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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 B    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 A  Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L C+ Velocity C-   Mentor vR A 
Speed C  Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A 
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 F  LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF A+ (95.2%)   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 
1977 Minors 22 33.00 4 / 5 3 / 4 4 / 6 4 / 7 2 / 2 2 / 3 3 / 6 22 / 33
1978 Minors 23 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1978 Majors 23 41.27 4 / 5 3 / 3 3 / 4 4 / 7 6 / 7 3 / 8 4 / 7 27 / 41
1979 Majors 24 35.89 2 / 6 5 / 7 1 / 3 2 / 4 3 / 3 1 / 4 3 / 8 17 / 35
1980 Majors 25 26.62 2 / 4 2 / 3 2 / 5 0 / 2 2 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 6 10 / 26
1981 Minors 26 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2
1981 Majors 26 54.82 149 86 0 4 / 12 1 / 6 1 / 7 2 / 5 3 / 9 1 / 4 1 / 11 13 / 54
1982 Minors 27 3.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3
1982 Majors 27 49.30 133 76 0 3 / 9 2 / 8 2 / 8 3 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 4 2 / 9 12 / 49
1983 Majors 28 52.69 147 77 13 2 / 9 0 / 6 2 / 10 0 / 5 5 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 6 10 / 52
1984 Majors 29 41.20 162 49 0 1 / 10 1 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 8 2 / 7 1 / 4 5 / 41
1985 Majors 30 38.62 147 36 13 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 5 1 / 38
1986 Majors 31 38.70 162 35 0 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 8 1 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 38
1987 Majors 32 25.26 126 20 21 0 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 25
1988 Majors 33 30.79 158 23 0 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 2 0 / 7 2 / 4 0 / 1 2 / 30
1989 Majors 34 52.52 162 65 0 -2 / 2 -5 / 10 -1 / 8 -3 / 3 -8 / 10 -2 / 5 0 / 14 -21 / 52
1990 Majors 35 44.19 162 60 0 -3 / 8 -2 / 4 -2 / 5 -2 / 4 -6 / 3 -3 / 8 -3 / 12 -21 / 44
1991 Majors 36 45.27 162 67 0 -1 / 4 -1 / 6 -2 / 7 -4 / 6 -9 / 4 -2 / 8 -3 / 10 -22 / 45
1992 Minors 37 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3
1992 Majors 37 4.05 22 4 0 -4 / 1 -3 / 0 -5 / 2 -6 / 1 -8 / 0 0 / 0 -4 / 0 -30 / 4
Total 1692 598 47 12 / 98 7 / 84 7 / 93 0 / 68 -8 / 92 6 / 75 7 / 106 31 / 616
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.