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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
Cremated
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1934 26 NYG NL 3 5 .375 4.32 30 4 15 0 0 5 66.2 70 40 32 2 21 27 0 1 1 289 90 1.365 9.5 0.3 2.8 3.6 1.29
1935 27 NYG NL 10 8 .556 3.41 40 10 18 4 1 5 124.0 125 50 47 6 32 44 7 0 1 521 113 1.266 9.1 0.4 2.3 3.2 1.38
1936 28 NYG NL 14 13 .519 3.78 43 30 10 9 4 2 209.1 217 116 88 16 69 89 4 0 4 871 103 1.366 9.3 0.7 3.0 3.8 1.29
1937 29 NYG NL 5 4 .556 4.20 33 9 13 2 0 0 85.2 91 45 40 8 30 41 2 1 0 367 93 1.412 9.6 0.8 3.2 4.3 1.37
1938 30 PHI NL 1 4 .200 6.28 37 1 21 0 0 1 86.0 115 70 60 7 40 46 0 0 0 405 64 1.802 12.0 0.7 4.2 4.8 1.15
1939 31 PHI NL 0 0 4.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 11 5 4 1 5 2 2 0 0 42 102 1.778 11.0 1.0 5.0 2.0 0.40
1940 32 CLE AL 15 7 .682 3.44 31 24 5 11 1 2 183.0 187 79 70 12 55 46 6 1 3 761 124 1.322 9.2 0.6 2.7 2.3 0.84
1941 33 CLE AL 12 13 .480 3.83 29 27 2 13 2 0 206.2 204 95 88 12 75 76 1 0 8 884 103 1.350 8.9 0.5 3.3 3.3 1.01
1942 34 CLE AL 10 15 .400 3.96 30 24 6 7 1 0 168.1 163 96 74 9 71 66 5 0 3 742 87 1.390 8.7 0.5 3.8 3.5 0.93
1943 35 CLE AL 17 7 .708 2.55 29 27 2 14 3 1 208.1 186 74 59 7 72 72 0 0 0 862 122 1.238 8.0 0.3 3.1 3.1 1.00 AS,MVP-15
1944 36 CLE AL 7 13 .350 3.42 28 26 2 7 1 0 181.2 197 83 69 6 69 44 3 0 4 792 97 1.464 9.8 0.3 3.4 2.2 0.64
1945 37 CLE AL 5 12 .294 3.84 21 19 1 8 3 1 133.2 141 74 57 8 48 34 2 0 3 576 84 1.414 9.5 0.5 3.2 2.3 0.71
12 Yrs 99 101 .495 3.72 356 201 96 75 16 17 1662.1 1707 827 688 94 587 587 32 3 27 7112 99 1.380 9.2 0.5 3.2 3.2 1.00
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .495 3.72 43 25 12 9 2 2 203 208 101 84 11 72 72 4 0 3 868 99 1.380 9.2 0.5 3.2 3.2 1.00
CLE (6 yrs) 66 67 .496 3.47 168 147 18 60 11 4 1081.2 1078 501 417 54 390 338 17 1 21 4617 103 1.357 9.0 0.4 3.2 2.8 0.87
NYG (4 yrs) 32 30 .516 3.84 146 53 56 15 5 12 485.2 503 251 207 32 152 201 13 2 6 2048 101 1.349 9.3 0.6 2.8 3.7 1.32
PHI (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 6.06 42 1 22 0 0 1 95.0 126 75 64 8 45 48 2 0 0 447 66 1.800 11.9 0.8 4.3 4.5 1.07
AL (6 yrs) 66 67 .496 3.47 168 147 18 60 11 4 1081.2 1078 501 417 54 390 338 17 1 21 4617 103 1.357 9.0 0.4 3.2 2.8 0.87
NL (6 yrs) 33 34 .493 4.20 188 54 78 15 5 13 580.2 629 326 271 40 197 249 15 2 6 2495 93 1.423 9.7 0.6 3.1 3.9 1.26

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1934 26 NYG NL 66.2 30 4 40 5.40 4.64 0.39 0.00 97.2 4.13 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .468 .494 $
1935 27 NYG NL 124.0 40 10 50 3.63 4.60 0.19 0.00 98.7 4.35 9 0.9 1.0 -0.1 1.9 22 .523 .506 $
1936 28 NYG NL 209.1 43 30 116 4.99 4.85 0.39 0.00 97.5 4.35 -15 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 0.0 6 .465 .491 $
1937 29 NYG NL 85.2 33 9 45 4.73 4.63 0.34 0.00 101.8 4.37 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.3 5 .490 .498 $
1938 30 PHI NL 85.2 37 1 70 7.35 4.62 -0.36 0.00 104.8 5.22 -20 -2.0 1.0 -0.0 -1.3 -12 .446 .488 $
1939 31 PHI NL 9.0 5 0 5 5.00 4.46 -0.22 0.00 103.8 4.86 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .498 .500 $
1940 32 CLE AL 183.0 31 24 79 3.89 5.11 0.25 0.00 95.9 4.66 14 1.4 1.0 -0.1 2.6 33 .546 .509 $
1941 33 CLE AL 206.2 29 27 95 4.14 4.74 0.01 0.00 93.3 4.41 5 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.8 25 .518 .503 $
1942 34 CLE AL 168.1 30 24 96 5.13 4.42 0.20 0.00 92.3 3.90 -24 -2.4 1.0 -0.1 -1.6 -12 .419 .485 $
1943 35 CLE AL 208.1 29 27 74 3.20 3.79 0.23 0.00 94.4 3.37 3 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.4 16 .513 .502 $ AS,MVP-15
1944 36 CLE AL 181.2 28 26 83 4.11 3.90 0.09 0.00 95.8 3.64 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 2 .463 .494 $
1945 37 CLE AL 133.2 21 19 74 4.98 4.02 -0.12 0.00 95.5 3.95 -15 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .424 .490 $
12 Seasons 1662.0 356 201 827 4.48 4.47 0.15 0.00 96.3 4.15 -65 -6.6 1.0 -1.0 3.8 77 .481 .497 $
CLE (6 yrs) 1081.2 168 147 501 4.17 4.34 0.12 0.00 94.5 3.99 -26 -2.8 1.0 -0.7 3.2 58 .483 .497 $
NYG (4 yrs) 485.2 146 53 251 4.65 4.72 0.33 0.00 98.5 4.33 -19 -1.9 1.0 -0.2 1.8 31 .487 .497 $
PHI (2 yrs) 94.2 42 1 75 7.13 4.60 -0.35 0.00 104.7 5.18 -20 -2.0 1.0 -0.0 -1.2 -12 .452 .494 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1936 28 NYG NL WS L NYY 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1937 29 NYG NL WS L NYY 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 0.667 6.0 3.0 0.0 3.0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 10.80 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 16 1.500 10.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 1.00
2 WS 0 0 10.80 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 16 1.500 10.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 1.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1943 CLE AL 35

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1934 26 NYG NL 289 0.7% 9.3% 7.3% 81%
1935 27 NYG NL 521 1.2% 8.5% 6.1% 2.7% 11% 82%
1936 28 NYG NL 907 1.8% 9.8% 7.6% 2.8% 12% 80%
1937 29 NYG NL 367 2.2% 11.2% 8.2% 2.7% 11% 77%
1938 30 PHI NL 405 1.7% 11.4% 9.9% 76%
1939 31 PHI NL 42 2.4% 4.8% 11.9% 81%
1940 32 CLE AL 762 1.6% 6.0% 7.2% 3.8% 16% 83%
1941 33 CLE AL 884 1.4% 8.6% 8.5% 3.9% 17% 80%
1942 34 CLE AL 742 1.2% 8.9% 9.6% 2.7% 12% 77%
1943 35 CLE AL 859 0.8% 8.4% 8.4% 3.1% 15% 81%
1944 36 CLE AL 792 0.8% 5.6% 8.7% 2.4% 10% 83%
1945 37 CLE AL 576 1.4% 5.9% 8.3% 2.6% 11% 82%
12 Yrs 7146 1.3% 8.2% 8.2% 2.7% 11% 80%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.8% 8.7% 3.0% 13% 79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1934 26 3 5 .375 4.32 30 4 15 0 0 5 66.2 70 40 32 2 21 27 0 1 1 289 90 1.365 9.5 0.3 2.8 3.6 1.29 90
1935 27 13 13 .500 3.73 70 14 33 4 1 10 190.2 195 90 79 8 53 71 7 1 2 810 104 1.301 9.2 0.4 2.5 3.4 1.34 104
1936 28 27 26 .509 3.76 113 44 43 13 5 12 400.0 412 206 167 24 122 160 11 1 6 1681 104 1.335 9.3 0.5 2.7 3.6 1.31 104
1937 29 32 30 .516 3.84 146 53 56 15 5 12 485.2 503 251 207 32 152 201 13 2 6 2048 101 1.349 9.3 0.6 2.8 3.7 1.32 101
1938 30 33 34 .493 4.20 183 54 77 15 5 13 571.2 618 321 267 39 192 247 13 2 6 2453 93 1.417 9.7 0.6 3.0 3.9 1.29 93
1939 31 33 34 .493 4.20 188 54 78 15 5 13 580.2 629 326 271 40 197 249 15 2 6 2495 93 1.423 9.7 0.6 3.1 3.9 1.26 93
1940 32 48 41 .539 4.02 219 78 83 26 6 15 763.2 816 405 341 52 252 295 21 3 9 3256 99 1.399 9.6 0.6 3.0 3.5 1.17 99
