Al Smith

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 189lb (183cm, 85kg)

Born: February 7, 1928 in Kirkwood, MO us

Died: January 3, 2002 in Hammond, IN

Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Gary, IN

High School: Douglas HS (Webster Groves, MO)

Debut: 1946 (10,008th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: July 10, 1953 (Age 25-153d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1964 (Age 36-240d)
vs. WSA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1953 season)

Full Name: Alphonse Eugene Smith

Nicknames: Fuzzy

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.9

5499

1500

168

.273

866

RBI

701

OBP

.358

SLG

.431

OPS

.789

OPS+

114

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

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 16	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 18	CHW	@	KCA	W,11-7	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	5	Apr 20	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-8	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	7	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	8	Apr 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	9	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS	29	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 25	CHW		KCA	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	11	Apr 26	CHW		KCA	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	12	Apr 30	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	14	May 2	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.2	2	1	0	3	0	LF
15	15	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	16	May 9	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	17	May 10	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	18	May 11 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	19	May 11 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
20	20	May 12	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	21	May 13	CHW	@	KCA	W,9-2	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
22	22	May 14	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	23	May 15	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	24	May 16	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	25	May 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	26	May 18 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
27	27	May 18 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-10	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
28	28	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	29	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
30	30	May 22	CHW		BAL	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	31	May 23	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	32	May 24	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	33	May 25 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	34	May 25 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	35	May 27	CHW		WSH	W,7-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	36	May 28	CHW		WSH	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
37	37	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
38	38	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
39	39	May 31	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 2	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
41	41	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-13	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	42	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
43	43	Jun 5 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
44	44	Jun 5 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	45	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	46	Jun 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
47	47	Jun 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	48	Jun 8 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	49	Jun 10 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
50	50	Jun 10 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	51	Jun 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
52	52	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
53	53	Jun 13	CHW	@	BAL	T,5-5	GS	53	14.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 3B
54	54	Jun 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
55	55	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
56	56	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	57	Jun 17	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
58	58	Jun 18	CHW		BOS	L,9-13	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
59	59	Jun 19	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	60	Jun 20	CHW		BAL	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	61	Jun 21	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
62	62	Jun 22	CHW		BAL	L,0-2	GS	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
63	63	Jun 23	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
64	64	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	65	Jun 26	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
66	66	Jun 27	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
67	67	Jun 28	CHW		WSH	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	68	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,0-12	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	72 (3)	Jul 3	CHW		KCA	W,7-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
70	74 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	77 (2)	Jul 10	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	78	Jul 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	79	Jul 12 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	GF	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
74	80	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	81	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	82	Jul 13 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	46	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	83	Jul 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	84	Jul 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	49	11.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	85	Jul 16 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
80	86	Jul 16 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	87	Jul 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	LF
82	88	Jul 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-2	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
83	89	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	90	Jul 20 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
85	91	Jul 20 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	92	Jul 22	CHW		BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
87	93	Jul 23	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	94	Jul 24	CHW		BAL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	95	Jul 25	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
90	96	Jul 26	CHW		BOS	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
91	97	Jul 27	CHW		BOS	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	98	Jul 28	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	99	Jul 29	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
94	100	Jul 30	CHW		WSH	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	101	Aug 1	CHW		NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
96	102	Aug 2	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
97	103	Aug 3 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
98	105 (1)	Aug 5	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
99	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
100	107	Aug 8	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
101	108	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	110 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	51	11.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
103	111	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
104	112	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	113	Aug 13 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,1-2	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
106	115 (1)	Aug 14	CHW		KCA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
107	116	Aug 15	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
108	117	Aug 16	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	64	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
109	119 (1)	Aug 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
110	120	Aug 20	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
111	121	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
112	123 (1)	Aug 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
113	124	Aug 24	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
114	125	Aug 25	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
115	126	Aug 26	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
116	127	Aug 27	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
117	128	Aug 29	CHW		DET	W,3-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
118	130 (1)	Aug 31	CHW		DET	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	131	Sep 1 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
120	133 (1)	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
121	134	Sep 4	CHW	@	DET	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	135	Sep 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
123	136	Sep 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
124	137	Sep 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
125	138	Sep 9	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
126	139	Sep 10	CHW		BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
127	140	Sep 11	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
128	141	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
129	142	Sep 13	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
130	143	Sep 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
131	144	Sep 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
132	145	Sep 16	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
133	146	Sep 18	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
134	147	Sep 19	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	RF
135	148	Sep 20	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
136	149	Sep 21	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
137	150	Sep 23	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	RF
138	151	Sep 24	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							143gm		1129.2	248	9	8	265	2