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Paul Smith
Paul Leslie Smith

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 14, 1953
Final Game June 7, 1958
Born March 19, 1931 in New Castle, PA

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 22 PIT NL 118  389   41  110  12  7   4   44   3  0  24  23  .283  .329  .380   85  148  11           3   8
 1957 26 PIT NL  81  150   12   38   4  0   3   11   0  2  12  17  .253  .313  .340   78   51   4   0   1   1   5
 1958 27 TOT NL  24   23    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   6   4  .174  .345  .174   45    4   0   0   0   0   0
         PIT NL   6    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   0  .333  .667  .333  180    1   0   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL  18   20    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   4  .150  .261  .150   14    3   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      223  562   54  152  16  7   7   56   3  2  42  44  .270  .326  .361   82  203  15   0   1   4  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        408   39  110  12  5   5   41   2  1  31  32  .270  .326  .361   82  147  11   0   1   3   9
 Career High    118  389   41  110  12  7   4   44   3  2  24  23  .283  .329  .380   85  148  11   0   1   3   8
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 22 PIT NL  427  298   49   4.4   109| .283  .273| .329  .344| .380  .425| .709  .769|  85  .452  -9.2  -0.9 100%
 1957 26 PIT NL  167  123   15   3.3   100| .253  .265| .313  .328| .340  .410| .653  .738|  78  .350  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1958 27 TOT NL   29   19    2   2.8   104| .174  .267| .345  .335| .174  .417| .519  .752|  45  .286  -1.6  -0.1   0%
         PIT NL    6    2    1  13.4   103| .333  .266| .667  .333| .333  .416|1.000  .749| 180  .874   0.9   0.1   0%
         CHC NL   23   17    1   1.6   104| .150  .267| .261  .335| .150  .417| .411  .752|  14  .121  -2.5  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       623  440   66   4.0   106| .270  .271| .326  .339| .361  .421| .687  .760|  82  .420 -15.3  -1.5  60%

* 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1953 22 PIT NL 1B 74 622 52 10 53 .985 .990 9.11 9.17 OF 19 31 2 1 0 .971 .979 1.74 2.11 19 0 0 1957 26 PIT NL OF 33 52 2 0 0 1.000 .980 1.64 2.07 2.22 2.29 24 219.3 RF 20 26 2 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 1.72 1.79 1.98 16 140.7 LF 16 27 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.69 1.71 3.13 2.03 8 77.7 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.80 4.50 9.45 0 2.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1958 27 CHC NL 1B 4 14 2 1 0 .941 .988 4.00 8.10 7.20 9.54 2 20.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1953 22 PIT NL 1B 74 622 52 10 53 .985 .990 9.11 9.17 1957 26 PIT NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.80 4.50 9.45 0 2.0 1958 27 CHC NL 1B 4 14 2 1 0 .941 .988 4.00 8.10 7.20 9.54 2 20.0 1957 26 PIT NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1957 26 PIT NL LF 16 27 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.69 1.71 3.13 2.03 8 77.7 1953 22 PIT NL OF 19 31 2 1 0 .971 .979 1.74 2.11 19 0 0 1957 26 PIT NL OF 33 52 2 0 0 1.000 .980 1.64 2.07 2.22 2.29 24 219.3 1957 26 PIT NL RF 20 26 2 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 1.72 1.79 1.98 16 140.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B* 79 637 54 11 53 .984 .990 8.75 9.11 2 22.0 OF* 52 83 4 1 0 .989 .980 1.67 2.08 24 219.3 35 1 20# RF* 20 26 2 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 1.72 16 140.7 LF* 16 27 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.69 1.71 8 77.7 CF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 131 720 58 12 53 .985 .989 5.94 6.32
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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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.

Sac. Hits
1953 NL-11-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

May 6, 1958: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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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