.255	.461	33	14	4	0	0	0	0	3
1972	33	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
1973	34	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
9 Yrs				691	1795	1654	171	410	63	21	46	211	20	16	107	284	.248	.295	.395	.689	94	653	25	9	9	15	20
162 Game Avg.				162	421	388	40	96	15	5	11	49	5	4	25	67	.248	.295	.395	.689	94	153	6	2	2	4	5

CHC (3 yrs)				245	562	504	49	123	26	4	19	74	3	1	48	114	.244	.311	.425	.735	97	214	6	2	5	3	5
CAL (3 yrs)				344	1087	1013	116	264	31	17	26	128	17	13	52	136	.261	.298	.402	.699	101	407	13	6	4	11	13
CLE (2 yrs)				54	80	74	1	13	4	0	0	5	0	2	4	24	.176	.225	.230	.455	37	17	2	1	0	1	2
CIN (1 yr)				31	58	55	3	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	9	.164	.207	.255	.461	33	14	4	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				17	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	1	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				415	1175	1095	119	278	35	17	26	133	17	15	56	161	.254	.291	.388	.680	96	425	15	7	4	12	15
NL (4 yrs)				276	620	559	52	132	28	4	20	78	3	1	51	123	.236	.301	.408	.709	91	228	10	2	5	3	5

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
1963	24	DET	AL	17	8	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0		1
1964	25	LAA	AL	118	373	11	0	2	1	2	16	1.6	10	27	2.7	.515	.511	2.7	-0.5	26	$6,300	791/8
1965	26	CAL	AL	136	498	4	-4	2	6	-6	3	0.2	14	16	1.6	.502	.502	1.0	-0.0	11	$15,000	*7/39
1966	27	CAL	AL	90	216	-12	1	1	-3	-3	-16	-2.0	6	-10	-1.4	.479	.488	-0.9	-0.8	-7	$16,000	79
1967	28	CLE	AL	21	33	-2	-1	-0	-2	-0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.472	.496	-0.3	-0.3	-2		/73
1968	29	CLE	AL	33	47	-4	0	0	-0	0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.484	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-2		/317
1968	29	CHC	NL	55	157	7	-1	0	-3	-2	0	0.1	5	6	0.7	.501	.500	1.0	-0.6	9		7/31
1969	30	CHC	NL	103	223	2	-1	-0	-5	-3	-8	-0.8	8	0	0.0	.492	.495	0.5	-0.8	5		73/9
1970	31	CHC	NL	87	182	-8	1	1	-2	-2	-10	-1.0	5	-5	-0.5	.488	.493	-0.3	-0.4	-3	$11,250	3/7
1971	32	CIN	NL	31	58	-4	0	-1	1	-0	-4	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.483	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3		3
9 Seasons				691	1795	-8	-5	5	-9	-13	-29	-3.5	53	24	1.8	.495	.498	2.9	-3.6	33	$48,550

CHC (3 yrs)				245	562	0	-2	1	-11	-7	-17	-1.7	18	1	0.2	.492	.496	1.2	-1.8	11	$11,250
CAL (3 yrs)				344	1087	3	-2	5	4	-6	3	-0.1	30	33	2.9	.501	.500	2.8	-1.4	29	$37,300
CLE (2 yrs)				54	80	-6	-1	-0	-2	0	-9	-1.1	2	-7	-0.9	.480	.497	-0.6	-0.4	-5
CIN (1 yr)				31	58	-4	0	-1	1	-0	-4	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.483	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3
DET (1 yr)				17	8	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0

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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
1960	21	DET-min	C	10	6	.625	2.96	20	17					140.0	105	57	46	8	105								1.500	6.8	0.5	6.8			DSU · NORL
1961	22	DET-min	A	13	11	.542	3.20	30	29					211.0	162	99	75	12	75								1.123	6.9	0.5	3.2			KNX · SALL
1962	23	DET-min	A	10	7	.588	3.60	25	16		7	2		120.0	103	58	48	6	61	2	94	1	0	8			1.367	7.7	0.4	4.6	7.0	1.54	KNX · SALL
1963	24	DET-min	AAA	14	2	.875	2.11	19	17					145.0	129	37	34	7	41		92						1.172	8.0	0.4	2.5	5.7	2.24	SYR · IL
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	83	1.708	10.0	0.8	5.4	6.6	1.23
1964	25	DET-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1		1	0		6.0	8	4	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	0			1.500	12.0	1.5	1.5	4.5	3.00	SYR · IL
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	118	1.389	9.7	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.00

