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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

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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+

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	STL		SFG	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
2	2	Apr 11	STL		SFG	L,2-5	GS	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	STL		SFG	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
4	4	Apr 14	STL	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 15	STL	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
6	6	Apr 16	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 17	STL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 18	STL	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
9	9	Apr 19	STL	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
10	10	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
11	11	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	12	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
13	13	Apr 24	STL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	46	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
14	14	Apr 25	STL		LAD	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
15	15	Apr 26	STL		LAD	L,11-17	CG	51	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	C
16	16	Apr 29	STL	@	MLN	L,3-9	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	17	Apr 30	STL	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	STL	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	19	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	20	May 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	7	2	0	9	1	C
21	21	May 3 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	22	May 5	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	39	8.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	23	May 6	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	24	May 7	STL		CHC	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	25	May 8	STL		CHC	L,2-3	GS	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	26	May 9	STL		CHC	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	27	May 10 (1)	STL		CHC	L,9-10	CG	56	11.0	10	1	1	12	0	C
28	29 (1)	May 12	STL		CIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	30	May 13	STL		MLN	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
30	31	May 14	STL		MLN	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
31	32	May 15	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
32	33	May 16	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	34	May 19	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	35	May 20	STL		PIT	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	36	May 21	STL		PIT	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
36	37	May 22	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	52	14.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
37	38	May 23	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	39	May 24	STL	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
39	40	May 25	STL		CHC	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
40	41	May 27	STL	@	SFG	L,4-9	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
41	42	May 28	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	43	May 29	STL	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
43	44	May 30	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	45	May 31	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 2	STL	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	47	Jun 3	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	48	Jun 4	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	49	Jun 6	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
49	50	Jun 7 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,9-11	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	52 (1)	Jun 9	STL		MLN	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
51	53	Jun 10	STL		MLN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	54	Jun 11	STL		MLN	L,0-8	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	55	Jun 12	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	56	Jun 13	STL		CIN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	57	Jun 14 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	58	Jun 14 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
57	59	Jun 16 (1)	STL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	61 (1)	Jun 17	STL		PHI	W,10-4	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	62	Jun 19	STL		PIT	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	63	Jun 20	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	64	Jun 21 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	66 (1)	Jun 23	STL	@	MLN	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
63	67	Jun 24	STL	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	28	6.2	1	1	1	3	0	C
64	68	Jun 25	STL	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	69	Jun 26	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	46	9.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	70	Jun 27	STL	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	71	Jun 28 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
68	72	Jun 28 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,11-8	GF	19	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	73	Jun 30	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	74	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
71	75	Jul 2	STL		LAD	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
72	76	Jul 3	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
73	77	Jul 4	STL		SFG	L,3-10	CG	48	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	C
74	78	Jul 5 (1)	STL		SFG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
75	79	Jul 5 (2)	STL		SFG	L,2-4	GF	16	4.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
76	80	Jul 9 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-11	GS	19	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	81	Jul 9 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
78	82	Jul 10	STL	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
79	83	Jul 11	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
80	84	Jul 12 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
81	85	Jul 12 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,8-6		18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
82	86	Jul 14	STL		CIN	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
83	87	Jul 15	STL		CIN	L,5-11	GS	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
84	88	Jul 16	STL		CIN	L,5-7	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
85	89	Jul 17	STL		MLN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
86	90	Jul 18	STL		MLN	W,6-5	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
87	91	Jul 19	STL		MLN	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	92	Jul 20	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
89	93	Jul 21	STL		CHC	L,2-8	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
90	94	Jul 22	STL	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
91	95	Jul 23	STL	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
92	96	Jul 24	STL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
93	97	Jul 25	STL	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
94	98	Jul 26	STL	@	LAD	L,2-8	GS	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
95	99	Jul 27	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	100	Jul 28	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
97	102 (1)	Jul 30	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
98	103	Jul 31	STL	@	MLN	L,0-6	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	104	Aug 1	STL	@	MLN	L,1-8	CG	33	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
100	105	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
101	106	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
102	107	Aug 4	STL		PIT	L,3-7	GS	34	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
103	108	Aug 5	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
104	109	Aug 6	STL		PIT	L,2-18	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
105	110	Aug 7	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
106	111	Aug 8 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
107	112	Aug 8 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
108	113	Aug 9 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	114	Aug 9 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
110	115	Aug 10	STL		SFG	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
111	116	Aug 11	STL		SFG	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
112	117	Aug 13	STL		LAD	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
113	118	Aug 14	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
114	119	Aug 15	STL		LAD	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
115	120	Aug 16	STL		LAD	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
116	121	Aug 17	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	GF	9	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
117	122	Aug 18	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
118	124 (1)	Aug 20	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
119	125	Aug 21	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
120	126	Aug 22	STL	@	CIN	L,4-11	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
121	127	Aug 23	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	28	7.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
122	128	Aug 25	STL		MLN	L,1-3	GS	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
123	129	Aug 26	STL		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
124	130	Aug 27	STL		MLN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
125	131	Aug 28	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
126	132	Aug 29	STL		CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
127	133	Aug 30	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	134	Sep 1	STL	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
129	135	Sep 2	STL	@	LAD	L,6-9	GS	37	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
130	136	Sep 3	STL	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
131	137	Sep 5	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
132	138	Sep 6	STL	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
133	139	Sep 7	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
134	141 (1)	Sep 10	STL	@	MLN	L,4-7	GF	12	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
135	147 (5)	Sep 19	STL		CHC	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
136	148	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
137	149	Sep 21	STL		CHC	L,3-12	GS	27	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
138	150	Sep 22	STL		LAD	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
139	151	Sep 23	STL		LAD	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
140	152	Sep 26	STL		SFG	L,0-4	CG	34	7.2	3	1	1	5	0	C
141	153	Sep 27 (1)	STL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	C
							141gm		1105.2	758	60	9	827	13