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Elmer Smith

Elmer John Smith

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 21, 1892 in Erie County, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1914
Teams (by GP): Indians/Reds/Yankees/Senators/RedSox/... 1914-1925

Final Game: September 27, 1925
Died: August 3, 1984 in Columbia, KY
Cremated
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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
1914 CLE AL 21 OF 13 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 2.38 .956 2.00 0-13-0
1915 CLE AL 22 OF 123 235 202 15 18 4 .923 1.76 .958 2.05 21-0-102
1916 TOT AL 23 OF 102 168 152 12 4 4 .976 1.61 .963 2.12 11-0-91
1916 CLE AL 23 OF 57 87 77 7 3 3 .966 1.47 .963 2.12 1-0-56
1916 WSH AL 23 OF 45 81 75 5 1 1 .988 1.78 .963 2.12 10-0-35
1917 TOT AL 24 OF 69 141 124 9 8 2 .943 1.93 .967 2.22 35-0-34
1917 WSH AL 24 OF 29 71 60 4 7 0 .901 2.21 .967 2.22 27-0-2
1917 CLE AL 24 OF 40 70 64 5 1 2 .986 1.73 .967 2.22 8-0-32
1919 CLE AL 26 OF 111 104 96 187 167 12 8 6 .957 1.61 .958 2.26
1919 CLE AL 26 RF 110 103 95 184 164 12 8 6 .957 1.60 .951 1.94
1919 CLE AL 26 CF 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .960 2.60
1920 CLE AL 27 RF 130 118 101 232 217 8 7 2 .970 1.73 .958 1.91
1920 CLE AL 27 OF 129 118 101 232 217 8 7 2 .970 1.74 .962 2.25
1921 CLE AL 28 OF 127 110 94 205 183 16 6 1 .971 1.57 .960 2.33
1921 CLE AL 28 RF 127 110 94 205 183 16 6 1 .971 1.57 .958 1.96
1922 TOT AL 29 OF 69 60 55 146 130 8 8 4 .945 2.00 .964 2.31
1922 TOT AL 29 RF 65 60 55 143 127 8 8 4 .944 2.08 .954 1.85
1922 TOT AL 29 CF 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .970 2.70
1922 BOS AL 29 OF 58 57 52 131 117 7 7 3 .947 2.14 .964 2.31
1922 BOS AL 29 RF 57 57 52 131 117 7 7 3 .947 2.18 .954 1.85
1922 BOS AL 29 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
1922 NYY AL 29 OF 11 3 3 15 13 1 1 1 .933 1.27 .964 2.31
1922 NYY AL 29 RF 8 3 3 12 10 1 1 1 .917 1.38 .954 1.85
1922 NYY AL 29 CF 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.70
1923 NYY AL 30 OF 47 42 31 96 86 5 5 2 .948 1.94 .965 2.38
1923 NYY AL 30 RF 47 42 31 96 86 5 5 2 .948 1.94 .960 2.12
1925 CIN NL 32 OF 80 66 55 152 139 8 5 5 .967 1.84 .967 2.48
1925 CIN NL 32 LF 51 44 36 100 90 5 5 2 .950 1.86 .967 2.26
1925 CIN NL 32 RF 28 22 19 50 47 3 0 3 1.000 1.79 .967 2.27
1925 CIN NL 32 CF 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .965 2.90
10 Seasons OF 870 500 432 1593 1429 95 69 30 .957 1.75 .962 2.25 118-19-734
6 Seasons (incomplete) RF 507 455 395 910 824 52 34 18 .963 1.73 .957 1.96
1 Season (incomplete) LF 51 44 36 100 90 5 5 2 .950 1.86 .967 2.26
3 Seasons (incomplete) CF 6 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .965 2.75
10 Seasons TOT 870 500 432 1593 1429 95 69 30 .957 1.75 .962 2.25 118-19-734
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
1914 CLE AL 21 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 0
1915 CLE AL 22 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 102 123 0
1916 CLE AL 23 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 56 57 0
1916 WSH AL 23 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 35 45 0
1917 CLE AL 24 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 32 40 0
1917 WSH AL 24 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 2 29 0
1919 CLE AL 26 114 104 114 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 110 111 0 4 0
1920 CLE AL 27 131 118 131 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 130 0 2 0
1921 CLE AL 28 129 110 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 127 0 2 0
1922 BOS AL 29 73 57 73 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 57 58 0 15 0
1922 NYY AL 29 21 3 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 10 0 11 0
1923 NYY AL 30 70 42 70 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 47 0 23 0
1925 CIN NL 32 96 66 96 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 2 28 80 0 16 0
10 Seasons 1014 500 1014 563 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 19 734 870 0 73 0
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

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1919 AL  110 (3rd)
1920 AL  130 (2nd)
1921 AL  127 (5th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1919 AL  164 (5th)
1920 AL  217 (2nd)
1921 AL  183 (5th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1919 AL  12 (5th)
1921 AL  16 (4th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1919 AL  8 (5th)
1920 AL  7 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1915 AL  18 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1919 AL  .957 (3rd)
1920 AL  .970 (3rd)
1921 AL  .971 (3rd)

                           

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