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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-16	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
2	5 (2)	Apr 12	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
3	6	Apr 14	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
4	8 (1)	Apr 16 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	2B
5	10 (1)	Apr 17	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
6	12 (1)	Apr 21	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
7	14 (1)	Apr 23	BAL		KCR	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	2	9	0	11	3	2B
8	15	Apr 24	BAL		NYY	L,2-8	GF	4	1.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
9	16	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
10	17	Apr 28	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
11	18	Apr 29	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
12	19	Apr 30	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	20	May 1	BAL	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	7	3	0	10	1	2B
14	21	May 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
15	22	May 3	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	GS	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B SS
16	23	May 5	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
17	24	May 6	BAL		MIN	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
18	25	May 7	BAL		MIN	L,9-15	CG	53	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	2B
19	26	May 10	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
20	27	May 11	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 2B
21	29 (1)	May 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
22	30	May 14	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
23	31	May 15	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-9	CG	46	9.2	0	2	0	2	0	2B
24	32	May 16	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
25	33	May 18	BAL		TOR	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
26	34	May 19	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
27	35	May 20	BAL	@	CLE	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
28	36	May 21 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-0	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
29	38 (1)	May 23	BAL		DET	W,2-0	GF	10	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
30	40 (1)	May 24 (2)	BAL		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
31	41	May 25	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
32	42	May 26	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
33	43	May 27	BAL		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
34	44	May 28 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GF	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
35	45	May 28 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
36	46	May 29	BAL	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
37	47	May 30	BAL	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
38	48	May 31	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
40	50	Jun 2	BAL	@	SEA	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
41	51	Jun 3	BAL	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
42	52	Jun 4	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
43	53	Jun 5	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	40	10.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
44	54	Jun 6	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
45	55	Jun 9	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
46	56	Jun 10	BAL	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
47	57	Jun 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
48	58	Jun 12	BAL		SEA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
49	59	Jun 13	BAL		SEA	W,3-2	CG	37	11.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
50	60	Jun 14	BAL		CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
51	61	Jun 15	BAL		CAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
52	62	Jun 16	BAL		OAK	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
53	63	Jun 17	BAL		OAK	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
54	64	Jun 18	BAL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
55	65	Jun 20	BAL	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
56	66	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	2B
57	67	Jun 22	BAL	@	MIL	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
58	69 (1)	Jun 24	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
59	70	Jun 25	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
60	71	Jun 26	BAL	@	TOR	L,10-24	CG	56	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
61	72	Jun 27 (1)	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-6	GF	7	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
62	73	Jun 27 (2)	BAL	@	TOR	L,8-9	CG	44	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	2B
63	74	Jun 28	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
64	75	Jun 29	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	GS	25	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	109 (33)	Aug 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
66	111 (1)	Aug 8	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-5	GF	14	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
67	116 (4)	Aug 13	BAL		NYY	W,3-0	CG	20	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
68	122 (5)	Aug 20	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-1	GS	39	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
69	125 (2)	Aug 23	BAL	@	OAK	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
70	128 (2)	Aug 27	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
71	132 (3)	Aug 31	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	GS	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	133	Sep 1 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
73	134	Sep 1 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,9-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
74	135	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,9-4	GF	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
75	136	Sep 2 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
76	138 (1)	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
77	145 (6)	Sep 13	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
78	147 (1)	Sep 15	BAL		TOR	W,8-3	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
79	148	Sep 16	BAL		TOR	W,11-1	GF	12	3.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
80	149	Sep 17	BAL		TOR	W,5-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
81	150	Sep 18	BAL	@	CLE	W,10-3	GF	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
82	151	Sep 19	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
83	154 (2)	Sep 23 (2)	BAL		DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
84	161 (6)	Oct 1	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
							85gm		612.0	147	210	5	362	43