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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Uncle of Tim Flannery

1960 World Series

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

2682

715

.267

269

RBI

323

OBP

.317

SLG

.394

OPS

.711

OPS+

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
2	2	Apr 18	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	3	Apr 19	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 21	BAL		WSH	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
5	6	Apr 22 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	8 (1)	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
7	9	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	W,7-5	GS	27	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	10	Apr 27	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-8	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
9	12 (1)	Apr 29 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	13	Apr 29 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14	May 1	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
12	16 (1)	May 4	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
13	17	May 5	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
14	19 (1)	May 6 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	20	May 7	BAL		DET	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
16	21	May 8	BAL		KCA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	22	May 9	BAL		KCA	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
18	23	May 11	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	24	May 12	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
20	28 (3)	May 16	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	29	May 18	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	30	May 19	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	31	May 20 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
24	33 (1)	May 23	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	34	May 25	BAL		NYY	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	C
26	35	May 26	BAL		NYY	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	36	May 28	BAL		WSH	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	43 (6)	Jun 3 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	44	Jun 4	BAL		CHW	L,4-13	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	45	Jun 5	BAL		CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	50 (4)	Jun 9 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	52 (1)	Jun 11	BAL		DET	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
33	53	Jun 12	BAL		DET	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
34	54	Jun 13	BAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	55	Jun 15	BAL	@	KCA	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	56	Jun 16	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	57	Jun 17	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
38	58	Jun 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
39	59	Jun 19	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	60	Jun 20	BAL	@	CHW	L,8-12	CG	48	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	61	Jun 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	62	Jun 22	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
43	63	Jun 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
44	64	Jun 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	65	Jun 26	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	66	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	L,11-12	GF	4	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	68 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	70 (1)	Jul 1	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
49	71	Jul 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	55	11.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	72	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	L,8-10	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
51	73	Jul 4 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	28	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
52	74	Jul 7	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	18	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	75	Jul 8 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
54	76	Jul 8 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	78 (1)	Jul 13	BAL		KCA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	79	Jul 14	BAL		KCA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	80	Jul 15 (1)	BAL		DET	W,7-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	82 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	85 (2)	Jul 19	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	87 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GS	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	90 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	94 (3)	Jul 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS	28	7.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
63	96 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
64	97	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	99 (1)	Aug 1	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-9	GS	27	5.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	101 (1)	Aug 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	102	Aug 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-15	GS	28	5.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
68	105 (2)	Aug 8	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	107 (1)	Aug 10	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
70	109 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-6	GF	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
71	110	Aug 12 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Kansas City Athletics
72	116	Aug 19 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
73	117	Aug 21	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	5	1	0	6	1	C
74	118	Aug 22	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	39	11.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
75	119	Aug 23	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
76	120	Aug 24	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
77	121	Aug 25	KCA	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
78	122	Aug 26 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	123	Aug 26 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
80	124	Aug 28	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	26	6.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
81	125	Aug 29	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	126	Aug 31	KCA	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	127	Sep 1	KCA	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	128	Sep 2	KCA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	129	Sep 3 (1)	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
86	130	Sep 3 (2)	KCA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
87	131	Sep 4	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	132	Sep 6	KCA		DET	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
89	133	Sep 7	KCA		DET	L,8-12	CG	51	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
90	134	Sep 8	KCA		DET	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
91	135	Sep 9	KCA		DET	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
92	136	Sep 11	KCA		NYY	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	137	Sep 12	KCA		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
94	138	Sep 13	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
95	139	Sep 14	KCA		WSH	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
96	140	Sep 15	KCA		WSH	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
97	141	Sep 16 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
98	142	Sep 16 (2)	KCA		BAL	W,10-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
99	143	Sep 18	KCA		BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
100	144	Sep 19	KCA		BOS	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
101	145	Sep 21 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
102	147 (1)	Sep 22	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-17	CG	47	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
103	148	Sep 23 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
104	150 (1)	Sep 25	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	41	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
105	151	Sep 26	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
106	152	Sep 28	KCA		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
107	153	Sep 29	KCA		CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
108	154	Sep 30	KCA		CHW	W,7-6	GS	22	5.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
							108gm		832.1	496	55	5	556	14