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Hal Smith

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 186lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: June 1, 1931 in Barling, AR us

Died: April 12, 2014 in Fort Smith, AR

Buried: Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, AR

High School: Fort Smith HS (Fort Smith, AR)

Debut: May 2, 1956 (Age 24-336d, 11,360th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 8, 1965 (Age 34-037d)
vs. LAD 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Harold Raymond Smith

Nicknames: Cura

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

1697

437

.258

126

RBI

172

OBP

.300

SLG

.345

OPS

.644

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	40-37 / in Starts: 32-29
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	43 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 238 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	155 (76-49-30)
Avg. MLBer w/ 238 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	146 (77-45-23)

Most Driven In
W Moon	5
G Green	4
J Cunningham	4
K Boyer	4
D Ennis	3
C Flood	1
S Musial	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
D Blasingame	5
G Green	1
G Freese	1
D Schofield	1
E Kasko	1
L McDaniel	1
A Dark	1
J Cunningham	1

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	176	2 (1)	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	5.11	-0.327	12.36	-0.48%	-1.20	PH C
2	177	4 (1)	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	7	.64	0.034	1.31	0.04%	0.41	C
3	178	5	Apr 20	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.375	.000	.375	8	.32	-0.016	.57	-0.02%	-0.50	C
4	179	10 (4)	Apr 26	STL	@	LAD	W,6-4	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.444	.167	.611	7	5.63	0.333	8.22	0.29%	1.83	C
5	180	11	Apr 27	STL	@	LAD	L,3-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.385	.111	.496	7	.40	-0.028	.69	-0.03%	0.46	C
6	181	12	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.313	.083	.396	7	.96	-0.073	1.58	-0.07%	-0.58	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	182	14 (1)	May 2	STL		CIN	L,3-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.313	.083	.396	8						C
8	183	15	May 4	STL		MLN	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.067	.263	.067	.330	8	.83	-0.086	.94	-0.06%	-0.89	C
9	184	16	May 6	STL		MLN	L,8-12	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	8	.13	0.005	.12	0.00%	0.66	C
10	185	18 (1)	May 9	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.304	.158	.462	8	.72	0.040	.50	0.02%	0.54	C
11	186	19	May 10	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.308	.143	.451	8	1.01	-0.025	.79	-0.01%	-0.37	C
12	187	21 (1)	May 11 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.333	.167	.500	8	1.26	0.028	1.27	0.02%	-0.15	C
13	188	22	May 12	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.172	.314	.172	.487	8	1.44	0.342	1.45	0.21%	2.61	C
14	189	23	May 13	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.212	.520	8	.93	-0.070	1.12	-0.05%	-0.55	C
15	190	24	May 14	STL		SFG	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.310	.222	.532	8	1.21	-0.031	1.75	-0.03%	-0.42	C
16	191	25	May 15	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.304	.225	.529	8	1.24	-0.057	1.79	-0.05%	-0.27	C
17	192	26	May 16	STL		LAD	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.306	.233	.539	8	.78	-0.018	.88	-0.01%	-0.20	C
18	193	27	May 17	STL		LAD	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.321	.298	.619	8	.45	0.025	.57	0.02%	2.60	C
19	194	28	May 18 (1)	STL		LAD	W,6-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.313	.646	8	.54	0.020	.75	0.02%	0.39	C
20	195	29	May 18 (2)	STL		LAD	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.310	.288	.599	8	.53	-0.055	.82	-0.05%	-0.76	C
21	196	30	May 20	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.306	.286	.592	8	.79	0.061	1.18	0.06%	0.47	C
22	197	31	May 21	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.308	.288	.596	8	1.17	-0.020	1.97	-0.02%	-0.25	C
23	198	32	May 23	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.309	.290	.599	8	.65	-0.024	1.09	-0.02%	-0.20	C
24	199	34 (1)	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.309	.290	.599	8						C
25	200	35	May 25 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.319	.303	.622	8	.90	-0.020	1.26	-0.02%	0.02	C
26	201	36	May 27	STL	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.316	.290	.606	8	.88	-0.049	1.13	-0.04%	-0.69	C
27	202	37	May 28	STL	@	MLN	W,7-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.316	.292	.608	8	1.08	0.059	1.28	0.04%	0.38	C
28	203	38	May 30 (1)	STL		SFG	W,7-6	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.313	.288	.600	3	2.27	-0.058	2.96	-0.05%	-0.24	C
29	204	39	May 30 (2)	STL		SFG	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.321	.299	.620	8	.23	0.043	.35	0.04%	0.40	C
30	205	40	May 31	STL		SFG	W,10-9	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.315	.329	.644	7	1.65	0.354	2.95	0.38%	1.38	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	206	41	Jun 1	STL		SFG	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.323	.337	.660	8	.76	-0.003	1.63	0.00%	-0.09	C
32	207	42	Jun 3	STL		PIT	W,8-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.330	.337	.667	7	.62	0.060	.96	0.06%	0.55	C
33	208	43	Jun 4	STL		PIT	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.283	.340	.359	.699	7	.68	-0.010	1.15	-0.01%	0.51	C
34	209	44	Jun 5	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.274	.330	.347	.677	8	.50	0.006	.94	0.01%	-0.34	C
35	210	45	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.330	.347	.677	8	.82	0.007	1.58	0.01%	-0.27	C
36	211	46	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,6-15	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.327	.337	.664	8	.20	-0.004	.46	-0.01%	-0.43	C
