Ultimate Mets Database - Charley Smith

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Charley Smith
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 297 of 1233 players

Charles William Smith
Born: September 15, 1937 at Charleston, S.C.
Died: November 29, 1994 at Reno, Nev.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.01 Weight: 176

Charley Smith was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on December 3, 2015, October 19, 2018, May 29, 2021, and January 18, 2022.

First Mets game: April 24, 1964
Last Mets game: October 3, 1965

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Charley Smith also played for the following teams:

Los Angeles Dodgers 1960, 1961; Philadelphia Phillies 1961; Chicago White Sox 1962 - 1964; St. Louis Cardinals 1966; New York Yankees 1967, 1968; Chicago Cubs 1969

Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Mets in exchange for Chico Fernandez and Bobby Catton on April 23, 1964.

Traded by the New York Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals with Al Jackson in exchange for Ken Boyer on October 20, 1965.

Established a Mets season record for Strikeouts in 1965 with 123. Broken by Tommie Agee in 1969 with 137.

Click the icon to see a graph of Charley Smith's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1964 127 443 44 106 12 0 20 58 19 1 101 3 2 2 5 1 178 .239 .402 .275

1965 135 499 49 122 20 3 16 62 17 3 123 4 2 1 7 4 196 .244 .393 .273

2 years 262 942 93 228 32 3 36 120 36 4 224 7 4 3 12 5 374 .242 .397 .274

Led Mets in home runs with 20 in 1964.
Led Mets in runs batted in with 62 in 1965.
Led Mets in slugging percentage with .393 in 1965.
Led Mets in strikeouts with 101 in 1964 and with 123 in 1965.
Led Mets in total bases with 196 in 1965.
Tied for Mets lead in grounded into double play with 13 in 1965.

Games where Charley Smith had 2 or more Home Runs
vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 08/17/64.

Games where Charley Smith had 4 or more Hits
vs. San Francisco (NL) 05/31/64.

Games played by position
1964: Third Base 85, Shortstop 36, Left Field 13, Outfield 13
1965: Third Base 131, Shortstop 6, Second Base 1

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Charley Smith was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1964 9 2 0 0 26 28 31 20 0
1965 0 0 28 48 21 19 10 0 0
Totals 9 2 28 48 47 47 41 20 0

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