Hal Smith stats
Bio
- Age
- 95 yearsDec 7, 1930
Hal Smith played 10 MLB seasons, 1955 to 1964.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 879
- AB
- 2,682
- R
- 269
- H
- 715
- HR
- 58
- RBI
- 323
- SB
- 7
- AVG
- .267
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | BAL | 135 | 424 | 41 | 115 | 4 | 52 | 1 | .271 |
| 1956 |  BAL/ATH | 114 | 371 | 31 | 99 | 5 | 42 | 2 | .267 |
| 1957 | ATH | 107 | 360 | 41 | 109 | 13 | 41 | 2 | .303 |
| 1958 | ATH | 99 | 315 | 32 | 86 | 5 | 46 | 0 | .273 |
| 1959 | ATH | 108 | 292 | 36 | 84 | 5 | 31 | 0 | .288 |
| 1960 | PIT | 77 | 258 | 37 | 76 | 11 | 45 | 1 | .295 |
| 1961 | PIT | 67 | 193 | 12 | 43 | 3 | 26 | 0 | .223 |
| 1962 | HOU | 109 | 345 | 32 | 81 | 12 | 35 | 0 | .235 |
| 1963 | HOU | 31 | 58 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .241 |
| 1964 | CIN | 32 | 66 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .121 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- AB
- 8
- R
- 1
- H
- 3
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 3
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .375
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,941
- TB
- 1,057
- XBH
- 216
- HBP
- 14
- IBB
- 12
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | BAL | 466 | 158 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | BAL/ATH | 398 | 141 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATH | 383 | 174 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATH | 351 | 124 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATH | 332 | 111 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 286 | 131 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 208 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | HOU | 376 | 131 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | HOU | 62 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CIN | 79 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 3.1
- RC
- 351.7
- RC/27
- 4.70
- ISOP
- .128
- SECA
- .199
- BB/K
- 0.54
- AB/HR
- 46.2
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | BAL | 0.7 | 53.1 | 4.4 | .101 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 106 | 0 |
| 1956 | BAL/ATH | -0.1 | 44.8 | 4.3 | .113 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 74.2 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATH | 1.4 | 57.4 | 5.9 | .181 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 27.7 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATH | 0.7 | 43.2 | 4.9 | .121 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 63 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATH | -0.5 | 43.2 | 5.4 | .092 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 58.4 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 2.0 | 46.7 | 6.7 | .213 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 23.5 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | -0.6 | 16.9 | 3 | .098 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 64.3 | 0 |
| 1962 | HOU | 0.1 | 39.5 | 4 | .145 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 28.8 | 0 |
| 1963 | HOU | -0.1 | 4.8 | 2.9 | .034 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CIN | -0.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | .015 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 95 yearsDec 7, 1930
- Debut
- 1955
What were Hal Smith's career stats?
Hal Smith played 10 seasons for the Orioles, the Athletics, the Pirates, the Astros and the Reds. He was a career .267 hitter with 715 hits, 58 home runs and 323 RBI. His best season was 1957: a .303 batting average, 13 home runs and 41 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 1 postseason, 1955 to 1964
Championships
- 1960 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates