Al Smith
1946–1964 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Cleveland Buckeyes
1,557G
.273AVG
.358OBP
.431SLG
More career statistics
1,500H
168HR
701RBI
70SB
5Rare feats
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 · Games | 1,557 | 1,570 |
| Batting · At bats | 5,499 | 5,471 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 43 | 47 |
| Batting · Doubles | 263 | 271 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,500 | 1,509 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 65 | 66 |
| Batting · Home runs | 168 | 171 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 768 | 770 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,330 | 6,301 |
| Batting · Runs | 866 | 869 |
| Batting · RBI | 701 | 718 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 70 | 71 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 43 | 44 |
| Batting · Triples | 51 | 53 |
| Batting · Walks | 687 | 685 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,557 | 6,330 | 5,499 | 866 | 1,500 | 263 | 51 | 168 | 701 | 687 | 768 | 70 | 43 | 65 | 43 | 2,369 | .273 | .358 | .431 | .789 |
Streaks
22longest hitting streak · 1956-06-17 to 1956-07-12
36longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1959-06-04 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1955-09-10 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1955-05-08 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 755 | 2932 | 708 | 85 | 355 | 342 | 320 | .281 | .358 | .450 |
| Away | 815 | 3369 | 801 | 86 | 363 | 343 | 450 | .271 | .340 | .429 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 127 | 537 | 118 | 17 | 55 | 57 | 81 | .255 | .326 | .400 |
| May | 297 | 1196 | 290 | 34 | 142 | 142 | 146 | .280 | .361 | .453 |
| June | 298 | 1217 | 315 | 42 | 162 | 135 | 139 | .299 | .370 | .506 |
| July | 316 | 1260 | 292 | 31 | 143 | 136 | 157 | .267 | .340 | .420 |
| August | 303 | 1194 | 268 | 26 | 121 | 117 | 146 | .257 | .322 | .398 |
| September | 227 | 891 | 226 | 21 | 95 | 95 | 100 | .290 | .360 | .433 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 211 | 856 | 193 | 16 | 70 | 104 | 96 | .260 | .347 | .384 |
| boston-red-sox | 210 | 895 | 233 | 20 | 97 | 100 | 106 | .299 | .372 | .450 |
| detroit-tigers | 188 | 730 | 170 | 21 | 80 | 81 | 101 | .267 | .344 | .420 |
| baltimore-orioles | 180 | 775 | 165 | 16 | 58 | 101 | 99 | .251 | .343 | .381 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 171 | 681 | 170 | 21 | 86 | 69 | 75 | .289 | .351 | .478 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 144 | 625 | 148 | 18 | 81 | 63 | 83 | .272 | .338 | .436 |
| chicago-white-sox | 112 | 443 | 88 | 6 | 32 | 50 | 56 | .230 | .312 | .329 |
| cleveland-guardians | 106 | 423 | 111 | 18 | 73 | 40 | 53 | .303 | .357 | .511 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 5 | 4 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1.250 | – | – |
| 1947 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 25 | 54 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 1 | .500 | – | – |
| 1948 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 22 | 56 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 3 | .339 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Cleveland Guardians | 47 | 150 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 2 | .240 | – | – |
| 1954 | Cleveland Guardians | 131 | 481 | 135 | 11 | 50 | 2 | .281 | – | – |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians | 154 | 607 | 186 | 22 | 77 | 11 | .306 | – | – |
| 1956 | Cleveland Guardians | 141 | 526 | 144 | 16 | 71 | 6 | .274 | – | – |
| 1957 | Cleveland Guardians | 135 | 507 | 125 | 11 | 49 | 12 | .247 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Chicago White Sox | 139 | 480 | 121 | 12 | 58 | 3 | .252 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 130 | 472 | 112 | 17 | 55 | 7 | .237 | – | – |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox | 142 | 536 | 169 | 12 | 72 | 8 | .315 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox | 147 | 532 | 148 | 28 | 93 | 4 | .278 | – | – |
| 1962 | Chicago White Sox | 142 | 511 | 149 | 16 | 82 | 3 | .292 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Baltimore Orioles | 120 | 368 | 100 | 10 | 39 | 9 | .272 | – | – |
| 1964 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 90 | 187 | 33 | 6 | 16 | – | .176 | – | – |