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Willie Smith
Willie Smith
Wonderful Willie

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut June 18, 1963
  vs. BOS 0.7 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 30, 1971
Born February 11, 1939 in Anniston, AL
Died January 16, 2006 in Anniston, AL

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 24 DET AL  17    8    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .125  .125  .125  -30    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 25 LAA AL 118  359   46  108  14  6  11   51   7  5   8  39  .301  .317  .465  125  167   1   3   1   2   8
 1965 26 CAL AL 136  459   52  120  14  9  14   57   9  8  32  60  .261  .308  .423  109  194   1   5  10   1   5
 1966 27 CAL AL  90  195   18   36   3  2   1   20   1  0  12  37  .185  .239  .236   39   46   2   3   2   3   0
 1967 28 CLE AL  21   32    0    7   2  0   0    2   0  2   1  10  .219  .242  .281   53    9   0   0   0   0   1
 1968 29 TOT     88  184   14   45  10  2   5   28   0  0  15  47  .245  .305  .402  108   74   1   2   4   2   2
         CLE AL  33   42    1    6   2  0   0    3   0  0   3  14  .143  .213  .190   24    8   0   1   2   1   1
         CHC NL  55  142   13   39   8  2   5   25   0  0  12  33  .275  .333  .465  132   66   1   1   2   1   1
 1969 30 CHC NL 103  195   21   48   9  1   9   25   1  0  25  49  .246  .330  .441  104   86   2   1   3   0   3
 1970 31 CHC NL  87  167   15   36   9  1   5   24   2  1  11  32  .216  .267  .371   62   62   2   1   0   1   2
 1971 32 CIN NL  31   55    3    9   2  0   1    4   0  0   3   9  .164  .207  .255   33   14   0   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      691 1654  171  410  63 21  46  211  20 16 107 284  .248  .295  .395   94  653   9  15  20   9  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        388   40   96  15  5  11   49   5  4  25  67  .248  .295  .395   94  153   2   4   5   2   6
 Career High    136  459   52  120  14  9  14   57   9  8  32  60  .301  .317  .465  125  194   2   5  10   3   8
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 24 DET AL    8    7    0   0.0    97| .125  .259| .125  .325| .125  .399| .250  .725| -30  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1964 25 LAA AL  373  268   49   4.9    87| .301  .244| .317  .310| .465  .379| .782  .690| 125  .568   9.9   1.0  58%
 1965 26 CAL AL  498  358   58   4.4    89| .261  .247| .308  .317| .423  .379| .731  .696| 109  .536   3.3   0.3  52%
 1966 27 CAL AL  215  164   12   2.0    87| .185  .245| .239  .311| .236  .378| .475  .689|  39  .222 -15.2  -1.6 100%
 1967 28 CLE AL   33   28    1   1.0    86| .219  .245| .242  .315| .281  .368| .523  .683|  53  .078  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1968 29 TOT     204  144   25   4.7    85| .245  .254| .305  .316| .402  .362| .707  .678| 108  .623   1.7   0.2   0%
         CLE AL   47   38    2   1.4    79| .143  .237| .213  .306| .190  .351| .403  .656|  24  .159  -3.7  -0.4   0%
         CHC NL  157  106   23   5.9    87| .275  .260| .333  .319| .465  .366| .798  .685| 132  .713   5.4   0.6   0%
 1969 30 CHC NL  223  153   29   5.1   105| .246  .274| .330  .346| .441  .406| .771  .752| 104  .589   0.9   0.1 100%
 1970 31 CHC NL  182  137   17   3.3   112| .216  .280| .267  .354| .371  .427| .638  .781|  62  .353 -10.1  -1.0  66%
 1971 32 CIN NL   58   50    2   1.1    88| .164  .254| .207  .319| .255  .372| .462  .691|  33  .081  -4.9  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1794 1309  193   4.0    92| .248  .254| .295  .322| .395  .385| .690  .707|  94  .487 -17.8  -1.8  55%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1963 24 DET AL   1   0  11   2   0   0   4  2   21.7   24   13   11   2   13   16   0   0    99   2   1  4.57  3.74   82 1.708
 1964 25 LAA AL   1   4  15   1   0   0   3  0   31.7   34   13   10   5   10   20   1   2   134   1   0  2.84  3.26  115 1.389
 1968 29 TOT      0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    7.7    2    0    0   0    1    3   0   1    25   0   0  0.00  3.04  inf 0.391
         CLE AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    5.0    2    0    0   0    1    1   0   0    17   0   0  0.00  2.98  inf 0.600
         CHC NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.7    0    0    0   0    0    2   0   1     8   0   0  0.00  3.17  inf 0.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .333   2   4  29   3   0   0  10  2   61.0   60   26   21   7   24   39   1   3   258   3   1  3.10  3.40  110 1.377
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   8  61   6   0   0  21  4  129.3  127   55   44  14   51   82   2   6   548   6   2  3.10  3.40  110 1.377
 Career High      1   4  15   2   0   0   4  2   31.7   34   13   11   5   13   20   1   2   134   2   1                       

* 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  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1963 24 DET AL P 11 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.45 0.79 2.07 1.99 2 21.7 1964 25 LAA AL OF 87 128 2 3 0 .977 .980 1.49 1.79 1.63 2.04 80 717.3 LF 57 79 2 2 0 .976 .975 1.42 1.46 1.62 1.81 50 449.7 RF 31 49 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.58 1.61 1.75 1.88 28 251.7 P 15 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 0.47 0.72 1.99 1.90 1 31.7 CF 3 3 0 1 0 .750 .968 1.00 2.13 1.69 2.48 2 16.0 1965 26 CAL AL OF 123 187 10 4 1 .980 .978 1.60 1.78 1.81 2.04 108 977.0 LF 122 196 10 4 1 .981 .979 1.69 1.49 1.90 1.87 108 976.0 1B 2 9 2 1 1 .917 .991 5.50 7.90 8.25 9.53 1 12.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1966 27 CAL AL OF 52 71 4 2 1 .974 .982 1.44 1.82 1.98 2.10 40 341.0 LF 32 36 2 1 1 .974 .979 1.19 1.45 1.56 1.83 26 219.0 RF 22 23 2 1 0 .962 .980 1.14 1.69 1.84 1.94 14 122.0 1967 28 CLE AL LF 4 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 1.00 1.40 1.33 1.87 3 27.0 1B 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.67 8.33 7.20 9.54 1 10.0 1968 29 TOT OF 39 43 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.13 1.82 1.37 2.02 37 289.3 TOT LF 39 41 1 0 0 1.000 .963 1.08 1.38 1.31 1.65 37 289.3 TOT 1B 11 67 3 0 5 1.000 .990 6.36 8.53 10.81 9.71 5 58.3 TOT P 3 3 2 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 0.77 5.84 1.87 0 7.7 CLE AL 1B 7 51 2 0 5 1.000 .989 7.57 8.31 11.02 9.58 4 43.3 P 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 0.75 3.60 1.80 0 5.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 1.12 1.80 1 8.0 CHC NL LF 38 40 1 0 0 1.000 .962 1.08 1.38 1.31 1.64 36 281.3 1B 4 16 1 0 0 1.000 .994 4.25 8.90 10.20 10.08 1 15.0 P 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 0.80 10.00 2.00 0 2.7 1969 30 CHC NL OF 33 26 0 2 0 .929 .974 0.79 1.75 1.10 2.02 30 212.3 LF 32 29 0 2 0 .935 .963 0.91 1.28 1.23 1.65 30 212.0 1B 24 159 9 1 14 .994 .992 7.00 8.84 9.90 9.83 16 152.7 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1970 31 CHC NL 1B 43 318 11 2 32 .994 .992 7.65 8.37 9.79 9.68 32 302.3 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1971 32 CIN NL 1B 10 80 9 0 10 1.000 .992 8.90 8.58 10.01 9.88 9 80.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 26 CAL AL 1B 2 9 2 1 1 .917 .991 5.50 7.90 8.25 9.53 1 12.0 1967 28 CLE AL 1B 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.67 8.33 7.20 9.54 1 10.0 1968 29 TOT 1B 11 67 3 0 5 1.000 .990 6.36 8.53 10.81 9.71 5 58.3 CLE AL 1B 7 51 2 0 5 1.000 .989 7.57 8.31 11.02 9.58 4 43.3 CHC NL 1B 4 16 1 0 0 1.000 .994 4.25 8.90 10.20 10.08 1 15.0 1969 30 CHC NL 1B 24 159 9 1 14 .994 .992 7.00 8.84 9.90 9.83 16 152.7 1970 31 CHC NL 1B 43 318 11 2 32 .994 .992 7.65 8.37 9.79 9.68 32 302.3 1971 32 CIN NL 1B 10 80 9 0 10 1.000 .992 8.90 8.58 10.01 9.88 9 80.0 1964 25 LAA AL CF 3 3 0 1 0 .750 .968 1.00 2.13 1.69 2.48 2 16.0 1964 25 LAA AL LF 57 79 2 2 0 .976 .975 