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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 POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 3B WAS 39 32 255.0 86 17 66 3 7 0 2.93 .965
LF WAS 8 0 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1951 LF WAS-LAN 4 2 20.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
3B WAS-LAN 5 1 11.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.82 1.000
1952 3B LAN 2 1 16.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
1953 3B LAN 3 3 26.0 4 0 3 1 0 0 1.04 .750
1954 3B LAN 4 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1955 3B ARI 52 51 459.1 156 25 125 6 3 +3 2.94 .962
LF ARI 35 28 262.0 71 70 0 1 0 +3 2.40 .986
1B ARI 7 7 61.0 72 69 2 1 5 -4 10.48 .986
C ARI 1 1 9.0 6 5 0 1 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0 5.00 .833
1956 3B ARI 119 118 1040.0 388 86 285 17 14 +2 3.21 .956
1B ARI 2 2 18.0 24 24 0 0 2 -1 12.00 1.000
1957 3B ARI 96 93 823.0 270 68 195 7 8 +13 2.88 .974
1B ARI 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 10.00 1.000
1958 3B ARI 48 48 427.0 140 29 105 6 8 +14 2.82 .957
1959 3B ARI 58 58 504.0 131 30 96 5 5 0 2.25 .962
LF ARI 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1960 3B ARI 57 57 501.0 125 35 84 6 4 -3 2.14 .952
1961 3B ARI 53 53 459.2 121 41 77 3 3 -1 2.31 .975
RF ARI 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
1962 3B ARI-COL 38 26 249.2 59 19 38 2 1 -5 2.05 .966
C ARI-COL 5 5 45.0 39 39 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.0% 0 7.80 1.000
1B ARI-COL 1 1 9.0 9 9 0 0 1 0 9.00 1.000
CF ARI-COL 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 2.00 1.000
RF ARI-COL 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
Pos Total 3B 574 541 4775.2 1485 352 1077 56 53 +23 2.69 .962
LF 48 30 295.0 78 77 0 1 0 +3 2.35 .987
1B 11 11 97.0 115 112 2 1 8 -5 10.58 .991
C 6 6 54.0 45 44 0 1 0 0 15 0 0.0% 0 7.33 .978
RF 2 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
CF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 2.00 1.000
Total 642 591 5246.2 1729 591 1079 59 61 0 15 0 0.0% +20 2.86 .966
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.