Hal W. Smith

All-Star Selection 1957, 1959-60
Full Name: Harold Wayne Smith
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: December 7, 1930 in West Frankfort, IL
College: ?
Major League Debut: April 11, 1955
Died:

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CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
 BATTING
YEAR TEAM LG AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG
1955
1956
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
 Bal
Bal
KCA
KCA
KCA
KCA
Pit
Pit
Hou
Hou
Cin
 AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
 .271
.262
.275
.303
.273
.288
.295
.223
.235
.241
.121
 135
78
36
107
99
108
77
67
109
31
32
 424
229
142
360
315
292
258
193
345
58
66
 41
16
15
41
32
36
37
12
32
1
6
 115
60
39
109
86
84
76
43
81
14
8
 23
14
9
26
19
12
18
10
14
2
1
 4
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
 4
3
2
13
5
5
11
3
12
0
0
 52
18
24
41
46
31
45
26
35
2
3
 30
17
3
14
25
34
22
11
24
4
12
 21
22
12
44
47
39
48
38
55
15
20
 .318
.315
.284
.328
.323
.367
.351
.267
.286
.290
.256
 .373
.362
.408
.483
.394
.380
.508
.321
.380
.276
.136
Totals AVG
.267		 G
879		 AB
2682		 R
269		 H
715		 2B
148		 3B
10		 HR
58		 RBI
323		 BB
196		 K
361		 OBP
.317		 SLG
.394


 BATTINGBASERUNNINGMISC
YEAR TEAM LG HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
1955
1956
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
 Bal
Bal
KCA
KCA
KCA
KCA
Pit
Pit
Hou
Hou
Cin
 AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
 2
1
0
1
2
3
2
1
2
0
0
 16
16
2
13
6
4
6
6
13
4
6
 158
83
58
174
124
111
131
62
131
16
9
 2
3
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
 4
2
0
5
1
2
1
2
2
0
1
 6
1
3
3
8
1
3
1
3
0
0
 1
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
 3
0
1
2
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
 .250
1.000
.500
.500
-.---
.000
.500
-.---
-.---
-.---
1.000
 106.0
76.3
71.0
27.7
63.0
58.4
23.5
64.3
28.8
--.-
--.-
 20.2
10.4
11.8
8.2
6.7
7.5
5.4
5.1
6.3
3.9
3.3
Totals HBP
14		 GDP
92		 TB
1057		 IBB
12		 SH
20		 SF
29		 SB
7		 CS
10		 SB%
.412		 AB/HR
46.2		 AB/K
7.4


CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
YEAR TEAM LG POS G Ch PO A E DP FPCT
1955
1956
1956
1957
1958
1958
1958
1959
1959
1960
1961
1962
1962
1962
1963
1964
 Bal
Bal
KCA
KCA
KCA
KCA
KCA
KCA
KCA
Pit
Pit
Hou
Hou
Hou
Hou
Cin
 AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
 C
C
C
C
1B
C
3B
C
3B
C
C
1B
3B
C
C
C
 125
72
36
103
14
31
43
22
77
71
65
2
6
92
11
20
 563
348
208
527
126
169
138
140
214
392
311
10
8
644
68
115
 497
313
183
463
120
149
44
125
85
356
290
10
0
570
65
105
 58
33
22
55
6
19
87
10
119
30
18
0
7
65
2
8
 8
2
3
9
0
1
7
5
10
6
3
0
1
9
1
2
 9
11
3
8
6
4
9
5
10
5
1
1
0
9
1
1
 0.986
0.994
0.986
0.983
1.000
0.994
0.949
0.964
0.953
0.985
0.990
1.000
0.875
0.986
0.985
0.983
Totals G
790		 Ch
3981		 PO
3375		 A
539		 E
67		 DP
83		 FPCT
0.983



An excellent defensive catcher, Smith played in a career-high 135 games as a Baltimore rookie in 1955, and in 1957 batted .303 as Kansas City's first-string receiver. Originally Yankee property, he returned to haunt New York in the final game of the 1960 World Series when he delivered an eighth-inning, three-run, pinch-hit homer to give Pittsburgh a 9-7 lead in the game they ultimately won on Bill Mazeroski's ninth-inning HR.

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