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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:20AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #940. Jim Bagby… #941. Brian Fuentes… #942. George Winter… #943. AL SMITH… #944. Joe Hatten… #945. Bert Cunningham… #946. Bob Harmon… 

Standard Pitching

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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 91 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 Seasons 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 102 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) AL 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) NL 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1934 26 NYG NL 66.2 5 40 40 2 1.0 0 -0.4 $
1935 27 NYG NL 124.0 10 50 75 2 1.0 25 2.1 $
1936 28 NYG NL 209.1 30 116 126 7 1.0 10 0.0 $
1937 29 NYG NL 85.2 9 45 50 2 1.0 5 0.3 $
1938 30 PHI NL 86.0 1 70 49 -2 1.0 -21 -1.8 $
1939 31 PHI NL 9.0 0 5 5 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
1940 32 CLE AL 183.0 24 79 120 3 1.0 41 3.3 $
1941 33 CLE AL 206.2 27 95 128 0 1.0 33 2.7 $
1942 34 CLE AL 168.1 24 96 88 3 1.0 -8 -1.8 $
1943 35 CLE AL 208.1 27 74 98 4 1.0 24 1.8 $ AS,MVP-15
1944 36 CLE AL 181.2 26 83 90 1 1.0 7 0.3 $
1945 37 CLE AL 133.2 19 74 64 -1 1.0 -10 -1.3 $
12 Seasons 1662.1 202 827 933 21 1.0 106 5.2 $
CLE (6 yrs) 1081.2 147 501 588 10 1.0 87 5.0 $
NYG (4 yrs) 485.2 54 251 291 13 1.0 40 2.0 $
PHI (2 yrs) 95.0 1 75 54 -2 1.0 -21 -1.8 $

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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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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 81 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 Seasons 359 609 535 48 102 12 1 2 38 0 0 51 106 .191 .266 .228 .494 39 122 18 4 19
162 Game Avg. 162 275 241 22 46 5 0 1 17 0 23 48 .191 .266 .228 .494 39 55 8 2 9
CLE (6 yrs) 171 416 366 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 3 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) 171 416 366 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1934 26 NYG NL 15 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1935 27 NYG NL 39 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1936 28 NYG NL 86 -10 0 0 0 0 7 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1937 29 NYG NL 26 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1938 30 PHI NL 25 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1939 31 PHI NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1940 32 CLE AL 71 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ 1
1941 33 CLE AL 83 -7 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1942 34 CLE AL 64 -3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1943 35 CLE AL 81 -3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 1 AS,MVP-15
1944 36 CLE AL 68 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1945 37 CLE AL 49 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 0.5 5 0.6 -0.1 $ 1
12 Seasons 609 -46 0 0 0 0 43 15 11 0.9 12 1.3 -0.4 $
CLE (6 yrs) 416 -20 0 0 0 0 28 10 17 1.6 18 1.9 -0.3 $
NYG (4 yrs) 166 -21 0 0 0 0 13 4 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $
PHI (2 yrs) 27 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $

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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 NYG NL 26 P 30 66.2 16 1 14 1 2 .938 2.02 0.50 .960 2.27 2.24
1935 NYG NL 27 P 40 124.0 31 5 24 2 2 .935 2.10 0.73 .959 2.31 2.28
1936 NYG NL 28 P 43 209.1 53 4 44 5 4 .906 2.06 1.12 .950 2.32 2.31
1937 NYG NL 29 P 33 85.2 18 3 15 0 1 1.000 1.89 0.55 .958 2.40 2.36
1938 PHI NL 30 P 37 86.0 22 5 16 1 1 .955 2.20 0.57 .964 2.21 2.19
1939 PHI NL 31 P 5 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.60 .960 2.20 2.16
1940 CLE AL 32 P 31 183.0 50 6 44 0 5 1.000 2.46 1.61 .956 2.04 2.01
1941 CLE AL 33 P 29 206.2 58 9 46 3 5 .948 2.40 1.90 .960 2.14 2.11
1942 CLE AL 34 P 30 168.1 40 5 34 1 0 .975 2.09 1.30 .957 2.31 2.30
1943 CLE AL 35 P 29 208.1 53 6 45 2 1 .962 2.20 1.76 .963 2.27 2.30 AS,MVP-15
1944 CLE AL 36 P 28 181.2 51 4 46 1 2 .980 2.48 1.79 .960 2.09 2.10
1945 CLE AL 37 P 21 133.2 44 6 37 1 3 .977 2.90 2.05 .955 2.24 2.23
12 Seasons P 356 1662.1 439 55 367 17 26 .961 2.28 1.19 .958 2.22 2.23
12 Seasons TOT 356 1662.1 439 55 367 17 26 .961 2.28 1.19 .958 2.22 2.23
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1936 NL  5 (4th)
1941 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1941 AL  1.90 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1937 NL  1.000 (1st)
1940 AL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 36 (680), 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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