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Hal Smith

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 186lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: June 1, 1931 in Barling, AR us

Died: April 12, 2014 in Fort Smith, AR

Buried: Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, AR

High School: Fort Smith HS (Fort Smith, AR)

Debut: May 2, 1956 (Age 24-336d, 11,360th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 8, 1965 (Age 34-037d)
vs. LAD 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Harold Raymond Smith

Nicknames: Cura

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

1697

437

.258

126

RBI

172

OBP

.300

SLG

.345

OPS

.644

OPS+

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

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
2	4 (1)	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	5	Apr 20	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	10 (4)	Apr 26	STL	@	LAD	W,6-4	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
5	11	Apr 27	STL	@	LAD	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	12	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	14 (1)	May 2	STL		CIN	L,3-7	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	C
8	15	May 4	STL		MLN	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
9	16	May 6	STL		MLN	L,8-12	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
10	18 (1)	May 9	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
11	19	May 10	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	21 (1)	May 11 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	22	May 12	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
14	23	May 13	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	24	May 14	STL		SFG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
16	25	May 15	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	26	May 16	STL		LAD	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
18	27	May 17	STL		LAD	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	28	May 18 (1)	STL		LAD	W,6-5	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
20	29	May 18 (2)	STL		LAD	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
21	30	May 20	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	31	May 21	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	32	May 23	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	34 (1)	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
25	35	May 25 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	36	May 27	STL	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
27	37	May 28	STL	@	MLN	W,7-4	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
28	38	May 30 (1)	STL		SFG	W,7-6	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	39	May 30 (2)	STL		SFG	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	40	May 31	STL		SFG	W,10-9	CG	56	12.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	41	Jun 1	STL		SFG	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
32	42	Jun 3	STL		PIT	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
33	43	Jun 4	STL		PIT	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
34	44	Jun 5	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	45	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
36	46	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,6-15	CG	57	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
37	48 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	STL		PHI	L,4-6	GS	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
38	49	Jun 11	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	43	12.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
39	50	Jun 12	STL		CIN	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	51	Jun 13	STL		MLN	L,0-2	CG	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	52	Jun 14	STL		MLN	W,2-1	CG	26	6.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	53	Jun 15	STL		MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
43	54	Jun 16	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
44	55	Jun 17	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
45	56	Jun 18	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
46	58 (1)	Jun 21	STL	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	59	Jun 22	STL	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	60	Jun 23	STL	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	61	Jun 24	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
50	62	Jun 25	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	64 (1)	Jun 27	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	65	Jun 28	STL	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	66	Jun 29 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	49	12.2	11	0	0	11	0	C
54	68 (1)	Jun 30	STL		LAD	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	69	Jul 1	STL		LAD	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	71 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	72	Jul 5	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	77 (4)	Jul 13 (1)	STL		PIT	L,8-10	GS	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
59	80 (2)	Jul 16	STL		MLN	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	82 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
61	84 (1)	Jul 19	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	89 (4)	Jul 24	STL	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	91 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	92	Jul 26	STL		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	93	Jul 27 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	103 (9)	Aug 5	STL		LAD	W,13-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
67	105 (1)	Aug 7	STL		SFG	W,12-1	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	116 (10)	Aug 17 (2)	STL	@	LAD	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	13	1	1	15	1	C
69	126 (9)	Aug 27	STL		PIT	L,1-14	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	150 (23)	Sep 23	STL	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	152 (1)	Sep 26	STL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							71gm		554.2	346	22	4	372	4