Charley Smith

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Full Name: Charles William Smith	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/170	First Game: September 8, 1960
Birthdate: September 15, 1937	Final Game: April 22, 1969
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: November 29, 1994
Deathplace: Reno, Nevada
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Charley Smith (Charles William Smith) was born on September 15, 1937 in Charleston, South Carolina. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1960 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1961, his rookie year, he hit .248 with 11 home runs and 50 RBI. Smith played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Charley Smith's best season was 1965, when he slugged 16 home runs and knocked in 62 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1960	LA	N	18	60	2	10	0	5	.167	.172	.217	1	1	1	15	0	2	0	0	0
1961	PHI	N	112	411	43	102	9	47	.248	.294	.365	13	4	23	76	5	10	3	3	7
1961	LA	N	9	24	4	6	2	3	.250	.280	.542	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
1961	TOT	N	121	435	47	108	11	50	.248	.293	.375	14	4	24	82	5	10	3	3	7
1962	CHI	A	65	145	11	30	2	17	.207	.256	.276	4	0	9	32	1	3	0	0	6
1963	CHI	A	4	7	0	2	0	1	.286	.286	.571	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
1964	NY	N	127	443	44	106	20	58	.239	.275	.402	12	0	19	101	3	5	2	1	8
1964	CHI	A	2	7	1	1	0	0	.143	.250	.429	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1964	Total		129	450	45	107	20	58	.238	.274	.402	12	1	20	102	3	5	2	1	9
1965	NY	N	135	499	49	122	16	62	.244	.273	.393	20	3	17	123	4	7	2	3	13
1966	STL	N	116	391	34	104	10	43	.266	.301	.396	13	4	22	81	0	5	0	4	8
1967	NY	A	135	425	38	95	9	38	.224	.278	.336	15	3	32	110	1	4	0	6	14
1968	NY	A	46	70	2	16	1	7	.229	.280	.357	4	1	5	18	0	2	0	2	2
1969	CHI	N	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		519	1830	176	450	57	218	.246	.281	.385	60	12	83	402	12	29	7	11	36
Total	AL		252	654	52	144	12	63	.220	.273	.329	23	6	47	163	2	9	0	8	24
Total			771	2484	228	594	69	281	.239	.279	.370	83	18	130	565	14	38	7	19	60

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1960	LA	N	3B	18	18	140	14	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1961	PHI	N	3B	94	93	822.1	75	194	22	19	0	0	0	0	0	.924
1961	PHI	N	SS	14	12	111	25	28	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	.914
1961	LA	N	3B	4	4	33	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	LA	N	SS	3	3	22	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1961	TOT	N	3B	98	97	855.1	79	197	22	20	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1961	TOT	N	SS	17	15	133	28	36	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	.914
1962	CHI	A	3B	54	36	343	26	76	6	12	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1963	CHI	A	SS	1	1	9	3	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	N	SS	36	20	202.1	50	55	7	17	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1964	NY	N	OF	13	13	110	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1964	NY	N	3B	85	83	704.2	89	166	23	9	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1964	NY	N	LF	13	13	110	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1964	CHI	A	3B	2	2	18	2	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	Total		3B	87	85	722.2	91	176	23	11	0	0	0	0	0	.921
1965	NY	N	3B	131	126	1106.2	119	281	18	27	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1965	NY	N	SS	6	0	10	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	NY	N	2B	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1966	STL	N	3B	107	100	916.1	84	213	11	26	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1966	STL	N	SS	1	1	9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	NY	A	3B	115	110	982.1	92	283	21	22	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1968	NY	A	3B	13	11	107.1	19	30	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.961
Total			LF	13	13	110	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
Total			2B	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	13	13	110	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
Total			3B	623	583	5173.2	524	1283	105	123	0	0	0	0	0	.945
Total			SS	61	37	363.1	89	105	13	31	0	0	0	0	0	.937

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1957).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Don Demeter to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Turk Farrell and Joe Koppe (May 4, 1961).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with John Buzhardt to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Roy Sievers (November 28, 1961).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to New York Mets in exchange for Chico Fernandez, Bobby Catton and cash (April 23, 1964).
Traded by New York Mets with Al Jackson to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ken Boyer (October 20, 1965).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Yankees in exchange for Roger Maris (December 8, 1966).
Traded by New York Yankees to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Nate Oliver (December 6, 1968).
Sold by San Francisco Giants to Chicago Cubs (March 28, 1969).

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