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Richie Ashburn League
4-1-2013
Cliff Smith First Base
Retired (1968, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .271 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .779 Status Retired (1968) Option Years 0  
H 2220 Age 81 (OS 82) Date of Birth 06-22-1931
HR 304 Drafted Round 2, Pick 32
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(110 games)
RBI 1327
SB 141
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 2
1B A+ (100%) LF D- (4.0%) Arm B- WS Appearances 8
2B --- CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 11
3B --- RF F  (1.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1953 KC-PIT
35
131
22
31
6
0
6
21
15
 32 1 2
2
 1 6
.735
.315
.420
.183
.237
1954 PIT
153
600
68
151
19
5
27
94
45
 126 3 6
4
 2 22
.739
.304
.435
.183
.252
1955 PIT
153
552
73
150
29
2
27
87
62
 108 3 4
3
 8 23
.824
.346
.478
.207
.272
1956 PIT
155
587
77
176
27
7
28
122
54
 90 1 8
8
 3 17
.868
.355
.513
.213
.300
1957 PIT
153
594
93
161
28
2
34
116
69
 96 2 6
6
 4 16
.842
.346
.497
.226
.271
1958 PIT
153
617
102
188
34
7
25
124
60
 111 3 13
21
 4 18
.866
.362
.504
.199
.305
1959 PIT
153
589
95
174
31
7
20
97
64
 100 2 6
15
 7 16
.837
.363
.474
.178
.295
1960 PIT
153
593
89
157
29
4
20
99
56
 104 0 5
14
 1 11
.754
.326
.428
.164
.265
1961 PIT
153
558
70
140
22
2
14
81
67
 86 0 7
13
 8 3
.700
.328
.373
.122
.251
1962 PIT
153
559
70
132
18
4
21
85
71
 102 1 6
13
 6 2
.716
.320
.395
.159
.236
1963 PIT-CIN
150
527
69
142
18
3
16
71
50
 85 3 4
10
 0 1
.740
.334
.406
.137
.269
1964 CIN
153
596
102
166
22
8
23
84
64
 105 4 3
12
 2 9
.809
.351
.458
.180
.279
1965 CIN
153
586
67
168
26
8
17
93
56
 90 3 4
6
 2 5
.795
.350
.445
.159
.287
1966 CIN
145
464
60
119
26
2
16
72
46
 61 1 4
4
 2 3
.747
.322
.425
.168
.256
1967 CIN
145
482
44
125
25
3
8
62
41
 84 1 7
4
 1 0
.688
.315
.373
.114
.259
1968 CIN-STL
140
169
19
40
9
0
2
19
13
 26 1 2
6
 4 3
.617
.292
.325
.089
.237
1968 CIN
17
33
2
7
2
0
0
5
6
 5 0 1
3
 1 0
.598
.325
.273
.061
.212
1968 STL
123
136
17
33
7
0
2
14
7
 21 1 1
3
 3 3
.621
.283
.338
.096
.243
Total
2300
8204
1120
2220
369
64
304
1327
833
 1406 29 87
141
 55 155
.779
.337
.442
.172
.271
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Cliff Smith has retired from the St. Louis Terriers
1968-04-30The St. Louis Terriers have acquired Cliff Smith from the waiver wire.
1968-04-30The St. Louis Terriers have demoted Danny Stabler to the minor leagues.
1968-04-26The Cincinnati Red have promoted Jason Biggio to the major league team. The Cincinnati Red have designated Cliff Smith for assignment.
1963-04-20A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Red. The Cincinnati Red receive Ray King, Cliff Smith, Earl Priest, Leslie Mikkelsen, Danny Bogener from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Tex Oyler, Charlie Tsitouris.
1953-10-03The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Cliff Smith to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Johnny Suder to the minors.
1953-09-18The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Woodward (Woody) Shattuck to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Cliff Smith to the minors.
1953-08-08The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Cliff Smith to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Pete Kurosaki to the minors.
1953-08-08A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Kansas City Monarchs. The Kansas City Monarchs receive Hal Harter from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Cliff Smith, Robin Coles, Duke Wall.