Roy Smalley
Texas Rangers 1975; Minnesota Twins 1976; Texas Rangers 1976; Minnesota Twins 1977–1982; New York Yankees 1982–1983; Chicago White Sox 1984; New York Yankees 1984; Minnesota Twins 1985–1987
Percentile snapshot
1986 season — qualified batters
of 127 qualified 1986 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 78 | 286 | 250 | 22 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 30 | 42 | 4 | 0 | .228 | .309 | .296 | .605 | 75.0 | 72.7 | .291 | 0.5 |
| 1976 | 144 | 618 | 513 | 61 | 133 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 76 | 106 | 2 | 4 | .259 | .356 | .324 | .679 | 105.0 | 98.5 | .330 | 3.1 |
| 1977 | 150 | 680 | 584 | 93 | 135 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 74 | 89 | 5 | 5 | .231 | .316 | .315 | .631 | 77.3 | 74.1 | .296 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 158 | 702 | 586 | 80 | 160 | 31 | 3 | 19 | 77 | 85 | 70 | 2 | 8 | .273 | .362 | .433 | .796 | 125.4 | 122.0 | .365 | 5.3 |
| 1979 | 162 | 729 | 621 | 94 | 168 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 95 | 80 | 80 | 2 | 3 | .271 | .353 | .441 | .794 | 110.2 | 110.6 | .354 | 4.2 |
| 1980 | 133 | 564 | 486 | 64 | 135 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 63 | 65 | 63 | 3 | 3 | .278 | .359 | .405 | .765 | 106.1 | 104.1 | .349 | 2.9 |
| 1981 | 56 | 200 | 167 | 24 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .375 | .443 | .818 | 131.8 | 131.5 | .371 | 1.4 |
| 1982 | 146 | 581 | 499 | 57 | 127 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 67 | 71 | 104 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .345 | .413 | .758 | 109.7 | 109.8 | .339 | 3.2 |
| 1983 | 130 | 520 | 451 | 70 | 124 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 62 | 58 | 68 | 3 | 3 | .275 | .357 | .452 | .810 | 127.9 | 125.9 | .364 | 3.9 |
| 1984 | 114 | 385 | 344 | 32 | 73 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 37 | 65 | 3 | 2 | .212 | .286 | .349 | .635 | 74.3 | 76.0 | .287 | 0.2 |
| 1985 | 129 | 452 | 388 | 57 | 100 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 45 | 60 | 65 | 0 | 2 | .258 | .357 | .402 | .759 | 106.8 | 103.3 | .345 | 1.5 |
| 1986 | 143 | 530 | 459 | 59 | 113 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 57 | 68 | 80 | 1 | 3 | .246 | .342 | .438 | .780 | 110.2 | 109.0 | .348 | 1.2 |
| 1987 | 110 | 347 | 309 | 32 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 52 | 2 | 0 | .275 | .352 | .411 | .763 | 102.1 | 99.5 | .341 | 0.5 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-08-01 | MIN @ SEA Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 1979-05-08 | TOR @ MIN Gameday | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 1979-04-29 | MIN @ DET Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1986-06-29 | KC @ MIN Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1978-06-25 | MIN @ CWS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.