Al Smith

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 189lb (183cm, 85kg)

Born: February 7, 1928 in Kirkwood, MO us

Died: January 3, 2002 in Hammond, IN

Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Gary, IN

High School: Douglas HS (Webster Groves, MO)

Debut: 1946 (10,008th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: July 10, 1953 (Age 25-153d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1964 (Age 36-240d)
vs. WSA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1953 season)

Full Name: Alphonse Eugene Smith

Nicknames: Fuzzy

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.9

5499

1500

168

.273

866

RBI

701

OBP

.358

SLG

.431

OPS

.789

OPS+

114

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-25 / in Starts: 19-18
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 173 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	106 (56-34-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 173 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	111 (58-35-17)

Most Driven In
W Westlake	3
Self	3
J Tipton	2
J Ginsberg	2
A Rosen	2
G Strickland	1
O Friend	1
B Kennedy	0

Most Driven In By
A Rosen	9
L Doby	4
Self	3
B Ãvila	2
G Strickland	2
D Mitchell	2
O Friend	2
L Easter	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 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	40	79 (78)	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	GS-10	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	2	1.93	-0.093	8.05	-0.23%	-0.45	RF
2	41	80	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-16	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	2	1.26	-0.014	5.25	-0.04%	-0.41	RF
3	42	81	Jul 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	2	.78	-0.079	2.73	-0.17%	-0.81	RF
4	43	82	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.278	.133	.411	2	.23	0.016	.80	0.03%	-0.32	RF
5	44	83	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.273	.158	.431	2	1.11	-0.079	2.96	-0.13%	-0.72	RF
6	45	84	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.231	.130	.361	6	.60	-0.040	.99	-0.04%	-0.75	RF
7	46	85	Jul 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	6	.54	-0.060	.91	-0.06%	-1.20	RF
8	47	86	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	L,3-9	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.103	.235	.103	.339	6	.74	0.026	1.25	0.03%	0.02	RF
9	48	87	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.121	.237	.121	.358	6	1.05	-0.085	1.48	-0.07%	-0.55	RF
10	49	88	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.302	.167	.469	1	.86	0.157	.90	0.10%	1.52	RF
11	50	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.171	.292	.171	.462	1	.53	-0.075	.58	-0.05%	-0.70	RF
12	51	90	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.321	.182	.503	1	.86	0.024	1.25	0.02%	-0.28	RF
13	52	91	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.328	.224	.552	1	.54	0.067	1.04	0.08%	-0.03	RF
14	53	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.302	.204	.505	1	2.78	-0.348	3.94	-0.30%	-2.08	RF
15	54	93	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG(10)	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.324	.276	.599	1	1.83	0.327	2.59	0.28%	1.74	RF
16	55	94	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.333	.306	.640	1	1.38	0.160	2.07	0.14%	0.54	RF
17	56	95	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.338	.318	.656	1	1.23	0.075	1.39	0.05%	1.68	RF
18	57	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.333	.329	.662	1	.69	0.014	1.57	0.02%	-0.02	RF
19	58	97	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.329	.315	.644	6	.79	-0.038	1.32	-0.04%	-0.60	RF
20	59	98	Jul 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.321	.654	1	.59	0.008	.67	0.01%	-0.10	RF
21	60	99	Jul 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-6	CG	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.333	.321	.655	1	.84	0.107	.75	0.06%	1.21	RF
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
22	61	100	Aug 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.261	.356	.341	.697	1	.63	0.156	.59	0.09%	2.17	RF
23	62	101	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.358	.337	.695	1	.48	0.028	.74	0.03%	-0.07	RF
24	63	102	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.360	.371	.731	1	.90	0.044	1.41	0.04%	0.18	RF
25	64	103	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.362	.382	.744	1	.87	0.116	1.43	0.11%	0.34	RF
26	65	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.350	.368	.718	1	.45	-0.045	.71	-0.04%	-0.71	RF
27	66	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.347	.358	.705	1	.91	-0.026	1.14	-0.02%	-0.37	RF
28	67	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.336	.345	.681	1	1.62	-0.176	1.29	-0.08%	-1.36	RF
29	68	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.336	.353	.689	1	1.07	-0.002	.63	0.00%	0.02	LF
30	69	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	GS-3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.331	.347	.678	1	1.12	-0.024	.35	0.00%	-0.34	RF
31	70	111 (2)	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.331	.347	.678	9						PR
32	71	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.328	.344	.673	6	.74	-0.008	.21	0.00%	-0.23	RF
33	72	113	Aug 16 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.331	.336	.667	1	1.46	-0.065	.57	-0.02%	-0.19	RF
34	73	114	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.333	.339	.672	2	1.28	0.011	.29	0.00%	-0.06	PH RF
35	74	116 (1)	Aug 19	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.331	.336	.667	2	2.06	-0.049	.08	0.00%	-0.29	PH
36	75	130 (13)	Aug 31	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.336	.336	.672	9	.91	0.032	.10	0.00%	0.27	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
37	76	134 (3)	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	T,6-6	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.336	.336	.672	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
38	77	136 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.336	.336	.672	3						PR
39	78	139 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,10-7	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.336	.336	.672	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
40	79	141 (1)	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	3-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.336	.344	.679	3	.48	-0.040	.02	0.00%	-0.07	LF 3B
41	80	142	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.336	.344	.679	5						3B
42	81	143	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.336	.344	.679	3						PR
43	82	145 (1)	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.325	.331	.656	1	1.13	-0.142	.00	0.00%	-1.86	LF
44	83	146	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.323	.324	.647	1	1.16	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.75	RF
45	84	153 (6)	Sep 25	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.329	.322	.651	4	.47	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.08	LF
46	85	154	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	5	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.337	.342	.680	2	.28	0.105	.00	0.00%	2.15	LF
47	86	155	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.341	.360	.701	2	.91	0.085	.00	0.00%	1.37	LF
							21-25		173	150	28	36	9	0	3	14	20	0	25	3	0		0	0	2	0	.240	.341	.360	.701		.95	0.006	1.36	-0.20%	-2.21

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