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Larry Doby League
4-1-2044
Tom Smyres Center Field
Retired (1992, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .277 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .739 Status Deceased (2023) Option Years 0  
H 995 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 05-24-1955
HR 55 Drafted Round 2, Pick 27
(1977)
Majors Svc Time 12 years
(155 games)
RBI 426
SB 96
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L C+ Velocity C-   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B A+ (98.6%) LF A+ (98.4%) Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF A+ (95.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1978 LF CLE 69 65 573.2 130 129 0 1 0 +2 2.02 .992
CF CLE 33 33 276.2 81 79 0 2 0 -1 2.57 .975
RF CLE 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1979 LF CLE 65 57 519.1 115 112 1 2 0 +3 1.96 .983
CF CLE 20 15 142.0 36 36 0 0 0 +1 2.28 1.000
RF CLE 9 9 77.0 17 17 0 0 0 -1 1.99 1.000
1B CLE 3 3 32.0 33 29 4 0 3 -1 9.28 1.000
3B CLE 1 0 6.2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.35 1.000
C CLE 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 13.50 1.000
1980 RF CLE 32 29 264.0 63 61 2 0 2 +2 2.15 1.000
LF CLE 17 16 135.0 32 32 0 0 0 0 2.13 1.000
1B CLE 10 10 87.0 109 106 3 0 10 -3 11.28 1.000
CF CLE 7 7 61.0 23 21 1 1 1 0 3.25 .957
3B CLE 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1981 RF CLE 41 33 304.0 57 55 0 2 0 +1 1.63 .965
1B CLE 28 27 223.2 226 215 11 0 18 -2 9.09 1.000
LF CLE 19 18 152.2 32 31 0 1 0 0 1.83 .969
CF CLE 10 8 75.0 19 19 0 0 0 +1 2.28 1.000
2B CLE 1 0 5.2 3 1 2 0 1 -1 4.77 1.000
1982 RF CLE 28 26 226.0 42 42 0 0 0 -1 1.67 1.000
CF CLE 21 21 181.1 53 52 0 1 0 -4 2.58 .981
LF CLE 17 17 160.0 42 42 0 0 0 +1 2.36 1.000
1B CLE 15 12 110.1 127 120 6 1 4 +2 10.28 .992
C CLE 1 0 9.0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 50.0% 0 5.00 1.000
1983 CF CLE 41 32 302.0 84 82 0 2 0 +1 2.44 .976
RF CLE 25 21 198.2 35 35 0 0 0 +1 1.59 1.000
LF CLE 21 21 187.2 50 50 0 0 0 0 2.40 1.000
1B CLE 3 3 27.0 27 25 2 0 2 +2 9.00 1.000
C CLE 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 6.00 1.000
1984 CF CLE 23 22 200.0 48 48 0 0 0 +1 2.16 1.000
LF CLE 19 19 166.1 43 43 0 0 0 0 2.33 1.000
RF CLE 7 7 62.2 15 15 0 0 0 +1 2.15 1.000
1B CLE 1 1 9.0 8 7 1 0 0 0 8.00 1.000
1985 CF CLE 24 22 197.0 70 68 1 1 1 -1 3.15 .986
RF CLE 10 9 82.0 15 14 0 1 0 0 1.54 .933
LF CLE 5 5 47.0 15 14 0 1 0 0 2.68 .933
1B CLE 6 0 11.0 18 17 1 0 0 0 14.73 1.000
3B CLE 2 0 4.0 4 1 3 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1986 CF CLE 20 19 172.2 46 45 0 1 0 +1 2.35 .978
LF CLE 10 10 89.0 21 21 0 0 0 0 2.12 1.000
RF CLE 6 6 53.2 12 12 0 0 0 +1 2.01 1.000
2B CLE 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 2.25 1.000
1B CLE 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1987 CF CLE 16 10 96.0 22 22 0 0 0 +1 2.06 1.000
RF CLE 6 6 50.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
1B CLE 2 2 18.0 15 15 0 0 0 0 7.50 1.000
LF CLE 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.59 1.000
C CLE 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 4.50 1.000
3B CLE 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
SS CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1988 CF CLE 23 17 158.1 41 41 0 0 0 +2 2.33 1.000
1B CLE 4 3 27.0 25 25 0 0 1 0 8.33 1.000
LF CLE 3 3 25.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.52 1.000
SS CLE 1 0 7.0 7 3 4 0 1 0 9.00 1.000
C CLE 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 4.50 1.000
3B CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1989 CF CLE 43 34 324.1 103 103 0 0 0 -2 2.86 1.000
1B CLE 17 17 148.0 156 149 6 1 13 0 9.43 .994
LF CLE 11 8 80.0 22 22 0 0 0 0 2.48 1.000
RF CLE 7 6 53.0 13 12 0 1 0 0 2.04 .923
SS CLE 6 0 9.0 5 1 4 0 0 0 5.00 1.000
3B CLE 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1990 CF CLE 41 39 342.1 110 108 0 2 0 +2 2.84 .982
1B CLE 13 12 110.0 123 122 1 0 10 0 10.06 1.000
RF CLE 8 8 80.2 11 11 0 0 0 +1 1.23 1.000
LF CLE 4 1 15.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
SS CLE 3 0 3.2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.46 1.000
