2B Art Smith #26
Grand Island Gulls WBL
Age: 27 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Great
08/11/1975
BNN Index | WBL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
2B ART SMITH #26 - AGE: 27 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
87 275 75 12 0 6 69 83 49 .273 .439 .382 1 1.5
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/10/1975 SFC Loss, 6-28 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
08/09/1975 CSM Loss, 2-9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/08/1975 CSM Win, 8-0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/07/1975 CSM Win, 7-6 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
08/06/1975 @ PUE Loss, 3-9 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
08/05/1975 @ PUE Loss, 9-16 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 0
08/04/1975 @ PUE Loss, 3-17 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0
08/03/1975 RPD Win, 8-2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/02/1975 RPD Win, 13-3 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 0
08/01/1975 RPD Win, 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:09/28/1947
Born in:New York, NY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:1 Year, 89 Days
Service This Yr:126 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 11th Pick in Round 19
WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 87 275 75 12 0 6 69 55 83 49 .273 .439 .382 .821 .411 .109 101
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 79 375 3 7 0 11 8 6 105 18 1 1 50.0 53.0 6.33 1.5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   76 22 2 0 1 20 17 28 17 2 3 2 .289 .481 .355 .837
Versus Right   199 53 10 0 5 49 38 55 32 4 5 1 .266 .421 .392 .813
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   24 6 0 0 0 4 3 3 7 0 3 0 .250 .333 .250 .583
April   24 6 2 0 1 7 5 11 3 1 0 1 .250 .486 .458 .945
May   55 15 4 0 1 16 15 20 8 2 2 1 .273 .462 .400 .862
June   71 18 3 0 0 18 12 21 13 2 2 0 .254 .415 .296 .711
July   91 27 3 0 4 21 18 25 16 1 1 1 .297 .449 .462 .911
August   34 9 0 0 0 7 5 6 9 0 3 0 .265 .375 .265 .640
Last Year   149 41 6 0 1 31 32 64 26 0 9 0 .275 .493 .336 .829
Career   424 116 18 0 7 100 87 147 75 6 17 3 .274 .459 .366 .824
Home   118 30 3 0 3 33 29 53 25 2 5 1 .254 .483 .356 .839
Road   157 45 9 0 3 36 26 30 24 4 3 2 .287 .399 .401 .800
Grass   275 75 12 0 6 69 55 83 49 6 8 3 .273 .439 .382 .821
Day   66 20 3 0 3 16 15 16 16 1 1 1 .303 .440 .485 .925
Night   209 55 9 0 3 53 40 67 33 5 7 2 .263 .438 .349 .787
As Starter   269 74 12 0 6 66 55 82 49 6 8 3 .275 .442 .387 .828
As Reliever / Substitution   6 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
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
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
1966 Rock Island - R 18 10 19 5 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 6 0 0 .263 .348 .263 .611 44 45 -0.2
1966 Fresno - A 18 31 85 21 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 20 0 0 .247 .244 .247 .491 38 25 -0.4
1967 Rock Island - R 19 24 72 15 4 0 0 10 7 9 0 0 19 0 0 .208 .296 .264 .560 52 48 -0.4
1967 Fresno - A 19 61 154 43 3 1 3 21 18 22 0 1 30 1 1 .279 .367 .370 .737 105 98 0.6
1967 Albany - A 19 4 12 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .417 .385 .667 1.051 219 193 0.3
1968 Fresno - A 20 65 192 49 6 0 3 22 23 26 4 3 47 1 2 .255 .351 .333 .684 91 89 1.0
1968 Albany - A 20 53 130 30 6 0 3 9 9 18 0 0 30 0 0 .231 .324 .346 .670 103 103 0.6
1969 Fresno - A 21 17 40 16 1 0 2 4 6 9 0 0 8 1 1 .400 .510 .575 1.085 182 188 0.7
1969 Albany - A 21 22 81 17 0 0 0 6 8 16 0 0 17 0 0 .210 .340 .210 .550 67 77 0.1
1969 Reading - AA 21 53 83 18 2 0 2 10 6 10 0 1 21 0 0 .217 .298 .313 .611 79 76 -0.3
1970 Fresno - A 22 6 22 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 4 0 0 .227 .320 .227 .547 49 54 -0.1
1970 Albany - A 22 61 105 31 2 0 3 16 18 15 1 2 20 0 0 .295 .382 .400 .782 131 119 0.6
1970 Reading - AA 22 34 70 14 0 0 2 10 5 10 1 0 9 0 1 .200 .309 .286 .594 53 55 -0.3
1971 Clinton - R 23 23 66 16 4 1 0 6 11 12 1 0 14 2 0 .242 .367 .333 .700 91 96 0.4
1971 Fresno - A 23 31 85 29 4 0 3 15 20 24 0 1 15 1 0 .341 .482 .494 .976 161 165 1.4
1971 Albany - A 23 18 20 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 49 42 -0.0
1971 Reading - AA 23 24 19 9 1 0 1 8 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 .474 .476 .684 1.160 203 202 0.3
1972 Fresno - A 24 19 32 10 0 0 2 4 6 5 0 0 7 1 0 .312 .405 .500 .905 144 143 0.3
1972 Albany - A 24 46 76 19 2 0 2 12 9 12 0 0 16 0 0 .250 .352 .355 .708 110 118 0.8
1972 Reading - AA 24 10 19 7 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 .368 .400 .421 .821 112 98 0.1
1974 Grand Island - A 26 59 149 41 6 0 1 31 32 64 0 0 26 0 1 .275 .493 .336 .829 106 108 1.0
1975 Grand Island - A 27 87 275 75 12 0 6 69 55 83 3 6 49 1 1 .273 .439 .382 .821 97 101 1.5
Total EA 121 191 48 4 0 5 28 17 22 1 2 36 0 2 .251 .329 .351 .679 85 82
Total MAL 204 424 107 10 0 9 46 46 61 1 3 91 0 0 .252 .346 .340 .685 105 105
Total COW 230 610 173 14 1 13 72 79 89 4 6 131 5 4 .284 .375 .374 .749 106 104
Total WBL 146 424 116 18 0 7 100 87 147 3 6 75 1 2 .274 .459 .366 .824 101 103
Total UMVA 57 157 36 8 1 0 18 19 24 1 1 39 2 0 .229 .333 .293 .626 68 68
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1966 Fresno - A 2B 20 20 45 32 4 80 3 .963 161.0 4.30 -0.6 .933
1966 Rock Island - R 2B 6 3 11 6 0 20 3 .850 32.0 4.78 -0.8 .685
1966 Fresno - A SS 3 3 12 5 0 17 0 1.000 19.0 8.05 +0.2 1.035
1966 Rock Island - R SS 4 2 4 5 0 11 2 .818 19.0 4.26 -1.1 .689
1967 Albany - A 2B 4 4 7 11 2 19 1 .947 33.0 4.91 +0.6 .968
1967 Fresno - A 2B 37 33 68 88 26 160 4 .975 290.0 4.84 +1.4 .990
1967 Rock Island - R 2B 9 8 16 18 4 35 1 .971 73.2 4.15 -0.3 1.014
1967 Fresno - A SS 13 8 7 16 3 26 3 .885 75.0 2.76 -2.2 .870
1967 Rock Island - R SS 12 10 17 28 6 49 4 .918 81.2 4.96 -2.3 .862
1968 Albany - A 1B 36 32 279 22 31 305 4 .987 275.2 9.83 +1.1 1.029
1968 Fresno - A 1B 18 17 125 9 14 135 1 .993 122.2 9.83 -0.3 .966
1968 Albany - A 2B 7 2 8 13 4 21 0 1.000 26.0 7.27 +1.9 1.249
1968 Fresno - A 2B 42 30 77 78 27 160 5 .969 275.0 5.07 +5.4 1.125
1968 Albany - A SS 2 2 3 5 2 8 0 1.000 17.0 4.24 -0.8 .768
1968 Fresno - A SS 8 6 12 21 6 33 0 1.000 45.0 6.60 +0.0 .902
1969 Reading - AA 1B 20 13 109 4 18 114 1 .991 117.1 8.67 +1.1 1.115
1969 Albany - A 1B 19 18 151 12 17 165 2 .988 160.0 9.17 +0.5 .995
1969 Fresno - A 1B 9 7 65 5 7 70 0 1.000 66.0 9.55 +0.3 1.053
1969 Reading - AA 2B 15 0 9 11 2 23 3 .870 32.0 5.62 -3.5 .607
1969 Albany - A 2B 4 0 6 7 1 13 0 1.000 18.0 6.50 +1.0 1.105
1969 Fresno - A 2B 4 0 2 6 0 8 0 1.000 16.1 4.41 +0.9 1.115
