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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 10	BAL		TEX	L,2-3	GF	21	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
2	6 (2)	Apr 17 (1)	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
3	7	Apr 17 (2)	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
4	8	Apr 18	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
5	9	Apr 19	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	GS	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
6	10	Apr 20	BAL		CLE	W,7-2	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
7	12 (1)	Apr 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
8	13	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	2B
9	14	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
10	15	Apr 27	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	7	4	0	11	2	2B
11	16	Apr 29	BAL		CAL	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
12	17	Apr 30	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	18	May 1	BAL		CAL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
14	19	May 2	BAL		OAK	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
15	20	May 4	BAL		OAK	W,9-2	GS	24	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
16	21	May 6	BAL		SEA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
17	22	May 7	BAL		SEA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
18	23	May 8	BAL		SEA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
19	24	May 11	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
20	25	May 12	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
21	26	May 13	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
22	27	May 14	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
23	28	May 15	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
24	29	May 16	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
25	30	May 17	BAL	@	SEA	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
26	31	May 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
27	33 (1)	May 21	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
28	34	May 22 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
29	36 (1)	May 23	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
30	37	May 24	BAL		MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
31	39 (1)	May 25 (2)	BAL		KCR	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
32	40	May 27	BAL		MIN	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
33	42 (1)	May 29	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
34	43	May 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
35	44	May 31	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	46 (1)	Jun 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS	39	8.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B 1B
37	47	Jun 3	BAL	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
38	48	Jun 4 (1)	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
39	49	Jun 4 (2)	BAL	@	KCR	L,13-14	GF	18	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
40	51 (1)	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
41	52	Jun 7	BAL	@	MIL	L,6-7	GS	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
42	53	Jun 8	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-14	CG	47	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
43	54	Jun 9	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-7	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
44	55	Jun 10	BAL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
45	57 (1)	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH 2B
46	58	Jun 14	BAL		MIL	W,8-5	GS	45	11.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B 1B
47	59	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
48	62 (2)	Jun 18	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-2	GS	25	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
49	63	Jun 19	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
50	64	Jun 20	BAL		BOS	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
51	65	Jun 21	BAL		BOS	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
52	67 (1)	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
53	68	Jun 24	BAL		TOR	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	2B
54	69	Jun 25 (1)	BAL		TOR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	3	1	9	1	2B
55	71 (1)	Jun 26	BAL		TOR	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
56	72	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
57	73	Jun 29 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,8-11	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
58	75 (1)	Jun 30	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	25	6.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	76	Jul 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
60	77	Jul 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
61	79 (1)	Jul 4	BAL		DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
62	81 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		DET	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
63	85 (3)	Jul 10	BAL		NYY	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
64	86	Jul 11	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
65	87	Jul 12	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	1	2	0	3	0	2B
66	88	Jul 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
67	89	Jul 14	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	1	8	3	2B
68	91 (1)	Jul 16	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
69	92	Jul 17	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
70	93	Jul 22	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
71	94	Jul 23	BAL		TEX	L,0-1	CG	49	13.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
72	95	Jul 24 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
73	97 (1)	Jul 25	BAL		MIL	W,4-3	CG	42	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
74	98	Jul 26	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
75	99	Jul 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
76	100	Jul 28	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-14	GS	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
77	102 (1)	Jul 30	BAL	@	SEA	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
78	103	Jul 31	BAL	@	SEA	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	104	Aug 1	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
80	105	Aug 3	BAL	@	OAK	W,8-6	GS	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
81	108 (2)	Aug 7	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
82	109	Aug 8	BAL		CLE	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
83	110	Aug 9	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
84	111	Aug 10	BAL		SEA	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
85	112	Aug 11	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
86	114 (1)	Aug 13	BAL		OAK	L,6-9	GS	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B SS
87	115	Aug 14	BAL		OAK	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
88	116	Aug 15	BAL		MIN	L,9-13	GS	47	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B SS
89	117	Aug 16	BAL		MIN	W,6-5	GF	24	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
90	120 (2)	Aug 21	BAL	@	MIN	L,5-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
91	121	Aug 22	BAL	@	KCR	L,7-8	GS	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
92	122	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
93	123	Aug 24	BAL		CHW	W,10-5	GF	14	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
94	128 (4)	Aug 29	BAL		CAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	133 (4)	Sep 4	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-5	GF	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
96	134	Sep 5 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
97	137 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,6-2	GF	13	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
98	138	Sep 7 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,5-12	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
99	140 (1)	Sep 9	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
100	142 (1)	Sep 11	BAL		CLE	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
101	143	Sep 12	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	PR 2B
102	144	Sep 14 (1)	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
103	152 (7)	Sep 21	BAL		TOR	W,4-0	GF	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
104	155 (2)	Sep 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
105	157 (1)	Sep 27	BAL		DET	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
106	158	Sep 28	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
107	160 (1)	Sep 30	BAL	@	BOS	L,10-11	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
							112gm		849.0	268	278	7	553	80