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Historical player · 1946–1964

Al Smith

B/T R/R · HT 72 · WT 189 · Born 2/7/1928 · From Kirkwood, MO USA · Debut 1953-07-10 · Final 1964-10-04

Career · batting

1,556

5,499

1,500

168

RBI

701

687

AVG/OPS

0.273 · 0.789

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1958–1962

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#30 on the White Sox

↑ 2 J. Uribe

↓ 1 G. Luzinski

Hits

699

#57 on the White Sox

↑ 4 C. Michaels

↓ 2 T. Raines

RBI

360

#50 on the White Sox

↑ 8 R. Radcliff

↓ 12 C. Lemon

#138 on the White Sox

↑ 1 B. Almon

↓ 1 R. Elsh

Runs

356

#52 on the White Sox

↑ 10 G. Walker

↓ 5 G. Beckham

257

#53 on the White Sox

↑ 7 Z. Bonura

↓ 2 C. Lee

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1953–1964

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#56 on the Indians

↑ 1 T. Horton

↓ 1 E. Burks

Hits

648

#73 on the Indians

↑ 1 S. Kwan

↓ 10 G. Myatt

RBI

270

#82 on the Indians

↑ 5 S. Wood

↓ 4 P. Sorrento

#93 on the Indians

↑ 1 B. Bonds

↓ 1 W. Kamm

Runs

432

#48 on the Indians

↑ 3 C. Blake

↓ 15 E. Morgan

372

#33 on the Indians

↑ 4 B. Wambsganss

↓ 4 J. Franco

Career with the Baltimore Orioles · 1963–1963

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#257 on the Orioles

↑ 1 O. Brannan

↓ 1 D. Young

Hits

100

#359 on the Orioles

↑ 1 C. Sisco

↓ 1 M. Mazzera

RBI

#380 on the Orioles

↑ 1 W. Betemit

↓ 1 E. Wingard

#219 on the Orioles

↑ 1 M. Almada

↓ 1 H. Arft

Runs

#375 on the Orioles

↑ 1 R. Knight

↓ 1 W. Castillo

#389 on the Orioles

↑ 1 G. Hartley

↓ 1 W. Betemit

Career with the Cleveland Buckeyes · 1946–1948

#2 on the Buckeyes

↑ 6 S. Jethroe

↓ 1 T. Harris

Hits

#10 on the Buckeyes

↑ 6 L. Kellman

↓ 2 E. Bremer

RBI

#9 on the Buckeyes

↑ 2 L. Kellman

↓ 3 T. Harris

#13 on the Buckeyes

↑ 1 A. Cañizares

↓ 1 J. Cowan

Runs

#11 on the Buckeyes

↑ 2 T. Christopher

↓ 4 J. Lyles

#10 on the Buckeyes

↑ 4 B. Armour

↓ 1 T. Smith

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1964–1964

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#475 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Ashley

↓ 1 T. Wright

Hits

#847 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 E. Auker

↓ 1 A. Wilson

RBI

#750 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Agbayani

↓ 1 P. Woods

Runs

#717 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 L. Berberet

↓ 1 K. Aspromonte

#604 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 M. Berg

↓ 1 N. Ball

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

168

#515 all-time MLB

↑ 1 W. Flores

↓ 1 B. Zobrist

Hits

1,500

#672 all-time MLB

↑ 1 Y. Escobar

↓ 1 T. Turner

RBI

701

#698 all-time MLB

↑ 1 D. Murphy

↓ 2 C. Reynolds

#1,302 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Anderson

↓ 1 J. Barrett

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1946	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	4	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.333	—	0.333
1947	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	19	69	10	22	3	4	3	13	1	6	1	0.319	—	0.609
1948	Cleveland Buckeyes	NAL	16	61	12	16	2	1	1	12	1	6	0	0.262	—	0.377
1953	Indians	AL	47	150	28	36	9	0	3	14	2	20	25	0.240	—	0.360
1954	Indians	AL	131	481	101	135	29	6	11	50	2	88	65	0.281	0.398	0.435
1955	Indians	AL	154	607	123	186	27	4	22	77	11	93	77	0.306	0.407	0.473
1956	Indians	AL	141	526	87	144	26	5	16	71	6	84	72	0.274	0.378	0.433
1957	Indians	AL	135	507	78	125	23	5	11	49	12	79	70	0.247	0.348	0.377
1958	White Sox	AL	139	480	61	121	23	5	12	58	3	48	77	0.252	0.323	0.396
1959	White Sox	AL	129	472	65	112	16	4	17	55	7	46	74	0.237	0.311	0.396
1960	White Sox	AL	142	536	80	169	31	3	12	72	8	50	65	0.315	0.374	0.451
1961	White Sox	AL	147	532	88	148	29	4	28	93	4	56	67	0.278	0.348	0.506
1962	White Sox	AL	142	511	62	149	23	8	16	82	3	57	60	0.292	0.363	0.462
1963	Orioles	AL	120	368	45	100	17	1	10	39	9	32	74	0.272	0.335	0.405
1964	Indians	AL	61	136	15	22	1	1	4	9	0	8	32	0.162	0.214	0.272
1964	Red Sox	AL	29	51	10	11	4	0	2	7	0	13	10	0.216	0.385	0.412
Career			1,556	5,499	866	1,500	263	51	168	701	70	687	769	0.273	0.358	0.431

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1,132	1,009	9,015.3	2,065	63	57	10
3B	380	354	3,027.3	316	641	75	47
SS	31	22	201.0	54	57	16	10
2B	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0