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Mike Smith

Elmer Ellsworth Smith

Positions: Leftfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: March 23, 1868 in Pittsburgh, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1886
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/RedStockings/Giants/Beaneaters 1886-1901

Final Game: June 15, 1901
Died: November 5, 1945 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
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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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1886 18 CIN AA 9 37 28 6 8 1 1 0 2 0 9 .286 .459 .393 .852 166 11 0 /1O
1887 19 CIN AA 52 198 186 26 47 10 6 0 23 5 11 .253 .298 .371 .669 83 69 1 1/O
1888 20 CIN AA 40 149 129 15 29 4 1 0 9 2 20 .225 .329 .271 .600 90 35 0 1/O
1889 21 CIN AA 29 92 83 12 23 3 1 2 17 1 7 18 .277 .348 .410 .757 112 34 2 1
1892 24 PIT NL 138 594 511 86 140 16 14 4 63 22 82 43 .274 .375 .384 .759 128 196 1 *O1
1893 25 PIT NL 128 600 518 121 179 26 23 7 103 26 77 23 .346 .435 .525 .960 158 272 5 *O
1894 26 PIT NL 126 573 490 128 175 33 19 6 74 34 68 12 .357 .440 .539 .979 137 264 5 10 *O/1
1895 27 PIT NL 125 548 484 89 146 15 12 1 81 34 55 25 .302 .380 .388 .768 102 188 6 3 *O
1896 28 PIT NL 122 572 484 121 175 21 14 6 94 33 74 18 .362 .454 .500 .954 155 242 8 6 *O
1897 29 PIT NL 123 550 467 99 145 19 17 6 54 25 70 32 .310 .408 .463 .871 133 216 7 6 *O
1898 30 CIN NL 123 563 486 79 166 21 10 1 66 20 69 17 .342 .425 .432 .858 139 210 2 6 *O/1
1899 31 CIN NL 88 398 343 65 101 13 6 1 24 10 47 12 .294 .381 .376 .757 106 129 1 7 O
1900 32 TOT NL 114 478 423 61 112 13 11 3 52 19 42 12 .265 .337 .369 .706 98 156 4 9 *O
1900 32 CIN NL 29 131 111 14 31 4 4 1 18 5 18 2 .279 .389 .414 .804 124 46 2 0 O
1900 32 NYG NL 85 347 312 47 81 9 7 2 34 14 24 10 .260 .317 .353 .669 88 110 2 9 O
1901 33 TOT NL 20 70 61 5 10 2 1 0 3 2 8 8 .164 .261 .230 .490 38 14 0 1 O
1901 33 PIT NL 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -1 0 0 0 /O
1901 33 BSN NL 16 64 57 5 10 2 1 0 3 2 6 8 .175 .254 .246 .500 40 14 0 1 O
14 Yrs 1237 5422 4693 913 1456 197 136 37 665 233 639 220 .310 .398 .434 .831 126 2036 42 48
162 Game Avg. 162 710 615 120 191 26 18 5 87 31 84 .310 .398 .434 .831 126 267 6
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
PIT (7 yrs) 766 3443 2958 644 960 130 99 30 469 174 428 153 .325 .415 .466 .881 136 1378 32 25
CIN (7 yrs) 370 1568 1366 217 405 56 29 5 159 43 181 49 .296 .382 .391 .773 117 534 8 13
NYG (1 yr) 85 347 312 47 81 9 7 2 34 14 24 10 .260 .317 .353 .669 88 110 2 9
BSN (1 yr) 16 64 57 5 10 2 1 0 3 2 6 8 .175 .254 .246 .500 40 14 0 1
NL (10 yrs) 1107 4946 4267 854 1349 179 127 35 614 225 592 202 .316 .404 .442 .846 129 1887 39 48
AA (4 yrs) 130 476 426 59 107 18 9 2 51 8 47 18 .251 .330 .350 .680 97 149 3

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 Awards
1886 18 CIN AA 9 37 3 0 0 0 2 5 0.4 1 5 0.4 .545 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 $ /1O
1887 19 CIN AA 52 198 -6 -1 0 0 15 7 0.6 3 11 0.6 .511 .503 0.6 0.0 11 $ 1/O
1888 20 CIN AA 40 149 -1 -1 0 0 10 8 0.7 2 11 0.7 .519 .505 0.7 -0.0 11 $ 1/O
1889 21 CIN AA 29 92 -0 -0 0 0 8 7 0.6 2 9 0.6 .520 .504 0.6 0.0 9 $ 1
1892 24 PIT NL 138 594 20 -2 0 -1 -3 14 1.2 18 32 3.1 .510 .508 3.2 -0.9 33 $ *O1
1893 25 PIT NL 128 600 48 -2 0 6 -8 44 3.3 17 61 5.1 .526 .521 4.7 -0.2 55 $ *O
1894 26 PIT NL 126 573 38 -1 0 2 -8 31 2.1 17 48 3.9 .518 .514 3.8 -0.4 46 $ *O/1
1895 27 PIT NL 125 548 6 -0 0 2 -8 0 -0.0 16 16 1.6 .500 .500 1.5 -0.5 14 $ *O
1896 28 PIT NL 122 572 48 -2 0 9 -8 47 3.8 17 64 5.5 .531 .523 4.7 0.1 55 $ *O
1897 29 PIT NL 123 550 26 -1 0 -2 -8 15 1.2 16 31 2.8 .510 .508 3.0 -0.8 33 $ *O
1898 30 CIN NL 123 563 28 -2 0 6 -7 25 2.3 17 43 4.1 .520 .515 3.6 -0.2 37 $ *O/1
1899 31 CIN NL 88 398 5 -1 0 -2 -5 -2 -0.3 12 10 1.0 .498 .499 1.2 -0.6 12 $ O
1900 32 CIN NL 29 131 5 -0 0 0 -2 3 0.3 4 7 0.6 .510 .502 0.7 -0.1 7 $ O
1900 32 NYG NL 85 347 -4 -0 0 -6 -5 -15 -1.4 10 -5 -0.4 .484 .492 0.1 -1.0 1 $ O
1901 33 PIT NL 4 6 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .487 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /O
1901 33 BSN NL 16 64 -5 0 0 -1 -1 -6 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .458 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $ O
14 Seasons 1237 5422 212 -13 0 13 -28 184 14.1 153 336 29.1 .512 .506 28.4 -4.9 323 $
PIT (7 yrs) 766 3443 186 -8 0 16 -43 151 11.5 100 252 22.0 .516 .511 20.9 -2.8 236 $
CIN (7 yrs) 370 1568 35 -5 0 4 20 54 4.6 41 95 8.0 .513 .504 7.8 -0.9 91 $
NYG (1 yr) 85 347 -4 -0 0 -6 -5 -15 -1.4 10 -5 -0.4 .484 .492 0.1 -1.0 1 $
BSN (1 yr) 16 64 -5 0 0 -1 -1 -6 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .458 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $

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
1886 18 CIN AA 37 20 5 6.6 76 .286 .286 .248 .459 .311 .393 .330 .852 .642 166 .761 3.0 0.3 1.000 .429 .107
1887 19 CIN AA 198 139 20 3.7 99 .253 .253 .282 .298 .347 .371 .381 .669 .728 83 .424 -5.1 -0.5 .619 .204 .118 .0
1888 20 CIN AA 149 100 12 3.2 73 .225 .225 .248 .329 .306 .271 .327 .600 .633 90 .493 -0.3 -0.0 .570 .217 .047 .0
1889 21 CIN AA 92 60 11 4.8 95 .333 .277 .272 .348 .345 .410 .370 .757 .715 112 .566 1.1 0.1 .733 .229 .133 1.3
1892 24 PIT NL 594 371 73 5.2 82 .293 .274 .253 .375 .326 .384 .339 .759 .665 128 .653 20.0 2.2 .811 .313 .110 6.8
1893 25 PIT NL 600 339 117 9.1 103 .352 .346 .282 .435 .360 .525 .384 .960 .744 158 .757 43.5 4.1 1.121 .378 .180 11.0
1894 26 PIT NL 573 325 115 9.2 125 .358 .357 .313 .440 .384 .539 .441 .979 .825 137 .687 31.4 2.6 1.178 .390 .182 10.2
1895 27 PIT NL 548 341 70 5.3 108 .317 .302 .296 .380 .361 .388 .400 .768 .761 102 .514 3.4 0.3 .837 .271 .087 1.9
1896 28 PIT NL 572 315 108 8.9 104 .367 .362 .292 .454 .357 .500 .390 .954 .747 155 .754 43.0 4.0 1.155 .360 .138 10.2
1897 29 PIT NL 550 328 86 6.8 104 .324 .310 .293 .408 .357 .463 .390 .871 .746 133 .655 24.3 2.3 .988 .355 .152 9.7
1898 30 CIN NL 563 326 89 7.1 97 .353 .342 .286 .425 .351 .432 .367 .858 .718 139 .746 28.4 2.9 .941 .274 .091 1.9
1899 31 CIN NL 398 249 49 5.1 101 .303 .294 .292 .381 .355 .376 .381 .757 .736 106 .576 4.6 0.4 .773 .248 .082 1.8
1900 32 TOT NL 478 320 51 4.2 95 .267 .265 .281 .337 .342 .369 .371 .706 .713 98 .489 -1.2 -0.1 .711 .248 .104 5.2
1900 32 CIN NL 131 80 17 5.6 96 .278 .279 .283 .389 .344 .414 .373 .804 .717 124 .618 4.3 0.4 .888 .342 .135 1.7
1900 32 NYG NL 347 240 34 3.7 94 .263 .260 .280 .317 .341 .353 .370 .669 .711 88 .435 -5.5 -0.6 .649 .215 .093 3.5
1901 33 TOT NL 70 52 4 2.0 95 .189 .164 .285 .261 .342 .230 .373 .490 .714 38 .231 -4.9 -0.5 .471 .230 .066 .0
1901 33 PIT NL 6 4 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .280 .333 .336 .000 .366 .333 .702 -1 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
1901 33 BSN NL 64 48 4 2.2 95 .204 .175 .286 .254 .342 .246 .373 .500 .715 40 .258 -4.5 -0.5 .468 .211 .070 .0
14 Yrs 5422 3285 810 6.4 101 .320 .310 .285 .398 .353 .434 .382 .831 .735 126 .650 191.1 18.1 .911 .309 .124 63.9
162 Game Avg. 710 430 106 6.4 101 .320 .310 .285 .398 .353 .434 .382 .831 .735 126 .650 25 2 .911 .309 .124 8
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PIT (7 yrs) 3443 2023 569 7.3 104 .335 .325 .288 .415 .357 .466 .390 .881 .747 136 .679 165.2 15.4 1.007 .345 .141 51.2
CIN (7 yrs) 1568 974 203 5.4 95 .305 .296 .282 .382 .346 .391 .369 .773 .714 117 .630 36.0 3.7 .797 .258 .094 9.0
NYG (1 yr) 347 240 34 3.7 94 .263 .260 .280 .317 .341 .353 .370 .669 .711 88 .435 -5.5 -0.6 .649 .215 .093 3.5
BSN (1 yr) 64 48 4 2.2 95 .204 .175 .286 .254 .342 .246 .373 .500 .715 40 .258 -4.5 -0.5 .468 .211 .070 .0
NL (10 yrs) 4946 2966 762 6.7 102 .326 .316 .287 .404 .355 .442 .385 .846 .739 129 .661 192.4 18.2 .940 .318 .126 60.6
AA (4 yrs) 476 319 48 3.9 89 .259 .251 .268 .330 .331 .350 .359 .680 .690 97 .502 -1.2 -0.1 .649 .228 .099 3.2

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1886 18 9 37 28 6 8 1 1 0 2 0 9 .286 .459 .393 .852 166 11 0
1887 19 61 235 214 32 55 11 7 0 25 5 20 .257 .323 .374 .697 95 80 1
1888 20 101 384 343 47 84 15 8 0 34 7 40 .245 .326 .335 .661 93 115 1
1889 21 130 476 426 59 107 18 9 2 51 8 47 18 .251 .330 .350 .680 97 149 3
1890 22 130 476 426 59 107 18 9 2 51 8 47 18 .251 .330 .350 .680 97 149 3
1891 23 130 476 426 59 107 18 9 2 51 8 47 18 .251 .330 .350 .680 97 149 3
1892 24 268 1070 937 145 247 34 23 6 114 30 129 61 .264 .355 .368 .723 114 345 4
1893 25 396 1670 1455 266 426 60 46 13 217 56 206 84 .293 .384 .424 .808 131 617 9
1894 26 522 2243 1945 394 601 93 65 19 291 90 274 96 .309 .398 .453 .851 132 881 14 10
1895 27 647 2791 2429 483 747 108 77 20 372 124 329 121 .308 .395 .440 .835 126 1069 20 13
1896 28 769 3363 2913 604 922 129 91 26 466 157 403 139 .317 .405 .450 .855 131 1311 28 19
1897 29 892 3913 3380 703 1067 148 108 32 520 182 473 171 .316 .405 .452 .857 131 1527 35 25
1898 30 1015 4476 3866 782 1233 169 118 33 586 202 542 188 .319 .408 .449 .857 132 1737 37 31
1899 31 1103 4874 4209 847 1334 182 124 34 610 212 589 200 .317 .406 .443 .849 130 1866 38 38
1900 32 1217 5352 4632 908 1446 195 135 37 662 231 631 212 .312 .399 .437 .836 127 2022 42 47
1901 33 1237 5422 4693 913 1456 197 136 37 665 233 639 220 .310 .398 .434 .831 126 2036 42 48

