Hal Smith

Positions: Catcher and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: December 7, 1930 in West Frankfort, IL us

Died: January 9, 2020 in Columbus, TX

Debut: April 11, 1955 (Age 24-125d, 11,187th in major league history)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 22, 1964 (Age 33-228d)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Harold Wayne Smith

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Relatives: Uncle of Tim Flannery

1960 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

2682

715

.267

269

RBI

323

OBP

.317

SLG

.394

OPS

.711

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-36 / in Starts: 26-29
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 208 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	147 (75-42-30)
Avg. MLBer w/ 208 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	129 (67-40-21)

Most Driven In
R Clemente	6
D Hoak	6
D Stuart	5
Self	3
J Christopher	2
B Mazeroski	2
B Skinner	1
D Groat	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
J Christopher	2
J Gibbon	2
B Virdon	1
B Friend	1
V Law	1
J Logan	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 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	641	1	Apr 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					3						C
2	642	4 (2)	Apr 14	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.52	-0.058	1.22	-0.08%	-1.48	C
3	643	5	Apr 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.95	-0.155	2.44	-0.24%	-2.31	C
4	644	6	Apr 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-13	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	7	.88	0.138	2.47	0.23%	1.54	C
5	645	7	Apr 18	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.250	.485	6	.77	-0.012	1.98	-0.02%	-0.41	C
6	646	8	Apr 19	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.200	.390	7	.55	-0.073	1.49	-0.12%	-1.47	C
7	647	9	Apr 20	PIT		CHC	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.174	.341	7	1.07	-0.085	3.18	-0.15%	-0.76	C
8	648	10	Apr 23	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.143	.148	.291	7	1.12	-0.117	3.11	-0.20%	-0.79	C
9	649	11	Apr 24	PIT		MLN	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.097	.125	.129	.254	7	.95	-0.096	2.52	-0.15%	-1.09	C
10	650	14 (2)	Apr 30 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.167	.200	.367	7	.72	0.041	2.28	0.08%	0.86	C
May		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
11	651	18 (3)	May 5	PIT		LAD	L,0-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.150	.179	.329	7	.57	-0.052	1.93	-0.11%	-1.42	C
12	652	20 (1)	May 7	PIT		LAD	L,2-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.163	.190	.353	7	1.04	0.078	3.50	0.16%	0.40	C
13	653	22 (1)	May 10	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.152	.178	.330	7	1.42	-0.126	4.93	-0.26%	-1.16	C
14	654	24 (1)	May 13	PIT		CIN	W,13-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.140	.157	.180	.337	7	.68	-0.014	2.15	-0.03%	-0.28	C
15	655	25	May 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.170	.176	.346	4	2.58	0.052	8.81	0.11%	0.30	C
16	656	30 (4)	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-11	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.185	.212	.397	9	2.05	0.284	5.92	0.49%	1.09	PH
17	657	33 (2)	May 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.172	.196	.369	7	.76	-0.073	2.58	-0.15%	-1.34	C
18	658	34	May 26	PIT	@	STL	L,2-12	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.183	.207	.390	7	1.11	0.049	4.32	0.12%	0.38	C
19	659	36 (1)	May 28	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.203	.274	.477	7	.93	-0.052	2.90	-0.10%	0.10	C
20	660	37	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.224	.308	.532	7	1.50	0.214	3.84	0.33%	1.61	C
21	661	39 (1)	May 31	PIT		MLN	W,9-1	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.250	.333	.583	6	.42	0.024	1.03	0.04%	1.29	C
Jun		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	662	43 (3)	Jun 4	PIT		PHI	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.205	.237	.315	.552	6	.40	-0.046	1.10	-0.08%	-1.23	C
23	663	45 (1)	Jun 6	PIT	@	LAD	L,7-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.234	.311	.545	6	2.17	-0.057	7.76	-0.12%	-0.25	C
24	664	46	Jun 7	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.235	.299	.533	7	.41	0.021	1.34	0.04%	-0.07	C
25	665	48 (1)	Jun 9	PIT	@	SFG	L,6-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.233	.293	.525	7	1.01	-0.019	3.06	-0.03%	-0.34	C
26	666	52 (3)	Jun 14	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.247	.298	.545	7	1.80	0.020	5.81	0.04%	0.07	C
27	667	62 (9)	Jun 25 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-5	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.310	.568	7	1.05	0.072	1.74	0.07%	0.47	C
28	668	63	Jun 25 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.260	.344	.605	7	1.25	0.039	2.26	0.04%	0.40	C
29	669	64	Jun 27	PIT		LAD	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.260	.340	.600	7	1.09	-0.095	2.23	-0.12%	-0.92	C
30	670	65	Jun 28	PIT		LAD	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.269	.340	.609	7	.45	-0.007	.71	-0.01%	0.53	C
31	671	66	Jun 29	PIT		LAD	W,4-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.264	.333	.597	7	1.43	-0.074	2.75	-0.09%	-0.62	C
