Charley Smith
1960–1969 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
771G
.239AVG
.279OBP
.370SLG
More career statistics
594H
69HR
281RBI
7SB
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.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Doubles | 83 | 82 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,686 | 2,685 |
| Batting · Walks | 130 | 129 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 771 | 2,686 | 2,484 | 228 | 594 | 83 | 18 | 69 | 281 | 130 | 565 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 920 | .239 | .279 | .370 | .649 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1965-08-20 to 1965-09-03
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1967-06-14 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1961-08-27 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1967-07-31 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 382 | 1313 | 273 | 34 | 123 | 79 | 269 | .229 | .268 | .367 |
| Away | 389 | 1372 | 321 | 35 | 158 | 50 | 296 | .248 | .270 | .373 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 72 | 256 | 53 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 57 | .226 | .262 | .336 |
| May | 138 | 467 | 114 | 13 | 54 | 30 | 98 | .269 | .308 | .406 |
| June | 150 | 514 | 121 | 11 | 52 | 17 | 110 | .249 | .268 | .377 |
| July | 125 | 418 | 92 | 14 | 54 | 22 | 83 | .241 | .273 | .393 |
| August | 142 | 532 | 125 | 19 | 67 | 29 | 99 | .256 | .289 | .421 |
| September | 138 | 465 | 83 | 6 | 35 | 16 | 112 | .190 | .213 | .268 |
| October | 6 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .188 | .212 | .375 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 65 | 245 | 53 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 54 | .239 | .282 | .333 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 62 | 232 | 57 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 42 | .256 | .267 | .386 |
| san-francisco-giants | 62 | 238 | 59 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 58 | .261 | .273 | .336 |
| chicago-cubs | 61 | 239 | 58 | 9 | 38 | 12 | 38 | .271 | .293 | .458 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 57 | 207 | 46 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 51 | .231 | .242 | .392 |
| milwaukee-braves | 52 | 201 | 43 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 37 | .242 | .294 | .376 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 51 | 199 | 39 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 35 | .211 | .231 | .400 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 41 | 154 | 36 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 34 | .247 | .260 | .418 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 18 | 60 | 10 | – | 5 | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1961 | Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies | 121 | 435 | 108 | 11 | 50 | 3 | .248 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Chicago White Sox | 65 | 145 | 30 | 2 | 17 | – | .207 | – | – |
| 1963 | Chicago White Sox | 4 | 7 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1964 | Chicago White Sox, New York Mets | 129 | 450 | 107 | 20 | 58 | 2 | .238 | – | – |
| 1965 |  New York Mets | 135 | 499 | 122 | 16 | 62 | 2 | .244 | – | – |
| 1966 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 116 | 391 | 104 | 10 | 43 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1967 |  New York Yankees | 135 | 425 | 95 | 9 | 38 | – | .224 | – | – |
| 1968 | New York Yankees | 46 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 7 | – | .229 | – | – |
| 1969 |  Chicago Cubs | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |