C Howard Smith #20
Atlanta Copperheads FABL
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
08/11/1975
BNN Index | FABL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C HOWARD SMITH #20 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
95 347 91 11 2 8 46 36 46 .262 .328 .375 0 1.7
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/09/1975 @ DET Win, 4-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/08/1975 @ DET Win, 1-0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/07/1975 @ NYG Loss, 5-6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/06/1975 @ NYG Win, 10-6 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 0
08/04/1975 @ BAL Win, 8-7 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 0
08/03/1975 PHI Win, 10-9 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
08/02/1975 PHI Win, 3-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
08/01/1975 PHI Loss, 3-7 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
07/30/1975 BOS Win, 9-5 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
07/29/1975 BOS Win, 2-0 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:05/31/1948
Born in:Rock Island, IL
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Extremely Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$82,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:3 Years, 159 Days
Service This Yr:126 Days
40-Man Service:3 Years, 159 Days
Pro Service:5 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension:$82,000 total for 1 year
Drafted:1970, 21st Pick in Round 2
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 95 347 91 11 2 8 46 46 36 46 .262 .328 .375 .703 .308 .112 94
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 90 392 1 9 0 12 2 6 130 21 0 0 0.0 41.9 4.09 1.7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   119 26 5 1 1 11 10 11 10 1 0 0 .218 .282 .303 .585
Versus Right   228 65 6 1 7 35 36 25 36 5 2 1 .285 .351 .412 .764
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   22 5 0 0 0 2 4 2 3 0 0 0 .227 .292 .227 .519
April   63 14 1 0 1 7 5 6 9 1 0 0 .222 .286 .286 .571
May   86 20 5 1 2 8 10 7 12 1 0 0 .233 .287 .384 .671
June   83 21 1 0 4 11 16 9 8 0 2 1 .253 .333 .410 .743
July   85 28 4 1 1 16 10 9 13 3 0 0 .329 .381 .435 .817
August   30 8 0 0 0 4 5 5 4 1 0 0 .267 .361 .267 .628
Spring Training   46 12 1 0 0 5 3 4 7 1 1 1 .261 .327 .283 .610
Last Year   506 158 25 2 20 106 76 71 64 8 3 4 .312 .396 .488 .884
2 Years Ago   492 138 17 2 15 84 66 36 83 4 1 9 .280 .338 .415 .753
Career   2095 574 83 6 55 338 274 250 303 25 10 20 .274 .353 .398 .751
Home   167 45 7 0 4 22 21 20 18 2 2 0 .269 .344 .383 .727
Road   180 46 4 2 4 24 25 16 28 4 0 1 .256 .313 .367 .680
Grass   330 86 11 1 7 40 43 34 43 4 2 1 .261 .328 .364 .692
Turf   17 5 0 1 1 6 3 2 3 2 0 0 .294 .333 .588 .922
Day   97 31 5 0 2 13 17 12 11 3 0 0 .320 .384 .433 .817
Night   250 60 6 2 6 33 29 24 35 3 2 1 .240 .306 .352 .658
As Starter   341 89 11 2 8 46 45 36 45 6 2 1 .261 .328 .375 .703
As Reliever / Substitution   6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Pinch Hitting   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Close/Late   62 17 2 1 2 13 11 14 10 3 0 0 .274 .392 .435 .828
Inning 1-3   111 27 2 0 3 20 14 6 16 1 1 0 .243 .280 .342 .622
Inning 4-6   134 36 4 1 2 11 16 14 14 2 1 0 .269 .333 .358 .692
Inning 7-9   97 26 5 1 2 11 15 16 16 1 0 1 .268 .374 .402 .776
Extra Innings   5 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 .400 .286 1.000 1.286
0 Outs   105 27 4 1 2 7 18 15 13 3 2 1 .257 .347 .371 .718
1 Outs   129 39 7 1 3 21 20 14 16 3 0 0 .302 .363 .442 .805
2 Outs   113 25 0 0 3 18 8 7 17 0 0 0 .221 .267 .301 .568
Scoring Position   111 28 0 1 3 40 14 18 21 6 2 0 .252 .341 .351 .692
Bases Empty   174 50 10 1 5 5 26 13 14 0 0 0 .287 .337 .443 .779
Runner on 1st   62 13 1 0 0 1 6 5 11 0 0 1 .210 .279 .226 .505
Runner on 2nd   32 9 0 1 1 7 5 8 4 0 2 0 .281 .425 .438 .863
Runner on 3rd   9 1 0 0 1 6 1 1 1 2 0 0 .111 .167 .444 .611
Runner on 1st & 2nd   32 9 0 0 1 10 5 4 8 0 0 0 .281 .361 .375 .736
Runner on 1st & 3rd   18 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   11 3 0 0 0 7 0 5 3 1 0 0 .273 .471 .273 .743
Bases Loaded   9 2 0 0 0 6 3 0 3 3 0 0 .222 .167 .222 .389
Two Strikes   155 36 6 1 4 20 16 12 46 3 0 0 .232 .282 .361 .644
First Pitch   52 15 2 0 0 8 7 7 0 1 1 0 .288 .367 .327 .694
Count 0-1   34 9 1 0 0 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 .265 .257 .294 .551
Count 0-2   22 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 .091 .091 .136 .227
Count 1-0   35 8 0 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 .229 .250 .400 .650
Count 1-1   31 14 2 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 .452 .469 .677 1.146
Count 1-2   56 12 1 0 2 9 5 0 18 3 0 0 .214 .203 .339 .543
Count 2-0   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Count 2-1   20 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .238 .200 .438
Count 2-2   42 13 1 1 1 5 6 0 12 0 0 0 .310 .310 .452 .762
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 4 0 0 1 6 7 8 0 1 0 0 .400 .632 .700 1.332
Full Count   35 9 3 0 1 6 4 12 6 0 0 0 .257 .447 .429 .875
Behind in Count   112 23 3 0 2 14 10 0 28 4 0 0 .205 .198 .286 .484
Ahead in Count   75 17 0 0 3 9 14 17 0 1 0 0 .227 .366 .347 .712
Batting 3rd   8 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .750 1.125
Batting 4th   40 12 3 1 1 5 8 1 7 2 0 0 .300 .302 .500 .802
Batting 5th   196 52 7 1 3 32 24 24 26 4 2 1 .265 .342 .357 .699
Batting 6th   51 11 1 0 0 3 4 7 5 0 0 0 .216 .310 .235 .546
Batting 7th   48 12 0 0 3 4 9 4 7 0 0 0 .250 .308 .438 .745
Batting 9th   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Low Leverage   139 33 5 0 1 7 14 15 16 1 0 1 .237 .314 .295 .609
Medium Leverage   138 38 5 2 4 19 17 9 22 0 2 0 .275 .320 .428 .747
High Leverage   66 19 1 0 2 19 14 12 8 5 0 0 .288 .373 .394 .767
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1971 Pittsburgh - FABL 23 79 258 67 12 0 3 26 26 36 2 3 29 0 0 .260 .351 .341 .692 101 105 1.9
1972 Pittsburgh - FABL 24 133 492 120 18 0 9 76 60 71 4 4 81 0 0 .244 .342 .335 .677 102 111 4.7
1973 Pittsburgh - FABL 25 137 492 138 17 2 15 84 66 36 9 4 83 0 0 .280 .338 .415 .753 110 114 4.2
1974 Atlanta - FABL 26 139 506 158 25 2 20 106 76 71 4 8 64 0 1 .312 .396 .488 .884 157 154 6.5
1975 Atlanta - FABL 27 95 347 91 11 2 8 46 46 36 1 6 46 0 0 .262 .328 .375 .703 95 94 1.7
Total FABL 583 2095 574 83 6 55 338 274 250 20 25 303 0 1 .274 .353 .398 .751 116 119 18.9
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Tucson - AAA 22 75 234 69 14 1 5 35 33 37 12 2 41 0 0 .295 .414 .427 .841 133 140 2.8
1971 Tucson - AAA 23 57 212 63 8 2 5 25 36 36 6 2 29 0 0 .297 .410 .425 .835 130 134 2.5
Total GWL 132 446 132 22 3 10 60 69 73 18 4 70 0 0 .296 .412 .426 .838 131 137
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1972 Pittsburgh - FABL 24 7 24 9 2 0 1 6 2 3 0 1 4 0 0 .375 .429 .583 1.012 200 203 2.2
1973 Pittsburgh - FABL 25 3 12 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .250 .417 15 17 1.3
1974 Atlanta - FABL 26 11 43 9 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 9 0 0 .209 .277 .326 .602 75 71 1.4
Total FABL 21 79 20 5 0 2 8 5 7 0 1 14 0 0 .253 .310 .392 .703 107 106
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 Tucson - AAA C 65 63 408 36 3 445 1 .998 565.1 7.07 +1.5 .859 2 26 14 53.8
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB C 76 76 465 36 3 505 4 .992 666.2 6.76 +0.8 .978 3 39 13 33.3
1971 Tucson - AAA C 54 52 330 36 2 369 3 .992 473.0 6.96 +2.5 1.233 2 21 11 52.4
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB C 133 133 863 96 8 961 2 .998 1180.0 7.31 +7.4 1.158 6 75 40 53.3
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB C 133 131 757 94 8 854 3 .996 1162.2 6.59 +5.7 1.164 6 84 39 46.4
1974 Atlanta - MLB C 133 133 774 88 4 870 8 .991 1192.2 6.50 +3.6 1.099 10 90 35 38.9
1975 Atlanta - MLB C 90 89 510 63 1 576 3 .995 796.0 6.48 +4.9 1.136 1 60 24 40.0
1975 Atlanta - MLB 1B 1 1 7 1 2 8 0 1.000 9.0 8.00 -0.5 .527
TOTAL C 684 677 4107 449 29 4580 24 .995 6036.1 6.79 +26.4 1.117 30 395 176 44.6
TOTAL 1B 1 1 7 1 2 8 0 1.000 9.0 8.00 -0.5 .527
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1970 Drafted in the 1970 first-year player draft out of college (Mississippi A&M; Jackson, MS) by the Pittsburgh Miners. (Round 2, Pick 21, 45th overall pick).
09/21/1970 Wins the 1970 Championship with the Tucson Bulls!
04/05/1971 Named the #26 prospect in the FABL
07/03/1971 Named the #46 prospect in the FABL
04/10/1972 Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award.
08/16/1972 Injured (thumb contusion),day-to-day for one week.
08/22/1972 Injured (bruised shin),day-to-day for 5 days.
10/20/1972 Wins the 1972 World Championship Series with the Pittsburgh Miners.
10/29/1972 Wins the 1972 FABL FA Diamond Defense Award at C.
04/01/1973 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 4 days.
09/08/1973 Injured (sore groin),day-to-day for 5 days.
10/22/1973 Wins the 1973 FABL FA Diamond Defense Award at C.
03/22/1974 Outstandingly completed training to improve his strength and conditioning at the Atlanta Copperheads development complex.
07/21/1974 Was selected to the 1974 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game.
08/19/1974 Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award.
10/28/1974 Wins the 1974 FABL FA Diamond Defense Award at C.
11/01/1974 Finished 3rd in 1974 FABL FA Whitney Award voting.
01/28/1975 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $82,000 with the Atlanta Copperheads organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HR Rank
1974 20 8
Year RBI Rank
1974 106 2
Year HP Rank
1973 9 1
Year SF Rank
1974 8 4
Year AVG Rank
1974 .312 8
Year OBP Rank
1974 .396 5
Year SLG Rank
1974 .488 4
Year RC/27 Rank
1974 6.89 3
Year ISO Rank
1974 .176 5
Year wOBA Rank
1974 .395 3
Year OPS Rank
1974 .884 3
Year WAR Rank
1974 6.6 6
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