Billy Smith

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: July 14, 1953 in Hodge, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from John Jay HS (San Antonio, TX).

High School: John Jay HS (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: April 13, 1975 (Age 21-273d, 13,615th in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1981 (Age 28-072d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Billy Edward Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.9

1018

234

.230

107

RBI

111

OBP

.297

SLG

.335

OPS

.632

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 11	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH SS 2B
2	8 (2)	Apr 14	BAL	@	MIL	L,10-11	CG	41	8.1	3	2	0	5	0	2B
3	10 (1)	Apr 17	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
4	15 (4)	Apr 22 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	2B
5	20 (4)	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
6	21	Apr 28	BAL	@	OAK	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
7	22	Apr 29	BAL	@	OAK	W,13-1	CG	31	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	2B
8	23	Apr 30	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-7	CG	42	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	24	May 1	BAL	@	SEA	W,3-1	GS	22	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
10	25	May 2	BAL	@	SEA	W,9-3	GS	26	7.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
11	26	May 5	BAL		CAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
12	28 (1)	May 7	BAL		OAK	L,3-5	GS	35	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
13	30 (1)	May 9	BAL		OAK	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
14	32 (1)	May 11	BAL		SEA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
15	34 (1)	May 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	9.1	6	5	0	11	1	2B
16	37 (2)	May 18	BAL	@	TOR	W,7-6	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
17	39 (1)	May 20	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
18	40	May 22	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
19	41	May 23	BAL		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
20	42	May 24	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
21	43	May 26	BAL	@	DET	W,7-5	GS	35	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
22	44	May 27 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
23	45	May 27 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-10	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
24	46	May 28	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
25	48 (1)	May 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
27	50	Jun 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
28	51	Jun 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
29	52	Jun 4	BAL		MIN	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
30	60 (7)	Jun 12	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-12	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
31	61	Jun 13	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-7	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
32	63 (1)	Jun 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
33	64	Jun 18	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
34	65	Jun 19	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
35	67 (1)	Jun 22	BAL		DET	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
36	68	Jun 23 (1)	BAL		DET	W,8-6	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
37	70 (1)	Jun 24	BAL		DET	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
38	74 (3)	Jun 28	BAL		CLE	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
39	76 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	BAL		TOR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	80 (3)	Jul 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
41	81	Jul 4	BAL	@	TEX	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
42	84 (2)	Jul 8	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
43	86 (1)	Jul 10	BAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	2B
44	87	Jul 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
45	88	Jul 13	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GF	5	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
46	91 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
47	92	Jul 19 (2)	BAL		CAL	W,3-0	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
48	96 (3)	Jul 23	BAL		OAK	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
49	97	Jul 24 (1)	BAL		SEA	W,7-6	GS	27	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
50	98	Jul 24 (2)	BAL		SEA	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
51	99	Jul 25	BAL		SEA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	108 (8)	Aug 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
53	113 (4)	Aug 9	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PR SS
54	119 (5)	Aug 17	BAL		KCR	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
55	121 (1)	Aug 19	BAL		KCR	L,7-11	CG	49	10.0	2	5	1	8	0	2B
56	126 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
57	127	Aug 27 (1)	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	133 (5)	Sep 1	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
59	136 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	BAL		TOR	W,5-1	GS	24	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
60	139 (2)	Sep 8	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	5	2	1	8	2	2B
61	141 (1)	Sep 10	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
62	145 (3)	Sep 14	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
63	146	Sep 15	BAL		BOS	L,2-10	GF	8	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	PH SS
64	148 (1)	Sep 17	BAL	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	19	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
65	154 (5)	Sep 23 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
66	157 (2)	Sep 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,14-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
67	158	Sep 29	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
							68gm		460.0	108	151	7	266	35