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Germany Smith

George J. Smith

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 21, 1863 in Pittsburgh, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1884
Teams (by GP): Reds/Bridegrooms/Grays/Blues/Browns/... 1884-1898

Final Game: October 9, 1898
Died: December 1, 1927 in Altoona, PA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Altoona, 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
1884 21 TOT MLB 97 402 399 40 108 22 5 4 26 3 .271 .276 .381 .657 106 152 0 *64/1
1884 21 ALT UA 25 109 108 9 34 8 1 0 0 1 .315 .321 .407 .729 142 44 0 6/1
1884 21 CLV NL 72 293 291 31 74 14 4 4 26 2 45 .254 .259 .371 .631 94 108 0 46
1885 22 BRO AA 108 429 419 63 108 17 11 4 62 10 .258 .275 .379 .655 104 159 0 *6
1886 23 BRO AA 105 445 426 66 105 17 6 2 45 22 19 .246 .279 .329 .607 91 140 0 *6/2O
1887 24 BRO AA 103 449 435 79 128 19 16 4 72 26 13 .294 .316 .439 .755 107 191 1 *6/5
1888 25 BRO AA 103 424 402 47 86 10 7 3 61 27 22 .214 .255 .296 .551 77 119 0 *6/4
1889 26 BRO AA 121 487 446 89 103 22 3 3 53 35 40 42 .231 .296 .314 .610 78 140 1 *6/O
1890 27 BRO NL 129 526 481 76 92 6 5 1 47 24 42 23 .191 .260 .231 .491 43 111 3 *6
1891 28 CIN NL 138 551 512 50 103 11 5 3 53 16 38 32 .201 .258 .260 .517 51 133 1 *6
1892 29 CIN NL 139 548 506 58 123 13 6 8 63 19 42 52 .243 .301 .340 .641 94 172 0 *6
1893 30 CIN NL 130 540 500 63 118 18 6 4 56 14 38 20 .236 .293 .320 .613 61 160 2 *6
1894 31 CIN NL 129 538 492 73 130 34 6 3 79 15 41 28 .264 .323 .376 .699 66 185 2 3 *6
1895 32 CIN NL 127 540 503 75 151 23 6 4 74 13 34 24 .300 .345 .394 .738 87 198 0 3 *6
1896 33 CIN NL 120 492 456 65 131 21 9 3 71 22 28 22 .287 .330 .393 .722 85 179 1 7 *6
1897 34 BRO NL 112 453 428 47 86 17 3 0 29 1 14 23 .201 .233 .255 .488 32 109 4 7 *6
1898 35 STL NL 51 184 157 16 25 2 1 1 9 1 24 22 .159 .275 .204 .479 36 32 1 2 6
15 Yrs 1712 7008 6562 907 1597 252 95 47 800 235 408 288 .243 .289 .332 .622 75 2180 16 22
162 Game Avg. 162 663 621 86 151 24 9 4 76 39 .243 .289 .332 .622 75 206 2
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
BRO (7 yrs) 781 3213 3037 467 708 108 51 17 369 135 160 88 .233 .274 .319 .593 75 969 9 7
CIN (6 yrs) 783 3209 2969 384 756 120 38 25 396 99 221 178 .255 .308 .346 .653 74 1027 6 13
STL (1 yr) 51 184 157 16 25 2 1 1 9 1 24 22 .159 .275 .204 .479 36 32 1 2
CLV (1 yr) 72 293 291 31 74 14 4 4 26 2 45 .254 .259 .371 .631 94 108 0
ALT (1 yr) 25 109 108 9 34 8 1 0 0 1 .315 .321 .407 .729 142 44 0
NL (10 yrs) 1147 4665 4326 554 1033 159 51 31 507 125 303 291 .239 .291 .321 .611 66 1387 14 22
AA (5 yrs) 540 2234 2128 344 530 85 43 16 293 110 104 42 .249 .285 .352 .637 92 749 2
UA (1 yr) 25 109 108 9 34 8 1 0 0 1 .315 .321 .407 .729 142 44 0

