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Hal Smith
Harold Wayne Smith

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 11, 1955
Final Game July 22, 1964
Born December 7, 1930 in West Frankfort, IL

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 24 BAL AL 135  424   41  115  23  4   4   52   1  3  30  21  .271  .318  .373   92  158   4   6   2   2  16
 1956 25 TOT AL 114  371   31   99  23  2   5   42   2  1  20  34  .267  .303  .380   84  141   2   4   3   1  18
         BAL AL  77  229   16   60  14  0   3   18   1  0  17  22  .262  .315  .362   85   83   2   1   3   1  16
         KCA AL  37  142   15   39   9  2   2   24   1  1   3  12  .275  .284  .408   81   58   0   3   0   0   2
 1957 26 KCA AL 107  360   41  109  26  0  13   41   2  2  14  44  .303  .328  .483  119  174   5   3   0   1  13
 1958 27 KCA AL  99  315   32   86  19  2   5   46   0  0  25  47  .273  .323  .394   95  124   1   8   2   2   6
 1959 28 KCA AL 108  292   36   84  12  0   5   31   0  3  34  39  .288  .367  .380  104  111   2   1   0   3   4
 1960 29 PIT NL  77  258   37   76  18  2  11   45   1  1  22  48  .295  .351  .508  131  131   1   3   0   2   6
 1961 30 PIT NL  67  193   12   43  10  0   3   26   0  0  11  38  .223  .267  .321   55   62   2   1   1   1   6
 1962 31 HOU NL 109  345   32   81  14  0  12   35   0  0  24  55  .235  .286  .380   83  131   2   3   1   2  13
 1963 32 HOU NL  31   58    1   14   2  0   0    2   0  0   4  15  .241  .290  .276   69   16   0   0   1   0   4
 1964 33 CIN NL  32   66    6    8   1  0   0    3   1  0  12  20  .121  .256  .136   13    9   1   0   2   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     879 2682  269  715 148 10  58  323   7 10 196 361  .267  .317  .394   94 1057  20  29  12  14  92
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        494   50  132  27  2  11   60   1  2  36  67  .267  .317  .394   94  195   4   5   2   3  17
 Career High    135  424   41  115  26  4  13   52   2  3  34  55  .303  .367  .508  131  174   5   8   3   3  18
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 24 BAL AL  466  338   47   3.7    96| .271  .258| .318  .336| .373  .384| .691  .720|  92  .406  -4.7  -0.5  25%
 1956 25 TOT AL  398  297   38   3.4   102| .267  .261| .303  .342| .380  .399| .683  .741|  84  .350  -8.9  -0.8  66%
         BAL AL  250  188   22   3.1    99| .262  .258| .315  .338| .362  .393| .677  .731|  85  .313  -4.5  -0.4 100%
         KCA AL  148  109   16   3.9   106| .275  .267| .284  .349| .408  .408| .692  .757|  81  .409  -4.5  -0.4  50%
 1957 26 KCA AL  383  274   52   5.1   100| .303  .264| .328  .336| .483  .399| .811  .735| 119  .571   8.0   0.8  50%
 1958 27 KCA AL  351  244   41   4.5   100| .273  .264| .323  .333| .394  .401| .717  .734|  95  .521  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1959 28 KCA AL  332  218   42   5.2   100| .288  .263| .367  .334| .380  .401| .747  .736| 104  .574   2.8   0.3   0%
 1960 29 PIT NL  286  193   45   6.3   100| .295  .264| .351  .330| .508  .406| .859  .736| 131  .660  11.2   1.1  50%
 1961 30 PIT NL  208  159   16   2.7   106| .223  .271| .267  .338| .321  .422| .588  .760|  55  .268 -12.7  -1.3   0%
 1962 31 HOU NL  376  282   35   3.3    97| .235  .261| .286  .328| .380  .397| .666  .724|  83  .359  -8.3  -0.8   0%
 1963 32 HOU NL   62   48    4   2.2    84| .241  .247| .290  .308| .276  .370| .566  .678|  69  .265  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1964 33 CIN NL   79   65    2   0.8    96| .121  .267| .256  .325| .136  .396| .392  .721|  13  .051  -7.5  -0.8 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2941 2118  322   4.1    99| .267  .262| .317  .334| .394  .398| .711  .732|  94  .456 -23.7  -2.3  41%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1955 24 BAL AL C 125 497 58 8 9 .986 .988 4.44 4.73 14 1956 25 TOT AL C 108 496 55 5 14 .991 .988 5.10 5.02 5.96 5.91 95 832.4 6 25 43 23 BAL AL C 71 313 33 2 11 .994 .988 4.87 5.02 5.90 5.91 59 527.7 1 16 28 14 KCA AL C 37 183 22 3 3 .986 .988 5.54 5.02 6.06 5.91 36 304.7 5 9 15 9 1957 26 KCA AL C 103 463 55 9 8 .983 .991 