Roy Smalley III

Full Name: Roy Frederick, III Smalley	Primary Position: SS,DH,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: April 30, 1975
Birthdate: October 25, 1952	Final Game: October 4, 1987
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Roy Smalley (Roy Frederick, III Smalley) was born on October 25, 1952 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on April 30, 1975 for the Texas Rangers. In 1975, his rookie year, he hit .228 with 3 home runs and 33 RBI. Smalley played for the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Roy Smalley's best season was 1979, when he slugged 24 home runs and knocked in 95 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
1975	TEX	A	78	250	22	57	3	33	.228	.309	.296	8	0	30	42	0	4	4	1	6
1976	TEX	A	41	129	15	29	1	8	.225	.363	.264	2	0	29	27	0	3	2	3	4
1976	MIN	A	103	384	46	104	2	36	.271	.353	.344	16	3	47	79	2	22	0	1	7
1976	TOT	A	144	513	61	133	3	44	.259	.356	.324	18	3	76	106	2	25	2	4	11
1977	MIN	A	150	584	93	135	6	56	.231	.316	.315	21	5	74	89	1	15	5	1	12
1978	MIN	A	158	586	80	160	19	77	.273	.362	.433	31	3	85	70	1	23	2	3	16
1979	MIN	A	162	621	94	168	24	95	.271	.353	.441	28	3	80	80	4	15	2	8	9
1980	MIN	A	133	486	64	135	12	63	.278	.359	.405	24	1	65	63	2	2	3	4	15
1981	MIN	A	56	167	24	44	7	22	.263	.375	.443	7	1	31	24	0	0	0	5	8
1982	NY	A	142	486	55	125	20	67	.257	.346	.418	14	2	68	100	0	7	0	7	4
1982	MIN	A	4	13	2	2	0	0	.154	.313	.231	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	1	0
1982	TOT	A	146	499	57	127	20	67	.255	.345	.413	15	2	71	104	0	7	0	8	4
1983	NY	A	130	451	70	124	18	62	.275	.357	.452	24	1	58	68	2	5	3	2	9
1984	NY	A	67	209	17	50	7	26	.239	.286	.388	8	1	15	35	0	0	2	2	5
1984	CHI	A	47	135	15	23	4	13	.170	.285	.289	4	0	22	30	0	0	1	1	1
1984	TOT	A	114	344	32	73	11	39	.212	.286	.349	12	1	37	65	0	0	3	3	6
1985	MIN	A	129	388	57	100	12	45	.258	.357	.402	20	0	60	65	1	1	0	3	8
1986	MIN	A	143	459	59	113	20	57	.246	.342	.438	20	4	68	80	0	1	1	4	10
1987	MIN	A	110	309	32	85	8	34	.275	.352	.411	16	1	36	52	1	0	2	1	7
Total			1653	5657	745	1454	163	694	.257	.345	.395	244	25	771	908	14	98	27	47	121

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1975	TEX	A	2B	19	17	157	28	57	4	14	.955
1975	TEX	A	SS	59	45	459	80	175	16	30	.941
1976	TEX	A	2B	38	38	337	82	99	7	19	.963
1976	TEX	A	SS	5	3	31.2	3	10	1	1	.929
1976	MIN	A	SS	103	101	907	189	338	18	70	.967
1976	TOT	A	SS	108	104	938.2	192	348	19	71	.966
1977	MIN	A	SS	150	149	1325.1	255	504	33	116	.958
1978	MIN	A	SS	157	157	1408.2	287	527	25	121	.970
1979	MIN	A	SS	161	160	1412.1	296	572	29	144	.968
1979	MIN	A	1B	1	1	7	9	0	0	2	1.000
1980	MIN	A	DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	MIN	A	1B	3	2	21	16	2	0	3	1.000
1980	MIN	A	SS	125	124	1075	210	446	17	100	.975
1981	MIN	A	DH	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	MIN	A	1B	1	1	9	10	0	0	0	1.000
1981	MIN	A	SS	37	37	306.2	52	89	8	14	.946
1982	NY	A	SS	89	81	724.1	109	238	8	42	.977
1982	NY	A	2B	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	NY	A	3B	53	49	446.2	28	113	7	11	.953
1982	NY	A	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	MIN	A	SS	4	4	36	5	16	0	2	1.000
1982	TOT	A	SS	93	85	760.1	114	254	8	44	.979
1983	NY	A	1B	22	15	149.2	153	8	1	11	.994
1983	NY	A	SS	91	86	730	125	230	15	40	.959
1983	NY	A	3B	26	22	207	11	57	5	7	.932
1984	NY	A	1B	5	5	42	44	0	1	7	.978
1984	NY	A	3B	36	35	310.2	17	78	10	8	.905
1984	NY	A	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	NY	A	SS	13	6	57.2	5	21	1	2	.963
1984	CHI	A	1B	1	1	7	7	1	0	1	1.000
1984	CHI	A	SS	3	0	5	2	1	0	0	1.000
1984	CHI	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	CHI	A	3B	38	35	284	15	57	4	6	.947
1984	TOT	A	1B	6	6	49	51	1	1	8	.981
1984	TOT	A	SS	16	6	62.2	7	22	1	2	.967
1984	TOT	A	3B	74	70	594.2	32	135	14	14	.923
1984	TOT	A	DH	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1985	MIN	A	3B	14	13	106	9	41	1	2	.980
1985	MIN	A	DH	56	46	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1985	MIN	A	1B	1	1	6	4	1	0	0	1.000
1985	MIN	A	SS	49	39	338.1	57	91	2	16	.987
1986	MIN	A	SS	19	5	64	11	15	1	4	.963
1986	MIN	A	3B	8	7	62	3	19	0	1	1.000
1986	MIN	A	DH	114	104	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	MIN	A	3B	14	10	89	7	10	3	0	.850
1987	MIN	A	SS	4	0	5.2	2	1	0	0	1.000
1987	MIN	A	DH	73	67	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	58	55	496	110	156	11	33	.960
Total			SS	1069	997	8886.2	1688	3274	174	702	.966
Total			3B	189	171	1505.1	90	375	30	35	.939
Total			1B	34	26	241.2	243	12	2	24	.992
Total			DH	272	241	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Montreal Expos in the 35th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1970).
Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 13, 1971).
Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the secondary phase active of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1971).
Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 12, 1972).
Selected by Texas Rangers in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (January 9, 1974).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Bill Singer, Mike Cubbage, Jim Gideon and $250000 to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Bert Blyleven and Danny Thompson (June 1, 1976).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to New York Yankees in exchange for Ron Davis, Paul Boris and Greg Gagne (April 10, 1982).
Traded by New York Yankees to Chicago White Sox in exchange for 2 players to be named later (July 18, 1984); New York Yankees received Doug Drabek and Kevin Hickey (August 13, 1984).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Randy Johnson and Ron Scheer (February 19, 1985).

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