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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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	C
3	3	Apr 21 (1)	STL		CHC	L,3-5	GS	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
4	10 (6)	Apr 30	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	12 (1)	May 2	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	GS	42	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
6	13	May 3	STL	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	15 (1)	May 5 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
8	16	May 5 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
9	17	May 7	STL	@	NYG	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
10	18	May 8	STL	@	NYG	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
11	19	May 10	STL		MLN	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
12	20	May 11	STL		MLN	W,8-7	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	21	May 12 (1)	STL		MLN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	23 (1)	May 14	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	24	May 15	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	58	14.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
16	25	May 16	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
17	27 (1)	May 18	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	28	May 19	STL		BRO	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
19	29	May 20	STL		BRO	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	30	May 23	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
21	31	May 24	STL	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	32	May 25	STL	@	CIN	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	33	May 26	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	34	May 27	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	35	May 28	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
26	36	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	38 (1)	May 31	STL	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	39	Jun 1	STL	@	MLN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	40	Jun 2	STL	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	41	Jun 4	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	C
31	42	Jun 5	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
32	43	Jun 6	STL	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
33	44	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	41	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	45	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
35	48 (2)	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	49	Jun 12	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	50	Jun 13	STL	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	51	Jun 14	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	41	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	52	Jun 15	STL	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	54 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
41	55	Jun 18	STL		PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
42	57 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	58	Jun 20	STL		PIT	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	59	Jun 21	STL		BRO	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
45	61 (1)	Jun 23	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	62	Jun 24	STL		BRO	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
47	63	Jun 26	STL		PHI	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
48	64	Jun 27	STL		PHI	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	65	Jun 28	STL		NYG	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
50	67 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	STL		NYG	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	69 (1)	Jul 1	STL		MLN	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	70	Jul 2	STL		MLN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
53	71	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
54	72	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	37	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	74 (1)	Jul 5	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	75	Jul 6	STL		CIN	W,13-3	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
57	76	Jul 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	78 (1)	Jul 11	STL	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
59	80 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	83 (2)	Jul 16	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	85 (1)	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,9-10	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	87 (1)	Jul 20	STL	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	88	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
64	90 (1)	Jul 23	STL		BRO	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	94 (3)	Jul 27	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
66	96 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	STL		PIT	W,9-8	CG	52	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	100 (3)	Aug 1	STL		NYG	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	101	Aug 2	STL		PHI	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
69	103 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	STL		PHI	L,4-5	GF	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	106 (2)	Aug 7	STL		CHC	L,1-5	GF	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	109 (2)	Aug 10	STL		MLN	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
72	114 (4)	Aug 16	STL	@	MLN	W,6-2	GF	11	2.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	115	Aug 17	STL	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	40	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	117 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
75	118	Aug 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
76	120 (1)	Aug 21	STL	@	NYG	L,6-13	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
77	121	Aug 22	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	122	Aug 23	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	129 (6)	Sep 1	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
80	131 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	132	Sep 3	STL	@	CIN	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
82	133	Sep 4	STL		MLN	W,5-4	CG	46	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
83	135 (1)	Sep 6	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
84	137 (1)	Sep 8	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
85	138	Sep 10	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS	41	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
86	139	Sep 11	STL		PHI	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
87	140	Sep 13	STL		NYG	L,3-7	GF	9	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
88	141	Sep 14	STL		NYG	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
89	144 (2)	Sep 17	STL		BRO	W,12-5	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
90	146 (1)	Sep 20	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	147	Sep 21	STL	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	44	9.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	149 (1)	Sep 23	STL	@	MLN	L,2-4	GF	12	2.2	2	1	0	3	1	C
93	150	Sep 24	STL	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	151	Sep 25	STL	@	MLN	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
95	152	Sep 27	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
96	153	Sep 28	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
97	154	Sep 29	STL		CHC	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							97gm		795.0	468	42	5	515	8