Hal Smith
1956–1965 · bats R / throws R · NLS, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
570G
.258AVG
.300OBP
.345SLG
More career statistics
437H
23HR
172RBI
6SB
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 · Caught stealing | 8 | 9 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 128 | 129 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,822 | 1,824 |
| Batting · Walks | 102 | 104 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 570 | 1,822 | 1,697 | 126 | 437 | 63 | 8 | 23 | 172 | 102 | 128 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 585 | .258 | .300 | .345 | .645 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1959-05-03 to 1959-05-19
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1957-05-08 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1956-05-13 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1956-05-12 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 280 | 867 | 199 | 10 | 88 | 50 | 65 | .249 | .287 | .331 |
| Away | 290 | 957 | 238 | 13 | 84 | 54 | 64 | .265 | .305 | .357 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 54 | 160 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | .186 | .231 | .262 |
| May | 130 | 433 | 116 | 8 | 65 | 29 | 29 | .291 | .335 | .414 |
| June | 116 | 417 | 114 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 30 | .288 | .321 | .384 |
| July | 111 | 362 | 80 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 23 | .240 | .273 | .311 |
| August | 87 | 240 | 49 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 17 | .222 | .271 | .253 |
| September | 71 | 211 | 51 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 21 | .254 | .289 | .348 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 88 | 292 | 75 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 20 | .269 | .284 | .326 |
| milwaukee-braves | 81 | 258 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 17 | .248 | .287 | .289 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 80 | 257 | 68 | 7 | 39 | 14 | 15 | .282 | .319 | .440 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 76 | 251 | 52 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 14 | .226 | .275 | .287 |
| chicago-cubs | 73 | 234 | 63 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 16 | .301 | .363 | .431 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 62 | 188 | 39 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 22 | .227 | .271 | .302 |
| san-francisco-giants | 55 | 169 | 32 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 11 | .201 | .243 | .296 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 29 | 88 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .301 | .330 | .373 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 227 | 64 | 5 | 23 | 1 | .282 | – | – |
| 1957 | St. Louis Cardinals | 100 | 333 | 93 | 2 | 37 | 2 | .279 | – | – |
| 1958 | St. Louis Cardinals | 77 | 220 | 50 | 1 | 24 | – | .227 | – | – |
| 1959 | St. Louis Cardinals | 142 | 452 | 122 | 13 | 50 | 2 | .270 | – | – |
| 1960 | St. Louis Cardinals | 127 | 337 | 77 | 2 | 28 | 1 | .228 | – | – |
| 1961 | St. Louis Cardinals | 45 | 125 | 31 | – | 10 | – | .248 | – | – |
| 1965 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |