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Name	Team	Age
Emil Smith	Retired (1974, Age 36)	Died (2014, Age 76)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 12 (1962)	3B	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jesse Burkett League	0	11 years (19 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C-	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B-	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	C+	B
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D-	C	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	4/22/1938
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	2
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (LF)
A+ (98.6 %)	A+ (92.3 %)	B- (58.1 %)

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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

1962

Minors

80.00

3 / 13

7 / 15

8 / 15

4 / 6

1 / 14

6 / 10

6 / 7

35 / 80

1963

Minors

65.00

1 / 9

3 / 10

5 / 13

3 / 5

2 / 10

8 / 12

4 / 6

26 / 65

1963

Pos (RF)

35.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

20 / 35

1964

Majors

21.17

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 5

2 / 3

4 / 21

1965

Majors

22.72

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 4

1 / 3

1 / 3

3 / 4

3 / 6

9 / 22

1966

Majors

48.08

1 / 7

3 / 6

2 / 9

1 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 5

1 / 6

8 / 48

1967

Majors

46.29

0 / 6

0 / 7

2 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 10

2 / 7

0 / 4

4 / 46

1968

Majors

55.92

0 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 3

1 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 10

2 / 55

1969

Majors

64.09

162

139

0

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 7

1 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 11

2 / 8

3 / 64

1970

Majors

59.22

146

126

16

0 / 9

1 / 14

0 / 5

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 6

1 / 59

1971

Majors

64.47

162

139

0

0 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 14

0 / 7

0 / 64

1972

Majors

53.80

162

95

0

-4 / 6

-4 / 7

1 / 7

-1 / 9

-4 / 11

-4 / 10

0 / 3

-16 / 53

1973

Majors

44.77

162

67

0

-3 / 7

-4 / 7

0 / 9

-7 / 3

-10 / 10

-4 / 6

-1 / 2

-29 / 44

1974

Majors

27.07

162

28

0

-4 / 2

-3 / 2

-4 / 9

-2 / 4

-1 / 0

-3 / 6

-2 / 4

-19 / 27

Total

956

594

16

-6 / 89

4 / 96

16 / 99

1 / 88

-11 / 99

9 / 105

15 / 72

48 / 683

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1974-11-01	Emil Smith has retired from the Detroit Tigers
1972-07-17	A trade has been completed between the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Dutchmen. The Philadelphia Dutchmen receive Ben Foiles, Emmett Townsend, Draft Pick - 1973 Round 4 (DET) from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bob Elliott, Emil Smith, Elvis Warner.
1970-06-15	Emil Smith of the Philadelphia Golden Gophers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1964-04-01	The Philadelphia Golden Gophers have promoted Emil Smith to the major league team.
1962-04-01	The Philadelphia Golden Gophers have promoted Mickey Bennett to the major league team. The Philadelphia Golden Gophers have sent Emil Smith to the minors.
1962-04-01	The Philadelphia Golden Gophers have promoted Emil Smith to the major league team. The Philadelphia Golden Gophers have designated Dave Gassner for assignment.