Billy Smith

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: July 14, 1953 in Hodge, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from John Jay HS (San Antonio, TX).

High School: John Jay HS (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: April 13, 1975 (Age 21-273d, 13,615th in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1981 (Age 28-072d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Billy Edward Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.9

1018

234

.230

107

RBI

111

OBP

.297

SLG

.335

OPS

.632

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	38-30 / in Starts: 31-23
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	1 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 214 PAs	33
Actual Runners on Base	128 (67-38-23)
Avg. MLBer w/ 214 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	132 (65-44-23)

Most Driven In
Self	6
L May	4
D DeCinces	4
J Lowenstein	3
G Roenicke	3
E Murray	3
K Garcia	2
R Dempsey	2

Most Driven In By
Self	6
E Murray	3
K Singleton	2
P Kelly	1
R Dauer	1
D Skaggs	1
G Roenicke	1
M Corey	1

1979 Batting Game Log

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1979 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	267	5 (4)	Apr 11	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	8-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	1.69	-0.092	2.53	-0.08%	-0.47	PH SS 2B
2	268	8 (2)	Apr 14	BAL	@	MIL	L,10-11	CG	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	1.54	-0.030	2.28	-0.03%	-0.16	2B
3	269	10 (1)	Apr 17	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.65	-0.127	1.98	-0.09%	-0.74	2B
4	270	15 (4)	Apr 22 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	2	.55	-0.070	.66	-0.05%	-1.15	2B
5	271	20 (4)	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.111	.269	7	.46	0.014	.68	0.01%	-0.05	2B
6	272	21	Apr 28	BAL	@	OAK	L,5-8	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.174	.382	7	1.87	-0.122	3.05	-0.12%	-1.46	2B
7	273	22	Apr 29	BAL	@	OAK	W,13-1	CG	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.276	.296	.572	7	.62	-0.035	.98	-0.03%	0.33	2B
8	274	23	Apr 30	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.290	.324	.355	.678	9	1.56	0.181	2.56	0.18%	0.69	2B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	275	24	May 1	BAL	@	SEA	W,3-1	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.306	.333	.639	7	.65	-0.036	1.16	-0.04%	-0.44	2B
10	276	25	May 2	BAL	@	SEA	W,9-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.300	.351	.651	7	1.09	0.097	2.14	0.12%	0.62	2B
11	277	26	May 5	BAL		CAL	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.295	.341	.637	7	.27	-0.027	.51	-0.03%	-0.46	2B
12	278	28 (1)	May 7	BAL		OAK	L,3-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.289	.333	.622	8	1.08	-0.034	2.20	-0.04%	-0.31	2B
13	279	30 (1)	May 9	BAL		OAK	L,2-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.292	.318	.610	7	1.30	-0.026	2.64	-0.03%	-0.16	2B
14	280	32 (1)	May 11	BAL		SEA	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.288	.333	.622	7	.44	-0.016	.91	-0.02%	-0.92	2B
15	281	34 (1)	May 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.235	.286	.314	.599	7	1.80	-0.139	5.32	-0.25%	-0.79	2B
16	282	37 (2)	May 18	BAL	@	TOR	W,7-6	GS-7	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.300	.315	.615	7	1.20	0.197	2.56	0.25%	1.55	2B
17	283	39 (1)	May 20	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.313	.333	.646	8	1.23	0.079	2.85	0.11%	0.91	2B
18	284	40	May 22	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.324	.393	.717	8	1.26	0.159	4.40	0.33%	2.98	2B
19	285	41	May 23	BAL		BOS	W,5-2	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.262	.319	.385	.704	7	1.36	0.069	4.48	0.14%	0.31	2B
20	286	42	May 24	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.307	.368	.674	7	1.07	-0.079	3.60	-0.16%	-0.64	2B
21	287	43	May 26	BAL	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.291	.347	.638	7	.45	-0.046	1.15	-0.07%	-0.72	2B
22	288	44	May 27 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.280	.333	.614	7	.58	-0.049	1.54	-0.08%	-0.71	2B
23	289	45	May 27 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.280	.333	.614	2						2B
24	290	46	May 28	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.234	.294	.351	.645	7	.79	-0.006	1.98	-0.01%	-0.06	2B
25	291	48 (1)	May 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.222	.281	.333	.614	7	1.56	-0.101	3.83	-0.15%	-0.37	2B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	292	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.283	.325	.608	7	.71	-0.014	1.74	-0.02%	-0.14	2B
27	293	50	Jun 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.274	.314	.588	7	1.35	-0.098	3.20	-0.14%	-0.85	2B
28	294	51	Jun 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.276	.307	.582	7	.82	-0.040	2.05	-0.06%	-0.28	2B
29	295	52	Jun 4	BAL		MIN	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.276	.307	.582	7						2B
30	296	60 (7)	Jun 12	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-12	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.273	.303	.576	7	.04	-0.001	.10	0.00%	-0.45	2B
31	297	61	Jun 13	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-7	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.280	.322	.602	8	2.36	0.396	6.29	0.63%	1.09	2B
