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Hal Smith
Harold Raymond Smith (Cura)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 189 lb.

Debut May 2, 1956
Final Game July 8, 1965
Born June 1, 1931 in Barling, AR

Uncle of Tim Flannery

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 25 STL NL  75  227   27   64  12  0   5   23   1  0  15  22  .282  .326  .401   95   91   0   0   4   0   7
 1957 26 STL NL 100  333   25   93  12  3   2   37   2  2  18  18  .279  .314  .351   78  117   1   3   2   0   9 AS
 1958 27 STL NL  77  220   13   50   4  1   1   24   0  0  14  14  .227  .272  .268   42   59   3   1   4   0   6
 1959 28 STL NL 142  452   35  122  15  3  13   50   2  6  15  28  .270  .295  .403   80  182   5   0   6   1  13 AS
 1960 29 STL NL 127  337   20   77  16  0   2   28   1  0  29  33  .228  .291  .294   56   99   1   1  13   1  12
 1961 30 STL NL  45  125    6   31   4  1   0   10   0  0  11  12  .248  .309  .296   56   37   3   2   4   1   3
 1965 34 PIT NL   4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      570 1697  126  437  63  8  23  172   6  8 102 128  .258  .300  .345   70  585  13   7  33   3  50
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        482   36  124  18  2   7   49   2  2  29  36  .258  .300  .345   70  166   4   2   9   1  14
 Career High    142  452   35  122  16  3  13   50   2  6  29  33  .282  .326  .403   95  182   5   3  13   1  13
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1956 25 STL NL  242  170   28   4.4   103| .282  .264| .326  .331| .401  .417| .727  .748|  95  .493  -1.8  -0.2 100%
 1957 26 STL NL  355  255   35   3.7   105| .279  .271| .314  .334| .351  .419| .665  .754|  78  .401 -11.0  -1.1  50%
 1958 27 STL NL  238  180   16   2.4   109| .227  .274| .272  .343| .268  .428| .540  .771|  42  .228 -19.2  -1.9   0%
 1959 28 STL NL  473  354   47   3.6   110| .270  .277| .295  .344| .403  .429| .698  .773|  80  .382 -15.9  -1.6  25%
 1960 29 STL NL  369  274   27   2.6   106| .228  .272| .291  .339| .294  .418| .585  .757|  56  .286 -20.9  -2.1 100%
 1961 30 STL NL  142  102   12   3.1   114| .248  .282| .309  .349| .296  .438| .605  .788|  56  .327  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1965 34 PIT NL    3    3    0   0.0    94| .000  .259| .000  .323| .000  .392| .000  .715|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1822 1338  165   3.3   107| .258  .273| .300  .340| .345  .424| .645  .763|  70  .357 -77.7  -7.8  42%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1956 25 STL NL C 66 300 34 6 3 .982 .985 5.06 5.01 5.83 5.83 58 516.0 1 21 15 11 1957 26 STL NL C 97 468 42 5 8 .990 .988 5.26 4.99 5.77 5.98 86 795.0 17 21 28 15 AS 1958 27 STL NL C 71 346 22 4 4 .989 .988 5.18 5.19 5.97 6.06 61 554.7 2 7 25 9 1959 28 STL NL C 141 758 60 9 13 .989 .989 5.80 5.24 6.66 6.34 128 1105.7 5 34 44 32 AS 1960 29 STL NL C 124 664 61 7 9 .990 .986 5.85 5.41 7.12 6.58 108 917.0 2 24 32 34 1961 30 STL NL C 45 261 28 2 6 .993 .985 6.42 5.17 7.55 6.39 42 344.3 1 9 12 11 1965 34 PIT NL C 4 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 3.25 5.80 9.75 6.98 1 12.0 0 1 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 25 STL NL C 66 300 34 6 3 .982 .985 5.06 5.01 5.83 5.83 58 516.0 1 21 15 11 1957 26 STL NL C 97 468 42 5 8 .990 .988 5.26 4.99 5.77 5.98 86 795.0 17 21 28 15 1958 27 STL NL C 71 346 22 4 4 .989 .988 5.18 5.19 5.97 6.06 61 554.7 2 7 25 9 1959 28 STL NL C 141 758 60 9 13 .989 .989 5.80 5.24 6.66 6.34 128 1105.7 5 34 44 32 1960 29 STL NL C 124 664 61 7 9 .990 .986 5.85 5.41 7.12 6.58 108 917.0 2 24 32 34 1961 30 STL NL C 45 261 28 2 6 .993 .985 6.42 5.17 7.55 6.39 42 344.3 1 9 12 11 1965 34 PIT NL C 4 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 3.25 5.80 9.75 6.98 1 12.0 0 1 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 548 2810 247 33 43 .989 .987 5.58 5.20 6.48 6.23 484 4244.7 28 117 156 112 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 548 2810 247 33 43 .989 .987 5.58 5.20 6.48 6.23 484 4245
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1957   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-1 STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-2 STL NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/3      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1957
1959-1
1959-2 *

Intentional Walks
1960 NL-13-3

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 9.0 (1160) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

October 11, 1962: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Before 1965 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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