5.03 5.11 5.45 5.92 95 855.0 16 22 31 18 1958 27 KCA AL 3B 43 44 87 7 9 .949 .951 3.05 2.59 3.06 3.11 42 384.7 C 31 149 19 1 4 .994 .990 5.42 5.34 5.86 6.01 29 258.0 9 7 3 9 1B 14 120 6 0 6 1.000 .991 9.00 8.47 9.05 9.60 14 125.3 1959 28 KCA AL 3B 77 85 119 10 10 .953 .952 2.65 2.72 3.32 3.21 60 553.0 C 22 125 10 5 5 .964 .989 6.14 5.31 7.19 6.08 18 169.0 3 7 5 4 1960 29 PIT NL C 71 356 30 6 5 .985 .986 5.44 5.41 5.92 6.58 66 587.0 8 15 19 10 1961 30 PIT NL C 65 290 18 3 1 .990 .985 4.74 5.17 5.76 6.39 55 481.3 8 19 14 6 1962 31 HOU NL C 92 570 65 9 9 .986 .987 6.90 5.50 7.40 6.72 86 772.0 6 41 59 24 3B 6 0 7 1 0 .875 .946 1.17 2.57 2.52 2.95 2 25.0 1B 2 10 0 0 1 1.000 .990 5.00 8.05 9.00 9.81 1 10.0 1963 32 HOU NL C 11 65 2 1 1 .985 .985 6.09 6.02 6.65 7.07 10 90.7 2 3 3 2 1964 33 CIN NL C 20 105 8 2 1 .983 .988 5.65 5.91 6.33 6.81 18 160.7 2 4 7 5
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 27 KCA AL 1B 14 120 6 0 6 1.000 .991 9.00 8.47 9.05 9.60 14 125.3 1962 31 HOU NL 1B 2 10 0 0 1 1.000 .990 5.00 8.05 9.00 9.81 1 10.0 1958 27 KCA AL 3B 43 44 87 7 9 .949 .951 3.05 2.59 3.06 3.11 42 384.7 1959 28 KCA AL 3B 77 85 119 10 10 .953 .952 2.65 2.72 3.32 3.21 60 553.0 1962 31 HOU NL 3B 6 0 7 1 0 .875 .946 1.17 2.57 2.52 2.95 2 25.0 1955 24 BAL AL C 125 497 58 8 9 .986 .988 4.44 4.73 14 1956 25 TOT AL C 108 496 55 5 14 .991 .988 5.10 5.02 5.96 5.91 95 832.4 6 25 43 23 BAL AL C 71 313 33 2 11 .994 .988 4.87 5.02 5.90 5.91 59 527.7 1 16 28 14 KCA AL C 37 183 22 3 3 .986 .988 5.54 5.02 6.06 5.91 36 304.7 5 9 15 9 1957 26 KCA AL C 103 463 55 9 8 .983 .991 5.03 5.11 5.45 5.92 95 855.0 16 22 31 18 1958 27 KCA AL C 31 149 19 1 4 .994 .990 5.42 5.34 5.86 6.01 29 258.0 9 7 3 9 1959 28 KCA AL C 22 125 10 5 5 .964 .989 6.14 5.31 7.19 6.08 18 169.0 3 7 5 4 1960 29 PIT NL C 71 356 30 6 5 .985 .986 5.44 5.41 5.92 6.58 66 587.0 8 15 19 10 1961 30 PIT NL C 65 290 18 3 1 .990 .985 4.74 5.17 5.76 6.39 55 481.3 8 19 14 6 1962 31 HOU NL C 92 570 65 9 9 .986 .987 6.90 5.50 7.40 6.72 86 772.0 6 41 59 24 1963 32 HOU NL C 11 65 2 1 1 .985 .985 6.09 6.02 6.65 7.07 10 90.7 2 3 3 2 1964 33 CIN NL C 20 105 8 2 1 .983 .988 5.65 5.91 6.33 6.81 18 160.7 2 4 7 5
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 648 3116 320 49 57 .986 .988 5.30 5.17 472 4206.0 74 143 184 101 3B* 126 129 213 18 19 .950 .952 2.71 2.67 104 962.7 1B* 16 130 6 0 7 1.000 .991 8.50 8.42 15 135.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 790 3375 539 67 83 .983 .985 4.95 4.84
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1960   WS    PIT NYY     W   3   8   1   3  0  0  1   3   0   0  .375  .375  .750   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Flies
1958 AL-8-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1955 AL-16-10
1956 AL-18-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1955 AL-20.2-5

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1824) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

November 17, 1954: Traded by the New York Yankees with players to be named later, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Willy Miranda, Gus Triandos, and Gene Woodling to the Baltimore Orioles for players to be named later, Bob Turley, Don Larsen, and Billy Hunter. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954), and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954), and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

August 17, 1956: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Joe Ginsberg.

December 9, 1959: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later, Ken Hamlin, and Dick Hall. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Hank Foiles (December 15, 1959) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1961 expansion draft.

October 1, 1963: Released by the Houston Colt .45's.

November 30, 1963: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

July 31, 1964: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

July 1, 1965: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 14, 1965: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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