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Name	Team	Age
Rivington Smith	Retired (1958, Age 34)	Died (1996, Age 72)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 20 (1950)	RF	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League	0	4 years (21 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	C-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B-	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A-	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C-	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	A-	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	4/18/1924
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	1
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.0 %)	A+ (93.8 %)	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

1950

Minors

65.00

0 / 6

2 / 13

2 / 9

2 / 7

0 / 7

4 / 11

6 / 12

16 / 65

1950

Majors

7.37

20

16

0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 7

1951

Majors

36.12

162

39

0

0 / 5

2 / 7

0 / 4

2 / 6

1 / 2

2 / 6

2 / 6

9 / 36

1952

Majors

45.43

162

69

0

0 / 11

0 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 5

2 / 9

3 / 45

1953

Majors

22.60

162

0

0

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 22

1954

Majors

27.83

162

2

0

1 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 1

1 / 27

1955

Minors

13.00

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 13

1955

Majors

0.20

1

0

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1956

Minors

18.00

1 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 3

2 / 18

1957

Minors

19.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 3

1 / 3

1 / 19

1957

Majors

20.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 20

1958

Majors

19.00

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 0

0 / 19

Total

669

126

0

2 / 44

4 / 44

3 / 40

5 / 42

1 / 36

7 / 42

11 / 43

33 / 291

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1958-11-01	Rivington Smith has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1957-06-09	The St. Louis Cards have waived Rivington Smith.
1956-07-05	The St. Louis Cards have acquired Rivington Smith from the waiver wire.
1955-08-10	The New York Highlanders have waived Rivington Smith.
1955-07-23	The New York Highlanders have promoted Denny Schultz to the major league team. The New York Highlanders have designated Rivington Smith for assignment.
1955-07-22	The New York Highlanders have promoted Rivington Smith to the major league team.
1955-07-22	The New York Highlanders have acquired Rivington Smith from the waiver wire.
1955-05-20	The Texas Tornados have waived Rivington Smith. The Texas Tornados have waived Alex Alvarez. The Texas Tornados have waived Jim Clarke. The Texas Tornados have waived Kelvin Cozart.
1955-04-01	The Texas Tornados have promoted Keith Werts to the major league team. The Texas Tornados have designated Rivington Smith for assignment.
1951-04-01	The Texas Tornados have promoted Rivington Smith to the major league team.
1950-08-22	A trade has been completed between the Seattle Sharks and the Texas Tornados. The Texas Tornados receive Rivington Smith from the Seattle Sharks in exchange for Bill Young.
1950-08-01	The Seattle Sharks have promoted Rivington Smith to the major league team. The Seattle Sharks have designated Babe Cruz for assignment.
1950-07-20	The Seattle Sharks have promoted Cookie Dough to the major league team. The Seattle Sharks have sent Rivington Smith to the minors.
1950-07-18	The Seattle Sharks have promoted Rivington Smith to the major league team. The Seattle Sharks have designated Walt Williams for assignment.
1950-04-01	The Seattle Sharks have promoted Denis McCatty to the major league team. The Seattle Sharks have sent Rivington Smith to the minors.