Willie Smith - The Baseball Cube

PositionsOF-339, 1B-93, P-29Position when DraftedOF-1BPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameWillie P. Smith
Height6-0Weight190BatsLeftThrowsLeft
Born DateFebruary 11,1939PlaceAnniston,Alabama
Death DateJanuary 16,2006 [66.339]
High SchoolCarbon Hill (Carbon Hill,AL)

DraftedSigned as undrafted amateur free agent in 1960 by the Detroit Tigers.
Signing Bonus$1,500Signing ScoutsSchoolboy Rowe
MLB DebutJune 18,1963 [24.127]
OrganizationsCHN [3] CAL [2] CLE [2] ANA [1] CIN [1] DET [1] Awards0
TBC Player ID18212Retrosheet IDsmitw102MLBAM ID122471
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Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1963	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	33	p	24	17	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	8	.143	.000	.000	.112	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1964	Los Angeles Angels	AL	MLB	ana	35	of	25	118	359	46	108	14	6	11	51	7	5	8	39	2	1	3	1	8	.301	.317	.465	.782	167	31	373	.311	.164	.192	.342	2.14	10.46	4.88	2.95	32.64	28.70
1965	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	35	of	26	136	459	52	120	14	9	14	57	9	8	32	60	1	1	5	10	5	.261	.308	.423	.731	194	37	498	.272	.162	.233	.316	6.43	12.05	1.88	2.81	32.79	30.83
1966	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	35	of	27	90	195	18	36	3	2	1	20	1	0	12	37	3	2	3	2	0	.185	.239	.236	.475	46	6	215	.219	.051	.118	.214	5.58	17.21	3.08	0.47	195.00	16.67
1967	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	22	of-1b	28	21	32	0	7	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	10	0	0	0	0	1	.219	.242	.281	.523	9	2	33	.318	.062	.031	.237	3.03	30.30	10.00	0.00	0.00	28.57
1968	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	22	1b	29	33	42	1	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	14	1	0	1	2	1	.143	.213	.190	.403	8	2	47	.207	.047	.119	.172	6.38	29.79	4.67	0.00	0.00	33.33
1968	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	25	of	29	55	142	13	39	8	2	5	25	0	0	12	33	1	1	1	2	1	.275	.333	.465	.798	66	15	157	.324	.190	.275	.359	7.64	21.02	2.75	3.18	28.40	38.46
1968	Totals for MLB	-	MLB	�	�	�	�	88	184	14	45	10	2	5	28	0	0	15	47	2	1	2	4	2	.245	.305	.402	.707	74	17	204	.299	.157	.239	.316	7.35	23.04	3.13	2.45	36.80	37.78
1969	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	25	of-1b	30	103	195	21	48	9	1	9	25	1	0	25	49	0	2	1	3	3	.246	.330	.441	.771	86	19	223	.283	.195	.328	.345	11.21	21.97	1.96	4.04	21.67	39.58
1970	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	25	1b	31	87	167	15	36	9	1	5	24	2	1	11	32	1	2	1	0	2	.216	.267	.371	.638	62	15	182	.237	.155	.228	.286	6.04	17.58	2.91	2.75	33.40	41.67
1971	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	20	1b	32	31	55	3	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	4	.164	.207	.255	.462	14	3	58	.178	.091	.145	.215	5.17	15.52	3.00	1.72	55.00	33.33
MLB Totals - 9 Season(s)Filter								691	1654	171	410	63	21	46	211	20	16	107	284	9	9	15	20	25	.248	.295	.395	.690	653	130	1794	.272	.147	.214	.000	5.96	15.83	2.65	2.56	35.96	31.71
California Angels Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								226	654	70	156	17	11	15	77	10	8	44	97	4	3	8	12	5	.239	.287	.367	.654	240	43	713	.256	.128	.199	.000	6.17	13.60	2.20	2.10	43.60	27.56
Chicago Cubs Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								245	504	49	123	26	4	19	74	3	1	48	114	2	5	3	5	6	.244	.311	.425	.736	214	49	562	.278	.181	.280	.000	8.54	20.28	2.38	3.38	26.53	39.84
Los Angeles Angels Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								118	359	46	108	14	6	11	51	7	5	8	39	2	1	3	1	8	.301	.317	.465	.782	167	31	373	.311	.164	.192	.000	2.14	10.46	4.88	2.95	32.64	28.70
Cleveland Indians Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								54	74	1	13	4	0	0	5	0	2	4	24	1	0	1	2	2	.176	.225	.230	.455	17	4	80	.255	.054	.081	.000	5.00	30.00	6.00	0.00	0.00	30.77
Cincinnati Reds Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								31	55	3	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	4	.164	.207	.255	.462	14	3	58	.178	.091	.145	.000	5.17	15.52	3.00	1.72	55.00	33.33
Detroit Tigers Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								17	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	8	.143	.000	.000	.000	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	388	40	96	15	5	11	49	5	4	25	67	2	2	4	5	6	.248	.295	.395	.690	153	30	421	.272	.147	.214	.000	5.96	15.83	2.65	2.56	35.96	31.71

Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1963	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	33	Rel	24	1	0	4.57	11	2	9	0	0	4	2	21.2	24	13	11	2	13	16	0	1	0	1.71	9.97	0.83	5.40	6.65	1.23	1.000	4.00
1964	Los Angeles Angels	AL	MLB	ana	35	Rel	25	1	4	2.84	15	1	14	0	0	3	0	31.2	34	13	10	5	10	20	2	0	0	1.39	9.66	1.42	2.84	5.68	2.00	.200	4.34
1968	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	22	Rel	29	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.60	3.60	--	1.80	1.80	1.00	-	2.59
1968	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	25	Rel	29	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	--	--	--	--	6.75	0.00	-	0.89
MLB Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								2	4	3.10	29	3	26	0	0	10	2	59.0	60	26	21	7	24	39	3	1	0	1.38	8.85	1.03	3.54	5.75	1.63	.333	1.39
Los Angeles Angels Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								1	4	2.84	15	1	14	0	0	3	0	31.2	34	13	10	5	10	20	2	0	0	1.39	9.66	1.42	2.84	5.68	2.00	.200	-
Detroit Tigers Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								1	0	4.57	11	2	9	0	0	4	2	21.2	24	13	11	2	13	16	0	1	0	1.71	9.97	0.83	5.40	6.65	1.23	1.000	-
Cleveland Indians Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	0	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.60	3.60	--	1.80	1.80	1.00	-	-
Chicago Cubs Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	--	--	--	--	6.75	0.00	-	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								7	14	3.10	105	11	94	0	0	36	7	220.0	216	94	76	25	87	141	11	4	0	1.38	8.85	1.03	3.54	5.75	1.63	.333	1.39

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1963	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	24	P	11	-	21	1	4	-	-	5	5	1.000	0.45	0.24	-	-	--	-	17	64.7	6.8
1964	Los Angeles Angels	AL	MLB	ana	25	OF	87	-	-	128	2	3	-	133	130	.977	1.49	-	-	-	--	-	118	73.7	53.7
1964	Los Angeles Angels	AL	MLB	ana	25	P	15	-	31	1	6	-	1	7	7	1.000	0.47	0.23	-	-	--	-	118	12.7	9.3
1965	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	26	OF	123	-	-	187	10	4	1	201	197	.980	1.60	-	-	-	--	-	136	90.4	75.9
1965	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	26	1B	2	-	-	9	2	1	1	12	11	.917	5.50	-	-	-	--	-	136	1.5	1.2
1966	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	27	OF	52	-	-	71	4	2	1	77	75	.974	1.44	-	-	-	--	-	90	57.8	32.1
1967	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	28	OF	4	-	-	4	-	1	-	5	4	.800	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	21	19.0	2.5
1967	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	28	1B	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	8	1.000	2.67	-	-	-	--	-	21	14.3	1.9
1968	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	29	OF	38	-	-	42	1	-	-	43	43	1.000	1.13	-	-	-	--	-	55	69.1	23.5
1968	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	29	1B	7	-	-	51	2	-	5	53	53	1.000	7.57	-	-	-	--	-	33	21.2	4.3
1968	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	29	1B	4	-	-	16	1	-	-	17	17	1.000	4.25	-	-	-	--	-	55	7.3	2.5
1968	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	29	P	2	-	5	1	1	-	1	2	2	1.000	1.00	0.40	-	-	--	-	33	6.1	1.2
1968	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	29	P	1	-	2	2	1	-	-	3	3	1.000	3.00	1.50	-	-	--	-	55	1.8	0.6
1968	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	29	OF	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	33	3.0	0.6
1969	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	30	OF	33	-	-	26	-	2	-	28	26	.929	0.79	-	-	-	--	-	103	32.0	20.4
1969	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	30	1B	24	-	-	159	9	1	14	169	168	.994	7.00	-	-	-	--	-	103	23.3	14.8
1970	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	31	1B	43	-	-	318	11	2	32	331	329	.994	7.65	-	-	-	--	-	87	49.4	26.5
1970	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	31	OF	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	87	1.1	0.6
1971	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	32	1B	10	-	-	80	9	-	10	89	89	1.000	8.90	-	-	-	--	-	31	32.3	6.2
MLB Totals for OF - 7 season(s)				-	�	OF	339	-	-	459	17	12	2	488	476	.975	1.40	-	-	-	--	-	339	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for 1B - 6 season(s)				-	�	1B	93	-	-	641	34	4	62	679	675	.994	7.26	-	-	-	--	-	93	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for P - 3 season(s)				-	�	P	29	-	59	5	12	-	2	17	17	1.000	0.59	0.29	-	-	--	-	29	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1963	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	24	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Los Angeles Angels	AL	MLB	ana	25	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	87	-
1965	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	26	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	123	-
1966	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	52	-
1967	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	28	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
1968	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	29	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	-
1968	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	cle	29	2	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
1969	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	30	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	-
1970	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	chn	31	-	-	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
1971	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	32	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1970-11-30						Trade	Traded by Cubs to Reds for Danny Breeden.		�
1968-06-28						Trade	Traded by Indians to Cubs for Lou Johnson.		�
1966-10-13							Purchased by Indians from Angels.		�
1964-04-28						Trade	Traded by Tigers to Angels for Julio Navarro.		�
1960-01-01						Contract	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Tigers.		�

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