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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1950 LHP 53 100 32 6 2 2 19 11 15 .864 .384 .480 .160 .320
1950 RHP 19 28 7 2 0 0 1 5 5 .685 .364 .321 .071 .250
1951 LHP 7 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .364 .091 .273 .182 .091
1951 RHP 6 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .347 .222 .125 .000 .125
1952 LHP 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .167 .000 .000 .000
1952 RHP 3 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1.250 .500 .750 .250 .500
1953 LHP 4 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 .775 .400 .375 .125 .250
1953 RHP 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .333 .000 .000 .000
1954 LHP 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 1.000
1954 RHP 7 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .750 .375 .375 .000 .375
1955 LHP 25 35 12 5 1 1 8 3 7 1.023 .395 .629 .286 .343
1955 RHP 95 319 70 9 0 6 33 34 62 .596 .292 .304 .085 .219
1956 LHP 29 33 11 2 2 2 6 2 6 1.086 .389 .697 .364 .333
1956 RHP 125 458 111 17 6 6 39 51 87 .662 .317 .345 .103 .242
1957 LHP 41 88 24 5 0 2 9 20 22 .805 .407 .398 .125 .273
1957 RHP 93 269 74 22 2 3 29 26 46 .745 .340 .405 .130 .275
1958 LHP 44 129 34 7 0 1 10 14 29 .672 .331 .341 .078 .264
1958 RHP 31 59 18 5 2 0 10 4 14 .807 .349 .458 .153 .305
1959 LHP 51 159 46 10 2 6 20 15 35 .845 .354 .491 .201 .289
1959 RHP 92 120 40 7 0 1 18 13 22 .815 .398 .417 .083 .333
1960 LHP 53 169 50 6 3 9 20 15 25 .887 .360 .527 .231 .296
1960 RHP 94 107 31 2 0 4 10 12 22 .782 .361 .421 .131 .290
1961 LHP 57 158 39 8 0 2 7 15 34 .646 .310 .335 .089 .247
1961 RHP 99 122 35 5 1 2 11 17 23 .768 .374 .393 .107 .287
1962 LHP 31 86 17 2 0 2 6 5 23 .532 .242 .291 .093 .198
1962 RHP 24 53 12 1 0 1 5 3 13 .578 .276 .302 .075 .226
Total LHP 397 982 269 53 11 27 108 102 202 .777 .344 .433 .159 .274
Total RHP 691 1557 404 71 11 23 159 167 298 .694 .331 .364 .104 .259
Total 936 2539 673 124 22 50 267 269 500 .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.