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Fred Smith

Fred Vincent Smith

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 29, 1891 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1913
Teams (by GP): Buffeds/Tip-Tops/Braves/Cardinals/Blues 1913-1917

Final Game: September 30, 1917
Died: May 28, 1961 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1913 21 BSN NL 92 326 285 35 65 9 3 0 27 7 11 29 55 .228 .302 .281 .582 67 80 1 11 546/O
1914 22 BUF FL 145 538 473 48 104 12 10 2 45 24 49 78 .220 .297 .300 .597 69 142 3 13 *56/3
1915 23 TOT FL 145 557 499 49 122 18 10 5 69 23 38 64 .244 .303 .351 .654 92 175 4 16 *65
1915 23 BUF FL 35 128 114 8 27 2 4 0 11 2 13 15 .237 .320 .325 .645 88 37 1 0 6/5
1915 23 BTT FL 110 429 385 41 95 16 6 5 58 21 25 49 .247 .298 .358 .656 93 138 3 16 65
1917 25 STL NL 56 186 165 11 30 0 2 1 17 4 17 22 .182 .262 .224 .487 52 37 1 3 5/46
4 Seasons 438 1607 1422 143 321 39 25 8 158 58 11 133 219 .226 .296 .305 .601 74 434 9 43
162 Game Avg. 162 594 526 53 119 14 9 3 58 21 49 81 .226 .296 .305 .601 74 161 3 16
BUF (2 yrs) 180 666 587 56 131 14 14 2 56 26 62 93 .223 .302 .305 .607 72 179 4 13
BTT (1 yr) 110 429 385 41 95 16 6 5 58 21 25 49 .247 .298 .358 .656 93 138 3 16
BSN (1 yr) 92 326 285 35 65 9 3 0 27 7 11 29 55 .228 .302 .281 .582 67 80 1 11
STL (1 yr) 56 186 165 11 30 0 2 1 17 4 17 22 .182 .262 .224 .487 52 37 1 3
FL (2 yrs) 290 1095 972 97 226 30 20 7 114 47 87 142 .233 .300 .326 .626 80 317 7 29
NL (2 yrs) 148 512 450 46 95 9 5 1 44 11 11 46 77 .211 .287 .260 .547 62 117 2 14

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1913 21 BSN NL 326 -11 0 0 0 -4 2 9 -4 -0.5 0 0.0 -0.5 $ 546/O
1914 22 BUF FL 538 -16 1 0 0 -3 5 7 -6 -0.8 -3 -0.3 -0.5 $ *56/3
1915 23 BUF FL 128 -2 -1 0 0 -1 2 2 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 6/5
1915 23 BTT FL 429 -5 1 0 0 -7 7 5 1 0.1 8 0.9 -0.8 $ 65
1917 25 STL NL 186 -9 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 5/46
4 Seasons 1607 -43 1 0 0 -13 18 28 -9 -1.5 4 0.5 -2.0 $
BUF (2 yrs) 666 -18 0 0 0 -4 7 9 -6 -0.9 -2 -0.2 -0.7 $
BTT (1 yr) 429 -5 1 0 0 -7 7 5 1 0.1 8 0.9 -0.8 $
BSN (1 yr) 326 -11 0 0 0 -4 2 9 -4 -0.5 0 0.0 -0.5 $
STL (1 yr) 186 -9 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1913 BSN NL 21 3B 59 162 64 85 13 4 .920 2.53 .935 3.12
1913 BSN NL 21 2B 14 58 16 36 6 3 .897 3.71 .955 5.27
1913 BSN NL 21 SS 11 58 21 29 8 4 .862 4.55 .937 5.33
1913 BSN NL 21 OF 4 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .960 2.20 2-1-1
1914 BUF FL 22 3B 127 429 170 229 30 14 .930 3.14 .932 3.11
1914 BUF FL 22 SS 19 103 44 53 6 9 .942 5.11 .929 5.24
1914 BUF FL 22 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .985 10.50
1915 TOT FL 23 SS 126 714 280 377 57 38 .920 5.21 .929 5.23
1915 TOT FL 23 3B 16 68 21 42 5 5 .926 3.94 .943 3.33
1915 BUF FL 23 SS 32 188 77 96 15 14 .920 5.41 .929 5.23
1915 BUF FL 23 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 3.30
1915 BTT FL 23 SS 94 526 203 281 42 24 .920 5.15 .929 5.23
1915 BTT FL 23 3B 15 67 21 41 5 5 .925 4.13 .943 3.33
1917 STL NL 25 3B 51 181 62 110 9 5 .950 3.37 .942 3.24
1917 STL NL 25 2B 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .955 5.35
1917 STL NL 25 SS 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 .930 5.30
4 Seasons 3B 253 840 317 466 57 28 .932 3.09 .936 3.15
4 Seasons SS 157 877 346 460 71 52 .919 5.13 .930 5.24
2 Seasons 2B 16 60 16 38 6 3 .900 3.38 .955 5.28
1 Season OF 4 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .960 2.20 2-1-1
1 Season 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .985 10.50
4 Seasons TOT 431 1782 684 964 134 83 .925 3.82 .933 4.00 2-1-1
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1915 FL  69 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1914 FL  78 (5th)
1915 FL  64 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1915 FL  8.2 (10th)

Assists† s c a p y
1915 FL  419 (5th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1915 FL  62 (2nd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1914 FL  127 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1914 FL  170 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1914 FL  229 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1914 FL  30 (3rd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1915 FL  126 (5th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1915 FL  280 (5th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1915 FL  377 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1915 FL  57 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1914 FL  3.14 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1915 FL  5.21 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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