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,in Cleveland, OH
Relatives: Brother of Fred Smith
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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	85	1.400	10.4	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00

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	92	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	95	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	78	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	74	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	116	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	110	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	183	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	36	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	231	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	78	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	124	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
10 Seasons				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	101	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	108	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	85	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	91	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	101	1.228	8.6	0.2	2.4	3.4	1.40

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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	HBP	SH	Pos
1902	22	CLE	AL	3	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.125	.222	.125	.347	-1	1	0	0	/1

1906	26	WSH	AL	33	89	87	5	16	2	0	1	11	0		1		.184	.193	.241	.435	39	21	0	1	1
1907	27	WSH	AL	37	93	84	5	12	1	0	0	2	0		3		.143	.182	.155	.337	11	13	1	5	1
1908	28	WSH	AL	30	72	65	5	8	1	1	0	1	0		1		.123	.149	.169	.318	7	11	1	5	1/4
1909	29	TOT	AL	26	58	55	1	10	0	0	0	4	0		0		.182	.211	.182	.392	26	10	2	1	1
1909	29	WSH	AL	23	48	45	0	7	0	0	0	2	0		0		.156	.191	.156	.347	12	7	2	1	1
1909	29	BOS	AL	3	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		0		.300	.300	.300	.600	88	3	0	0	/1
1910	30	BOS	AL	24	57	44	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		2		.114	.170	.114	.284	-12	5	1	10	1
1911	31	TOT	MLB	8	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.077	.077	.077	.154	-57	1	0	1	/1
1911	31	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0	0	0	/1
1911	31	CHC	NL	7	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	-57	1	0	1	/1
1912	32	CHC	NL	21	38	35	4	9	1	0	0	2	0		1	4	.257	.278	.286	.563	54	10	0	2	1
1913	33	CHC	NL	20	48	45	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.089	.128	.089	.217	-38	4	0	1	1
1914	34	CHC	NL	16	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-46	1	0	1	1
10 Seasons				218	490	447	22	67	5	1	1	22	0	0	11	25	.150	.179	.172	.352	10	77	5	27
162 Game Avg.				162	364	332	16	50	4	1	1	16	0		8		.150	.179	.172	.352	10	57	4	20

WSH (4 yrs)				123	302	281	15	43	4	1	1	16	0		5		.153	.179	.185	.364	19	52	4	12
CHC (4 yrs)				64	112	104	5	15	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	27	.144	.168	.154	.322	-9	16	0	5
BOS (3 yrs)				28	67	54	2	8	0	0	0	3	0		2		.148	.193	.148	.341	6	8	1	10
CLE (1 yr)				3	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.125	.222	.125	.347	-1	1	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				154	378	343	17	52	4	1	1	19	0		8		.152	.183	.178	.360	17	61	5	22
NL (4 yrs)				64	112	104	5	15	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	27	.144	.168	.154	.322	-9	16	0	5

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1902	CLE	AL	22	P	3	6	0	6	0	0	1.000	2.00	.917	2.67
1906	WSH	AL	26	P	33	70	5	60	5	0	.929	1.97	.949	2.52
1907	WSH	AL	27	P	36	111	10	95	6	2	.946	2.92	.946	2.43
1908	WSH	AL	28	P	26	56	2	53	1	2	.982	2.12	.945	2.28
1908	WSH	AL	28	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		5.10
1909	TOT	AL	29	P	26	62	6	54	2	0	.968	2.31	.940	2.25
1909	WSH	AL	29	P	23	52	5	45	2	0	.962	2.17	.940	2.25
1909	BOS	AL	29	P	3	10	1	9	0	0	1.000	3.33	.940	2.27
1910	BOS	AL	30	P	24	56	5	44	7	1	.875	2.04	.946	2.35
1911	TOT	MLB	31	P	8	15	4	9	2	0	.867	1.63	.947	1.74
1911	BOS	AL	31	P	1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00	.950	1.90
1911	CHC	NL	31	P	7	13	4	7	2	0	.846	1.57	.946	1.71
1912	CHC	NL	32	P	20	31	2	29	0	2	1.000	1.55	.945	1.55
1913	CHC	NL	33	P	20	40	1	38	1	0	.975	1.95	.955	1.57
1914	CHC	NL	34	P	16	11	1	10	0	0	1.000	0.69	.936	1.65
10 Seasons				P	212	458	36	398	24	7	.948	2.05	.946	2.15
1 Season				2B	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		5.10
10 Seasons				TOT	213	458	36	398	24	7	.948	2.04	.893	2.16

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y Career 2.81 (106th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1910 AL .647 (5th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y Career 1.232 (208th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1907 AL 1.775 (7th) 1910 AL 2.015 (8th) Career 2.355 (213th)
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 0.00 (1st) Career .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

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Gray Ink Pitching - 13 (1297), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 14 (540), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September 9, 1909: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Doc Gessler.

May 9, 1911: Purchased by Newark (Eastern) from the Boston Red Sox.

August 17, 1911: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from Newark (Eastern).

February 13, 1915: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 13 (1297), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (540), Average HOFer ≈ 50