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Dale
Smithson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 6, 1944 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 29 NO FL $ 1,600,000 3 4 3 6 8 7 0 0 0 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1974 30 NO FL $ 1,600,000 3 4 4 6 7 7 0 0 0 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1975 31 VAN JL $ 600,000 3 4 4 6 8 7 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1976 32 LOU JL $ 600,000 3 4 4 6 8 7 0 0 0 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1977 33 AUS FL $ 600,000 3 4 4 7 8 7 0 0 0 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1978 34 BIR FL $ 1,200,000 3 4 4 7 8 7 0 0 0 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1979 35 HON JL $ 1,000,000 2 4 3 6 7 7 0 0 0 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 600,000 2 4 3 6 7 7 0 0 0 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,600,000 3 4 4 7 8 7 0 0 0 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 29 NO FL 121 152 29 40 11 0 9 32 0 0 13 22 .263 .327 .513 .841 24.0 4.3
1974 30 NO FL 40 34 4 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 4 6 .235 .333 .412 .745 4.9 0.9
    AAA   38 147 21 32 6 0 6 18 0 0 21 23 .218 .315 .381 .696 19.1  
1975 31 VAN JL 72 143 18 28 7 0 2 16 0 0 17 31 .196 .305 .287 .592 13.1 0.8
    AAA   64 231 33 66 21 0 14 58 0 3 25 46 .286 .355 .558 .914 42.5  
1976 32 VAN JL 16 53 5 8 4 0 0 3 0 0 9 4 .151 .286 .226 .512 3.4 0.0
  LOU JL 97 143 13 39 7 1 4 22 0 0 20 21 .273 .371 .420 .791 22.3 4.5
  TOT   113 196 18 47 11 1 4 25 0 0 29 25 .240 .348 .367 .715 25.7 4.5
1977 33 LOU JL 35 49 9 11 0 0 3 13 0 0 11 12 .224 .377 .408 .785 8.5 1.7
  AUS FL 61 186 26 51 14 0 9 29 0 2 29 37 .274 .377 .495 .872 34.1 6.9
  TOT   96 235 35 62 14 0 12 42 0 2 40 49 .264 .377 .477 .854 42.6 8.6
1978 34 BIR FL 109 302 38 75 20 0 12 36 0 0 34 59 .248 .335 .434 .769 44.4 7.1
1979 35 HON JL 109 201 14 37 10 0 2 28 0 1 21 32 .184 .274 .264 .538 15.5 0.0
7 Years Sim 660 1263 156 297 76 1 42 184 0 3 158 224 .235 .331 .397 .728 170.2 26.3
2 Years AAA 102 378 54 98 27 0 20 76 0 3 46 69 .259 .349 .489 .838 61.5  
162 Game Average 310 38 72 18 0 10 45 0 0 38 54 .235 .331 .397 .728 41.8  
Career Highs 121 302 38 75 20 1 12 42 0 2 40 59 .264 .377 .513 .854 44.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1111 141 270 70 1 41 171 0 3 149 205 .243 .344 .419 .762 158.4
vs LH   152 15 27 6 0 1 13 0 0 9 19 .178 .235 .237 .472 6.8
Home 327 597 61 149 45 1 15 80 0 1 64 118 .250 .333 .404 .737 77.5
Away 333 666 95 148 31 0 27 104 0 2 94 106 .222 .330 .390 .720 87.8
RISP   364 0 88 22 1 13 134 0 0 48 66 .242 .329 .415 .744 51.4
Pinch Hitting   340 43 83 21 0 12 62 0 0 37 57 .244 .326 .412 .737 45.3
Close/Late   309 24 65 16 0 9 42 0 0 34 63 .210 .297 .350 .647 32.6
Mar/Apr 108 223 24 50 20 0 5 32 0 0 31 32 .224 .327 .381 .708 28.0
May 103 171 29 39 8 0 10 31 0 0 23 29 .228 .330 .450 .780 25.8
June 111 212 30 48 13 1 8 35 0 0 26 41 .226 .321 .410 .731 28.0
July 134 279 26 72 16 0 8 29 0 2 40 57 .258 .370 .401 .772 40.1
August 102 185 28 43 10 0 7 26 0 0 19 28 .232 .308 .400 .708 23.1
Sep/Oct 102 193 19 45 9 0 4 31 0 1 19 37 .233 .312 .342 .654 20.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 29 NO FL 3B 66 7 196.3 16 53 5 5 .932 3.16 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1974 30 NO FL 3B 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 31 VAN JL 3B 55 28 301.7 19 61 5 4 .941 2.39 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 4 2 23.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 32 VAN JL 3B 8 5 95.8 7 19 1 1 .963 2.44 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 0 0 0.8 0 1 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LOU JL 3B 52 31 253.9 19 50 4 4 .945 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 2 0 2.2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 60 36 349.7 26 69 5 5 .950 2.44   0.9
      SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
      1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1977 33 LOU JL 3B 26 21 115.6 7 25 1 3 .970 2.49 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  AUS FL 3B 46 36 420.7 24 90 5 10 .958 2.44 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    2B 1 0 2.4 2 1 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 0.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 72 57 536.3 31 115 6 13 .961 2.45   1.9
      2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
      C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 34 BIR FL 3B 87 84 727.3 41 178 13 15 .944 2.71 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    CF 2 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 35 HON JL 3B 85 32 393.7 23 88 7 9 .941 2.54 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 427 244 2506.0 156 564 41 51 .946 2.59 0 0 .000 0 7.1
  SS 7 2 27.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 2 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   440 246 2549.0 165 569 41 52 .947 2.59 0 0 .000 0 7.2
Career Highs   90 84 738.3 44 178 13 15 .962 3.16 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 29 NO FL 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .333 .455 .333 .788
Career Post-Season Batting 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .333 .455 .333 .788
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History
Drafted in 16th round, 369th overall pick, by New Orleans in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/7/1973, off J.J. Jackson (BIR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/20/1973, off Aaron Alfonso (MON)
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 2/12/1975 to a 3-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Traded from Vancouver to Louisville on 4/21/1976 (Going to VAN: 2B C. Jovanich, 1B M. Jordan, 3B P. Tostado, P D. Benevides. Going to LOU: 3B D. Smithson, P W. Chilsen, P M. Harris)
Traded from Louisville to Austin on 7/3/1977 (Going to AUS: P C. Clayson, 3B D. Smithson, P J. Mooney, SS R. Domeno. Going to LOU: P D. Morgan, SS K. Crover, 3B I. Dolly)
Signed as a free agent by Birmingham on 2/11/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $1,200,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Honolulu on 2/22/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
 
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