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AL All-Star team. He also led the league in games played, plate appearances, all fielders in assists, and all shortstops in putouts, while hitting .271 and leading the team with 24 home runs and 95 RBI. He did not build on this season with the Twins, as injuries struck, and he played only 133 games
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game. Smalley had a sensational first half of the season, entering the break with the second-highest batting average in the major leagues (.341). Though he tailed off in the second half, Smalley established career highs in runs, RBIs, and home runs, and was named the shortstop on
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season, in which he hit only .239 with 7 home runs and 26 RBI over the first 67 games of the season, Smalley was traded again, this time to the
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by the Rangers. Following his junior year, he stayed out of school in the fall of 1973 to be eligible for the January free agent draft.
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for the past several years. John did note that Smalley was a much better hitter than Dent. After a bad start to the
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He was drafted four times by major league teams between 1970 and 1973 without signing. Smalley was selected by the
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World Championship team. He hit .275 with 8 home runs and 34 RBI in 110 games in his last major league season.
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season back in Texas, but did not improve on his 1975 average. On June 1, his career would take a major turn.
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John Kuenster (August 1979). "Roy Smalley Making His Mark as one of the Best All Around Shortstops".
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After signing in January, Smalley had wrist surgery in February, injured while playing
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as an analyst during Minnesota Twins games. In 2010, Smalley opened a restaurant near
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He was inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. Smalley now works for
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After showing that he'd recovered from his injuries, Smalley was traded in
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October 4, 1987, for the Minnesota Twins
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and received All-College World Series honors in 1973.
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April 30, 1975, for the Texas Rangers
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Associated Press. p. 26. 580:In a 13-season career, Smalley posted a .257 341:championship teams under longtime head coach 2675:Westchester High School (Los Angeles) alumni 762: 2255: 2241: 1367: 1353: 1256: 1242: 1079: 1065: 932: 918: 758: 756: 803: 2600:Major League Baseball designated hitters 499: 753: 681: 663: 2587: 1377:National College Baseball Hall of Fame 1265:1973 College Baseball All-America Team 846:"Pitch in for Baseball - Front Office" 690:"Smalley no. 1 pick in baseball draft" 599: 387: 2670:All-American college baseball players 2236: 1348: 1237: 1060: 913: 794:, Spring 2007, Accessed May 21, 2010. 781: 708:"Rangers' top draft pick has surgery" 700: 650: 401:ball in December. He was sent to the 266:(MLB) from 1975 through 1987 for the 738: 725: 723: 721: 687: 644: 568:Smalley was a member of Minnesota's 563: 286:and threw right-handed. 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Batting average
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Texas Rangers
1975
1976
Minnesota Twins
1976
1982
New York Yankees
1982
1984
Chicago White Sox
1984
Minnesota Twins
1985
1987
All-Star
1979
World Series
1987
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Major League Baseball
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Minnesota Twins
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox

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