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Roy Smalley III 2026 Season · MIN

Roy Smalley III played in the majors from 1975 to 1987. His career NUT is +5.1, #1,040 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1978 (+1.7). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .257/.345/.395, 163 HR, 1454 H in 1653 games.

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Roy Smalley III

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+5.1Career NUT

+9.9 to Great

Career

.257AVG163HR694RBI1454H745R27SB

Career · season grades

S/R · 6' 1", 185 lb · b. Oct 25, 1952 · Los Angeles, CA · Draft 1970 (35th Rd, #765)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1975	22	TEX	-0.9	78	285	250	22	57	8	0	3	33	29	0	1	42	4	0	2	4	6	.228	.306	.296	.068	.602	.261
1976	23	TEX	-0.2	41	163	129	15	29	2	0	1	8	29	0	3	27	2	0	2	3	4	.225	.363	.264	.039	.627	.272
1976	23	MIN	-0.1	103	455	384	46	104	16	3	2	36	47	2	1	79	0	4	0	22	7	.271	.353	.344	.073	.697	.337
1976	23	TOT	-0.3	144	618	513	61	133	18	3	3	44	76	2	4	106	2	4	2	25	11	.259	.356	.324	.065	.680	.320
1977	24	MIN	-2.2	150	680	584	93	135	21	5	6	56	74	1	1	89	5	5	6	15	12	.231	.316	.315	.084	.631	.261
1978	25	MIN	+1.7	158	702	586	80	160	31	3	19	77	85	1	3	70	2	8	7	23	16	.273	.362	.433	.160	.795	.280
1979	26	MIN	+1.2	162	729	621	94	168	28	3	24	95	80	4	8	80	2	3	9	15	9	.271	.353	.441	.170	.794	.274
1980	27	MIN	+1.1	133	564	486	64	135	24	1	12	63	65	2	4	63	3	3	9	2	15	.278	.359	.405	.127	.764	.293
1981	28	MIN	+0.9	56	200	167	24	44	7	1	7	22	31	0	5	24	0	0	2	0	8	.263	.375	.443	.180	.818	.268
1982	29	MIN	—	4	16	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.313	.231	.077	.544	.222
1982	29	NYY	+0.8	142	565	486	55	125	14	2	20	67	68	0	7	100	0	1	4	7	5	.257	.346	.418	.161	.764	.284
1982	29	TOT	+0.7	146	581	499	57	127	15	2	20	67	71	0	8	104	0	1	4	7	5	.255	.345	.413	.158	.758	.282
1983	30	NYY	+1.6	130	520	451	70	124	24	1	18	62	58	2	2	68	3	3	4	5	9	.275	.357	.452	.177	.809	.287
1984	31	NYY	-0.4	67	227	209	17	50	8	1	7	26	15	0	2	35	2	1	3	0	5	.239	.286	.388	.149	.674	.253
1984	31	CWS	-0.6	47	158	135	15	23	4	0	4	13	22	0	1	30	1	1	1	0	1	.170	.285	.289	.119	.574	.186
1984	31	TOT	-1.0	114	385	344	32	73	12	1	11	39	37	0	3	65	3	2	4	0	6	.212	.286	.349	.137	.635	.228
1985	32	MIN	+0.9	129	452	388	57	100	20	0	12	45	60	1	3	65	0	2	2	1	8	.258	.357	.402	.144	.759	.281
1986	33	MIN	+1.1	143	530	459	59	113	20	4	20	57	68	0	4	80	1	3	2	1	10	.246	.342	.438	.192	.780	.258
1987	34	MIN	+0.3	110	347	309	32	85	16	1	8	34	36	1	1	52	2	0	1	0	7	.275	.352	.411	.136	.763	.308
Career	—	13 yrs	+5.1	1653	6593	5657	745	1454	244	25	163	694	770	14	47	908	27	34	54	98	122	.257	.345	.395	.138	.740	.278

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NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Smalley III's career NUT of +5.1

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

1.7

75767778798081828384858687

NUT by Season

-0.9

-0.3

-2.2

+1.7

+1.2

+1.1

+0.9

+0.7

+1.6

-1.0

+0.9

+1.1

+0.3

Awards

1978Twins Calvin R. Griffith MVP Award · Twins Charles O. Johnson Most Improved Award

1979AL Player of the Week · Twins Calvin R. Griffith MVP Award · AL All-Star

1981AL Player of the Week

1987World Series Championship

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