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Eddie Smith
Edgar Smith
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 174 lb.

Born: December 14, 1913 in Mansfield, NJ
High School: Columbus (Columbus, NJ) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1936
Final Game: September 20, 1947
Died: January 2, 1994 in Willingboro, NJ
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1936 22 PHA AL 1 1 .500 1.89 2 2 0 2 0 0 19.0 22 10 4 3 8 7 0 0 0 88 269 1.579 10.4 1.4 3.8 3.3 0.88
1937 23 PHA AL 4 17 .190 3.94 38 23 11 14 1 5 196.2 178 100 86 18 90 79 4 0 2 847 120 1.363 8.1 0.8 4.1 3.6 0.88
1938 24 PHA AL 3 10 .231 5.92 43 7 27 0 0 4 130.2 151 102 86 13 76 78 4 0 4 614 82 1.737 10.4 0.9 5.2 5.4 1.03
1939 25 TOT AL 10 11 .476 3.79 32 22 5 7 1 0 180.1 168 87 76 11 92 70 4 1 3 782 124 1.442 8.4 0.5 4.6 3.5 0.76
1939 25 PHA AL 1 0 1.000 9.82 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 4 4 0 2 3 0 1 0 20 48 2.455 17.2 0.0 4.9 7.4 1.50
1939 25 CHW AL 9 11 .450 3.67 29 22 5 7 1 0 176.2 161 83 72 11 90 67 4 0 3 762 128 1.421 8.2 0.6 4.6 3.4 0.74
1940 26 CHW AL 14 9 .609 3.21 32 28 3 12 0 0 207.1 179 92 74 16 95 119 3 0 4 892 138 1.322 7.8 0.7 4.1 5.2 1.25
1941 27 CHW AL 13 17 .433 3.18 34 33 1 21 1 1 263.1 243 107 93 13 114 111 5 0 6 1125 129 1.356 8.3 0.4 3.9 3.8 0.97 AS
1942 28 CHW AL 7 20 .259 3.98 29 28 1 18 2 1 215.0 223 112 95 17 86 78 4 0 5 935 91 1.437 9.3 0.7 3.6 3.3 0.91 AS
1943 29 CHW AL 11 11 .500 3.69 25 25 0 14 2 0 187.2 197 85 77 2 76 66 5 0 2 811 90 1.455 9.4 0.1 3.6 3.2 0.87
1946 32 CHW AL 8 11 .421 2.85 24 21 3 3 1 1 145.1 135 71 46 9 60 59 4 0 6 627 119 1.342 8.4 0.6 3.7 3.7 0.98
1947 33 TOT AL 2 6 .250 7.33 23 8 9 0 0 0 50.1 58 50 41 4 42 27 0 0 2 252 51 1.987 10.4 0.7 7.5 4.8 0.64
1947 33 CHW AL 1 3 .250 7.29 15 5 6 0 0 0 33.1 40 36 27 1 24 12 0 0 1 166 50 1.920 10.8 0.3 6.5 3.2 0.50
1947 33 BOS AL 1 3 .250 7.41 8 3 3 0 0 0 17.0 18 14 14 3 18 15 0 0 1 86 52 2.118 9.5 1.6 9.5 7.9 0.83
10 Seasons 73 113 .392 3.82 282 197 60 91 8 12 1595.2 1554 816 678 106 739 694 33 1 34 6973 108 1.437 8.8 0.6 4.2 3.9 0.94
162 Game Avg. 10 16 .392 3.82 40 28 9 13 1 2 227 221 116 96 15 105 99 5 0 5 990 108 1.437 8.8 0.6 4.2 3.9 0.94
CHW (7 yrs) 63 82 .434 3.55 188 162 19 75 7 3 1228.2 1178 586 484 69 545 512 25 0 27 5318 111 1.402 8.6 0.5 4.0 3.8 0.94
PHA (4 yrs) 9 28 .243 4.63 86 32 38 16 1 9 350.0 358 216 180 34 176 167 8 1 6 1569 103 1.526 9.2 0.9 4.5 4.3 0.95
BOS (1 yr) 1 3 .250 7.41 8 3 3 0 0 0 17.0 18 14 14 3 18 15 0 0 1 86 52 2.118 9.5 1.6 9.5 7.9 0.83