32	298	63 (1)	Jun 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.288	.330	.618	8	.99	0.047	2.64	0.08%	0.48	2B
33	299	64	Jun 18	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.287	.357	.644	8	.67	0.055	1.92	0.09%	0.61	2B
34	300	65	Jun 19	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.228	.288	.356	.645	8	1.07	0.127	2.89	0.21%	1.27	2B
35	301	67 (1)	Jun 22	BAL		DET	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.288	.356	.645	8						2B
36	302	68	Jun 23 (1)	BAL		DET	W,8-6	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.296	.385	.680	2	2.12	-0.076	5.77	-0.13%	0.56	SS
37	303	70 (1)	Jun 24	BAL		DET	L,4-6	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.294	.380	.674	2	.96	-0.057	2.38	-0.09%	-0.30	2B
38	304	74 (3)	Jun 28	BAL		CLE	L,3-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.225	.293	.369	.662	8	.67	0.058	1.61	0.08%	0.55	2B
39	305	76 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	BAL		TOR	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.288	.363	.651	7	.71	-0.034	1.74	-0.05%	-0.55	2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	306	80 (3)	Jul 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.279	.350	.629	2	.47	-0.048	1.06	-0.07%	-0.74	SS
41	307	81	Jul 4	BAL	@	TEX	L,5-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.286	.350	.636	8	.60	0.018	1.52	0.03%	-0.15	2B
42	308	84 (2)	Jul 8	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.285	.371	.656	7	1.31	0.282	3.64	0.47%	1.03	2B
43	309	86 (1)	Jul 10	BAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.285	.371	.656	6						2B
44	310	87	Jul 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.284	.362	.646	8	.70	-0.063	1.94	-0.10%	-0.69	2B
45	311	88	Jul 13	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.284	.362	.646	2						PR 2B
46	312	91 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.297	.369	.666	8	2.51	0.394	7.31	0.69%	1.34	2B
47	313	92	Jul 19 (2)	BAL		CAL	W,3-0	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.297	.364	.661	8	1.02	-0.019	2.93	-0.03%	-0.30	2B
48	314	96 (3)	Jul 23	BAL		OAK	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.297	.364	.661	8						2B
49	315	97	Jul 24 (1)	BAL		SEA	W,7-6	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.296	.368	.664	8	.77	-0.003	1.99	0.00%	-0.23	2B
50	316	98	Jul 24 (2)	BAL		SEA	W,11-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.295	.364	.659	8	.15	-0.015	.36	-0.02%	-0.34	2B
51	317	99	Jul 25	BAL		SEA	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.288	.354	.642	2	1.66	-0.172	4.26	-0.27%	-1.25	2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
52	318	108 (8)	Aug 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.293	.365	.658	7	1.48	0.271	1.88	0.21%	1.05	2B
53	319	113 (4)	Aug 9	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.293	.365	.658	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR SS
54	320	119 (5)	Aug 17	BAL		KCR	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.286	.355	.641	2	.71	-0.075	1.85	-0.12%	-0.80	2B
55	321	121 (1)	Aug 19	BAL		KCR	L,7-11	CG(10)	5	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.297	.374	.671	2	1.24	0.162	3.02	0.24%	1.26	2B
56	322	123 (1)	Aug 21	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.295	.372	.667	8	1.83	-0.048	4.00	-0.06%	-0.11	PH
57	323	126 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	11-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.293	.369	.663	8	.69	-0.018	1.28	-0.02%	-0.25	2B
58	324	127	Aug 27 (1)	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.294	.369	.663	8	1.03	-0.031	1.46	-0.03%	-0.38	2B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
59	325	133 (5)	Sep 1	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.294	.368	.663	8	1.96	-0.016	1.42	-0.01%	0.31	2B
60	326	136 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	BAL		TOR	W,5-1	GS-7	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.297	.376	.672	8	.76	0.078	.26	0.02%	0.76	2B
61	327	139 (2)	Sep 8	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.301	.379	.680	2	1.27	0.029	.04	0.00%	0.18	2B
62	328	141 (1)	Sep 10	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.301	.379	.680	9						2B
63	329	145 (3)	Sep 14	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.302	.378	.679	8	.70	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.06	2B
64	330	146	Sep 15	BAL		BOS	L,2-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.300	.376	.676	2	1.43	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH SS
65	331	148 (1)	Sep 17	BAL	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.301	.386	.687	2	.90	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.26	2B
66	332	154 (5)	Sep 23 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.299	.380	.679	7	.77	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.15	2B
67	333	157 (2)	Sep 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,14-6	CG	6	6	3	3	1	1	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.305	.416	.722	2	.53	0.215	.00	0.00%	5.32	2B
68	334	158	Sep 29	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.309	.434	.743	7	1.08	0.066	.00	0.00%	0.45	2B
							38-30		214	189	18	47	9	4	6	33	15	1	33	2	7	1	4	1	1	0	.249	.309	.434	.743		1.07	1.148	2.19	1.39%	6.05

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