32	672	67	Jun 30	PIT		SFG	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.257	.324	.580	7	1.17	-0.087	2.52	-0.11%	-0.69	C
Jul		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
33	673	68	Jul 1	PIT		SFG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.265	.330	.596	7	1.30	-0.016	2.75	-0.02%	0.31	C
34	674	69	Jul 2 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,7-6	GS-6	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.276	.339	.615	7	2.14	0.255	4.41	0.32%	1.82	C
35	675	73 (3)	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,15-3	CG	6	4	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.287	.345	.632	7	.61	0.048	.64	0.03%	1.04	C
36	676	75 (1)	Jul 7	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-5	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.285	.342	.627	9	.62	-0.016	.65	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
37	677	78 (2)	Jul 13	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.286	.342	.628	7	.76	-0.051	1.20	-0.05%	-0.55	C
38	678	81 (2)	Jul 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,11-12	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.283	.339	.622	6	1.87	-0.048	2.85	-0.04%	-0.18	C
39	679	83 (1)	Jul 20	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.225	.279	.333	.612	6	.92	-0.038	1.16	-0.03%	-0.85	C
40	680	84	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.279	.333	.612	6						C
41	681	85	Jul 22	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.273	.325	.598	6	.73	-0.057	.94	-0.04%	-0.50	C
42	682	88 (2)	Jul 25	PIT		SFG	L,7-16	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.269	.320	.589	8	.61	-0.031	.30	-0.01%	-0.32	C
43	683	91 (2)	Jul 28	PIT		LAD	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.270	.320	.590	8	.86	0.003	.21	0.00%	-0.20	C
44	684	92	Jul 29	PIT		LAD	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.264	.313	.577	8	1.63	-0.151	.23	-0.01%	-1.51	C
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
45	685	94 (1)	Aug 2	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.264	.313	.577	6						C
46	686	96 (1)	Aug 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.264	.313	.577	6						C
47	687	99 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.264	.311	.575	8	1.28	0.025	.07	0.00%	-0.09	C
48	688	102 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.270	.331	.601	8	.91	0.050	.04	0.00%	0.49	C
49	689	103	Aug 9	PIT		STL	L,0-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.272	.331	.603	8	1.29	-0.035	.07	0.00%	-0.08	C
50	690	104	Aug 10	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.273	.331	.604	8	1.43	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.09	C
51	691	112 (7)	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.273	.331	.604	6						C
52	692	118 (5)	Aug 24	PIT		MLN	L,1-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.272	.329	.601	6	1.15	-0.055	.01	0.00%	-0.52	C
53	693	121 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.272	.327	.598	6	.80	0.053	.01	0.00%	0.30	C
54	694	124 (2)	Aug 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.271	.325	.596	6	1.79	-0.139	.00	0.00%	-0.85	C
Sep/Oct		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
55	695	128 (3)	Sep 3	PIT	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.225	.265	.319	.583	6	.37	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.89	C
56	696	129	Sep 4	PIT	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.270	.341	.612	6	.70	0.116	.00	0.00%	2.13	C
57	697	132 (2)	Sep 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.270	.335	.605	7	.44	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.16	C
58	698	133	Sep 8	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.271	.331	.602	7	.70	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.12	C
59	699	135 (1)	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.272	.331	.603	7	.45	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.06	C
60	700	137 (1)	Sep 12	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.266	.324	.590	7	.49	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.96	C
61	701	138	Sep 13	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.266	.324	.590	6						C
62	702	141 (2)	Sep 17	PIT		STL	L,0-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.265	.322	.587	7	1.05	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
63	703	143 (1)	Sep 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.266	.322	.588	7	.35	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
64	704	149 (5)	Sep 26 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.265	.321	.586	7	.43	-0.029	.00	0.00%	0.65	C
65	705	150	Sep 27	PIT		SFG	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.266	.321	.587	7	.89	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
66	706	152 (1)	Sep 29	PIT		CIN	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.266	.316	.582	7	.32	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.09	C
67	707	154 (1)	Oct 1	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.267	.321	.588	7	1.46	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.51	C
							31-36		208	193	12	43	10	0	3	26	11	1	38	1	2	1	1	6	0	0	.223	.267	.321	.588		.93	-0.647	1.61	-0.29%	-10.33

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