37	212	48 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	STL		PHI	L,4-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.325	.333	.658	7	1.10	0.017	2.51	0.02%	-0.66	C
38	213	49	Jun 11	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.328	.336	.664	8	1.97	-0.018	4.82	-0.03%	-0.20	C
39	214	50	Jun 12	STL		CIN	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.328	.336	.664	8	1.22	-0.030	3.45	-0.05%	-0.37	C
40	215	51	Jun 13	STL		MLN	L,0-2	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.323	.330	.653	7	1.51	-0.104	4.07	-0.17%	-0.90	C
41	216	52	Jun 14	STL		MLN	W,2-1	CG(7)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.323	.325	.648	8	1.21	-0.030	2.88	-0.04%	-0.30	C
42	217	53	Jun 15	STL		MLN	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.258	.315	.317	.632	7	.71	-0.031	1.99	-0.05%	-0.48	C
43	218	54	Jun 16	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.316	.317	.633	8	.88	-0.005	1.75	-0.01%	-0.05	C
44	219	55	Jun 17	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.312	.313	.624	7	.89	-0.117	2.13	-0.17%	-1.44	C
45	220	56	Jun 18	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.310	.311	.620	7	.80	-0.051	2.08	-0.08%	-0.05	C
46	221	58 (1)	Jun 21	STL	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.301	.301	.603	7	.77	-0.079	1.85	-0.11%	-0.92	C
47	222	59	Jun 22	STL	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.313	.309	.623	7	.68	0.045	1.99	0.08%	0.47	C
48	223	60	Jun 23	STL	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.316	.308	.624	7	1.38	-0.105	3.87	-0.18%	-0.51	C
49	224	61	Jun 24	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.252	.308	.299	.607	7	1.42	-0.186	4.38	-0.35%	-1.62	C
50	225	62	Jun 25	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.313	.305	.618	7	1.03	0.161	3.56	0.33%	1.26	C
51	226	64 (1)	Jun 27	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.307	.299	.606	7	.82	-0.102	3.41	-0.26%	-1.26	C
52	227	65	Jun 28	STL	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.306	.297	.603	7	.14	-0.014	.58	-0.03%	-0.62	C
53	228	66	Jun 29 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG(13)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.301	.293	.594	7	1.57	-0.148	6.53	-0.37%	-1.48	C
54	229	68 (1)	Jun 30	STL		LAD	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.296	.287	.584	7	.63	-0.049	2.67	-0.13%	-0.73	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	230	69	Jul 1	STL		LAD	L,3-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.291	.282	.574	7	.99	-0.087	4.38	-0.23%	-0.86	C
56	231	71 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.290	.282	.572	7	1.37	-0.090	6.26	-0.25%	-0.47	C
57	232	72	Jul 5	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.291	.282	.573	7	.77	-0.009	4.13	-0.03%	-0.12	C
58	233	77 (4)	Jul 13 (1)	STL		PIT	L,8-10	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.242	.288	.281	.569	7	1.30	-0.043	5.29	-0.11%	-0.57	C
59	234	80 (2)	Jul 16	STL		MLN	L,5-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.287	.286	.573	7	1.73	-0.109	6.72	-0.25%	-0.21	C
60	235	82 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.286	.285	.571	7	.77	-0.074	1.50	-0.09%	-0.65	C
61	236	84 (1)	Jul 19	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.286	.289	.575	7	.84	-0.057	1.30	-0.05%	-0.30	C
62	237	89 (4)	Jul 24	STL	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.280	.284	.564	8	.30	-0.030	.62	-0.04%	-0.63	C
63	238	90	Jul 25 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.280	.284	.564	9	3.18	-0.014	6.03	-0.02%	-0.21	PH
64	239	91	Jul 25 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.281	.558	8	.69	-0.035	1.55	-0.05%	-0.27	C
65	240	92	Jul 26	STL		CIN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.278	.281	.560	8	1.21	-0.015	2.38	-0.02%	-0.08	C
66	241	93	Jul 27 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.278	.281	.559	8	1.20	-0.026	1.97	-0.03%	-0.64	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
67	242	103 (9)	Aug 5	STL		LAD	W,13-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.278	.281	.559	5						C
68	243	105 (1)	Aug 7	STL		SFG	W,12-1	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.280	.283	.563	6	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.06	C
69	244	108 (2)	Aug 10 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.279	.282	.560	9	.15	-0.004	.13	0.00%	-0.23	PH
70	245	116 (7)	Aug 17 (2)	STL	@	LAD	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.278	.281	.559	7	.99	-0.079	.13	-0.01%	-0.92	C
71	246	123 (6)	Aug 24 (2)	STL		PIT	W,12-8	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.281	.281	.562	9	3.43	0.026	.14	0.00%	0.35	PH
72	247	126 (2)	Aug 27	STL		PIT	L,1-14	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.280	.280	.560	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH C
73	248	129 (2)	Aug 31	STL		CHC	L,5-8	3-4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.236	.279	.278	.557	9	.76	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
74	249	131 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	STL		CIN	L,3-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.277	.555	9	.51	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
75	250	137 (5)	Sep 7	STL		LAD	L,5-7	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.281	.277	.558	2	1.59	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.21	PH
76	251	150 (12)	Sep 23	STL	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.230	.276	.272	.548	7	.94	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-1.68	C
77	252	152 (1)	Sep 26	STL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.272	.268	.541	7	1.01	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
							40-37		238	220	13	50	4	1	1	24	14	4	14	0	3	1	5	6	0	0	.227	.272	.268	.541		.98	-1.159	2.11	-2.55%	-11.60

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