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Duke Snider League
4-8-2079
Rick Smitts Second Base
Retired (1959, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .256 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .692 Status Deceased (1993) Option Years 0  
H 392 Age at Death 70 Date of Birth 06-01-1923
HR 29 Drafted Round 18, Pick 283
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 2 years
(3 games)
RBI 178
SB 35
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L C- Velocity D+   Mentor vR B-
Speed B  Bunt B+ Control D-   Mentor vL F 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C- WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF F  (0.3%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* 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
1950 STL
47
51
5
11
1
0
1
2
2
 12 0 0
0
 0 0
.539
.245
.294
.078
.216
1951 STL-MIL
21
72
9
11
2
1
3
8
12
 13 2 0
2
 1 3
.624
.291
.333
.181
.153
1952 MIL
119
490
78
126
19
2
6
41
49
 68 0 7
16
 6 12
.661
.321
.341
.084
.257
1953 MIL
148
509
60
130
24
2
11
66
52
 106 5 3
4
 6 12
.704
.329
.375
.120
.255
1954 MIL
55
76
10
24
3
0
2
13
7
 12 0 2
6
 1 1
.799
.365
.434
.118
.316
1955 MIL
22
31
6
8
2
0
0
2
1
 4 0 1
3
 0 2
.595
.273
.323
.065
.258
1956 BAL
25
103
17
29
6
2
1
13
11
 18 0 2
0
 0 4
.753
.345
.408
.126
.282
1957 BAL
29
104
11
28
5
1
3
18
12
 17 1 3
2
 1 5
.765
.342
.423
.154
.269
1958 BAL
24
96
12
25
7
0
2
15
8
 20 0 1
2
 3 3
.710
.314
.396
.135
.260
Total
490
1532
208
392
69
8
29
178
154
 270 8 19
35
 18 42
.692
.323
.368
.112
.256
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Rick Smitts has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1959-10-03The Boston Ballbusters have waived Rick Smitts.
1959-09-29The Boston Ballbusters have acquired Rick Smitts from the waiver wire.
1959-07-22The Baltimore Vipers have waived Rick Smitts.
1959-04-04The Baltimore Vipers have promoted Dave Cash to the major league team. The Baltimore Vipers have designated Rick Smitts for assignment.
1956-03-01The Baltimore Vipers have promoted Rick Smitts to the major league team. The Baltimore Vipers have sent Dave Cash to the minors.
1955-10-23The Milwaukee Braves have waived Rick Smitts.
1955-06-19The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Paddy O"Houlihan to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rick Smitts to the minors.
1955-05-13The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Smitts to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rico Carty to the minors.
1955-04-01The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rico Carty to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Buck O"Neil to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Danny Newnan to the minors. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rick Smitts to the minors.
1954-10-23The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Smitts to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rico Carty to the minors.
1954-09-26The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rico Carty to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Buck O"Neil to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Danny Hackman to the minors. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rick Smitts to the minors.
1954-09-16The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Smitts to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rico Carty to the minors.
1954-09-16The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rico Carty to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Charlie Hogshead to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Houston Nutt to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Tyler Durden to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Bill Mathews to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Buck O"Neil to the minors. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Elmore James to the minors. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Paul Overall to the minors. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Ed Niehaus to the minors. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rick Smitts to the minors.
1954-08-07The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Smitts to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rico Carty to the minors.
1954-08-03The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rico Carty to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Charlie Hogshead to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Elmore James to the minors. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rick Smitts to the minors.
1954-06-17The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Smitts to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rico Carty to the minors.
1954-04-01The Milwaukee Braves have renamed Jim White to Rick Smitts.
1954-03-05The Milwaukee Braves have promoted U. S. Grant to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Billy Deininger to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Jim White to the minors. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Bucky Galloway to the minors.
1951-06-17The Milwaukee Pin Stripes have promoted Jim White to the major league team. The Milwaukee Pin Stripes have sent Gregg Johnson to the minors.
1951-06-12The Milwaukee Pin Stripes have promoted Gregg Johnson to the major league team. The Milwaukee Pin Stripes have sent Jim White to the minors.
1951-06-08The Milwaukee Pin Stripes have promoted Jim White to the major league team. The Milwaukee Pin Stripes have sent Art Atkins to the minors.
1951-06-06The Milwaukee Pin Stripes have acquired Jim White from the waiver wire.
1951-06-06The St. Louis Slammers have waived Jim White.
1950-07-04The St. Louis Slammers have promoted Jake Cristante to the major league team. The St. Louis Slammers have sent Jim White to the minors.