Roy Smalley
1948–1958 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies
872G
.227AVG
.300OBP
.360SLG
More career statistics
601H
61HR
305RBI
4SB
1Rare feat
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 · At bats | 2,644 | 2,643 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 7 |
| Batting · Doubles | 103 | 102 |
| Batting · Runs | 277 | 276 |
| Batting · RBI | 305 | 306 |
| Batting · Walks | 257 | 258 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 872 | 2,948 | 2,644 | 277 | 601 | 103 | 33 | 61 | 305 | 257 | 541 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 953 | .227 | .300 | .360 | .660 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1955-07-15 to 1955-07-21
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1950-06-28 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1949-04-27 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1950-07-01 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 440 | 1491 | 296 | 28 | 174 | 142 | 262 | .224 | .294 | .372 |
| Away | 432 | 1457 | 305 | 33 | 132 | 116 | 279 | .231 | .289 | .349 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 44 | 157 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 28 | .183 | .255 | .310 |
| May | 136 | 453 | 102 | 14 | 50 | 40 | 75 | .254 | .313 | .420 |
| June | 164 | 529 | 97 | 14 | 67 | 49 | 93 | .205 | .276 | .355 |
| July | 182 | 609 | 119 | 11 | 61 | 59 | 120 | .221 | .292 | .348 |
| August | 177 | 594 | 121 | 7 | 58 | 51 | 119 | .226 | .290 | .323 |
| September | 163 | 582 | 130 | 13 | 64 | 45 | 99 | .245 | .301 | .383 |
| October | 6 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .261 | .250 | .348 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 138 | 485 | 102 | 11 | 47 | 40 | 82 | .236 | .293 | .375 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 124 | 418 | 84 | 6 | 33 | 38 | 87 | .226 | .292 | .350 |
| new-york-giants | 123 | 418 | 82 | 9 | 44 | 37 | 80 | .219 | .285 | .345 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 119 | 420 | 97 | 10 | 52 | 38 | 63 | .259 | .321 | .413 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 118 | 376 | 78 | 5 | 39 | 36 | 75 | .231 | .303 | .329 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 95 | 318 | 62 | 9 | 36 | 21 | 55 | .210 | .261 | .366 |
| boston-braves | 74 | 269 | 56 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 53 | .225 | .275 | .378 |
| milwaukee-braves | 47 | 149 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 29 | .203 | .275 | .308 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Chicago Cubs | 124 | 361 | 79 | 4 | 38 | – | .219 | – | – |
| 1949 | Chicago Cubs | 135 | 476 | 116 | 8 | 35 | 2 | .244 | – | – |
| 1950 | Chicago Cubs | 154 | 557 | 128 | 21 | 83 | 2 | .230 | – | – |
| 1951 | Chicago Cubs | 79 | 238 | 55 | 8 | 32 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1952 | Chicago Cubs | 87 | 261 | 58 | 5 | 30 | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1953 | Chicago Cubs | 82 | 253 | 63 | 6 | 25 | – | .249 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Milwaukee Braves | 25 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 7 | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 92 | 260 | 51 | 7 | 39 | – | .196 | – | – |
| 1956 | Philadelphia Phillies | 65 | 168 | 38 | – | 16 | – | .226 | – | – |
| 1957 | Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | .161 | – | – |
| 1958 | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |