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Name	Team	Age
Butch Smith	Retired (1983, Age 29)	Died (2021, Age 68)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Undrafted (1978)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Vada Pinson League	0	0 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C	A-	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C-	B-	D+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D+	C-	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	F	F
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	12/21/1953
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

1978

Majors

14.00

3 / 3

3 / 3

2 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 2

10 / 14

1979

Majors

14.00

3 / 5

1 / 1

0 / 2

2 / 2

0 / 0

2 / 2

1 / 2

9 / 14

1980

Majors

8.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

4 / 8

1981

Minors

22.00

1 / 2

4 / 7

1 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 2

3 / 5

1 / 2

12 / 22

1982

Majors

10.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

2 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 3

2 / 10

1983

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 1

1983

Majors

8.00

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 8

Total

0

0

0

7 / 12

9 / 14

3 / 11

6 / 8

5 / 10

6 / 12

4 / 10

40 / 77

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1983-11-01	Butch Smith has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1983-04-05	The Chicago Gym Sox have waived Butch Smith.
1983-04-01	The Chicago Filthy Sox have acquired Butch Smith from the waiver wire. The Chicago Filthy Sox have waived Mickey Sikorski.
1982-04-01	The Chicago Filthy Sox have waived Butch Smith.
1981-05-29	The Chicago Filthy Sox have acquired Butch Smith from the waiver wire. The Chicago Filthy Sox have waived Frank Dillon.