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Name	Team	Age
Jim Smithson	Retired (1967, Age 34)	Died (2019, Age 86)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 40 (1951)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Billy Williams League	0	0 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C	C+	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D+	C	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D+	C	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D-	F	D
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	1/21/1933
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

1951

Minors

16.00

2 / 2

4 / 4

1 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 0

2 / 4

4 / 4

15 / 16

1962

Majors

5.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 5

1963

Majors

10.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

2 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

2 / 10

1964

Majors

13.00

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 13

1965

Majors

12.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 3

3 / 12

1966

Majors

9.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 9

1967

Majors

13.00

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 13

Total

0

0

0

2 / 11

4 / 17

3 / 11

4 / 13

0 / 8

2 / 9

5 / 10

20 / 79

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1967-11-01	Jim Smithson has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1952-04-06	The New York Knickerbockers have acquired Craig Holmes from the waiver wire. The New York Knickerbockers have waived Jim Smithson.