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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
Speed B- Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF (61.7%) Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health 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 R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1950 Away 36 63 9 20 3 0 1 6 13 8 4 0 1 .841 .429 .413 .095 .317
1950 Home 33 65 7 19 5 2 1 14 3 12 1 0 2 .800 .324 .477 .185 .292
1951 Away 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .091 .091 .000 .000 .000
1951 Home 6 9 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .222 .444 .222 .222
1952 Away 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 .536 .250 .286 .143 .143
1952 Home 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .500 .500 .000 .500
1953 Away 2 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 .900 .500 .400 .200 .200
1953 Home 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .200 .200 .000 .200
1954 Away 4 4 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.500 .750 .750 .000 .750
1954 Home 4 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .600 .200 .400 .200 .200
1955 Away 50 158 18 39 4 1 5 22 20 25 0 7 4 .709 .330 .380 .133 .247
1955 Home 52 196 19 43 10 0 2 19 17 44 3 3 5 .580 .279 .301 .082 .219
1956 Away 62 249 30 63 12 4 5 24 19 40 7 3 10 .697 .304 .394 .141 .253
1956 Home 65 242 30 59 7 4 3 21 34 53 12 4 7 .682 .339 .343 .099 .244
1957 Away 53 183 26 52 14 0 1 15 19 42 4 3 2 .732 .355 .377 .093 .284
1957 Home 52 174 26 46 13 2 4 23 27 26 3 6 5 .792 .361 .431 .167 .264
1958 Away 29 96 13 24 7 2 1 11 9 23 3 0 1 .710 .314 .396 .146 .250
1958 Home 29 92 10 28 5 0 0 9 9 20 1 2 5 .718 .359 .359 .054 .304
1959 Away 66 156 26 42 7 1 3 12 14 38 5 4 3 .714 .329 .385 .115 .269
1959 Home 58 123 22 44 10 1 4 26 14 19 5 5 2 .980 .428 .553 .195 .358
1960 Away 59 136 20 34 3 3 8 14 14 27 6 1 2 .813 .320 .493 .243 .250
1960 Home 65 140 20 47 5 0 5 16 13 20 7 7 4 .879 .400 .479 .143 .336
1961 Away 74 140 13 36 7 0 1 10 11 29 4 6 1 .638 .309 .329 .071 .257
1961 Home 69 140 22 38 6 1 3 8 21 28 6 1 2 .759 .366 .393 .121 .271
1962 Away 23 51 3 7 2 0 1 3 4 18 0 2 0 .450 .214 .235 .098 .137
1962 Home 33 88 5 22 1 0 2 8 4 18 2 0 2 .609 .280 .330 .080 .250
Total Away 466 1258 163 322 61 11 26 121 127 256 35 26 25 .708 .324 .384 .128 .256
Total Home 470 1281 162 351 63 11 24 146 142 244 40 28 34 .743 .347 .397 .123 .274
Total 936 2539 325 673 124 22 50 267 269 500 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.