Earl Smith

Earl Leonard Smith (Sheriff)

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 20, 1891 in Oak Hill, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1916
Teams (by GP): Browns/Senators/Cubs 1916-1922

Final Game: August 6, 1922
Died: March 13, 1943 in Portsmouth, OH
Buried: Memorial Burial Park, Wheelersburg, OH
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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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1911	20	GBY	C	116	453	453		104	13	4	1						.230	.230	.283	.512		128				GBY · WIIL
1912	21	GBY,MLW	C,AA	105	402	402		121	22	7	12						.301	.301	.480	.781		193				GBY,MLW · WIIL,AA
1913	22	MIF,MTE	C,D	119	453	453		105	24	2	3						.232	.232	.313	.545		142				MIF,MTE · WIIL,MICH
1914	23	MME	C	104	384	384		108	11	4	3						.281	.281	.354	.635		136				MME · WIIL
1915	24	OMA	A	139	571	571		143	21	3	4						.250	.250	.319	.569		182				OMA · WL
1916	25	OMA	A	121	510	510		152	27	8	2						.298	.298	.394	.692		201				OMA · WL
1916	25	CHC	NL	14	30	27	2	7	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	5	.259	.310	.370	.681	100	10	0	1	/O
1917	26	OMA	A	88	341	341		113	21	11	9						.331	.331	.537	.868		183				OMA · WL
1917	26	SLB	AL	52	222	199	31	56	7	7	0	10	5		15	21	.281	.332	.387	.719	123	77	0	8	O
1918	27	SLB	AL	89	320	286	28	77	10	5	0	32	13		13	16	.269	.303	.339	.642	97	97	1	19	O78/9
1919	28	SLB	AL	88	286	252	21	63	12	5	1	36	1		18	27	.250	.300	.349	.649	81	88	0	15	O9/8
1920	29	SLB	AL	103	378	353	45	108	21	8	3	55	11	4	13	18	.306	.336	.436	.772	102	154	3	8	5O/978
1921	30	TOT	AL	84	278	258	27	65	9	4	4	26	1	0	13	23	.252	.296	.364	.660	69	94	3	5	O95/87
1921	30	SLB	AL	25	83	78	7	26	4	2	2	14	0	0	3	4	.333	.366	.513	.879	117	40	1	1	5/8O
1921	30	WSH	AL	59	195	180	20	39	5	2	2	12	1	0	10	19	.217	.266	.300	.566	47	54	2	4	O9/875
1922	31	MNE,TPK	AA,C	105	378	378		93	16	4	7						.246	.246	.365	.611		138				MNE,TPK · AA,SWLG
1922	31	WSH	AL	65	221	205	22	53	12	2	1	23	4	4	8	17	.259	.293	.351	.644	70	72	2	6	O7/95
1923	32	MNE	AA	139	487	487		154	34	9	11						.316	.316	.491	.807		239				MNE · AA
1924	33	MNE	AA	158	641	641		226	64	4	23						.353	.353	.573	.925		367				MNE · AA
1925	34	MNE	AA	164	665	665		208	54	11	31						.313	.313	.567	.880		377				MNE · AA
1926	35	MNE	AA	159	642	642		194	47	8	15						.302	.302	.470	.773		302				MNE · AA
1927	36	MNE	AA	161	658	658		225	49	11	25						.342	.342	.564	.906		371				MNE · AA
1928	37	MNE	AA	163	678	604	81	169	31	4	16		10		49	42	.280	.339	.424	.763		256	5	20		MNE · AA
1929	38	MNE	AA	151	580	580		188	27	10	20						.324	.324	.509	.833		295				MNE · AA
1930	39	MNE,CLB	AA	150	603	603		198	43	4	16						.328	.328	.493	.821		297				MNE,CLB · AA
1931	40	STL-min	A,AA	123	457	457		133	34	5	9						.291	.291	.446	.737		204				HSN,CLB · TL,AA
1932	41	STL-min	A	112	456	456		126	30	9	1						.276	.276	.388	.664		177				DEN · WL
1933	42	DET-min	C	20	79	79		25	4	0	0						.316	.316	.367	.684		29				HUN · MATL
1935	44	DET-min	D	59	202	202		61	5	3	5						.302	.302	.431	.733		87				CHO · PASA
7 Yrs				495	1735	1580	176	429	72	32	9	186	36	8	82	127	.272	.311	.375	.686	90	592	9	62
162 Game Avg.				162	568	517	58	140	24	10	3	61	12		27	42	.272	.311	.375	.686	90	194	3	20

