David
Smurf
 
Nickname: Big Papi
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 250
 
Born: October 27, 1963 in Gargamel, MA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1991    1994   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1984 20 LOU JL     9 9 9 11 11 11 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 9 9
1985 21 LOU JL     10 10 10 18 17 18 12 12 12 9 9 9 11 10 10
1986 22 LOU JL     12 12 12 20 20 20 12 12 12 9 9 9 11 10 10
1987 23 LOU JL     12 12 12 20 20 20 13 13 13 11 11 11 11 10 10
1988 24 LOU JL $ 300,000   12 12 12 20 20 20 14 14 14 12 12 12 11 10 11
1989 25 LOU JL $ 300,000   12 12 13 20 20 20 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 10 11
1990 26 LOU JL $ 300,000   12 12 12 20 20 20 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 10 11
1991 27 LOU JL $ 300,000   12 12 12 20 20 20 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 11 11
1992 28 LOU JL $ 2,928,571   12 12 12 20 20 20 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 12 12
1993 29 LOU JL $ 3,930,000   12 12 12 20 20 20 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
1994 30 LOU JL $ 3,930,000   13 13 13 20 20 20 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings     9 9 9 11 11 11 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,930,000   13 13 13 20 20 20 14 14 14 12 12 12 13 12 12
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
1984 20 AA   31 125 22 34 10 1 7 24 5 1 15 18 .272 .350 .536 .886 23.3  
    A   104 351 45 96 27 2 10 60 9 4 37 53 .274 .343 .447 .790 52.9  
1985 21 AAA   119 451 94 144 23 3 38 121 14 3 56 90 .319 .394 .636 1.031 105.5  
    AA   19 77 18 23 2 0 7 17 2 0 8 12 .299 .365 .597 .962 16.4  
1986 22 AAA   138 526 151 180 17 2 90 210 23 4 97 123 .342 .445 .895 1.340 182.0  
1987 23 AAA   138 555 182 185 27 3 96 199 17 5 97 101 .333 .433 .912 1.344 189.2  
1988 24 LOU JL 98 345 58 85 29 4 22 89 7 1 33 74 .246 .326 .545 .871 61.5 12.0
    AAA   51 208 53 73 8 3 26 60 12 0 26 46 .351 .423 .793 1.216 62.4  
1989 25 LOU JL 146 518 82 118 28 4 33 82 12 7 47 120 .228 .300 .488 .789 75.3 10.9
1990 26 LOU JL 147 538 82 119 24 8 25 98 20 7 44 127 .221 .283 .435 .718 70.3 8.0
1991 27 LOU JL 156 575 117 144 27 7 58 152 14 4 52 137 .250 .322 .624 .947 118.7 23.4
1992 28 LOU JL 154 579 86 127 25 5 43 130 16 8 47 106 .219 .283 .503 .786 85.7 9.6
1993 29 LOU JL 156 571 121 159 28 7 39 127 20 7 65 124 .278 .360 .557 .917 109.0 17.6
1994 30 LOU JL 154 582 114 156 36 5 40 136 11 4 50 124 .268 .326 .553 .879 102.8 17.4
7 Years Sim 1011 3708 660 908 197 40 260 814 100 38 338 812 .245 .314 .530 .844 623.2 98.9
4 Years AAA 446 1740 480 582 75 11 250 590 66 12 276 360 .334 .431 .821 1.252 539.2  
2 Years AA 50 202 40 57 12 1 14 41 7 1 23 30 .282 .358 .559 .918 39.7  
1 Years A 104 351 45 96 27 2 10 60 9 4 37 53 .274 .358 .447 .806 52.9  
7 Years Minors 600 2293 565 735 114 14 274 691 82 17 336 443 .321 .414 .741 1.155 631.7  
162 Game Average 594 105 145 31 6 41 130 16 6 54 130 .245 .314 .530 .844 99.9  
Career Highs 156 582 121 159 36 8 58 152 20 8 65 137 .278 .360 .624 .947 118.7  
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   2588 457 655 148 26 179 565 70 28 228 565 .253 .321 .538 .858 438.0
vs LH   1120 203 253 49 14 81 249 30 10 110 247 .226 .300 .512 .812 177.3
Home 504 1810 319 442 113 17 123 393 42 20 167 409 .244 .316 .529 .845 297.3
Away 507 1898 341 466 84 23 137 421 58 18 171 403 .246 .313 .531 .844 318.0
RISP   988 0 270 68 11 68 529 0 0 112 228 .273 .347 .571 .918 189.0
Pinch Hitting   61 10 11 2 0 4 16 2 0 8 18 .180 .286 .410 .696 8.0
Close/Late   469 88 128 25 3 43 119 0 0 57 130 .273 .360 .614 .974 98.2
Mar/Apr 134 504 86 116 14 3 40 112 23 6 49 118 .230 .303 .508 .811 81.9
May 157 577 93 133 34 7 33 104 13 5 49 147 .231 .294 .485 .780 83.6
June 179 656 124 172 28 13 55 146 20 5 69 133 .262 .344 .596 .940 129.9
July 173 618 99 137 39 6 33 119 13 6 58 144 .222 .298 .464 .762 85.3
August 185 710 131 189 42 6 49 168 13 9 55 135 .266 .323 .549 .872 121.2
Sep/Oct 183 643 127 161 40 5 50 165 18 7 58 135 .250 .317 .561 .878 113.4
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   DWS
1988 24 LOU JL 3B 92 88 817.0 65 170 7 8 .971 2.59   3.6
    1B 2 2 18.0 13 3 1 1 .941 8.00   0.0
1989 25 LOU JL 3B 140 132 1182.7 70 243 5 17 .984 2.38   5.6
    1B 6 0 11.0 12 1 0 1 1.000 10.64   0.0
1990 26 LOU JL 1B 146 135 1232.3 1183 70 12 81 .991 9.15   1.6
1991 27 LOU JL 1B 155 147 1332.0 1264 95 9 101 .993 9.18   3.5
1992 28 LOU JL 1B 154 145 1313.7 1313 88 10 117 .993 9.60   3.2
1993 29 LOU JL 3B 94 92 825.7 56 174 6 18 .975 2.51   3.4
    1B 56 50 460.0 441 33 2 32 .996 9.27   1.2
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1994 30 LOU JL 1B 90 86 767.0 768 54 6 80 .993 9.65   1.4
    3B 63 58 530.7 29 107 3 6 .978 2.31   2.0
  1B 609 565 5134.0 4994 344 40 413 .993 9.36   11.0
  3B 389 370 3356.0 220 694 21 49 .978 2.45   14.6
  CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
Career Totals   999 936 8499.0 5215 1038 61 462 .990 6.62   25.5
Career Highs   155 147 1332.0 1313 244 12 117 .993 9.60    
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
1988 24 LOU JL 13 52 10 17 6 0 5 12 0 0 4 15 .327 .368 .731 1.099
1989 25 LOU JL 15 45 7 12 3 1 2 10 0 1 5 11 .267 .340 .511 .851
1990 26 LOU JL 10 36 4 4 1 0 2 6 1 0 5 11 .111 .214 .306 .520
1991 27 LOU JL 4 16 2 4 1 0 2 7 1 0 0 6 .250 .294 .688 .982
1992 28 LOU JL 4 18 6 6 2 1 1 10 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .722 1.056
1993 29 LOU JL 4 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .118 .118 .118 .235
1994 30 LOU JL 3 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .333 .583
Career Post-Season Batting 53 196 31 48 14 2 12 45 2 1 14 55 .245 .296 .520 .816
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1991-2-.624
1993-4-.557
1994-6-.553
CAR-13-.530
OPS
1991-4-.947
1993-8-.917
CAR-50-.844
XR
1991-4-118.7
1993-8-109.0
Games
1991-8-156
Runs
1991-4-117
1993-1-121
1994-4-114
Total Bases
1991-2-359
1993-6-318
1994-7-322
Homeruns
1989-6-33
1991-2-58
1992-3-43
1993-6-39
1994-5-40
CAR-48-260
RBIs
1991-1-152
1992-2-130
1993-4-127
1994-2-136
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Danny Masutto (870)
  7. Jed Johnson (867)
  8. Sam Carnation (859)
  9. Tim Lashes (850)
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History
Had first career hit on 6/1/1988, off Porter Capps (OMA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/6/1988, off Randy Scarbery (HAW)
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 4/5/1989
Hit for the cycle against Phoenix on 8/3/1990
Drove in 6 runs against Greenville on 4/8/1991
Won Player of the Week award on 4/9/1991, hitting .529 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Omaha on 4/28/1991
Won Player of the Week award on 5/7/1991, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1991 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/27/1991, hitting .350 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1991, hitting .384 with 12 HR, 32 RBI