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Tris Speaker League
4-1-2021
Lefty Smith Center Field
Retired (1972, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .225 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .600 Status Retired (1972) Option Years 0  
H 152 Age 83 (OS 84) Date of Birth 10-31-1937
HR 9 Drafted Round 3, Pick 46
(1959)
Majors Svc Time 7 years
(82 games)
RBI 57
SB 8
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR B+
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D- WS Rings 0
1B D+ (25.5%) LF (37.1%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF D- (10.3%)   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
1964 BRO
73
203
14
34
5
1
2
17
21
39 1 0
3
1 14
.480
.249
.232
.064
.167
1965 BRO
47
119
28
37
5
2
4
17
9
20 0 1
1
0 3
.844
.357
.487
.176
.311
1966 BRO
31
91
7
17
3
0
0
4
5
14 0 0
0
1 2
.449
.229
.220
.033
.187
1967 BRO
34
125
12
28
3
1
1
6
10
31 1 1
2
2 2
.573
.285
.288
.064
.224
1968 BAL
8
20
2
6
1
1
0
0
1
2 0 0
0
0 1
.783
.333
.450
.150
.300
1969 BAL
23
31
5
8
2
0
0
3
2
4 0 0
1
1 0
.626
.303
.323
.065
.258
1970 BAL
36
36
4
8
1
0
1
2
2
7 0 0
0
1 1
.596
.263
.333
.111
.222
1971 BAL-BOS
24
44
7
13
1
0
1
8
6
8 0 0
1
0 1
.766
.380
.386
.091
.295
1972 BOS
2
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0 1 0
0
1 0
.611
.444
.167
.000
.167
Total
278
675
79
152
21
5
9
57
58
125 3 2
8
7 24
.600
.289
.311
.086
.225
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Lefty Smith has retired from the Boston Baked Beans
1972-09-28The Boston Baked Beans have designated Lefty Smith for assignment.
1972-09-13The Boston Baked Beans have promoted Lefty Smith to the major league team. The Boston Baked Beans have sent Ricky Bobby to the minors.
1972-04-01The Boston Baked Beans have designated Lefty Smith for assignment.
1971-04-16A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Bombers and the Boston Baked Beans. The Boston Baked Beans receive Rudy Meloan, Bert Cottrell, Lefty Smith, Timo Sepkowski from the Baltimore Bombers in exchange for Samuel Powers, Costen Thornton, Jesse Jelic, Phil Look.
1968-06-06The Baltimore Bombers have promoted Lefty Smith to the major league team. The Baltimore Bombers have sent Parker Schmidt to the minors.
1964-03-01The Brooklyn Bums have promoted Jim Gowdy to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bums have promoted Lefty Smith to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bums have promoted Hawk Smith to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bums have promoted Gary Shines to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bums have promoted Tom Bailey to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bums have promoted John Boswell to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bums have promoted Pop Eastwick to the major league team.
1960-10-03The Brooklyn Bums have sent Lefty Smith to the minors. The Brooklyn Bums have designated Pop Eastwick for assignment.
1960-09-30The Brooklyn Bums have promoted Lefty Smith to the major league team.