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Fred Lynn League
8-18-2076
Fritz Smith Center Field
Retired (1983, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .245 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .675 Status Deceased (2021) Option Years 0  
H 196 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 01-13-1949
HR 21 Drafted Round 2, Pick 31
(1968)		 Majors Svc Time 2 years
(70 games)
RBI 101
SB 11
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L D+ Endurance B+   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity C-   Mentor vR B 
Speed B- Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS F  (0.1%) Range C- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF F  (0.1%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1968 Minors 19 11.00 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 10 / 11
1969 Minors 20 12.00 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 5 / 6 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 10 / 12
1970 Minors 21 6.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 0 5 / 6
1970 Majors 21 0.80 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1971 Minors 22 21.00 3 / 5 2 / 5 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 3 16 / 21
1971 Majors 22 2.41 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 2 / 2
1972 Minors 23 2.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1972 Majors 23 15.00 3 / 5 1 / 1 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 2 2 / 2 13 / 15
1973 Minors 24 14.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 1 5 / 5 0 / 0 5 / 5 11 / 14
1973 Majors 24 13.53 1 / 3 2 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 2 / 3 0 / 0 7 / 13
1974 Majors 25 49.14 2 / 5 4 / 6 4 / 9 5 / 9 2 / 7 7 / 8 4 / 5 28 / 49
1975 Minors 26 15.00 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 3 0 / 5 1 / 1 1 / 2 5 / 15
1975 Majors 26 3.47 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3
1976 Majors 27 5.42 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 5
1977 Majors 28 18.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 2 / 5 1 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 2 5 / 18
1978 Majors 29 4.76 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 4
1979 Minors 30 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1979 Majors 30 7.82 44 7 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 7
1980 Majors 31 12.00 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 12
1981 Majors 32 14.00 1 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 1 3 / 14
1982 Minors 33 16.00 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 16
1982 Majors 33 0.10 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1983 Majors 34 18.00 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 18
Total 45 7 0 11 / 35 12 / 37 13 / 31 23 / 52 17 / 42 21 / 33 22 / 29 119 / 259
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01Fritz Smith has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1983-04-01The Baltimore Buzzards have waived Fritz Smith.
1982-06-27The Baltimore Buzzards have promoted Bob Horner to the major league team. The Baltimore Buzzards have designated Fritz Smith for assignment.
1982-06-26The Baltimore Buzzards have promoted Fritz Smith to the major league team.
1982-05-25The Baltimore Buzzards have acquired Fritz Smith from the waiver wire.
1979-06-08The Cincinnati Roses have waived Fritz Smith.
1979-05-21The Cincinnati Roses have promoted Bob Norman to the major league team. The Cincinnati Roses have designated Fritz Smith for assignment.
1978-09-13The Cincinnati Roses have promoted Fritz Smith to the major league team.
1978-09-13The Cincinnati Roses have acquired Fritz Smith from the waiver wire.
1977-04-13The Cincinnati Roses have waived Fritz Smith.
1977-04-05The Cincinnati Roses have promoted Jack Anderson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Roses have designated Fritz Smith for assignment.
1976-07-30The Cincinnati Roses have promoted Fritz Smith to the major league team.
1976-07-30The Cincinnati Roses have acquired Fritz Smith from the waiver wire.
1976-04-01The Baltimore Buzzards have waived Fritz Smith.
1975-04-14The Baltimore Buzzards have promoted Ty Meador to the major league team. The Baltimore Buzzards have designated Fritz Smith for assignment.
1973-08-11The Baltimore Buzzards have promoted Fritz Smith to the major league team. The Baltimore Buzzards have designated Ed Page for assignment.
1973-06-04The Baltimore Buzzards have acquired Fritz Smith from the waiver wire.
1972-05-19The Detroit Spiders have waived Fritz Smith.
1972-04-27The Detroit Spiders have acquired Fritz Smith from the waiver wire.
1972-04-02The Kansas City Coroners have waived Fritz Smith.
1971-06-03The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Bill Heilmann to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Fritz Smith to the minors.
1971-05-25The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Fritz Smith to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Russ Brumley to the minors.
1971-04-05The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Tim Fleming to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Fritz Smith to the minors.
1970-08-23The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Fritz Smith to the major league team.
1970-04-21The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Kirt Krug to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Fritz Smith to the minors.
1970-04-21The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Fritz Smith to the major league team.
1969-04-01The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Jimmy Jones to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Eddie Leary to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Tex Long to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Craig Allietta to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Fritz Smith to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Bill Willhite to the minors.
1969-03-01The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Fritz Smith to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Allan Alvarez to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Bill Willhite to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Craig Allietta to the major league team.