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Roy Smalley
Roy Frederick Smalley Jr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 20, 1948
Final Game April 21, 1958
Born June 9, 1926 in Springfield, MO

Father of Roy Smalley and Brother-In-Law of Gene Mauch

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 22 CHC NL 124  361   25   78  11  4   4   36   0     23  76  .216  .265  .302   56  109   2           1  11
 1949 23 CHC NL 135  477   57  117  21 10   8   35   2     36  77  .245  .304  .382   85  182   2           4  12
 1950 24 CHC NL 154  557   58  128  21  9  21   85   2     49 114  .230  .297  .413   85  230   6           4  11
 1951 25 CHC NL  79  238   24   55   7  4   8   31   0  0  25  53  .231  .304  .395   85   94   3           0   6
 1952 26 CHC NL  87  261   36   58  14  1   5   30   0  0  29  58  .222  .305  .341   78   89   1           2   5
 1953 27 CHC NL  82  253   20   63   9  0   6   25   0  0  28  57  .249  .329  .356   77   90   5           2   4
 1954 28 MLN NL  25   36    5    8   0  0   1    7   0  0   4   9  .222  .310  .306   66   11   0   1       1   2
 1955 29 PHI NL  92  260   33   51  11  1   7   39   0  0  39  58  .196  .304  .327   69   85   5   2   2   2  11
 1956 30 PHI NL  65  168   14   38   9  3   0   16   0  0  23  29  .226  .323  .315   75   53   2   0   4   1   4
 1957 31 PHI NL  28   31    5    5   0  1   1    1   0  0   1   9  .161  .212  .323   43   10   0   0   0   1   0
 1958 32 PHI NL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     872 2644  277  601 103 33  61  305   4  0 257 541  .227  .300  .360   77  953  26   3   6  18  66
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        491   51  112  19  6  11   57   1  0  48 101  .227  .300  .360   77  177   5   1   1   3  12
 Career High    154  557   58  128  21 10  21   85   2  0  49 114  .249  .329  .413   85  230   6   2   4   4  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 22 CHC NL  387  296   29   2.6    99| .216  .264| .265  .338| .302  .391| .567  .728|  56  .272 -23.2  -2.3     
 1949 23 CHC NL  519  374   54   3.9   101| .245  .267| .304  .340| .382  .399| .686  .739|  85  .422 -11.7  -1.2     
 1950 24 CHC NL  616  446   67   4.0   107| .230  .268| .297  .345| .413  .416| .710  .761|  85  .425 -14.9  -1.5     
 1951 25 CHC NL  266  192   29   4.1   105| .231  .270| .304  .344| .395  .409| .699  .753|  85  .451  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1952 26 CHC NL  293  209   27   3.5    98| .222  .263| .305  .336| .341  .391| .646  .727|  78  .418  -7.6  -0.8   0%
 1953 27 CHC NL  288  199   29   3.8   112| .249  .277| .329  .348| .356  .431| .685  .779|  77  .398  -8.4  -0.8   0%
 1954 28 MLN NL   42   31    3   2.6   104| .222  .267| .310  .337| .306  .412| .616  .749|  66  .246  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1955 29 PHI NL  308  227   26   3.1   104| .196  .263| .304  .334| .327  .417| .631  .750|  69  .315 -10.7  -1.1   0%
 1956 30 PHI NL  194  136   18   3.5   101| .226  .262| .323  .328| .315  .413| .638  .741|  75  .395  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 1957 31 PHI NL   33   26    2   2.1   100| .161  .265| .212  .328| .323  .410| .535  .738|  43  .189  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1958 32 PHI NL    2    2    0   0.0   105| .000  .268| .000  .336| .000  .420| .000  .756|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2948 2138  284   3.6   103| .227  .267| .300  .340| .360  .408| .660  .747|  77  .386 -93.0  -9.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 22 CHC NL SS 124 189 351 34 70 .941 .959 4.35 4.59 1949 23 CHC NL SS 132 265 438 39 91 .947 .961 5.33 4.70 1950 24 CHC NL SS 154 332 541 51 115 .945 .961 5.67 4.74 1951 25 CHC NL SS 74 117 190 15 42 .953 .955 4.15 4.47 1952 26 CHC NL SS 82 139 200 17 33 .952 .960 4.13 4.70 1953 27 CHC NL SS 77 153 191 25 39 .932 .958 4.47 4.63 1954 28 MLN NL SS 9 9 10 1 5 .950 .960 2.11 4.63 2B 7 13 15 0 5 1.000 .976 4.00 5.31 1B 2 14 1 0 1 1.000 .993 7.50 9.25 1955 29 PHI NL SS 87 136 205 9 32 .974 .964 3.92 4.57 3B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.80 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 1956 30 PHI NL SS 60 81 142 12 32 .949 .962 3.72 4.53 4.25 4.94 53 472.0 1957 31 PHI NL SS 20 11 21 2 5 .941 .958 1.60 4.34 3.47 4.83 6 83.0 1958 32 PHI NL SS 1 3 2 2 1 .714 .962 5.00 4.60 7.50 5.10 0 6.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 28 MLN NL 1B 2 14 1 0 1 1.000 .993 7.50 9.25 1954 28 MLN NL 2B 7 13 15 0 5 1.000 .976 4.00 5.31 1955 29 PHI NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 1955 29 PHI NL 3B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.80 1948 22 CHC NL SS 124 189 351 34 70 .941 .959 4.35 4.59 1949 23 CHC NL SS 132 265 438 39 91 .947 .961 5.33 4.70 1950 24 CHC NL SS 154 332 541 51 115 .945 .961 5.67 4.74 1951 25 CHC NL SS 74 117 190 15 42 .953 .955 4.15 4.47 1952 26 CHC NL SS 82 139 200 17 33 .952 .960 4.13 4.70 1953 27 CHC NL SS 77 153 191 25 39 .932 .958 4.47 4.63 1954 28 MLN NL SS 9 9 10 1 5 .950 .960 2.11 4.63 1955 29 PHI NL SS 87 136 205 9 32 .974 .964 3.92 4.57 1956 30 PHI NL SS 60 81 142 12 32 .949 .962 3.72 4.53 4.25 4.94 53 472.0 1957 31 PHI NL SS 20 11 21 2 5 .941 .958 1.60 4.34 3.47 4.83 6 83.0 1958 32 PHI NL SS 1 3 2 2 1 .714 .962 5.00 4.60 7.50 5.10 0 6.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 820 1435 2291 207 465 .947 .960 4.54 4.63 59 561.0 2B 8 13 15 0 5 1.000 .976 3.50 5.28 1B 2 14 1 0 1 1.000 .993 7.50 9.25 3B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 831 1464 2308 207 471 .948 .960 4.54 4.64
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1950 NL-154-5

Triples
1949 NL-10-6
1950 NL-9-4

Strikeouts
1948 NL-76-4
1949 NL-77-2
1950 NL-114-1

Outs
1950 NL-446-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January 15, 1944: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

March 20, 1954: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Dave Cole and cash.

April 30, 1955: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Milwaukee Braves.

May 20, 1958: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 21, 1958: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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