1941 33 60 54 .526 3.98 248 105 85 39 8 15 970.1 1020 500 429 64 327 371 22 3 17 4140 100 1.388 9.5 0.6 3.0 3.4 1.13 100
1942 34 70 69 .504 3.98 278 129 91 46 9 15 1138.2 1183 596 503 73 398 437 27 3 20 4882 98 1.388 9.4 0.6 3.1 3.5 1.10 98
1943 35 87 76 .534 3.76 307 156 93 60 12 16 1347.0 1369 670 562 80 470 509 27 3 20 5744 101 1.365 9.1 0.5 3.1 3.4 1.08 101
1944 36 94 89 .514 3.72 335 182 95 67 13 16 1528.2 1566 753 631 86 539 553 30 3 24 6536 100 1.377 9.2 0.5 3.2 3.3 1.03 100
1945 37 99 101 .495 3.72 356 201 96 75 16 17 1662.1 1707 827 688 94 587 587 32 3 27 7112 99 1.380 9.2 0.5 3.2 3.2 1.00 99

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1934 26 3 4 .429 4.31 71.0 74 38 34 2 22 29 0 1.352 9.4 2.8 3.7 1.32 0.3 30
1935 27 8 6 .571 3.43 126.0 130 53 48 6 33 45 7 1.294 9.3 2.4 3.2 1.36 0.4 40
1936 28 11 11 .500 3.93 204.0 223 99 89 16 71 87 4 1.441 9.8 3.1 3.8 1.23 0.7 43
1937 29 4 5 .444 4.40 86.0 95 47 42 8 31 41 2 1.465 9.9 3.2 4.3 1.32 0.8 33
1938 30 3 6 .333 6.10 90.0 119 68 61 7 41 48 0 1.778 11.9 4.1 4.8 1.17 0.7 37
1939 31 0 0 4.50 8.0 12 4 4 1 5 2 2 2.125 13.5 5.6 2.3 0.40 1.1 5
1940 32 12 8 .600 3.31 182.0 187 74 67 12 55 46 6 1.330 9.2 2.7 2.3 0.84 0.6 31
1941 33 12 11 .522 3.86 210.0 210 100 90 12 77 77 1 1.367 9.0 3.3 3.3 1.00 0.5 29
1942 34 8 11 .421 4.47 173.0 181 96 86 10 79 68 6 1.503 9.4 4.1 3.5 0.86 0.5 30
1943 35 13 9 .591 3.33 203.0 215 83 75 8 83 70 0 1.468 9.5 3.7 3.1 0.84 0.4 29
1944 36 9 10 .474 4.14 176.0 219 90 81 7 77 43 3 1.682 11.2 3.9 2.2 0.56 0.4 28
1945 37 5 9 .357 4.98 130.0 163 80 72 9 55 33 2 1.677 11.3 3.8 2.3 0.60 0.6 21
12 Yrs 88 90 .494 4.06 1659.0 1828 832 749 98 629 589 33 1.481 9.9 3.2 0.94 0.5 356

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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1943 AL  2.55 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1940 AL  15 (7th)
1943 AL  17 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1940 AL  .682 (4th)
1943 AL  .708 (3rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 AL  2.705 (6th)
1941 AL  3.266 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 NL  3.826 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 NL  43 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1934 NL  5 (5th)
1935 NL  5 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1943 AL  27 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1943 AL  14 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1936 NL  4 (1st)
1941 AL  2 (10th)
1943 AL  3 (5th)
1945 AL  3 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1936 NL  16 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 AL  0.590 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1936 NL  13 (9th)
1942 AL  15 (6th)
1945 AL  12 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1941 AL  8 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 NL  7 (5th)
1940 AL  6 (1st)
1942 AL  5 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1935 NL  18 (6th)
1938 NL  21 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 36 (684), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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