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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1916 CHC NL 25 OF 7 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.57 .968 2.14 6-0-1
1917 SLB AL 26 OF 51 129 114 12 3 5 .977 2.47 .967 2.22 22-29-0
1918 SLB AL 27 OF 81 78 72 187 164 14 9 4 .952 2.20 .962 2.26 54-25-2
1918 SLB AL 27 LF 54 53 49 116 100 10 6 3 .948 2.04 .961 2.20
1918 SLB AL 27 CF 25 25 23 70 63 4 3 1 .957 2.68 .967 2.63
1918 SLB AL 27 RF 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .960 2.00
1919 SLB AL 28 OF 68 67 63 173 155 13 5 4 .971 2.47 .958 2.26
1919 SLB AL 28 RF 62 61 57 150 135 10 5 2 .967 2.34 .951 1.94
1919 SLB AL 28 CF 6 6 6 23 20 3 0 2 1.000 3.83 .961 2.63
1920 SLB AL 29 3B 70 67 66 239 73 146 20 9 .916 3.13 .946 3.59
1920 SLB AL 29 OF 15 14 14 41 34 4 3 2 .927 2.53 .962 2.25
1920 SLB AL 29 RF 9 8 8 25 19 3 3 1 .880 2.44 .958 1.91
1920 SLB AL 29 LF 6 6 6 20 18 2 0 1 1.000 3.33 .962 2.30
1920 SLB AL 29 CF 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .970 2.55
1921 TOT AL 30 OF 47 44 39 108 92 10 6 1 .944 2.17 .960 2.33
1921 TOT AL 30 3B 14 13 13 52 21 24 7 1 .865 3.21 .952 3.41
1921 TOT AL 30 CF 7 6 6 18 15 1 2 0 .889 2.29 .962 2.67
1921 SLB AL 30 3B 13 13 13 49 20 23 6 1 .878 3.31 .952 3.41
1921 SLB AL 30 CF 4 4 4 9 8 0 1 0 .889 2.00 .962 2.68
1921 SLB AL 30 OF 4 4 4 9 8 0 1 0 .889 2.00 .960 2.33
1921 WSH AL 30 OF 43 40 35 99 84 10 5 1 .949 2.19 .960 2.33
1921 WSH AL 30 RF 36 35 31 84 75 7 2 1 .976 2.28 .958 1.96
1921 WSH AL 30 CF 3 2 2 9 7 1 1 0 .889 2.67 .962 2.67
1921 WSH AL 30 LF 3 3 2 6 2 2 2 0 .667 1.33 .958 2.37
1921 WSH AL 30 3B 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .953 3.40
1922 WSH AL 31 OF 49 45 44 109 88 12 9 3 .917 2.04 .964 2.31
1922 WSH AL 31 LF 45 42 41 108 88 11 9 3 .917 2.20 .969 2.40
1922 WSH AL 31 RF 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.85
1922 WSH AL 31 3B 2 1 1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 3.45
7 Seasons OF 318 248 232 752 651 65 36 19 .952 2.25 .962 2.27 190-94-116
5 Seasons (incomplete) RF 113 107 99 260 230 20 10 4 .962 2.21 .954 1.94
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 108 104 98 250 208 25 17 7 .932 2.16 .964 2.29
3 Seasons 3B 86 81 80 299 98 174 27 10 .910 3.16 .947 3.56
4 Seasons (incomplete) CF 40 37 35 112 99 8 5 3 .955 2.68 .965 2.64
7 Seasons TOT 404 329 312 1051 749 239 63 29 .940 2.45 .958 2.54 190-94-116
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1916 CHC NL 25 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 7 0
1917 SLB AL 26 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 29 0 51 0
1918 SLB AL 27 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 25 2 81 0
1919 SLB AL 28 88 67 88 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 62 68 0 17 3
1920 SLB AL 29 103 81 103 85 0 0 0 0 68 0 6 2 9 17 0 18 0
1921 WSH AL 30 59 40 59 43 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 36 42 0 16 0
1921 SLB AL 30 25 17 25 17 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 4 0 4 0 8 0
1922 WSH AL 31 65 46 65 51 0 0 0 0 2 0 45 0 4 49 0 11 3
7 Seasons 495 251 495 264 0 0 0 0 84 0 136 69 114 319 0 70 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1920 AL  20 (2nd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1918 AL  10 (5th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1918 AL  6 (5th)
1922 AL  9 (4th)

             

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