1.42 1.46 1.62 1.81 50 449.7 1965 26 CAL AL LF 122 196 10 4 1 .981 .979 1.69 1.49 1.90 1.87 108 976.0 1966 27 CAL AL LF 32 36 2 1 1 .974 .979 1.19 1.45 1.56 1.83 26 219.0 1967 28 CLE AL LF 4 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 1.00 1.40 1.33 1.87 3 27.0 1968 29 TOT LF 39 41 1 0 0 1.000 .963 1.08 1.38 1.31 1.65 37 289.3 CLE AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 1.12 1.80 1 8.0 CHC NL LF 38 40 1 0 0 1.000 .962 1.08 1.38 1.31 1.64 36 281.3 1969 30 CHC NL LF 32 29 0 2 0 .935 .963 0.91 1.28 1.23 1.65 30 212.0 1970 31 CHC NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1964 25 LAA AL OF 87 128 2 3 0 .977 .980 1.49 1.79 1.63 2.04 80 717.3 1965 26 CAL AL OF 123 187 10 4 1 .980 .978 1.60 1.78 1.81 2.04 108 977.0 1966 27 CAL AL OF 52 71 4 2 1 .974 .982 1.44 1.82 1.98 2.10 40 341.0 1967 28 CLE AL OF 4 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 1.00 1.75 1.33 2.03 3 27.0 1968 29 TOT OF 39 43 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.13 1.82 1.37 2.02 37 289.3 CLE AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.12 2.02 1 8.0 CHC NL OF 38 42 1 0 0 1.000 .975 1.13 1.82 1.38 2.02 36 281.3 1969 30 CHC NL OF 33 26 0 2 0 .929 .974 0.79 1.75 1.10 2.02 30 212.3 1970 31 CHC NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1963 24 DET AL P 11 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.45 0.79 2.07 1.99 2 21.7 1964 25 LAA AL P 15 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 0.47 0.72 1.99 1.90 1 31.7 1968 29 TOT P 3 3 2 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 0.77 5.84 1.87 0 7.7 CLE AL P 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 0.75 3.60 1.80 0 5.0 CHC NL P 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 0.80 10.00 2.00 0 2.7 1964 25 LAA AL RF 31 49 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.58 1.61 1.75 1.88 28 251.7 1965 26 CAL AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1966 27 CAL AL RF 22 23 2 1 0 .962 .980 1.14 1.69 1.84 1.94 14 122.0 1969 30 CHC NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 339 459 17 12 2 .975 .979 1.40 1.79 1.67 2.04 298 2566.0 287 3 55# LF* 287 385 15 10 2 .976 .975 1.39 1.44 1.66 1.80 254 2175.0 1B* 93 641 34 4 62 .994 .992 7.26 8.52 9.87 9.74 64 615.3 RF* 55 72 2 1 0 .987 .983 1.35 1.64 1.78 1.90 42 375.0 P* 29 5 12 0 2 1.000 .960 0.59 0.75 2.51 1.93 3 61.0 CF* 3 3 0 1 0 .750 .968 1.00 2.13 1.69 2.48 2 16.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 461 1105 63 16 66 .986 .986 2.53 3.08 3.24 3.50 365 3242
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Triples
1964 AL-6-9
1965 AL-9-4

Intentional Walks
1965 AL-10-9

Caught Stealing
1965 AL-8-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2750) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (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 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.


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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