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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
1936 22 PHA AL 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -38 1 0 0 /1
1937 23 PHA AL 40 77 73 4 17 6 0 0 3 1 0 2 11 .233 .253 .315 .568 44 23 0 2 1/O
1938 24 PHA AL 43 47 42 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .286 .333 .333 .667 70 14 0 2 1
1939 25 TOT AL 32 66 52 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 15 .115 .246 .135 .381 -1 7 0 0 5 0 0 1
1939 25 PHA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1939 25 CHW AL 29 66 52 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 15 .115 .246 .135 .381 -1 7 0 0 5 1
1940 26 CHW AL 32 83 69 7 15 3 1 0 4 0 0 6 15 .217 .280 .290 .570 47 20 2 0 8 1
1941 27 CHW AL 34 100 88 6 19 4 0 0 3 0 0 8 19 .216 .281 .261 .543 45 23 3 0 4 1 AS
1942 28 CHW AL 29 79 73 2 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 15 .123 .158 .151 .309 -12 11 0 0 3 1 AS
1943 29 CHW AL 25 75 69 4 11 1 0 1 8 0 0 2 9 .159 .183 .217 .400 17 15 2 0 4 1
1946 32 CHW AL 24 48 45 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .178 .229 .200 .429 23 9 0 0 0 1
1947 33 TOT AL 23 13 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .231 .167 .397 11 2 1 0 0 1
1947 33 CHW AL 15 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -6 1 0 0 0 1
1947 33 BOS AL 8 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 24 1 1 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 284 596 531 36 100 18 2 1 29 2 0 37 105 .188 .241 .235 .477 28 125 8 0 28 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 340 303 21 57 10 1 1 17 1 0 21 60 .188 .241 .235 .477 28 71 0 16
CHW (7 yrs) 188 457 402 27 69 10 2 1 21 1 0 31 83 .172 .231 .214 .445 21 86 7 0 24
PHA (4 yrs) 88 132 123 8 30 8 0 0 8 1 0 5 21 .244 .273 .309 .582 47 38 0 0 4 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 8 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 24 1 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1936 PHA AL 22 P 2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.05
1937 PHA AL 23 P 38 34 6 28 0 1 1.000 0.89 .953 1.09
1937 PHA AL 23 OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.30 1-1-0
1938 PHA AL 24 P 43 31 10 20 1 1 .968 0.70 .952 1.12
1939 TOT AL 25 P 32 33 7 23 3 1 .909 0.94 .955 0.98
1939 PHA AL 25 P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.97
1939 CHW AL 25 P 29 33 7 23 3 1 .909 1.03 .955 0.98
1940 CHW AL 26 P 32 40 6 32 2 2 .950 1.19 .957 1.05
1941 CHW AL 27 P 34 62 10 51 1 3 .984 1.79 .960 1.16 AS
1942 CHW AL 28 P 29 64 7 55 2 3 .969 2.14 .956 1.30 AS
1943 CHW AL 29 P 25 50 6 43 1 4 .980 1.96 .962 1.27
1946 CHW AL 32 P 24 37 2 29 6 1 .838 1.29 .957 1.01
1947 TOT AL 33 P 23 10 2 5 3 0 .700 0.30 .970 0.95
1947 CHW AL 33 P 15 7 2 3 2 0 .714 0.33 .971 0.95
1947 BOS AL 33 P 8 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.25 .967 0.95
10 Seasons P 282 365 56 290 19 16 .948 1.23 .957 1.10
1 Season OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.30 1-1-0
10 Seasons TOT 284 368 59 290 19 16 .948 1.23 .906 1.11 1-1-0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1941 *
1942

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1937 AL--3.936--9th
1940 AL--3.212--4th
1941 AL--3.178--6th

Wins s c a p y
1940 AL--14--10th
1941 AL--13--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1940 AL--.609--10th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1937 AL--1.363--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 AL--8.146--3rd
1939 AL--8.385--6th
1940 AL--7.770--3rd
1941 AL--8.305--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 AL--5.166--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1937 AL--38--8th
1938 AL--43--3rd

Saves s c a p y
1937 AL--5--5th
1938 AL--4--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1941 AL--263.3--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1940 AL--119--7th
1941 AL--111--5th

Games Started s c a p y
1941 AL--33--4th
1942 AL--28--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1941 AL--21--3rd
1942 AL--18--5th
1943 AL--14--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1937 AL--18--7th
1942 AL--17--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 AL--92--10th
1940 AL--95--7th
1941 AL--114--7th
1942 AL--86--9th
1943 AL--76--7th

Hits s c a p y
1941 AL--243--6th
1942 AL--223--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 AL--.444--10th
1943 AL--.096--1st

Losses s c a p y
1937 AL--17--6th
1941 AL--17--4th
1942 AL--20--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1942 AL--95--6th
1943 AL--77--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1941 AL--6--10th
1942 AL--5--6th
1946 AL--6--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1937 AL--4--10th
1939 AL--4--7th
1940 AL--3--10th
1941 AL--5--3rd
1942 AL--4--8th
1943 AL--5--6th
1946 AL--4--5th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1941 AL--1125--4th
1942 AL--935--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1938 AL--27--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1937 AL--120--9th
1940 AL--138--5th
1941 AL--129--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 35 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

April 27, 1939: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.

October 20, 1947: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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