Billy Smith
1975–1981 · bats B / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, San Francisco Giants
370G
.230AVG
.297OBP
.335SLG
More career statistics
234H
17HR
111RBI
8SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 370 | 1,147 | 1,018 | 107 | 234 | 38 | 9 | 17 | 111 | 96 | 189 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 341 | .230 | .297 | .335 | .632 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1978-05-24 to 1978-05-31
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1979-09-28 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1978-05-26 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1977-04-19 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 172 | 524 | 104 | 4 | 39 | 49 | 85 | .227 | .292 | .312 |
| Away | 198 | 623 | 130 | 13 | 72 | 47 | 104 | .233 | .284 | .354 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 60 | 158 | 40 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 18 | .290 | .329 | .370 |
| May | 105 | 355 | 74 | 3 | 37 | 28 | 51 | .233 | .287 | .321 |
| June | 87 | 308 | 55 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 60 | .201 | .269 | .318 |
| July | 34 | 118 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 24 | .213 | .237 | .361 |
| August | 39 | 105 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 19 | .165 | .238 | .198 |
| September | 44 | 98 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 16 | .321 | .408 | .524 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 34 | 110 | 31 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 17 | .307 | .336 | .554 |
| athletics | 33 | 104 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | .167 | .260 | .190 |
| boston-red-sox | 31 | 105 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 15 | .213 | .267 | .298 |
| detroit-tigers | 30 | 96 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | .235 | .302 | .318 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 29 | 88 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 13 | .181 | .205 | .241 |
| new-york-yankees | 26 | 94 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 15 | .337 | .383 | .494 |
| kansas-city-royals | 23 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | .231 | .282 | .323 |
| seattle-mariners | 23 | 84 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | .213 | .262 | .320 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 |  California Angels | 59 | 143 | 29 | – | 14 | 1 | .203 | – | – |
| 1976 | California Angels | 13 | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | .375 | – | – |
| 1977 |  Baltimore Orioles | 109 | 367 | 79 | 5 | 29 | 3 | .215 | – | – |
| 1978 | Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 250 | 65 | 5 | 30 | 3 | .260 | – | – |
| 1979 | Baltimore Orioles | 68 | 189 | 47 | 6 | 33 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 1981 |  San Francisco Giants | 36 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 5 | – | .180 | – | – |