Roy Smalley II
[edit] Biography
Roy Smalley (Roy Frederick Smalley, Jr.) was born on June 9, 1926 in Springfield, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1948 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1948, his rookie year, he hit .216 with 4 home runs and 36 RBI. Smalley played for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 11 year career.
Most people believe that Roy Smalley's best season was 1950, when he slugged 21 home runs and knocked in 85 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| 124
| 361
| 25
| 78
| 4
| 36
| .216
| .265
| .302
| 11
| 4
| 23
| 76
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 11
|
| 1949
| CHI
| N
| 135
| 477
| 57
| 117
| 8
| 35
| .245
| .304
| .382
| 21
| 10
| 36
| 77
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 12
|
| 1950
| CHI
| N
| 154
| 557
| 58
| 128
| 21
| 85
| .230
| .297
| .413
| 21
| 9
| 49
| 114
| 4
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 11
|
| 1951
| CHI
| N
| 79
| 238
| 24
| 55
| 8
| 31
| .231
| .304
| .395
| 7
| 4
| 25
| 53
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1952
| CHI
| N
| 87
| 261
| 36
| 58
| 5
| 30
| .222
| .305
| .341
| 14
| 1
| 29
| 58
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1953
| CHI
| N
| 82
| 253
| 20
| 63
| 6
| 25
| .249
| .329
| .356
| 9
| 0
| 28
| 57
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1954
| MIL
| N
| 25
| 36
| 5
| 8
| 1
| 7
| .222
| .310
| .306
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| 92
| 260
| 33
| 51
| 7
| 39
| .196
| .304
| .327
| 11
| 1
| 39
| 58
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 11
|
| 1956
| PHI
| N
| 65
| 168
| 14
| 38
| 0
| 16
| .226
| .323
| .315
| 9
| 3
| 23
| 29
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1957
| PHI
| N
| 28
| 31
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 1
| .161
| .212
| .323
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| PHI
| N
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 872
| 2644
| 277
| 601
| 61
| 305
| .227
| .300
| .360
| 103
| 33
| 257
| 541
| 18
| 26
| 4
| 7
| 66
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 124
| 0
| 0
| 189
| 351
| 34
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1949
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 265
| 438
| 39
| 91
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1950
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 332
| 541
| 51
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1951
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 117
| 190
| 15
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1952
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 139
| 200
| 17
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1953
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 153
| 191
| 25
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1954
| MIL
| N
| SS
| 9
| 0
| 37.2
| 9
| 10
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1954
| MIL
| N
| 2B
| 7
| 4
| 44
| 13
| 15
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| MIL
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 1
| 11
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 136
| 205
| 9
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1956
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 81
| 142
| 12
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1957
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 20
| 6
| 83
| 11
| 21
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1958
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 2
| 1
| 11
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 820
| 6
| 126.2
| 1435
| 2291
| 207
| 465
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 8
| 4
| 44
| 13
| 15
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (January 15, 1944).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Dave Cole and cash (March 20, 1954).
- Sold by Milwaukee Braves to Philadelphia Phillies (April 30, 1955).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (May 20, 1958).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (May 21, 1958).
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