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1886 18 10 40 31 6 8 1 1 0 2 0 9 0 .258 .425 .355 .780 5 9
1887 19 61 217 206 20 43 9 5 0 17 5 10 0 .209 .249 .301 .550 15 52
1888 20 47 172 150 15 32 4 1 0 9 2 22 0 .213 .314 .253 .567 12 40
1889 21 34 100 91 10 22 3 1 2 14 1 7 21 .242 .310 .363 .673 9 29
1892 24 145 603 524 78 134 15 13 4 57 21 78 45 .256 .353 .357 .710 66 138
1893 25 158 676 595 104 176 26 23 7 88 26 76 28 .296 .380 .452 .832 100 128
1894 26 153 617 540 95 156 29 17 5 55 30 61 15 .289 .365 .433 .799 85 126
1895 27 152 622 557 77 145 15 12 1 70 34 55 30 .260 .333 .336 .669 61 125
1896 28 150 650 559 113 180 22 14 6 88 34 76 22 .322 .411 .444 .854 101 122
1897 29 148 622 536 93 150 20 18 6 51 26 72 38 .280 .372 .418 .790 82 123
1898 30 129 566 493 69 156 20 9 1 58 19 65 18 .316 .398 .400 .798 78 123
1899 31 93 401 349 56 94 12 6 1 21 9 44 13 .269 .353 .347 .699 42 88
1900 32 130 533 474 62 119 14 12 3 53 20 45 14 .251 .321 .350 .671 52 114
1901 33 23 78 69 5 10 2 1 0 3 2 8 9 .145 .234 .203 .437 3 20
14 Yrs 1433 5897 5174 803 1425 192 133 36 586 229 628 253 .275 .358 .385 .743 711 1237
162 Game Avg. 162 667 585 91 161 22 15 4 66 26 71 .275 .358 .385 .743 80 1237

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1887 AA  10.3 (3rd)
1888 AA  4.5 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1893 NL  5.1 (3rd)
1896 NL  5.5 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1893 NL  4.7 (4th)
1896 NL  4.7 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1893 NL  .346 (8th)
1896 NL  .362 (8th)
1898 NL  .342 (4th)
Career  .310 (109th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1893 NL  .435 (5th)
1896 NL  .454 (8th)
1898 NL  .425 (6th)
Career  .398 (67th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1893 NL  .525 (4th)
1896 NL  .500 (8th)
1898 NL  .432 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1893 NL  .960 (4th)
1896 NL  .954 (9th)
1898 NL  .858 (6th)
Career  .831 (238th)

Hits s c a p y
1893 NL  179 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1893 NL  272 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1892 NL  14 (10th)
1893 NL  23 (4th)
1894 NL  19 (10th)
1897 NL  17 (5th)
Career  136 (71st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1897 NL  6 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1896 NL  74 (7th)
1897 NL  70 (8th)
1898 NL  69 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1893 NL  157 (3rd)
1896 NL  155 (7th)
1897 NL  133 (10th)
1898 NL  139 (10th)
Career  126 (221st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1893 NL  117 (4th)
1896 NL  108 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1893 NL  43 (2nd)
1894 NL  30 (10th)
1896 NL  43 (7th)
1898 NL  28 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1893 NL  4.0 (2nd)
1894 NL  2.6 (10th)
1896 NL  4.0 (7th)
1898 NL  2.9 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1893 NL  56 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1893 NL  261 (6th)
1896 NL  257 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1893 NL  .757 (4th)
1896 NL  .754 (7th)
1898 NL  .746 (3rd)
Career  .650 (208th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1897 NL  9.7 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1900 NL  35.3 (8th)
Career  19.8 (121st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1897 NL  77.8 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1886 AA  born 1868-03-23 (3rd)
1887 AA  born 1868-03-23 (3rd)
1888 AA  born 1868-03-23 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 38 (651), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 40 (481), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 32 (274), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Oyster Burns (896)
  7. Elmer Flick (892) *
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  6. Bug Holliday (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. Chick Stahl (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Chick Stahl (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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