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Name Team Age
Tom Smyres Retired (1992, Age 37) Died (2023, Age 68)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 27
(1977)		 CF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Larry Doby League 0 12 years (155 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B- B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ A  C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ C+ C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C  A  A 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
F  0 5/24/1955
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 4
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF)
A+ (98.6 %) A+ (98.4 %) A+ (95.2 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1978 CLE 106 354 50 96 15 1 4 49 56 58 5 2 3 .723 .370 .353 .271
1979 CLE 105 335 54 100 13 2 9 44 31 44 15 5 2 .787 .357 .430 .299
1980 CLE 79 241 25 63 10 6 2 28 24 43 6 5 1 .705 .327 .378 .261
1981 CLE 116 338 36 93 12 3 3 38 30 43 7 5 3 .688 .333 .355 .275
1982 CLE 101 312 36 79 10 2 2 34 33 40 7 7 2 .642 .325 .317 .253
1983 CLE 108 315 51 88 21 2 6 47 40 43 5 1 2 .780 .364 .416 .279
1984 CLE 76 220 39 71 12 3 5 29 18 30 6 5 0 .854 .382 .473 .323
1985 CLE 89 200 38 58 9 4 4 29 23 25 9 4 3 .793 .358 .435 .290
1986 CLE 96 193 30 53 8 1 4 23 29 22 9 3 1 .756 .368 .389 .275
1987 CLE 68 115 15 32 5 1 3 8 7 20 4 2 0 .748 .331 .417 .278
1988 CLE 81 135 13 37 3 3 2 14 16 14 6 5 0 .738 .353 .385 .274
1989 CLE 139 312 39 81 13 6 3 28 37 42 8 13 2 .706 .337 .369 .260
1990 CLE 91 247 37 72 7 1 4 29 41 28 5 3 2 .770 .393 .377 .291
1991 CLE 92 254 30 65 15 2 4 24 25 33 4 1 4 .705 .327 .378 .256
1992 CLE 10 20 2 7 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 .809 .409 .400 .350
Total 1357 3591 495 995 154 37 55 426 412 487 96 61 25 .739 .352 .387 .277
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1992-11-01Tom Smyres has retired from the Cleveland Spiders
1992-09-16The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team.
1992-09-16The Cleveland Spiders have acquired Tom Smyres from the waiver wire.
1992-05-22The Cleveland Spiders have waived Tom Smyres.
1992-05-14The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team.
1992-03-09The Cleveland Spiders have designated Tom Smyres for assignment.
1988-05-19The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Luke Tanner to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Cyndi Adams for assignment. The Cleveland Spiders have designated "Jumping" Jim Rivera for assignment.
1988-05-14The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Sammy Nicholls to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Tom Smyres for assignment.
1987-06-03Tom Smyres of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1985-07-20Tom Smyres of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1983-08-05Tom Smyres of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1982-07-15The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Jesse Craig for assignment.
1982-07-13The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1982-06-09The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team.
1982-05-16The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Jack King to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1982-05-15The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Darwin Deasley to the minors.
1982-05-08The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres down to the minors.
1981-10-03The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team.
1981-09-29The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Jerry Fernandez to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1981-04-22The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team.
1981-04-14The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1981-04-09The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Sammy Radebaugh to the minors.
1981-04-05The Cleveland Spiders have demoted Tom Smyres to the minor leagues.
1980-07-03Tom Smyres of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
1979-08-04Tom Smyres of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1979-06-25The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Jody Burns to the minors.
1979-06-21The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Johnny Lee to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1978-05-09The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Herschel Eden to the minors.
1978-05-05The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Herschel Eden to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Tom Smyres to the minors.
1978-04-21The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Tom Smyres to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Earl Noonan for assignment.
1978-04-21A trade has been completed between the New York Empires and the Cleveland Spiders. The Cleveland Spiders receive Damian Evans, Mel Stanton, Tom Smyres from the New York Empires in exchange for Dan Settlemire.