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Al Smith

Birthdate:

2/7/1928

Died:

1/3/2002

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 191 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Kirkwood, MO, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

As a high school star in St. Louis, Al Smith scored ten touchdowns in one game and was a Golden Gloves' boxing champion. In 1955, for the Cleveland Indians Al Smith led the AL with 123 runs scored, batted .306, 27 doubles and hit 23 home runs. His patience at the plate showed with 93 walks, only 77 Ks, and a .411 on-base-pct. An excellent fielding baseball player, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1958 and helped the club win the AL pennant in 1959. His best year with the ChiSox was 1961, when he lined 29 doubles, 28 home runs, 93 RBIs and hit .278. Al Smith's career: .272 BA, 1458 hits, 258 Ds, 46 Ts, 164 HRs, 848 Runs, 676 RBIs in 1517 games.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
13 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1953	CLE (AL)	47	150	28	36	9	0	3	14	20	25	2	0	0	3	0	0	.240	.341	SLG
1954	CLE (AL)	131	481	101	135	29	6	11	50	88	65	2	9	0	7	5	2	.281	.398	SLG
1955	CLE (AL)	154	607	123	186	27	4	22	77	93	77	11	6	1	15	3	7	.306	.407	SLG
1956	CLE (AL)	141	526	87	144	26	5	16	71	84	72	6	3	7	8	2	6	.274	.378	SLG
1957	CLE (AL)	135	507	78	125	23	5	11	49	79	70	12	6	3	4	8	7	.247	.348	SLG
1958	CHW (AL)	139	480	61	121	23	5	12	58	48	77	3	3	2	5	3	5	.252	.323	SLG
1959	CHW (AL)	129	472	65	112	16	4	17	55	46	74	7	5	3	5	5	1	.237	.311	SLG
1960	CHW (AL)	142	536	80	169	31	3	12	72	50	65	8	3	3	3	2	4	.315	.374	SLG
1961	CHW (AL)	147	532	88	148	29	4	28	93	56	67	4	4	2	5	2	7	.278	.348	SLG
1962	CHW (AL)	142	511	62	149	23	8	16	82	57	60	3	3	7	3	0	4	.292	.363	SLG
1963	BAL (AL)	120	368	45	100	17	1	10	39	32	74	9	0	1	3	3	0	.272	.335	SLG
1964	BOS (AL)	29	51	10	11	4	0	2	7	13	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.216	.385	SLG
1964	CLE (AL)	61	136	15	22	1	1	4	9	8	32	0	1	1	1	2	0	.162	.214	SLG
13 years		1517	5357	843	1458	258	46	164	676	674	768	67	43	30	63	35	43	.272	.358	.SLG

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