1969 Reading - AA SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Albany - A SS 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 -0.3 1.121
1969 Fresno - A SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Reading - AA 1B 20 10 130 10 16 142 2 .986 114.0 11.05 +0.8 1.056
1970 Albany - A 1B 32 15 160 13 17 177 4 .977 150.0 10.38 -0.4 1.026
1970 Fresno - A 1B 1 0 6 2 0 8 0 1.000 5.0 14.40 +0.2 1.042
1970 Reading - AA 2B 8 1 7 11 3 18 0 1.000 26.1 6.15 -0.0 1.035
1970 Albany - A 2B 17 6 15 24 6 41 2 .951 71.0 4.94 +0.6 1.014
1970 Fresno - A 2B 5 5 11 12 7 23 0 1.000 42.0 4.93 -0.4 1.075
1970 Reading - AA SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Reading - AA 1B 16 1 29 6 5 35 0 1.000 35.0 9.00 +0.7 1.047
1971 Albany - A 1B 9 2 31 3 3 34 0 1.000 26.2 11.47 +0.6 1.056
1971 Fresno - A 1B 5 2 28 2 2 31 1 .968 28.0 9.64 -0.6 .787
1971 Clinton - R 1B 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 1.000 2.0 13.50 +0.3 1.064
1971 Albany - A 2B 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.032
1971 Fresno - A 2B 22 18 48 51 15 104 5 .952 170.2 5.22 +2.3 1.087
1971 Clinton - R SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Fresno - A CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Clinton - R CF 16 16 31 0 0 32 1 .969 138.2 2.01 +0.9 1.023
1972 Reading - AA 1B 8 1 23 1 6 24 0 1.000 23.2 9.13 +0.1 1.057
1972 Albany - A 1B 19 2 62 2 5 64 0 1.000 52.0 11.08 +0.3 1.052
1972 Fresno - A 1B 8 1 11 1 1 12 0 1.000 20.2 5.23 +0.1 1.051
1972 Reading - AA 2B 3 3 4 9 3 13 0 1.000 24.0 4.88 +0.6 1.025
1972 Albany - A 2B 15 8 23 41 11 65 1 .985 86.0 6.70 +3.4 1.125
1972 Fresno - A 2B 6 6 17 8 4 25 0 1.000 51.0 4.41 -0.0 .954
1972 Albany - A SS 3 3 5 6 1 13 2 .846 27.0 3.67 -0.8 .850
1972 Albany - A CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Fresno - A CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.0 1.50 -0.0 1.036
1974 Grand Island - A 1B 12 0 12 1 1 13 0 1.000 14.1 8.16 -0.0 1.068
1974 Grand Island - A 2B 46 42 112 125 45 240 3 .988 375.0 5.69 +2.4 1.051
1974 Grand Island - A SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Grand Island - A CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Grand Island - A 2B 87 79 216 218 76 441 7 .984 690.1 5.66 +7.9 1.084
TOTAL 1B 234 121 1223 94 144 1332 15 .989 1213.0 9.77 +4.9 1.028
TOTAL 2B 358 268 702 770 241 1510 38 .975 2495.1 5.31 +22.7 1.039
TOTAL SS 48 35 61 87 18 159 11 .931 295.2 4.51 -7.2 .863
TOTAL CF 22 16 32 0 0 33 1 .970 147.2 1.95 +0.9 1.023
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft out of high school (Germantown; Philadelphia, PA) by the New York Gothams. (Round 19, Pick 11, 371st overall pick).
05/12/1968 Injured (thumb contusion),day-to-day for one week.
06/09/1968 Injured (elbow contusion),day-to-day for one week.
08/25/1969 Injured (stomach virus),day-to-day for 3 days.
09/27/1970 Wins the 1970 Middle Atlantic League MAL Championship Series with the Albany Knickerbockers!
09/23/1972 Wins the 1972 C-O-W League COW Championship Series with the Fresno Falcons!
04/25/1973 Released by the New York organization.
09/23/1973 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Grand Island Gulls organization.
07/03/1974 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for 1 day.
03/31/1975 Outstandingly completed training to improve his infield defense at the Grand Island Gulls development complex.
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