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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHW		LAA	W,2-1	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
2	2	Apr 12	CHW		LAA	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	3	Apr 13	CHW	@	KCA	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 14	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-7	GS	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF 3B
5	5	Apr 15	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
6	6	Apr 17	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 18	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 19	CHW	@	MIN	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	9	Apr 20	CHW		KCA	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 21	CHW		KCA	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
11	11	Apr 22 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
12	12	Apr 22 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B RF
14	14	Apr 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
15	15	Apr 27	CHW		BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
16	16	Apr 28	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	17	Apr 29 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	19 (1)	May 1	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
19	20	May 2	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	21	May 3	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	GS	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	22	May 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-13	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
22	23	May 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
23	24	May 6 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
24	26 (1)	May 9 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
25	27	May 9 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	28	May 10	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	29	May 11	CHW	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	30	May 12	CHW	@	LAA	W,7-6	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	32 (1)	May 15	CHW		WSA	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
30	36 (3)	May 20 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	37	May 20 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,8-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	38	May 21	CHW		DET	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
33	39	May 23	CHW		CLE	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	40	May 25	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	41	May 26	CHW		MIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
36	42	May 27 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
37	43	May 27 (2)	CHW		MIN	L,6-8	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	52 (8)	Jun 5	CHW	@	LAA	W,9-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	53	Jun 6	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	33	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	54	Jun 7	CHW	@	LAA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	55	Jun 8	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	56	Jun 9	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	57	Jun 10 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	58	Jun 10 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,7-11	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
45	59	Jun 12	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
46	60	Jun 13	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	61	Jun 14	CHW	@	KCA	L,8-11	CG	43	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
48	62	Jun 15	CHW		LAA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	63	Jun 16	CHW		LAA	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
50	64	Jun 17 (1)	CHW		LAA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	65	Jun 17 (2)	CHW		LAA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
52	66	Jun 19	CHW		MIN	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	67	Jun 20	CHW		MIN	W,5-1	GS	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
54	68	Jun 21	CHW		MIN	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
55	69	Jun 22	CHW		KCA	W,5-1	GS	30	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
56	70	Jun 23	CHW		KCA	W,6-1	GS	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	71	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
58	72	Jun 24 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
59	73	Jun 26	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	74	Jun 27	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
61	75	Jun 28	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	76	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
63	77	Jun 30	CHW		CLE	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	78	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
65	79	Jul 1 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
66	80	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
67	81	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	51	10.2	2	6	1	9	0	3B
68	82	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
69	85 (2)	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
70	86	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
71	87	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS	30	7.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
72	88	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
73	89	Jul 12	CHW		DET	W,3-2	GS	31	9.0	1	2	2	5	1	3B LF
74	90	Jul 13	CHW		DET	W,4-1	GS	27	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
75	91	Jul 14	CHW		DET	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
76	92	Jul 15	CHW		DET	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
77	94 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		WSA	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
78	95	Jul 18	CHW		WSA	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
79	96	Jul 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
80	97	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
81	98	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
82	99	Jul 24	CHW	@	WSA	W,6-0	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
83	100	Jul 25	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
84	101	Jul 26	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-1	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B LF
85	102	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	44	11.2	2	1	0	3	0	3B
86	103	Jul 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
87	105 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	106	Aug 1	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
89	107	Aug 2	CHW		BOS	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	3B
90	108	Aug 3	CHW		NYY	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
91	109	Aug 4	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
92	110	Aug 5	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	54	13.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
93	111	Aug 6	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
94	112	Aug 7	CHW		BAL	W,4-0	GS	26	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
95	113	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		LAA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
96	114	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		LAA	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
97	115	Aug 9	CHW		LAA	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
98	116	Aug 10	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B LF
99	117	Aug 11	CHW	@	KCA	W,11-2	GS	21	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
100	118	Aug 12	CHW	@	KCA	W,1-0	GS	30	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
101	119	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-0	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
102	120	Aug 15 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-2	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
103	121	Aug 15 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
104	122	Aug 16	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
105	123	Aug 17	CHW		DET	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
106	124	Aug 18	CHW		DET	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
107	125	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		DET	W,11-5	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	126	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
109	127	Aug 21	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
110	128	Aug 22	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-6	GS	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
111	129	Aug 24	CHW	@	LAA	W,7-1	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
112	130	Aug 25	CHW	@	LAA	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
113	131	Aug 26	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
114	132	Aug 28	CHW		MIN	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
115	133	Aug 29	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
116	134	Aug 30	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B LF
117	135	Aug 31	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	136	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
119	137	Sep 2	CHW	@	DET	W,10-8	GS	23	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	138	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
121	139	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
122	141 (1)	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
123	147 (5)	Sep 12	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS	38	11.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
124	148	Sep 13	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
125	149	Sep 14	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
126	150	Sep 15	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
127	151	Sep 16	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-4	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
128	152	Sep 18	CHW		BOS	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
129	153	Sep 19	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
130	154	Sep 20	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
131	155	Sep 21	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
132	156	Sep 22	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
133	157	Sep 23	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
134	158	Sep 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
135	159	Sep 26	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-3	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
136	160	Sep 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
137	161	Sep 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-8	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
138	162	Sep 30	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	GS	30	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							144gm		1137.0	121	190	19	330	8