Hal Smith

Positions: Catcher and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: December 7, 1930 in West Frankfort, IL us

Died: January 9, 2020 in Columbus, TX

Debut: April 11, 1955 (Age 24-125d, 11,187th in major league history)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 22, 1964 (Age 33-228d)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Harold Wayne Smith

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Relatives: Uncle of Tim Flannery

1960 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

2682

715

.267

269

RBI

323

OBP

.317

SLG

.394

OPS

.711

OPS+

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

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	KCA		CLE	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
2	2	Apr 11	KCA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 14	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
4	4	Apr 15	KCA	@	CHW	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
5	5	Apr 16	KCA	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 17	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	2	2	2	6	0	3B
7	7	Apr 18	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 19	KCA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
10	10	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,6-20	CG	58	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 24	KCA		DET	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
12	12	Apr 25	KCA		DET	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 26	KCA		DET	W,4-3	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 28	KCA		WSH	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
15	15	Apr 29	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17 (1)	May 1	KCA		BAL	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	19 (1)	May 3	KCA		BOS	W,7-3	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
18	21 (1)	May 5	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	GS	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B C
19	22	May 6	KCA		NYY	L,4-7	GS	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B C
20	23	May 8	KCA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
21	24	May 9	KCA	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
22	25	May 10	KCA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	26	May 14	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
24	27	May 15	KCA	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
25	28	May 16	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
26	29	May 17 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	0	1	1	2	0	3B
27	30	May 17 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,10-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	31	May 20	KCA	@	BOS	W,8-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
29	33 (1)	May 22	KCA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	2	6	1	3B
30	34	May 23	KCA		CHW	W,16-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	35	May 24	KCA		CHW	W,8-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
32	38 (2)	May 28	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
33	39	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	40	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
35	41	May 31	KCA	@	CHW	W,9-1	GF	13	4.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	42	Jun 1	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
37	43	Jun 2	KCA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
38	44	Jun 3	KCA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
39	45	Jun 4	KCA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
40	46	Jun 5	KCA		BAL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
41	47	Jun 6	KCA		BAL	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	50 (2)	Jun 10	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS	36	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
43	51	Jun 11	KCA	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
44	52	Jun 12	KCA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	53	Jun 13	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
46	58 (4)	Jun 19 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-8	GF	35	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
47	59	Jun 19 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-2	GS	25	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
48	60	Jun 20	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
49	61	Jun 21	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	62	Jun 22	KCA		NYY	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	63	Jun 23	KCA		NYY	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
52	66 (2)	Jun 26	KCA		WSH	L,4-8	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
53	67	Jun 27	KCA		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
54	68	Jun 28	KCA		WSH	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
55	69	Jun 29	KCA	@	DET	W,10-3	GS	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	3B
56	70	Jun 30	KCA	@	DET	L,0-4	GS	33	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	71	Jul 1	KCA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
58	73 (1)	Jul 3	KCA		CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
59	74	Jul 4 (1)	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
60	75	Jul 4 (2)	KCA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
61	76	Jul 5	KCA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
62	77	Jul 9 (1)	KCA		DET	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
63	78	Jul 9 (2)	KCA		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
64	79	Jul 10	KCA		DET	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
65	80	Jul 11	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	81	Jul 12 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
67	82	Jul 12 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
68	88 (5)	Jul 19 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-7	GF	9	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	89	Jul 19 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-5	GF	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	PH 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	102 (12)	Aug 2	KCA		NYY	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
71	107 (4)	Aug 7	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
72	111 (3)	Aug 10	KCA		CLE	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
73	112	Aug 11	KCA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
74	113	Aug 12	KCA		CLE	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
75	114	Aug 13	KCA		CLE	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
76	124 (9)	Aug 23 (2)	KCA		WSH	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	2	7	0	C
77	125	Aug 25	KCA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
78	128 (2)	Aug 29	KCA		DET	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
79	129	Aug 30	KCA		DET	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	130	Sep 2	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
81	132 (1)	Sep 5	KCA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	133	Sep 6	KCA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	135 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-13	CG	41	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
84	139 (3)	Sep 11	KCA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
85	140	Sep 12	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	141	Sep 13 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,9-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	142	Sep 13 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
88	143	Sep 14	KCA	@	BAL	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	3B
89	144	Sep 15 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
90	147 (2)	Sep 19	KCA		CLE	L,7-13	CG	51	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
91	148	Sep 20	KCA		CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
92	149	Sep 22	KCA	@	DET	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
93	150	Sep 23	KCA	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	PH C
94	151	Sep 25 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
95	152	Sep 25 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	47	8.2	12	0	0	12	0	C
96	153	Sep 26	KCA	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
97	154	Sep 27	KCA	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
							99gm		722.0	210	129	15	354	15