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Elmer Smith
Elmer John Smith
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 21, 1892 in Sandusky, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1914
Final Game: September 27, 1925
Died: August 3, 1984 in Columbia, KY
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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
1914 21 CLE AL 13 56 53 5 17 3 0 0 8 1 1 2 11 .321 .345 .377 .723 114 20 0 1 O
1915 22 CLE AL 144 528 476 37 118 23 12 3 67 10 11 36 75 .248 .301 .366 .666 98 174 0 16 *O
1916 23 TOT AL 124 433 381 37 95 25 6 5 67 7 36 63 .249 .319 .386 .705 109 147 3 13 O
1916 23 CLE AL 79 238 213 25 59 15 3 3 40 3 18 35 .277 .336 .418 .754 121 89 1 6 O
1916 23 WSH AL 45 195 168 12 36 10 3 2 27 4 18 28 .214 .298 .345 .643 94 58 2 7 O
1917 24 TOT AL 99 309 278 29 68 9 4 3 39 7 18 32 .245 .293 .338 .631 90 94 1 12 O
1917 24 WSH AL 35 128 117 8 26 4 3 0 17 1 5 14 .222 .260 .308 .568 74 36 1 5 O
1917 24 CLE AL 64 181 161 21 42 5 1 3 22 6 13 18 .261 .316 .360 .676 100 58 0 7 O
1919 26 CLE AL 114 451 395 60 110 24 6 9 54 15 41 30 .278 .354 .438 .792 116 173 5 10 *O
1920 27 CLE AL 129 525 456 82 144 37 10 12 103 5 4 53 35 .316 .391 .520 .910 136 237 3 13 *O
1921 28 CLE AL 129 505 431 98 125 28 9 16 85 0 2 56 46 .290 .374 .508 .882 121 219 2 16 *O
1922 29 TOT AL 94 294 258 44 71 13 6 7 37 0 3 28 26 .275 .348 .453 .802 108 117 1 7 O
1922 29 BOS AL 73 263 231 43 66 13 6 6 32 0 3 25 21 .286 .358 .472 .830 116 109 1 6 O
1922 29 NYY AL 21 31 27 1 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 5 .185 .267 .296 .563 45 8 0 1 O
1923 30 NYY AL 70 208 183 30 56 6 2 7 35 3 1 21 21 .306 .377 .475 .853 122 87 0 4 O
1925 32 CIN NL 96 320 284 47 77 13 7 8 46 6 5 28 20 .271 .339 .451 .789 101 128 1 7 O
10 Seasons 1012 3629 3195 469 881 181 62 70 541 54 27 319 359 .276 .344 .437 .781 113 1396 16 99
162 Game Avg. 162 581 511 75 141 29 10 11 87 9 51 57 .276 .344 .437 .781 113 223 3 16
CLE (7 yrs) 672 2484 2185 328 615 135 41 46 379 40 18 219 250 .281 .350 .444 .794 117 970 11 69
WSH (2 yrs) 80 323 285 20 62 14 6 2 44 5 23 42 .218 .283 .330 .613 86 94 3 12
NYY (2 yrs) 91 239 210 31 61 6 2 8 40 3 1 24 26 .290 .363 .452 .816 112 95 0 5
BOS (1 yr) 73 263 231 43 66 13 6 6 32 0 3 25 21 .286 .358 .472 .830 116 109 1 6
CIN (1 yr) 96 320 284 47 77 13 7 8 46 6 5 28 20 .271 .339 .451 .789 101 128 1 7
AL (9 yrs) 916 3309 2911 422 804 168 55 62 495 48 22 291 339 .276 .345 .436 .781 114 1268 15 92
NL (1 yr) 96 320 284 47 77 13 7 8 46 6 5 28 20 .271 .339 .451 .789 101 128 1 7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1920 27 CLE AL WS BRO W 5 14 13 1 4 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 .308 .357 .692 1.049 9 0 0 0 0 0
1922 29 NYY AL WS NYG L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 7 16 15 1 4 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 3 .267 .313 .600 .913 9 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 7 16 15 1 4 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 3 .267 .313 .600 .913 9 0 0 0 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
1914 CLE AL 21 OF 13 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 2.38 .955 1.92 0-13-0
1915 CLE AL 22 OF 123 235 202 15 18 4 .923 1.76 .960 1.98 21-0-102
1916 TOT AL 23 OF 102 168 152 12 4 4 .976 1.61 .962 2.03 11-0-91
1916 CLE AL 23 OF 57 87 77 7 3 3 .966 1.47 .963 2.03 1-0-56
1916 WSH AL 23 OF 45 81 75 5 1 1 .988 1.78 .962 2.03 10-0-35
1917 TOT AL 24 OF 69 141 124 9 8 2 .943 1.93 .967 2.14 35-0-34
1917 WSH AL 24 OF 29 71 60 4 7 0 .901 2.21 .969 2.14 27-0-2
1917 CLE AL 24 OF 40 70 64 5 1 2 .986 1.73 .966 2.14 8-0-32
1919 CLE AL 26 OF 111 187 167 12 8 8 .957 1.61 .958 2.16 0-0-111
1920 CLE AL 27 OF 129 232 217 8 7 1 .970 1.74 .962 2.16 0-0-129
1921 CLE AL 28 OF 127 205 183 16 6 1 .971 1.57 .960 2.21 1-0-126
1922 TOT AL 29 OF 69 146 130 8 8 4 .945 2.00 .965 2.22 2-1-66
1922 BOS AL 29 OF 58 131 117 7 7 3 .947 2.14 .965 2.22 0-1-57
1922 NYY AL 29 OF 11 15 13 1 1 1 .933 1.27 .967 2.22 2-0-9
1923 NYY AL 30 OF 47 96 86 5 5 2 .948 1.94 .966 2.26 0-0-47
1925 CIN NL 32 OF 80 152 139 8 5 5 .967 1.84 .967 2.33 53-2-26
10 Seasons OF 870 1593 1429 95 69 31 .957 1.75 .962 2.15 123-16-732
10 Seasons TOT 870 1593 1429 95 69 31 .957 1.75 .919 2.15 123-16-732

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
1920 AL--.520--6th
1921 AL--.508--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1920 AL--.910--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1920 AL--37--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1916 AL--5--5th
1919 AL--9--5th
1920 AL--12--5th
1921 AL--16--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1920 AL--103--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1915 AL--75--5th
1916 AL--63--7th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1920 AL--136--8th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1920 AL--24--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1920 AL--2.3--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1915 AL--38--10th
1920 AL--59--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1920 AL--.707--7th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1919 AL--11.3--4th

AB per HR s c a p y
1916 AL--76.200--4th
1917 AL--92.667--6th
1919 AL--43.889--2nd
1920 AL--38.000--4th
1921 AL--26.938--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 22 (811), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1110), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1913 Season: Purchased by the Cleveland Naps from Duluth (Central).

August 18, 1916: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Joe Leonard to the Washington Senators for Joe Boehling and Danny Moeller.

June 13, 1917: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Washington Senators for $4,000.

December 24, 1921: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with George Burns and Joe Harris to the Boston Red Sox for Stuffy McInnis.

July 23, 1922: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Joe Dugan to the New York Yankees for Chick Fewster, Elmer Miller, Johnny Mitchell, Lefty O'Doul and $50,000.

January 7, 1924: Traded by the New York Yankees with $50000 and a player to be named to Louisville (American Association) for Earle Combs.

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