Smead Jolley
Smead Powell Jolley

Bats Left
Throws Right
Height 6'3.5
Weight 210

Born January 14, 1902
Weeson, AR
Died November 17, 1991
Alameda, CA

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 28 MON       352  107  20   1   7   42   64                    14      .304  .280  .426  .430  150 
 1931 29 MON   73  102   32   3   0   3    8   11                     0   4  .314  .263  .431  .388   44 
 1932 30 MON  109  383  101  13   4   2   44   27                     2   1  .264  .244  .334  .366  128 
 1933 31 MON   36   39   10   6   0   0    7    7    1    3   0   1   0   0  .256  .286  .410  .411   16 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
  4 Seasons   210  876  250  42   5  12  101  109    1    3   0   1  16   5  .285  .257  .386  .381  338
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  370  101  16   3   4   42   32    1    2   0   1   1   4  .285  ----  .386  ----  133
 Career High  109  383  107  20   4   7   44   64    1    3   0   1  14   4  .304  ----  .426  ----  150
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Postseason Batting

 Year Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA   SLG   TB 
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
 1931 MON HAR   L    4    3    2   1   0   0    0    1    0    0   0   0   0   0  .667 1.000    3
 1932 MON FRE   L    7   31    7   1   0   0    0    2    1   13   0   0   1   0  .226  .258    8
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
               0-2  11   34    9   2   0   0    0    3    1   13   0   0   1   0  .265  .324   11
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.



Transactions

January 1, 1930: Drafted 3rd round (24th overall) by Montgomery.


Biography
Smead Jolley was an atrocious outfielder. Stories of his defensive lapses are legion, and the statistical evidence suggests those stories are more than isolated anecdotes. Like Boone, Jolley had a powerful arm but no speed; like Arlett, he was big and awkward; and like both, he could hit--majors or minors. In the equivalent of three full major league seasons with the White Sox and Red Sox, he hit .305 and averaged 15 homers and 105 RBIs. He won six minor league batting championships--leading the Pacific Coast League in hitting three times (winning the Triple Crown with San Francisco in 1928) and the International League once. Twice he had over 300 hits in a season, and twice he drove in more than 180 runs. In the thirteen minor league seasons in which he played over 100 games, he had this run: .370, .372, .346, .397, .404, .387, .360, .372, .373, .350, .309, .373, .345. Perhaps because he spent nearly six years in the low minors, the first four as a pitcher, and had a somewhat nomadic career (he was with thirteen minor league teams), he has not always been ranked in the top echelon of minor league greats, yet he may have been the finest hitter of them all.

Taken from Total Baseball by John Thorn and Pete Palmer.



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