1967	28	CLE-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	0.75	5	0		0	0		12.0	9	2	1	0	5	1	12	0	0	2			1.167	6.8	0.0	3.8	9.0	2.40	POR · PCL
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
1971	32	CIN-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0			0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	18.0	4.00	INA · AA
3 Yrs				2	4	.333	3.10	29	3	10	0	0	2	61.0	60	26	21	7	24	3	39	1	1	3	258	114	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	114	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	118	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	83	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	108	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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1963	24	DET	AL	21.2	11	2	13	5.40	4.14	0.22	-0.06	103.1	3.98	-3	-0.3	1.4	-0.1	-0.2	-2	.469	.498
1964	25	LAA	AL	31.2	15	1	13	3.69	4.33	0.34	-0.13	94.3	3.64	0	0.0	.9	-0.1	0.2	3	.502	.500	$6,300

1968	29	CLE	AL	5.0	2	0	0	0.00	3.74	0.24	-0.16	100.0	3.34	2	0.3	.0	-0.1	0.2	2	.633	.502
1968	29	CHC	NL	2.2	1	0	0	0.00	3.65	-0.03	-0.16	100.0	3.52	1	0.1	.0	-0.1	0.1	1	.640	.501
3 Seasons				61.0	29	3	26	3.84	4.19	0.27	-0.11	98.2	3.73	-0	0.1	.9	-0.3	0.3	4	.503	.500	$6,300

CHC (1 yr)				2.2	1	0	0	0.00	3.65	-0.03	-0.16	100.0	3.52	1	0.1	.0	-0.1	0.1	1	.640	.501
CLE (1 yr)				5.0	2	0	0	0.00	3.74	0.24	-0.16	100.0	3.34	2	0.3	.0	-0.1	0.2	2	.633	.502
LAA (1 yr)				31.2	15	1	13	3.69	4.33	0.34	-0.13	94.3	3.64	0	0.0	.9	-0.1	0.2	3	.502	.500	$6,300
DET (1 yr)				21.2	11	2	13	5.40	4.14	0.22	-0.06	103.1	3.98	-3	-0.3	1.4	-0.1	-0.2	-2	.469	.498

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1963	DET	AL	24	P	11	2	0	21.2	5	1	4	0	0	1.000			2.08	0.45	.956	1.99	2.00	2	0	0%	32%	0
1964	LAA	AL	25	OF	87	80	72	717.1	133	128	2	3	0	.977	1	2	1.63	1.49	.980	2.04	2.03
1964	LAA	AL	25	LF	57	50	44	449.2	83	79	2	2	0	.976	-0	-0	1.62	1.42	.975	1.81	1.80
1964	LAA	AL	25	RF	31	28	26	251.2	49	49	0	0	0	1.000	2	7	1.75	1.58	.984	1.88	1.87
1964	LAA	AL	25	P	15	1	0	31.2	7	1	6	0	1	1.000			1.99	0.47	.957	1.90	1.89	0	1	100%	37%	0
1964	LAA	AL	25	CF	3	2	2	16.0	4	3	0	1	0	.750	-0	-30	1.69	1.00	.980	2.48	2.43
1965	CAL	AL	26	OF	123	108	97	977.0	201	187	10	4	1	.980	6	8	1.81	1.60	.978	2.04	2.03
1965	CAL	AL	26	LF	122	108	97	976.0	210	196	10	4	1	.981	6	8	1.90	1.69	.979	1.87	1.86
1965	CAL	AL	26	1B	2	1	1	12.0	12	9	2	1	1	.917	-0	-30	8.25	5.50	.991	9.52	9.55
1965	CAL	AL	26	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80
1966	CAL	AL	27	OF	52	40	16	341.0	77	71	4	2	1	.974	-3	-12	1.98	1.44	.982	2.10	2.10
1966	CAL	AL	27	LF	32	26	11	219.0	39	36	2	1	1	.974	-1	-8	1.56	1.19	.980	1.83	1.82
1966	CAL	AL	27	RF	22	14	5	122.0	26	23	2	1	0	.962	-2	-19	1.84	1.14	.979	1.94	1.94
1967	CLE	AL	28	LF	4	3	2	27.0	5	4	0	1	0	.800	-1	-62	1.33	1.00	.976	1.87	1.88
1967	CLE	AL	28	OF	4	3	2	27.0	5	4	0	1	0	.800	-1	-62	1.33	1.00	.980	2.03	2.05
1967	CLE	AL	28	1B	3	1	0	10.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-24	7.20	2.67	.991	9.54	9.53
1968	TOT	MLB	29	LF	39	37	19	289.1	42	41	1	0	0	1.000	-4	-16	1.31	1.08	.963	1.65	1.65
1968	TOT	MLB	29	OF	39	37	19	289.1	44	43	1	0	0	1.000	-4	-16	1.37	1.13	.975	2.02	2.03
1968	TOT	MLB	29	1B	11	5	3	58.1	70	67	3	0	5	1.000	-0	-2	10.80	6.36	.990	9.70	9.75
1968	TOT	MLB	29	P	3	0	0	7.2	5	3	2	0	1	1.000			5.87	1.67	.956	1.88	1.93	0	0			0
1968	CLE	AL	29	1B	7	4	2	43.1	53	51	2	0	5	1.000	-0	-14	11.01	7.57	.989	9.57	9.54
1968	CLE	AL	29	P	2	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000			3.60	1.00	.955	1.80	1.90	0	0			0
1968	CLE	AL	29	LF	1	1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.12	1.00	.980	1.80	1.80
1968	CLE	AL	29	OF	1	1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.12	1.00	.980	2.02	2.10
1968	CHC	NL	29	LF	38	36	18	281.1	41	40	1	0	0	1.000	-4	-16	1.31	1.08	.963	1.64	1.65
1968	CHC	NL	29	OF	38	36	18	281.1	43	42	1	0	0	1.000	-4	-16	1.38	1.13	.975	2.02	2.03
1968	CHC	NL	29	1B	4	1	1	15.0	17	16	1	0	0	1.000	0	32	10.20	4.25	.992	10.08	10.12
1968	CHC	NL	29	P	1	0	0	2.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000			10.12	3.00	.957	2.02	2.00	0	0			0
1969	CHC	NL	30	OF	33	30	7	212.1	28	26	0	2	0	.929	-5	-29	1.10	0.79	.973	2.02	2.01
1969	CHC	NL	30	LF	32	30	7	212.0	31	29	0	2	0	.935	-5	-29	1.23	0.91	.963	1.69	1.68
1969	CHC	NL	30	1B	24	16	10	152.2	169	159	9	1	14	.994	0	2	9.90	7.00	.992	9.83	9.76
1969	CHC	NL	30	RF	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		2.70	1.80
1970	CHC	NL	31	1B	43	32	30	302.1	331	318	11	2	32	.994	-2	-10	9.79	7.65	.992	9.68	9.64
1970	CHC	NL	31	LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80
1970	CHC	NL	31	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.10
1971	CIN	NL	32	1B	10	9	8	80.0	89	80	9	0	10	1.000	1	9	10.01	8.90	.992	9.88	9.87
	7 Seasons			OF	339	298	213	2566.0	488	459	17	12	2	.975	-6	-3	1.67	1.40	.979	2.04	2.04
	7 Seasons			LF	287	254	180	2175.0	410	385	15	10	2	.976	-6	-3	1.66	1.39	.975	1.81	1.80
	6 Seasons			1B	93	64	52	615.1	679	641	34	4	62	.994	-2	-4	9.87	7.26	.992	9.74	9.70
	4 Seasons			RF	55	42	31	375.0	75	72	2	1	0	.987	-0	-2	1.78	1.35	.982	1.90	1.90
	3 Seasons			P	29	3	0	61.0	17	5	12	0	2	1.000			2.51	0.59	.956	1.93	1.94	2	1	33%	34%	0
	1 Season			CF	3	2	2	16.0	4	3	0	1	0	.750	-0	-30	1.69	1.00	.980	2.48	2.43
	9 Seasons			TOT	461	365	265	3242.1	1184	1105	63	16	66	.986	-9	-3	3.24	2.53	.986	3.50	3.58	2	1	33%	34%	0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1964 AL 6 (9th) 1965 AL 9 (4th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1965 AL 10 (9th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1965 AL 8 (6th)	Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1965 AL 122 (5th)
Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1965 AL 196 (4th)	Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1965 AL 10 (3rd)	Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1965 AL 4 (4th)	Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1966 AL 1 (4th)
Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1965 AL 6 (2nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1965 AL 1.90 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1965 AL 1.69 (3rd)	Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1965 AL .981 (5th)
Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 1965 AL 6 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2153), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1933), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2381), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Left Field (327th), 1.8 career WAR/4.2 7yr-peak WAR/3.0 JAWS Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 61.7 career WAR/39.7 7yr-peak WAR/50.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Manny Jimenez (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Northrup (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Carreon (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Walt Bond (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerald Clark (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerald Clark (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Thomas (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1960 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.
April 28, 1964: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Los Angeles Angels for Julio Navarro.
October 13, 1966: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the California Angels.
June 28, 1968: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Lou Johnson.
November 30, 1970: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Danny Breeden.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1964	25	Los Angeles Angels	$6,300	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1965	26	California Angels	$15,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1966	27	California Angels	$16,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

1970	31	Chicago Cubs	$11,250	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$48,550

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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