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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHW	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	2	Apr 14	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 15	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	4	Apr 19	CHW		WSA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 20	CHW		WSA	W,6-1	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
6	6	Apr 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	7	Apr 22	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	8	Apr 23 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	9	Apr 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	10	Apr 27	CHW	@	KCA	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
11	11	Apr 28	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
12	12	Apr 29	CHW	@	KCA	L,9-13	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	13	Apr 30	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	42	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	15	May 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	44	10.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
16	18 (2)	May 6	CHW		DET	L,8-11	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
17	19	May 7 (1)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
18	20	May 7 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	21	May 9	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	22	May 10	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	54	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
21	26 (3)	May 14 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	27	May 15	CHW		MIN	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
23	28	May 16	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
24	29	May 18	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
25	30	May 19 (1)	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	31	May 19 (2)	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	32	May 21 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
28	33	May 21 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	34	May 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	35	May 23	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
31	36	May 24 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	37	May 24 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
33	38	May 25	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 3B
34	39	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,14-9	GS	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B LF
35	40	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
36	41	May 30 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	42	May 30 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
38	43	May 31	CHW		BAL	W,9-4	GS	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	44	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	45	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	47	13.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
41	46	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
42	47	Jun 5	CHW		DET	W,8-0	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	48	Jun 6	CHW		DET	W,7-1	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
44	49	Jun 9 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	35	9.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	50	Jun 9 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,9-10	CG	44	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
46	51	Jun 10	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	52	Jun 11 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
48	53	Jun 11 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-1	GS	14	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
49	54	Jun 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-8	GS	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B LF
50	56 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
51	58 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
52	60 (1)	Jun 16	CHW		MIN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
53	61	Jun 17	CHW		MIN	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	62	Jun 18 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
55	63	Jun 18 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	64	Jun 20	CHW		CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
57	65	Jun 21 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
58	66	Jun 21 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
59	67	Jun 23	CHW		WSA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	68	Jun 24	CHW		WSA	W,12-6	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	71 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
62	72	Jun 27 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
63	73	Jun 28	CHW	@	DET	L,5-12	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	75 (1)	Jun 30	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	76	Jul 1	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	77	Jul 2	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
67	78	Jul 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
68	80 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	81	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	CG	33	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
70	82	Jul 6	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B LF
71	83	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
72	85 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
73	86	Jul 9 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-8	GS	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B RF
74	87	Jul 13	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
75	88	Jul 14	CHW		NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
76	89	Jul 15	CHW		NYY	L,8-9	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	90	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
78	91	Jul 16 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	53	12.0	0	8	0	8	1	3B
79	92	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	GS	30	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
80	93	Jul 18	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
81	94	Jul 19	CHW		KCA	W,6-5	GS	34	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
82	95	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,7-4	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
83	96	Jul 22 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,11-4	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
84	97	Jul 23	CHW		BAL	W,5-2	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
85	98	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
86	99	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-12	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
87	101 (1)	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	102	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
89	103	Jul 30 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
90	104	Jul 30 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS	36	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	105	Aug 2 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
92	106	Aug 2 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
93	107	Aug 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
94	108	Aug 5	CHW		WSA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
95	109	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,5-4	GS	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
96	111 (1)	Aug 8	CHW		DET	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
97	112	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
98	113	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	114	Aug 11	CHW		KCA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
100	116 (1)	Aug 13	CHW		KCA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
101	117	Aug 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
102	119 (1)	Aug 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
103	120	Aug 18	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-3	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
104	121	Aug 19	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B RF
105	122	Aug 20 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
106	123	Aug 20 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-0	GS	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B LF
107	124	Aug 22	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	125	Aug 23	CHW		MIN	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
109	126	Aug 24	CHW		MIN	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
110	127	Aug 25	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
111	128	Aug 26	CHW		CLE	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
112	129	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,10-6	GS	26	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
113	130	Aug 27 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,9-3	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
114	131	Aug 29	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B LF
115	132	Aug 30	CHW	@	DET	W,7-4	GS	26	6.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	134 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
117	135	Sep 1 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
118	136	Sep 2	CHW	@	WSA	W,12-7	GS	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
119	138 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	W,4-1	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	139	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	2	1	2	5	0	3B
121	140	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-5	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
122	141	Sep 5	CHW	@	MIN	T,3-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
123	142	Sep 6 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
124	143	Sep 6 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
125	144	Sep 8	CHW	@	LAA	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
126	145	Sep 9	CHW	@	LAA	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
127	146	Sep 10	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
128	147	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
129	148	Sep 14 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
130	149	Sep 14 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
131	150	Sep 15	CHW		LAA	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
132	151	Sep 16	CHW		LAA	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
133	152	Sep 17 (1)	CHW		LAA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
134	153	Sep 17 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
135	154	Sep 19	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
136	155	Sep 20	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
137	156	Sep 22	CHW		BAL	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
138	157	Sep 24 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
139	158	Sep 24 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
140	159	Sep 26 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
141	161 (1)	Sep 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
142	162	Sep 29	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							152gm		1196.2	183	164	15	362	12