Paul Smith stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 223
- AB
- 562
- R
- 54
- H
- 152
- HR
- 7
- RBI
- 56
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .270
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | PIT | 118 | 389 | 41 | 110 | 4 | 44 | 3 | .283 |
| 1957 | PIT | 81 | 150 | 12 | 38 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .253 |
| 1958 |  PIT/CHC | 24 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .174 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 623
- TB
- 203
- XBH
- 30
- HBP
- 4
- IBB
- 1
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | PIT | 427 | 148 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PIT | 167 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT/CHC | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -0.6
- RC
- 70.4
- RC/27
- 4.50
- ISOP
- .091
- SECA
- .167
- BB/K
- 0.95
- AB/HR
- 80.3
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | PIT | -0.3 | 52 | 4.8 | .098 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 97.3 | 0 |
| 1957 | PIT | -0.2 | 16.4 | 3.8 | .087 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 50 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT/CHC | -0.1 | 2.1 | 3 | .000 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Paul Smith's career stats?
Paul Smith played 3 seasons for the Pirates. He was a career .270 hitter with 152 hits, 7 home runs and 56 RBI. His best season was 1953: a .283 batting average, 4 home runs and 44 RBI.