Al Smith (outfielder)
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Born: February 7, 1928 Kirkwood, Missouri |
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Died: January 7, 2002 (aged 73) Hammond, Indiana |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 10, 1953, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
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| October 4, 1964, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .272 | ||
| Home runs | 164 | ||
| Runs batted in | 676 | ||
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Alphonse Eugene Smith (February 7, 1928 – January 3, 2002) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and third baseman. He played for twelve seasons on the Cleveland Indians (1953–57, 1964), Chicago White Sox (1958–62), Baltimore Orioles (1963) and Boston Red Sox (1964). In 2003, he was selected as one of the "100 Greatest Indians".
Smith was an All-Star for two seasons. In 1955, he batted .306 and led the American League (AL) in four categories: 154 games played, 725 plate appearances, 294 times on base, and 123 runs scored. In 1993, Smith was enshrined in the Greater Akron Baseball Hall of Fame of Ohio.
Smith, nicknamed "Fuzzy", was born in Kirkwood, Missouri, and attended Douglass High School in Webster Groves. As a high school star in St. Louis, Smith scored ten touchdowns in a school football game and was a Golden Gloves boxing champion.
Smith posted a lifetime .272 batting average with 1,458 hits, 167 home runs, 676 RBIs, and also had a .959 fielding average. A good, selective hitter, he compiled a .407 on-base percentage in 1955, his best season. He played six different positions during his 12-year career.
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