Charlie Smith

Charles Edwin Smith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 20, 1880 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1902
Teams (by GP): Senators/Cubs/RedSox/Bronchos 1902-1914

Final Game: September 19, 1914
Died: January 3, 1929 in Wickliffe, OH
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Relatives: Brother of Fred Smith
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1902	22	CLE	AL	2	1	.667	4.05	3	3	0	2	1	0	20.0	23	9	9	0	5	5	0	0	1	85	87	1.400	10.4	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00

1903	23	NOR	A	6	6	.500		17																								NOR · SOUA
1904	24	ATA	A	31	10	.756		41																								ATA · SOUA
1905	25	ATA	A	13	8	.619		21																								ATA · SOUA
1906	26	WSH	AL	9	16	.360	2.91	33	22	9	17	2	0	235.1	250	113	76	2	75	105	8	1	2	991	91	1.381	9.6	0.1	2.9	4.0	1.40
1907	27	WSH	AL	10	20	.333	2.61	36	31	5	21	3	0	258.2	254	103	75	0	51	119	1	0	10	1032	93	1.179	8.8	*0.0*	1.8	4.1	2.33
1908	28	WSH	AL	9	13	.409	2.41	26	23	3	14	1	1	183.0	166	76	49	2	60	83	3	0	3	736	94	1.235	8.2	0.1	3.0	4.1	1.38
1909	29	TOT	AL	6	12	.333	3.11	26	18	7	9	1	0	170.2	163	79	59	6	39	83	6	1	11	701	80	1.184	8.6	0.3	2.1	4.4	2.13
1909	29	WSH	AL	3	12	.200	3.27	23	15	7	7	1	0	145.2	140	73	53	4	37	72	5	0	11	601	75	1.215	8.6	0.2	2.3	4.4	1.95
1909	29	BOS	AL	3	0	1.000	2.16	3	3	0	2	0	0	25.0	23	6	6	2	2	11	1	1	0	100	120	1.000	8.3	0.7	0.7	4.0	5.50
1910	30	BOS	AL	11	6	.647	2.30	24	18	3	11	0	1	156.1	141	57	40	4	35	53	2	0	3	606	111	1.126	8.1	0.2	2.0	3.1	1.51
1911	31	TOT	MLB	3	2	.600	1.80	8	6	1	3	1	0	40.0	33	14	8	1	8	11	1	0	0	153	187	1.025	7.4	0.2	1.8	2.5	1.38
1911	31	BOS	AL	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	45	1.500	9.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
1911	31	CHC	NL	3	2	.600	1.42	7	5	1	3	1	0	38.0	31	11	6	0	7	11	1	0	0	144	234	1.000	7.3	0.0	1.7	2.6	1.57
1912	32	CHC	NL	7	4	.636	4.21	20	5	12	1	0	1	94.0	92	56	44	2	31	47	3	0	1	396	79	1.309	8.8	0.2	3.0	4.5	1.52
1913	33	CHC	NL	7	9	.438	2.55	20	17	1	8	1	0	137.2	138	53	39	2	34	47	4	0	0	562	125	1.249	9.0	0.1	2.2	3.1	1.38
1914	34	CHC	NL	2	4	.333	3.86	16	5	9	1	0	0	53.2	49	27	23	3	15	17	1	0	1	217	72	1.193	8.2	0.5	2.5	2.9	1.13
1915	35	SFR	AA	17	8	.680	3.09	47						221.1	223	98	76		63							1.292	9.1		2.6			SFR · PCL
10 Yrs				66	87	.431	2.81	212	148	50	87	10	3	1349.1	1309	587	422	22	353	570	29	2	32	5479	94	1.232	8.7	0.1	2.4	3.8	1.61
162 Game Avg.				12	16	.431	2.81	40	28	9	16	2	1	255	247	111	80	4	67	108	5	0	6	1035	94	1.232	8.7	0.1	2.4	3.8	1.61

WSH (4 yrs)				31	61	.337	2.77	118	91	24	59	7	1	822.2	810	365	253	8	223	379	17	1	26	3360	89	1.256	8.9	0.1	2.4	4.1	1.70
CHC (4 yrs)				19	19	.500	3.12	63	32	23	13	2	1	323.1	310	147	112	7	87	122	9	0	2	1319	102	1.228	8.6	0.2	2.4	3.4	1.40
BOS (3 yrs)				14	6	.700	2.36	28	22	3	13	0	1	183.1	166	66	48	7	38	64	3	1	3	715	109	1.113	8.1	0.3	1.9	3.1	1.68
CLE (1 yr)				2	1	.667	4.05	3	3	0	2	1	0	20.0	23	9	9	0	5	5	0	0	1	85	87	1.400	10.4	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00

AL (7 yrs)				47	68	.409	2.72	149	116	27	74	8	2	1026.0	999	440	310	15	266	448	20	2	30	4160	92	1.233	8.8	0.1	2.3	3.9	1.68
NL (4 yrs)				19	19	.500	3.12	63	32	23	13	2	1	323.1	310	147	112	7	87	122	9	0	2	1319	102	1.228	8.6	0.2	2.4	3.4	1.40

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
1902	22	CLE	AL	20.0	3	3	9	4.05	4.87	0.16	0.00	96.0	4.53	1	0.1		-0.0	0.3	3	.542	.501	$

1906	26	WSH	AL	235.1	33	22	113	4.32	3.70	-0.34	0.00	98.0	3.96	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.2	0.9	11	.470	.494	$
1907	27	WSH	AL	258.2	36	31	103	3.58	3.71	-0.46	0.00	95.0	3.96	11	1.4	1.0	-0.2	3.4	33	.538	.508	$
1908	28	WSH	AL	183.0	26	23	76	3.74	3.50	-0.06	0.00	95.0	3.38	-7	-0.9	1.0	-0.2	0.5	7	.465	.494	$
1909	29	WSH	AL	145.2	23	15	73	4.51	3.59	-0.09	0.00	99.0	3.64	-12	-1.5	1.0	-0.2	-0.3	-2	.437	.491	$
1909	29	BOS	AL	25.0	3	3	6	2.16	3.37	0.08	0.00	102.0	3.36	4	0.5		-0.0	0.7	5	.669	.503	$
1910	30	BOS	AL	156.1	24	18	57	3.28	3.58	0.14	0.00	101.0	3.48	5	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.8	17	.524	.504	$
1911	31	BOS	AL	2.0	1	1	3	13.50	4.63	-0.03	0.00	98.0	4.56	-2	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.329	.499	$
1911	31	CHC	NL	38.0	7	5	11	2.61	4.36	0.25	0.00	97.0	3.99	6	0.7	1.0	-0.0	0.9	9	.600	.504	$
1912	32	CHC	NL	94.0	20	5	56	5.36	4.57	0.24	0.00	97.0	4.20	-12	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.443	.493	$
1913	33	CHC	NL	137.2	20	17	53	3.46	4.07	-0.01	0.00	99.0	4.04	9	1.0	1.0	-0.1	1.9	20	.550	.506	$
1914	34	CHC	NL	53.2	16	5	27	4.53	3.83	-0.03	0.00	99.0	3.82	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.473	.497	$
10 Seasons				1349.1	212	148	587	3.92	3.78	-0.12	0.00	97.6	3.81	-10	-0.8	1.0	-1.1	9.3	99	.496	.500	$

