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Roy Smalley played 13 major-league seasons (1975-1987) as a SS (1,069), 3B (188), 2B (58), 1B (34), C (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 23 | TEX | 78 | 250 | 22 | 57 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 30 | 42 | .228 | .605 | 72 |
| 1976 | 24 | TEX|MIN | 144 | 513 | 61 | 133 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 76 | 106 | .259 | .679 | 101 |
| 1977 | 25 | MIN | 150 | 584 | 93 | 135 | 6 | 56 | 5 | 74 | 89 | .231 | .631 | 73 |
| 1978 | 26 | MIN | 158 | 586 | 80 | 160 | 19 | 77 | 2 | 85 | 70 | .273 | .796 | 124 |
| 1979 | 27 | MIN | 162 | 621 | 94 | 168 | 24 | 95 | 2 | 80 | 80 | .271 | .794 | 114 |
| 1980 | 28 | MIN | 133 | 486 | 64 | 135 | 12 | 63 | 3 | 65 | 63 | .278 | .765 | 110 |
| 1981 | 29 | MIN | 56 | 167 | 24 | 44 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 24 | .263 | .818 | 136 |
| 1982 | 30 | MIN|NYA | 146 | 499 | 57 | 127 | 20 | 67 | 0 | 71 | 104 | .255 | .758 | 108 |
| 1983 | 31 | NYA | 130 | 451 | 70 | 124 | 18 | 62 | 3 | 58 | 68 | .275 | .810 | 122 |
| 1984 | 32 | NYA|CHA | 114 | 344 | 32 | 73 | 11 | 39 | 3 | 37 | 65 | .212 | .635 | 75 |
| 1985 | 33 | MIN | 129 | 388 | 57 | 100 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 60 | 65 | .258 | .759 | 108 |
| 1986 | 34 | MIN | 143 | 459 | 59 | 113 | 20 | 57 | 1 | 68 | 80 | .246 | .780 | 111 |
| 1987 | 35 | MIN | 110 | 309 | 32 | 85 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 36 | 52 | .275 | .763 | 102 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | SS | 59 | 45 | 80 | 175 | 16 | 30 |
| 1975 | 2B | 19 | 17 | 28 | 57 | 4 | 14 |
| 1975 | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | SS | 108 | 104 | 192 | 348 | 19 | 71 |
| 1976 | 2B | 38 | 38 | 82 | 99 | 7 | 19 |
| 1977 | SS | 150 | 149 | 255 | 504 | 33 | 116 |
| 1978 | SS | 157 | 157 | 287 | 527 | 25 | 121 |
| 1979 | SS | 161 | 160 | 296 | 572 | 29 | 144 |
| 1979 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1980 | SS | 125 | 124 | 210 | 446 | 17 | 100 |
| 1980 | 1B | 3 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1981 | SS | 37 | 37 | 52 | 89 | 8 | 14 |
| 1981 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | SS | 93 | 85 | 114 | 254 | 8 | 44 |
| 1982 | 3B | 53 | 49 | 28 | 113 | 7 | 11 |
| 1982 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | SS | 91 | 86 | 125 | 230 | 15 | 40 |
| 1983 | 3B | 26 | 22 | 11 | 57 | 5 | 7 |
| 1983 | 1B | 22 | 15 | 153 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 1984 | 3B | 73 | 70 | 32 | 135 | 14 | 14 |
| 1984 | SS | 16 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| 1984 | 1B | 6 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1985 | SS | 49 | 39 | 57 | 91 | 2 | 16 |
| 1985 | 3B | 14 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 2 |
| 1985 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | SS | 19 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 4 |
| 1986 | 3B | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 1987 | 3B | 14 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Roy Smalley won: TSN All-Star 1979 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1979.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 16 / 392 | 0 |
Roy Smalley ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #157 | shortstops | 1978 | 124 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.