Roy Smalley

Shortstop

1975—1987

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
#81

Player Detail

Roy Frederick
GIVEN NAME
Smalley
SURNAME
October 25, 1952, in Los Angeles, CA
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1975—1987
Playing Career
Played from 22-34
PLAYING AGE
Texas Rangers
Minnesota Twins
New York Yankees
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
Minnesota Twins
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
5
UNIFORM NUMBER
#2 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-1 / 185
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Both / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 30, 1975
Major League Debut
October 4, 1987
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Roy Smalley?

Star at USC, had several fine seasons for Twins where he played under his uncle, Gene Mauch.

60

HITTING

50

POWER

50

RUNNING

30

FIELDING

30

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1653
1454
163
694
.257
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
25.8
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.740
.653
113.8

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.257
.345
.395

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.272
.362
.415

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:

Roy Smalley Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Smalley
515
132
68
22
2
15
63
70
83
2
204
204
.257
.345
.395
740
AVG SS
540
137
65
21
4
7
42
68
12
187
181
.253
.307
.346
.653

Roy Smalley Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
81
84
66
76
67
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
76
83
74
83
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Roy Smalley PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
27.9
23.8
18.4
13.6
2.73
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Roy Smalley
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
179.0
132.6
UNK
64.6
17.5
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Roy Smalley
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS