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Al Smith

Alfred John Smith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 12, 1907 in Belleville, IL(All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1934
Teams (by GP): Indians/Giants/Phillies 1934-1945

Final Game: September 15, 1945
Died: April 28, 1977 in Brownsville, TX
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1934 26 NYG NL 30 15 14 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 55 4 1 0 1 1
1935 27 NYG NL 40 39 34 4 4 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 .118 .189 .206 .395 7 7 2 0 2 1
1936 28 NYG NL 43 86 73 11 10 1 0 0 8 0 7 18 .137 .232 .151 .382 5 11 2 2 4 1
1937 29 NYG NL 33 26 25 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .120 .120 .120 .240 -35 3 0 0 1 1
1938 30 PHI NL 37 25 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .000 .160 .000 .160 -53 0 2 0 0 1
1939 31 PHI NL 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1940 32 CLE AL 31 71 62 12 19 4 0 0 5 0 0 7 9 .306 .386 .371 .757 99 23 2 1 1 1
1941 33 CLE AL 30 83 71 8 11 1 0 1 3 0 0 11 20 .155 .268 .211 .480 31 15 0 0 1 1
1942 34 CLE AL 30 64 60 4 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .250 .274 .283 .558 61 17 1 1 2 1
1943 35 CLE AL 30 80 68 3 14 1 1 0 5 0 0 9 14 .206 .299 .250 .549 66 17 1 0 4 1 AS,MVP-15
1944 36 CLE AL 28 68 64 1 10 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 13 .156 .194 .172 .366 7 11 6 0 1 1
1945 37 CLE AL 22 49 41 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 6 .293 .383 .341 .724 115 14 1 0 2 1
12 Yrs 359 608 535 48 102 12 1 2 38 0 0 51 106 .191 .266 .228 .494 39 122 18 4 19
162 Game Avg. 162 274 241 22 46 5 0 1 17 0 23 48 .191 .266 .228 .494 39 55 8 2 9
CLE (6 yrs) 171 415 366 30 81 11 1 1 27 0 0 37 69 .221 .296 .265 .561 60 97 11 2 11
NYG (4 yrs) 146 166 146 16 21 1 0 1 11 0 10 33 .144 .209 .171 .380 4 25 5 2 8
PHI (2 yrs) 42 27 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .000 .148 .000 .148 -56 0 2 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 171 415 366 30 81 11 1 1 27 0 0 37 69 .221 .296 .265 .561 60 97 11 2 11
NL (6 yrs) 188 193 169 18 21 1 0 1 11 0 14 37 .124 .200 .148 .348 -5 25 7 2 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1934 26 NYG NL 30 15 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1935 27 NYG NL 40 39 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1936 28 NYG NL 43 86 -10 0 0 0 10 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1937 29 NYG NL 33 26 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1938 30 PHI NL 37 25 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1939 31 PHI NL 5 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .494 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1940 32 CLE AL 31 71 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.8 2 10 0.8 .525 .505 0.8 0.0 10 $ 1
1941 33 CLE AL 30 83 -7 0 0 0 9 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1942 34 CLE AL 30 64 -3 0 0 0 6 3 0.4 1 5 0.4 .512 .502 0.4 0.0 5 $ 1
1943 35 CLE AL 30 80 -3 0 0 0 7 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .516 .503 0.5 0.0 6 $ 1 AS,MVP-15
1944 36 CLE AL 28 68 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1945 37 CLE AL 22 49 1 0 0 0 4 5 0.6 1 6 0.6 .527 .504 0.6 -0.0 6 $ 1
12 Seasons 359 608 -45 1 0 0 62 18 1.8 15 33 2.0 .505 .501 2.0 0.0 33 $
CLE (6 yrs) 171 415 -19 0 0 0 40 22 2.3 9 31 2.4 .513 .502 2.4 0.0 31 $
NYG (4 yrs) 146 166 -21 0 0 0 18 -2 -0.2 5 3 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.2 0.0 3 $
PHI (2 yrs) 42 27 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1934 26 NYG NL 15 12 1 2.2 103 .364 .286 .285 .286 .340 .286 .405 .571 .744 55 .200 -0.9 -0.1 .364 .000 .000
1935 27 NYG NL 39 34 1 0.8 103 .100 .118 .284 .189 .340 .206 .405 .395 .745 7 .036 -4.6 -0.5 .313 .176 .088 .0
1936 28 NYG NL 86 69 2 0.8 103 .182 .137 .286 .232 .345 .151 .400 .382 .745 5 .036 -9.8 -1.0 .308 .110 .014
1937 29 NYG NL 26 23 0 0.0 102 .188 .120 .281 .120 .343 .120 .399 .240 .742 -35 .000 -4.8 -0.5 .136 .000 .000
1938 30 PHI NL 25 23 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .275 .160 .339 .000 .391 .160 .730 -53 .000 -4.5 -0.4 .174 .190 .000
1939 31 PHI NL 2 2 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .273 .000 .338 .000 .390 .000 .728 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1940 32 CLE AL 71 46 9 5.2 109 .358 .306 .277 .386 .350 .371 .420 .757 .769 99 .522 0.4 0.0 .689 .177 .065
1941 33 CLE AL 83 61 4 1.8 102 .200 .155 .270 .268 .345 .211 .397 .480 .742 31 .140 -6.9 -0.7 .433 .211 .056 .0
1942 34 CLE AL 64 48 4 2.2 89 .283 .250 .258 .274 .332 .283 .362 .558 .693 61 .247 -3.2 -0.3 .413 .050 .033
1943 35 CLE AL 80 59 5 2.3 81 .259 .206 .248 .299 .321 .250 .342 .549 .663 66 .287 -2.7 -0.3 .473 .176 .044
1944 36 CLE AL 68 61 2 0.9 88 .196 .156 .263 .194 .329 .172 .360 .366 .689 7 .059 -7.8 -0.8 .233 .063 .016
1945 37 CLE AL 49 32 5 4.2 84 .343 .293 .256 .383 .327 .341 .348 .724 .675 115 .536 1.2 0.1 .667 .195 .049
12 Yrs 608 470 33 1.9 96 .234 .191 .269 .266 .337 .228 .381 .494 .718 39 .176 -44.1 -4.5 .392 .133 .037 .0
162 Game Avg. 274 212 15 1.9 96 .234 .191 .269 .266 .337 .228 .381 .494 .718 39 .176 -44.1 -4.5 .392 .133 .037
CLE (6 yrs) 415 307 29 2.5 93 .270 .221 .262 .296 .335 .265 .373 .561 .707 60 .278 -18.9 -2.0 .459 .145 .044 .0
NYG (4 yrs) 166 138 4 0.8 103 .179 .144 .285 .209 .343 .171 .402 .380 .745 4 .036 -20.1 -2.0 .285 .096 .027 .0
PHI (2 yrs) 27 25 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .275 .148 .339 .000 .391 .148 .729 -56 .000 -5.0 -0.5 .160 .174 .000
AL (6 yrs) 415 307 29 2.5 93 .270 .221 .262 .296 .335 .265 .373 .561 .707 60 .278 -18.9 -2.0 .459 .145 .044 .0
NL (6 yrs) 193 163 4 0.7 102 .153 .124 .283 .200 .342 .148 .400 .348 .742 -5 .027 -25.2 -2.5 .265 .107 .024 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1936 28 NYG NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1937 29 NYG NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 CLE AL 35 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1934 26 NYG NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.7 14.0 73%
1935 27 NYG NL 39 2.6% 7.7% 7.7% 2.6% 25% 1.00 11.3 34.0 17.0 77%
1936 28 NYG NL 86 0.0% 20.9% 8.1% 1.2% 10% 2.57 4.1 9.1 64%
1937 29 NYG NL 26 0.0% 34.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.8 62%
1938 30 PHI NL 25 0.0% 16.0% 16.0% 0.0% 1.00 5.3 68%
1939 31 PHI NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1940 32 CLE AL 71 0.0% 12.7% 9.9% 5.6% 21% 1.29 6.9 12.4 75%
1941 33 CLE AL 83 1.2% 24.1% 13.3% 2.4% 18% 1.82 3.6 71.0 23.7 60%
1942 34 CLE AL 64 0.0% 10.9% 1.6% 3.1% 13% 7.00 8.6 12.0 83%
1943 35 CLE AL 80 0.0% 17.5% 11.3% 2.5% 14% 1.56 4.9 13.6 68%
1944 36 CLE AL 68 0.0% 19.1% 4.4% 1.5% 10% 4.33 4.9 9.1 75%
1945 37 CLE AL 49 0.0% 12.2% 12.2% 4.1% 17% 1.00 6.8 20.5 71%
12 Yrs 608 0.3% 17.4% 8.4% 2.5% 15% 2.08 5.0 267.5 14.1 70%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.8% 8.7% 6.4% 27% 1.02 10.1 67.1 8.1 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 26 30 15 14 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 55 4 1 0 1
1935 27 70 54 48 4 8 0 0 1 3 0 3 6 .167 .216 .229 .445 20 11 3 0 3
1936 28 113 140 121 15 18 1 0 1 11 0 10 24 .149 .226 .182 .407 11 22 5 2 7
1937 29 146 166 146 16 21 1 0 1 11 0 10 33 .144 .209 .171 .380 4 25 5 2 8
1938 30 183 191 167 18 21 1 0 1 11 0 14 37 .126 .202 .150 .352 -4 25 7 2 8
1939 31 188 193 169 18 21 1 0 1 11 0 14 37 .124 .200 .148 .348 -5 25 7 2 8
1940 32 219 264 231 30 40 5 0 1 16 0 0 21 46 .173 .251 .208 .459 24 48 9 3 9
1941 33 249 347 302 38 51 6 0 2 19 0 0 32 66 .169 .255 .209 .464 26 63 9 3 10
1942 34 279 411 362 42 66 8 0 2 24 0 0 33 73 .182 .258 .221 .479 31 80 10 4 12
1943 35 309 491 430 45 80 9 1 2 29 0 0 42 87 .186 .265 .226 .490 36 97 11 4 16
1944 36 337 559 494 46 90 10 1 2 36 0 0 45 100 .182 .256 .219 .475 33 108 17 4 17
1945 37 359 608 535 48 102 12 1 2 38 0 0 51 106 .191 .266 .228 .494 39 122 18 4 19

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1934 26 32 16 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .267 .267 .267 .533 1 30
1935 27 42 41 36 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 .111 .179 .194 .374 1 40
1936 28 45 89 76 10 10 1 0 0 7 0 7 19 .132 .224 .145 .368 2 43
1937 29 35 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
1938 30 39 26 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .000 .154 .000 .154 0 37
1939 31 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1940 32 32 73 64 12 19 4 0 0 5 0 7 9 .297 .375 .359 .734 8 31
1941 33 31 85 73 8 11 1 0 1 3 0 11 21 .151 .262 .205 .467 4 30
1942 34 32 69 65 5 17 2 0 0 6 0 1 7 .262 .284 .292 .576 5 30
1943 35 32 87 73 4 16 1 1 0 6 0 10 15 .219 .313 .260 .574 6 30
1944 36 29 70 66 1 10 1 0 0 7 0 3 14 .152 .188 .167 .355 2 28
1945 37 23 54 45 2 14 2 0 0 2 0 7 6 .311 .404 .356 .759 6 22
12 Yrs 377 639 563 47 105 12 1 2 39 0 53 110 .187 .261 .222 .483 35 359
162 Game Avg. 162 275 242 20 45 5 0 1 17 0 23 47 .187 .261 .222 .483 15 359

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1943

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1943 AL (15, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

                            

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