SLB (5 yrs)				357	1289	1168	132	330	54	27	6	147	30	4	62	86	.283	.321	.390	.712	101	456	5	51
WSH (2 yrs)				124	416	385	42	92	17	4	3	35	5	4	18	36	.239	.280	.327	.607	59	126	4	10
CHC (1 yr)				14	30	27	2	7	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	5	.259	.310	.370	.681	100	10	0	1

AL (6 yrs)				481	1705	1553	174	422	71	31	9	182	35	8	80	122	.272	.311	.375	.686	90	582	9	61
NL (1 yr)				14	30	27	2	7	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	5	.259	.310	.370	.681	100	10	0	1

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
1916	25	CHC	NL	14	30	-0	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	0.0	-0.2	0	$	/O
1917	26	SLB	AL	52	222	4	-0	0	0	-2	2	0.3	8	10	1.0	.505	.502	1.0	-0.2	10	$	O
1918	27	SLB	AL	89	320	-2	0	0	0	-4	-5	-0.6	11	6	0.5	.493	.496	0.5	-0.4	6	$	O78/9
1919	28	SLB	AL	88	286	-7	0	0	7	-3	-3	-0.3	10	7	0.7	.496	.498	-0.1	0.5	0	$	O9/8
1920	29	SLB	AL	103	378	0	2	0	0	2	3	0.3	12	15	1.6	.503	.502	1.6	0.2	15	$	5O/978
1921	30	SLB	AL	25	83	2	0	0	-2	0	0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.501	.500	0.5	-0.2	5	$	5/8O
1921	30	WSH	AL	59	195	-15	1	0	1	-2	-15	-1.4	6	-9	-0.8	.475	.491	-1.0	-0.1	-10	$	O9/875
1922	31	WSH	AL	65	221	-9	-0	0	-2	-2	-14	-1.5	7	-7	-0.8	.478	.491	-0.5	-0.5	-5	$	O7/95
7 Seasons				495	1735	-26	2	0	3	-11	-32	-3.4	56	24	2.4	.493	.497	2.0	-0.9	21	$

SLB (5 yrs)				357	1289	-2	2	0	5	-7	-2	-0.3	43	41	4.1	.499	.500	3.5	-0.2	36	$
WSH (2 yrs)				124	416	-24	0	0	-1	-4	-29	-2.9	13	-16	-1.6	.477	.491	-1.5	-0.5	-15	$
CHC (1 yr)				14	30	-0	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	0.0	-0.2	0	$

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
1916	25	CHC	NL	30	21	3	3.9	85	.318	.259	.265	.310	.325	.370	.354	.681	.679	100	.559	-0.1	-0.0	.650	.222	.111	.0
1917	26	SLB	AL	222	151	26	4.7	77	.315	.281	.250	.332	.321	.387	.324	.719	.644	123	.642	4.2	0.5	.678	.206	.106	.0
1918	27	SLB	AL	320	228	29	3.5	79	.285	.269	.256	.303	.326	.339	.326	.642	.652	97	.495	-2.6	-0.3	.593	.161	.070	.0
1919	28	SLB	AL	286	204	26	3.4	96	.277	.250	.278	.300	.344	.349	.373	.649	.717	81	.422	-7.3	-0.8	.566	.175	.099	1.0
1920	29	SLB	AL	378	257	51	5.3	108	.316	.306	.294	.336	.359	.436	.404	.772	.762	102	.568	-1.0	-0.1	.711	.187	.130	4.7
1921	30	TOT	AL	278	198	28	3.8	113	.264	.252	.297	.296	.363	.364	.418	.660	.781	69	.368	-13.4	-1.3	.575	.167	.112	1.6
1921	30	SLB	AL	83	53	14	7.1	119	.333	.333	.307	.366	.374	.513	.432	.879	.805	117	.647	1.4	0.1	.846	.218	.179	.0
1921	30	WSH	AL	195	145	14	2.6	110	.233	.217	.293	.266	.358	.300	.412	.566	.770	47	.225	-14.8	-1.4	.475	.144	.083	1.3
1922	31	WSH	AL	221	162	20	3.3	106	.278	.259	.288	.293	.352	.351	.404	.644	.757	70	.340	-9.2	-0.9	.526	.132	.093	1.6
7 Yrs				1735	1221	183	4.0	97	.291	.272	.278	.311	.345	.375	.376	.686	.721	90	.479	-29.4	-2.9	.613	.173	.103	14.4
162 Game Avg.				568	400	60	4.0	97	.291	.272	.278	.311	.345	.375	.376	.686	.721	90	.479	-29.4	-2.9	.613	.173	.103	5