WSH (4 yrs)				822.2	118	91	365	3.99	3.64	-0.27	0.00	96.6	3.77	-17	-2.0	1.0	-0.7	4.5	49	.483	.497	$
CHC (4 yrs)				323.1	63	32	147	4.09	4.21	0.09	0.00	98.2	4.04	-1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	2.2	26	.502	.500	$
BOS (3 yrs)				183.1	28	22	66	3.24	3.57	0.13	0.00	101.1	3.48	6	0.9	1.0	-0.2	2.3	21	.533	.502	$
CLE (1 yr)				20.0	3	3	9	4.05	4.87	0.16	0.00	96.0	4.53	1	0.1		-0.0	0.3	3	.542	.501	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1902	22	2	1	.667	4.05	3	3	0	2	1	0	20.0	23	9	9	0	5	5	0	0	1	85	87	1.400	10.4	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00	87
1903	23	2	1	.667	4.05	3	3	0	2	1	0	20.0	23	9	9	0	5	5	0	0	1	85	87	1.400	10.4	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00	87
1904	24	2	1	.667	4.05	3	3	0	2	1	0	20.0	23	9	9	0	5	5	0	0	1	85	87	1.400	10.4	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00	87
1905	25	2	1	.667	4.05	3	3	0	2	1	0	20.0	23	9	9	0	5	5	0	0	1	85	87	1.400	10.4	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00	87
1906	26	11	17	.393	3.00	36	25	9	19	3	0	255.1	273	122	85	2	80	110	8	1	3	1076	90	1.383	9.6	0.1	2.8	3.9	1.38	90
1907	27	21	37	.362	2.80	72	56	14	40	6	0	514.0	527	225	160	2	131	229	9	1	13	2108	92	1.280	9.2	0.0	2.3	4.0	1.75	92
1908	28	30	50	.375	2.70	98	79	17	54	7	1	697.0	693	301	209	4	191	312	12	1	16	2844	92	1.268	8.9	0.1	2.5	4.0	1.63	92
1909	29	36	62	.367	2.78	124	97	24	63	8	1	867.2	856	380	268	10	230	395	18	2	27	3545	89	1.252	8.9	0.1	2.4	4.1	1.72	89
1910	30	47	68	.409	2.71	148	115	27	74	8	2	1024.0	997	437	308	14	265	448	20	2	30	4151	92	1.232	8.8	0.1	2.3	3.9	1.69	92
1911	31	50	70	.417	2.67	156	121	28	77	9	2	1064.0	1030	451	316	15	273	459	21	2	30	4304	95	1.225	8.7	0.1	2.3	3.9	1.68	95
1912	32	57	74	.435	2.80	176	126	40	78	9	3	1158.0	1122	507	360	17	304	506	24	2	31	4700	93	1.231	8.7	0.1	2.4	3.9	1.66	93
1913	33	64	83	.435	2.77	196	143	41	86	10	3	1295.2	1260	560	399	19	338	553	28	2	31	5262	96	1.233	8.8	0.1	2.3	3.8	1.64	96
1914	34	66	87	.431	2.81	212	148	50	87	10	3	1349.1	1309	587	422	22	353	570	29	2	32	5479	94	1.232	8.7	0.1	2.4	3.8	1.61	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1902	22	1	1	.500	3.91	23.0	26	11	10	0	6	6	0	1.391	10.2	2.3	2.3	1.00	0.0	3

1906	26	12	12	.500	4.07	219.0	294	110	99	2	88	98	9	1.744	12.1	3.6	4.0	1.11	0.1	33
1907	27	14	12	.538	3.73	241.0	301	111	100	0	60	111	1	1.498	11.2	2.2	4.1	1.85	0.0	36
1908	28	9	9	.500	3.83	162.0	201	77	69	2	73	73	4	1.691	11.2	4.1	4.1	1.00	0.1	26
1909	29	8	10	.444	4.44	162.0	194	89	80	7	46	79	7	1.481	10.8	2.6	4.4	1.72	0.4	26
1910	30	9	6	.600	3.11	142.0	159	54	49	5	39	48	2	1.394	10.1	2.5	3.0	1.23	0.3	24
1911	31	3	1	.750	1.85	39.0	34	9	8	1	8	11	1	1.077	7.8	1.8	2.5	1.38	0.2	8
1912	32	5	5	.500	4.36	95.0	97	51	46	2	33	48	3	1.368	9.2	3.1	4.5	1.45	0.2	20
1913	33	9	5	.643	3.00	132.0	150	49	44	2	37	45	4	1.417	10.2	2.5	3.1	1.22	0.1	20
1914	34	2	3	.400	4.76	51.0	55	30	27	3	17	16	1	1.412	9.7	3.0	2.8	0.94	0.5	16
10 Yrs		72	64	.529	3.78	1266.0	1511	591	532	24	407	535	32	1.515	10.7		3.8	1.31	0.2	212

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y Career 2.81 (105th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1910 AL .647 (5th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y Career 1.232 (216th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1907 AL 1.775 (7th) 1910 AL 2.015 (8th) Career 2.355 (218th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1907 AL 4.141 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1908 AL 1 (10th) 1910 AL 1 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1909 AL 6 (1st) 1910 AL 4 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1906 AL 75 (9th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1907 AL 2.333 (7th) 1909 AL 2.128 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1907 AL 0.000 (1st) Career 0.147 (92nd)	Losses s c a p y 1907 AL 20 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1906 AL 76 (10th) 1907 AL 75 (8th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1907 AL 10 (6th) 1909 AL 11 (3rd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1906 AL 9 (4th) 1912 NL 12 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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