Billy Smith

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: July 14, 1953 in Hodge, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from John Jay HS (San Antonio, TX).

High School: John Jay HS (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: April 13, 1975 (Age 21-273d, 13,615th in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1981 (Age 28-072d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Billy Edward Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.9

1018

234

.230

107

RBI

111

OBP

.297

SLG

.335

OPS

.632

OPS+

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

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 13 (1)	CAL		CHW	L,5-7		7	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PR SS
2	6	Apr 13 (2)	CAL		CHW	L,4-5	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
3	8 (1)	Apr 16	CAL	@	MIN	L,4-10	GF	36	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
4	10 (1)	Apr 20	CAL	@	CHW	W,8-4	GF	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
5	17 (6)	Apr 27 (1)	CAL		OAK	L,1-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
6	18	Apr 27 (2)	CAL		OAK	W,9-1	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
7	19	Apr 29	CAL	@	KCR	W,12-1	GF	12	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
8	20	Apr 30	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	22 (1)	May 2	CAL	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
10	24 (1)	May 4	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
11	25	May 5	CAL	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
12	26	May 6	CAL	@	OAK	L,3-5	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
13	28 (1)	May 8	CAL	@	OAK	W,5-0	GF	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
14	29	May 9	CAL		BOS	L,1-4	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
15	30	May 10	CAL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
16	31	May 11	CAL		BOS	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
17	32	May 13	CAL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
18	33	May 14	CAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
19	34	May 16 (1)	CAL	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS	32	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS 1B
20	35	May 16 (2)	CAL	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
21	36	May 17	CAL	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
22	37	May 18	CAL	@	BAL	W,5-1	GS	20	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
23	38	May 19	CAL	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
24	39	May 21	CAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
25	40	May 22	CAL	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
26	41	May 23	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
27	42	May 24	CAL	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
28	43	May 25	CAL	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
29	44	May 26	CAL		CLE	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
30	45	May 27	CAL		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
31	46	May 28	CAL		CLE	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	1	SS
32	47	May 30	CAL		BAL	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
33	48	May 31	CAL		BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	49	Jun 1	CAL		BAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
35	50	Jun 3	CAL		DET	L,5-8	GS	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS 1B
36	51	Jun 4	CAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
37	52	Jun 5	CAL		DET	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
38	53	Jun 6	CAL		MIL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
39	54	Jun 7	CAL		MIL	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS 1B
40	55	Jun 8	CAL		MIL	L,3-4	GS	7	2.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
41	57 (1)	Jun 10	CAL	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS	36	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
42	58	Jun 11 (1)	CAL	@	DET	W,14-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
43	59	Jun 11 susp	CAL	@	DET	L,3-5	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS 1B
44	60	Jun 12	CAL	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
45	61	Jun 13	CAL	@	MIL	L,2-10	GS	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	SS 1B
46	62	Jun 14	CAL	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
47	66 (3)	Jun 18	CAL	@	KCR	L,0-13	CG	43	8.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
48	72 (5)	Jun 24	CAL		KCR	L,3-5	CG	50	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
49	73	Jun 25	CAL		KCR	L,2-6	CG	57	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
50	74	Jun 26	CAL		KCR	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
51	75	Jun 27	CAL		OAK	L,4-12	CG	51	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
52	76	Jun 28	CAL		OAK	L,4-10	CG	49	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
53	77	Jun 29	CAL		OAK	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	80 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	CAL	@	MIN	L,3-12	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							58gm		400.0	95	99	14	208	19