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Wilbur Wood League
4-1-1980
Smokey Highsmith Third Base
Retired (1962, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .265 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .726 Status Retired (1962) Option Years 0  
H 673 Age 52 (OS 53) Date of Birth 09-16-1927
HR 50 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(89 games)
RBI 267
SB 75
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed B- Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF B  (61.7%) Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health A  LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   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 WAS
69
128
16
39
8
2
2
20
16
 20 0 1
5
 0 3
.825
.379
.445
.141
.305
1951 WAS-LAN
13
19
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
 4 0 0
0
 0 0
.361
.150
.211
.105
.105
1952 LAN
3
9
1
2
1
0
0
2
1
 3 0 0
1
 0 0
.633
.300
.333
.111
.222
1953 LAN
4
10
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
 2 1 0
0
 0 1
.685
.385
.300
.100
.200
1954 LAN
8
9
3
4
1
0
0
3
0
 1 0 0
1
 0 0
1.000
.444
.556
.111
.444
1955 ARI
102
354
37
82
14
1
7
41
37
 69 0 3
3
 10 9
.638
.302
.336
.105
.232
1956 ARI
127
491
60
122
19
8
8
45
53
 93 1 2
19
 7 17
.690
.322
.369
.120
.248
1957 ARI
105
357
52
98
27
2
5
38
46
 68 2 3
7
 9 7
.761
.358
.403
.129
.275
1958 ARI
58
188
23
52
12
2
1
20
18
 43 0 2
4
 2 6
.714
.337
.378
.101
.277
1959 ARI
124
279
48
86
17
2
7
38
28
 57 1 0
10
 9 5
.832
.373
.459
.151
.308
1960 ARI
124
276
40
81
8
3
13
30
27
 47 2 0
13
 8 6
.846
.361
.486
.192
.293
1961 ARI
143
280
35
74
13
1
4
18
32
 57 0 1
10
 7 3
.699
.339
.361
.096
.264
1962 ARI-COL
56
139
8
29
3
0
3
11
8
 36 1 1
2
 2 2
.550
.255
.295
.086
.209
Total
936
2539
325
673
124
22
50
267
269
 500 8 13
75
 54 59
.726
.336
.390
.125
.265
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Smokey Highsmith has retired from the Colorado High Fliers
1962-08-24The Colorado High Fliers have acquired Smokey Highsmith from the waiver wire.
1962-08-20The Arizona Sidewinders have designated Smokey Highsmith for assignment.
1962-07-27The Arizona Sidewinders have promoted Smokey Highsmith to the major league team.
1962-06-06The Arizona Sidewinders have promoted Bo Harrington to the major league team. The Arizona Sidewinders have promoted Joe Lawson to the major league team. The Arizona Sidewinders have designated Babe Bale for assignment. The Arizona Sidewinders have designated Smokey Highsmith for assignment.
1962-06-04The Arizona Sidewinders have removed Smokey Highsmith from the trade block.
1959-04-18The Arizona Sidewinders have placed Smokey Highsmith on the trade block.
1955-03-26The Arizona Sidewinders have drafted Smokey Highsmith #44 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1954-08-23The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted D. J. Honeycutt to the major league team. The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have sent Smokey Highsmith to the minors.
1954-08-05The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted Smokey Highsmith to the major league team. The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have designated Lance Allman for assignment.
1954-08-05The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have sent Smokey Highsmith to the minors. The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have designated Rollo Tomassi for assignment.
1954-07-15The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted Smokey Highsmith to the major league team.
1954-04-04The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have renamed Uriah Heap to Smokey Highsmith.
1954-03-25The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted Keith Caminiti to the major league team. The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have sent Uriah Heap to the minors.
1953-09-17The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted Uriah Heap to the major league team. The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have sent Miguel Cortez to the minors.
1953-08-10The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted Miguel Cortez to the major league team. The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have sent Uriah Heap to the minors.
1953-08-05The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted Uriah Heap to the major league team. The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have designated Rollo Tomassi for assignment.
1953-07-25The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted Bulldog Hershey to the major league team. The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have sent Uriah Heap to the minors.
1953-07-23The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted Uriah Heap to the major league team. The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have sent Bulldog Hershey to the minors.
1953-04-04The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have renamed Uriah Heep to Uriah Heap.
1952-09-27The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have sent Uriah Heep to the minors.
1952-09-14The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted Uriah Heep to the major league team. The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted Pedro Ramos to the major league team.
1952-06-08The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have sent Uriah Heep to the minors.
1952-05-19The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have promoted Uriah Heep to the major league team.
1952-04-19The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have renamed Steve Howser to Uriah Heep.
1952-03-25The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have renamed Steve Jenkins to Steve Howser.
1952-03-25The Los Angeles Silver Surfers have renamed Harry Calvo to Steve Jenkins.
1951-05-27A trade has been completed between the Washington G-Men and the Los Angeles Silver Surfers. The Los Angeles Silver Surfers receive Ricky Whitman, Harry Calvo, Walt Cosgrove from the Washington G-Men in exchange for Willie Freehan, Andy Aase.
1951-04-01The Washington G-Men have placed Harry Calvo on the trade block.