3B CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1991 CF CLE 44 41 361.0 99 95 1 3 1 -4 2.39 .970
1B CLE 19 19 163.0 185 176 8 1 23 +2 10.16 .995
LF CLE 6 6 47.0 11 11 0 0 0 +1 2.11 1.000
RF CLE 2 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.64 1.000
C CLE 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 9.00 1.000
3B CLE 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1992 CF CLE 4 2 21.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2.14 1.000
LF CLE 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 2.00 1.000
1B CLE 1 1 8.2 8 8 0 0 1 0 8.31 1.000
3B CLE 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total CF 370 322 2910.2 840 824 3 13 3 -2 2.56 .985
LF 269 249 2223.2 530 524 1 5 0 +5 2.12 .991
RF 183 163 1480.2 296 290 2 4 2 +5 1.77 .986
1B 123 110 976.2 1062 1016 43 3 85 0 9.76 .997
3B 11 0 22.2 8 2 6 0 0 0 3.18 1.000
SS 11 0 20.2 13 4 9 0 1 0 5.66 1.000
C 7 0 19.0 13 12 1 0 0 0 4 1 20.0% 0 6.16 1.000
2B 3 0 9.2 4 1 3 0 1 -2 3.73 1.000
Total 977 844 7663.2 2766 2673 68 25 92 0 4 1 20.0% +6 3.22 .991
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1992-11-01Tom Smyres has retired from the Cleveland Spiders
1992-09-16The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team.
1992-09-16The Cleveland Spiders have acquired Tom Smyres from the waiver wire.
1992-05-22The Cleveland Spiders have waived Tom Smyres.
1992-05-14The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team.
1992-03-09The Cleveland Spiders have designated Tom Smyres for assignment.
1988-05-19The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Luke Tanner to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Cyndi Adams for assignment. The Cleveland Spiders have designated "Jumping" Jim Rivera for assignment.
1988-05-14The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Sammy Nicholls to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Tom Smyres for assignment.
1987-06-03Tom Smyres of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1985-07-20Tom Smyres of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1983-08-05Tom Smyres of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1982-07-15The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Jesse Craig for assignment.
1982-07-13The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1982-06-09The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team.
1982-05-16The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Jack King to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1982-05-15The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Darwin Deasley to the minors.
1982-05-08The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres down to the minors.
1981-10-03The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team.
1981-09-29The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Jerry Fernandez to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1981-04-22The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team.
1981-04-14The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1981-04-09The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Sammy Radebaugh to the minors.
1981-04-05The Cleveland Spiders have demoted Tom Smyres to the minor leagues.
1980-07-03Tom Smyres of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
1979-08-04Tom Smyres of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1979-06-25The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Jody Burns to the minors.
1979-06-21The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Johnny Lee to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1978-05-09The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Herschel Eden to the minors.
1978-05-05The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Herschel Eden to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1978-04-21The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Earl Noonan for assignment.
1978-04-21A trade has been completed between the New York Empires and the Cleveland Spiders. The Cleveland Spiders receive Damian Evans, Mel Stanton, Tom Smyres from the New York Empires in exchange for Dan Settlemire.