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

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

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	48	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
3	3	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	53	11.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	5	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	6	Apr 24	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-17	GS	25	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	7	Apr 25	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
8	8	Apr 26	CLE		DET	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
9	9	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	10	Apr 28 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	11	Apr 28 (2)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
12	12	Apr 30	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	14	May 4	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
15	15	May 5 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	2	3B
16	16	May 5 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
17	17	May 7	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	2	6	0	3B
18	18	May 8	CLE		NYY	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
19	19	May 10	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	9	0	9	1	3B
20	20	May 11	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
21	21	May 12 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
22	22	May 12 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
23	23	May 15	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	GS	69	16.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B CF
24	24	May 16	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
25	25	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
26	27 (1)	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
27	28	May 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B CF
28	29	May 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-11	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
29	30	May 24	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
30	31	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	32	May 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	33	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
33	34	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
34	35	May 28	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	36	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
36	37	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	38	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	40 (1)	Jun 1	CLE	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	41	Jun 2	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
40	42	Jun 4	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	GS	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF 3B
41	43	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	44	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,5-14	CG	53	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
43	45	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	L,7-11	CG	52	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
44	46	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
45	47	Jun 9 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
46	48	Jun 9 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
47	49	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
48	50	Jun 12	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
49	51	Jun 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	52	Jun 14	CLE		BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
51	53	Jun 15	CLE		BAL	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	3B
52	54	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
53	55	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
54	56	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
55	57	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	58	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	59	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
58	60	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	61	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
60	62	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
61	63	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
62	64	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	41	8.0	0	0	3	3	0	3B
63	65	Jun 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
64	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
65	67	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B LF
66	68	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
67	69	Jun 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	70	Jul 1	CLE		KCA	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
69	71	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
70	72	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
71	73	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
72	74	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
73	75	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	76	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	64	12.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
75	77	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
76	78	Jul 11 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	CG	44	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
77	79	Jul 11 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
78	80	Jul 12	CLE		BAL	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
79	81	Jul 13	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
80	82	Jul 14 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
81	83	Jul 14 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,17-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	3B
82	84	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
83	85	Jul 17	CLE		WSH	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
84	86	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
85	87	Jul 19	CLE		NYY	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
86	90 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
87	91	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	92	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
89	93	Jul 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	42	9.1	0	2	0	2	1	3B LF
90	94	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
91	95	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	GS	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B LF
92	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
93	97	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
94	98	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-0	GS	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
95	99	Jul 31	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	100	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
97	101	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
98	102	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	103	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	46	8.2	1	0	1	2	0	CF LF
100	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
101	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
102	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
103	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B LF
104	108	Aug 9	CLE		KCA	L,2-3	GS	53	13.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B LF
105	109	Aug 10	CLE		KCA	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	3B
106	110	Aug 11 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	111	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,8-9	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
108	112	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	L,5-10	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
109	113	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	3B
110	114	Aug 15	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
111	115	Aug 16	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
112	116	Aug 17	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	3B
113	117	Aug 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
114	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
115	119	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
116	120	Aug 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
117	121	Aug 22	CLE		BOS	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
118	122	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
119	124 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
120	125	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
121	126	Aug 27	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	CF LF
122	127	Aug 28	CLE		BAL	L,6-19	CG	54	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
123	128	Aug 29	CLE		BAL	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
124	129	Aug 30	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
125	130	Aug 31	CLE		DET	L,7-8	CG	47	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	131	Sep 1	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
127	132	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
128	134 (1)	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
129	141 (6)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
130	145 (3)	Sep 20	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
131	146	Sep 21	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
132	147	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	L,5-9	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
133	151 (3)	Sep 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
134	152	Sep 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							149gm		1186.2	193	159	26	378	17