SLB (5 yrs)				1289	893	146	4.4	94	.301	.283	.275	.321	.342	.390	.366	.712	.708	101	.541	-5.3	-0.6	.652	.183	.108	10.0
WSH (2 yrs)				416	307	34	3.0	108	.257	.239	.290	.280	.355	.327	.408	.607	.763	59	.285	-24.0	-2.3	.502	.138	.088	3.8
CHC (1 yr)				30	21	3	3.9	85	.318	.259	.265	.310	.325	.370	.354	.681	.679	100	.558	-0.1	-0.0	.650	.222	.111	.0

AL (6 yrs)				1705	1200	180	4.0	97	.290	.272	.278	.311	.345	.375	.377	.686	.722	90	.478	-29.3	-2.9	.613	.172	.103	14.3
NL (1 yr)				30	21	3	3.9	85	.318	.259	.265	.310	.325	.370	.354	.681	.679	100	.558	-0.1	-0.0	.650	.222	.111	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1918	27	SLB	AL	320	0.0%	5.0%	4.1%	4.7%	20%	1.23	17.9		8.9	84%
1919	28	SLB	AL	286	0.4%	9.4%	6.3%	6.3%	29%	1.50	9.3	252.0	7.0	78%
1920	29	SLB	AL	378	0.8%	4.8%	3.4%	8.5%	30%	1.38	19.6	117.7	6.4	88%
1921	30	TOT	AL	278	1.4%	8.3%	4.7%	6.1%	26%	1.77	11.2	64.5	9.9	83%
1921	30	SLB	AL	83	2.4%	4.8%	3.6%	9.6%	31%	1.33	19.5	39.0	5.6	87%
1921	30	WSH	AL	195	1.0%	9.7%	5.1%	4.6%	23%	1.90	9.5	90.0	15.0	82%
1922	31	WSH	AL	221	0.5%	7.7%	3.6%	6.8%	28%	2.13	12.1	205.0	8.9	85%
7 Yrs				1483	0.6%	8.6%	5.5%	7.6%	26%	1.55	12.4	175.6	8.5	97%
MLB Averages					0.9%	11.7%	10.4%	7.8%	23%	1.12	10.8	139.4	9.4	113%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1916	25	14	30	27	2	7	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	5	.259	.310	.370	.681	100	10	0	1
1917	26	66	252	226	33	63	8	8	0	14	6	0	17	26	.279	.329	.385	.714	120	87	0	9
1918	27	155	572	512	61	140	18	13	0	46	19	0	30	42	.273	.315	.359	.674	107	184	1	28
1919	28	243	858	764	82	203	30	18	1	82	20	0	48	69	.266	.310	.356	.666	98	272	1	43
1920	29	346	1236	1117	127	311	51	26	4	137	31	4	61	87	.278	.318	.381	.699	99	426	4	51
1921	30	430	1514	1375	154	376	60	30	8	163	32	4	74	110	.273	.314	.378	.692	93	520	7	56
1922	31	495	1735	1580	176	429	72	32	9	186	36	8	82	127	.272	.311	.375	.686	90	592	9	62

Neutralized Batting

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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
1916	25	15	32	29	3	8	1	1	0	5	1	2	5	.276	.323	.379	.702	4	14
1917	26	54	242	216	40	67	8	8	0	13	6	18	22	.310	.363	.421	.785	33	52
1918	27	114	424	380	45	113	15	7	0	52	19	19	20	.297	.333	.374	.706	47	89
1919	28	102	332	294	26	75	14	6	1	44	1	21	31	.255	.305	.354	.659	32	88
1920	29	108	389	365	43	107	21	8	3	52	11	13	19	.293	.323	.419	.742	48	103
1921	30	88	289	268	25	65	9	4	4	24	1	13	24	.243	.285	.351	.636	26	84
1922	31	68	229	213	22	54	12	2	1	23	4	8	18	.254	.287	.343	.630	21	65
7 Yrs		549	1937	1765	204	489	80	36	9	213	43	94	139	.277	.317	.378	.695	211	495
162 Game Avg.		162	572	521	60	144	24	11	3	63	13	28	41	.277	.317	.378	.695	62	495

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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