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Name	Team	Age
Buddy Smith	Retired (1997, Age 34)	64
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 64 (1986)	1B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Bobby Doerr League	0	0 years (129 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	C+	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A+	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	C+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	8/16/1963
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1986

Minors

62.00

5 / 8

8 / 13

4 / 5

9 / 12

7 / 8

5 / 6

8 / 10

46 / 62

1987

Minors

64.00

8 / 12

6 / 10

2 / 14

4 / 6

2 / 5

6 / 12

2 / 5

30 / 64

1988

Minors

58.00

7 / 12

3 / 5

2 / 4

1 / 12

1 / 5

8 / 12

5 / 8

27 / 58

1989

Minors

68.00

4 / 14

3 / 6

6 / 8

0 / 8

5 / 8

4 / 9

7 / 15

29 / 68

1990

Minors

52.00

0 / 6

2 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 7

3 / 7

1 / 3

6 / 12

12 / 52

1991

Minors

63.00

2 / 7

1 / 4

5 / 12

0 / 7

3 / 14

1 / 8

5 / 11

17 / 63

1992

Minors

56.00

1 / 3

0 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 13

2 / 8

1 / 6

4 / 12

9 / 56

1993

Minors

4.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 4

1993

Majors

13.23

108

0

0

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 13

1994

Minors

51.00

1 / 8

2 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 6

1 / 8

5 / 51

1994

Majors

8.28

21

15

0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 8

1995

Minors

7.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 7

1995

Majors

18.00

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 18

1996

Majors

19.00

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 1

1 / 19

1997

Majors

12.00

0 / 5

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 12

Total

129

15

0

28 / 82

26 / 68

21 / 85

14 / 88

23 / 73

26 / 71

38 / 88

176 / 555

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1997-11-01	Buddy Smith has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1995-05-08	The Kansas City Royals have waived Buddy Smith.
1995-03-25	The Kansas City Royals have designated Buddy Smith for assignment.
1994-09-27	The Kansas City Royals have promoted Buddy Smith to the major league team.
1994-05-10	The Kansas City Royals have promoted Jeff Eyre to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have designated Buddy Smith for assignment.
1994-04-22	The Kansas City Royals have promoted Buddy Smith to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have designated Denney Cates for assignment.
1994-04-22	The Kansas City Royals have acquired Buddy Smith from the waiver wire.
1993-09-02	The New York Yanks have waived Buddy Smith.
1993-08-08	The New York Yanks have promoted Doug Reese to the major league team. The New York Yanks have promoted Bill Kavanagh to the major league team. The New York Yanks have designated Bill Ganzel for assignment. The New York Yanks have designated Buddy Smith for assignment.
1993-04-06	The New York Yanks have promoted Buddy Smith to the major league team.
1991-04-01	The New York Yanks have sent Buddy Smith down to the minors.
1991-04-01	The New York Yanks have sent Buddy Smith down to the minors.
1991-03-25	The New York Yanks have promoted Alex Slayback to the major league team. The New York Yanks have promoted Dan Lance to the major league team. The New York Yanks have promoted Ernie Castellano to the major league team. The New York Yanks have promoted Buddy Smith to the major league team.