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
1884 21 ALT UA 25 109 4 0 0 -2 2 4 0.4 -0 4 0.4 .515 .502 0.5 0.0 6 $ 6/1
1884 21 CLV NL 72 293 -4 0 0 3 3 2 0.0 9 11 1.0 .502 .501 0.8 0.4 8 $ 46
1885 22 BRO AA 108 429 0 0 0 19 7 26 2.4 7 33 3.2 .522 .515 1.4 2.4 14 $ *6
1886 23 BRO AA 105 445 -6 0 0 6 7 7 0.6 7 14 1.4 .506 .504 0.8 1.1 8 $ *6/2O
1887 24 BRO AA 103 449 -1 -1 0 8 7 13 1.1 7 20 1.8 .510 .506 1.1 1.2 12 $ *6/5
1888 25 BRO AA 103 424 -12 1 0 3 7 -1 -0.2 7 6 0.6 .499 .499 0.3 0.9 3 $ *6/4
1889 26 BRO AA 121 487 -12 2 0 11 8 9 0.7 8 17 1.5 .506 .505 0.5 1.6 6 $ *6/O
1890 27 BRO NL 129 526 -34 -1 0 16 9 -10 -1.3 16 6 0.4 .493 .494 -0.8 2.0 -10 $ *6
1891 28 CIN NL 138 551 -32 -1 0 18 9 -6 -0.8 16 11 0.9 .496 .497 -0.5 2.3 -7 $ *6
1892 29 CIN NL 139 548 -5 -1 0 25 9 28 2.5 17 44 4.2 .519 .516 1.9 3.2 19 $ *6
1893 30 CIN NL 130 540 -32 -1 0 21 9 -4 -0.4 15 12 1.2 .498 .498 -0.4 2.3 -10 $ *6
1894 31 CIN NL 129 538 -35 -1 0 13 9 -14 -1.1 16 2 0.5 .492 .494 -0.3 1.5 -11 $ *6
1895 32 CIN NL 127 540 -12 -2 0 6 8 0 -0.0 15 16 1.6 .500 .500 1.2 1.1 10 $ *6
1896 33 CIN NL 120 492 -14 -1 0 10 8 3 0.2 14 18 1.7 .502 .502 0.9 1.5 8 $ *6
1897 34 BRO NL 112 453 -44 0 0 5 8 -31 -2.7 13 -18 -1.4 .476 .484 -1.8 1.0 -23 $ *6
1898 35 STL NL 51 184 -13 0 0 -2 3 -12 -1.2 6 -6 -0.6 .478 .493 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ 6
15 Seasons 1712 7008 -252 -5 0 160 112 15 0.3 174 188 18.4 .501 .501 5.2 22.8 28 $
BRO (7 yrs) 781 3213 -109 2 0 68 52 13 0.6 65 78 7.5 .501 .501 1.5 10.4 10 $
CIN (6 yrs) 783 3209 -130 -7 0 93 52 8 0.5 94 102 10.1 .501 .501 2.8 11.9 9 $
STL (1 yr) 51 184 -13 0 0 -2 3 -12 -1.2 6 -6 -0.6 .478 .493 -0.4 0.1 -4 $
CLV (1 yr) 72 293 -4 0 0 3 3 2 0.0 9 11 1.0 .502 .501 0.8 0.4 8 $
ALT (1 yr) 25 109 4 0 0 -2 2 4 0.4 -0 4 0.4 .515 .502 0.5 0.0 6 $

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
1884 21 TOT MLB 402 291 42 3.8 72 .263 .271 .253 .276 .290 .381 .344 .657 .634 106 .529 2.7 0.3 .110
1884 21 ALT UA 109 74 14 4.9 64 .315 .315 .250 .321 .277 .407 .324 .729 .601 142 .677 5.5 0.6 .093
1884 21 CLV NL 293 217 28 3.4 76 .289 .254 .254 .259 .294 .371 .351 .631 .646 94 .468 -2.8 -0.3 .117
1885 22 BRO AA 429 311 44 3.8 74 .251 .258 .252 .275 .298 .379 .339 .655 .637 104 .544 0.4 0.0 .122
1886 23 BRO AA 445 321 39 3.2 73 .243 .246 .244 .279 .308 .329 .326 .607 .633 91 .459 -5.6 -0.6 .564 .178 .082 3.7
1887 24 BRO AA 449 307 60 5.1 98 .288 .294 .281 .316 .345 .439 .379 .755 .725 107 .563 0.5 0.0 .752 .234 .145 6.9
1888 25 BRO AA 424 316 30 2.5 70 .208 .214 .243 .255 .301 .296 .321 .551 .622 77 .387 -11.7 -1.4 .532 .204 .082 5.4
1889 26 BRO AA 487 343 41 3.1 87 .249 .231 .261 .296 .332 .314 .354 .610 .685 78 .374 -12.4 -1.3 .630 .251 .083 5.5
1890 27 BRO NL 526 389 28 1.9 89 .199 .191 .260 .260 .337 .231 .352 .491 .690 43 .208 -36.2 -3.9 .463 .177 .040 1.9
1891 28 CIN NL 551 409 34 2.2 87 .210 .201 .259 .258 .333 .260 .352 .517 .684 51 .255 -33.0 -3.6 .460 .164 .059 5.1
1892 29 CIN NL 548 383 52 3.6 81 .258 .243 .251 .301 .324 .340 .336 .641 .659 94 .489 -5.2 -0.6 .608 .217 .097 11.3
1893 30 CIN NL 540 382 46 3.2 108 .239 .236 .288 .293 .367 .320 .393 .613 .760 61 .312 -30.3 -2.9 .560 .188 .084 6.2
1894 31 CIN NL 538 365 59 4.2 130 .275 .264 .320 .323 .392 .376 .451 .699 .842 66 .344 -29.1 -2.5 .671 .226 .112 5.0
1895 32 CIN NL 540 355 68 5.0 116 .309 .300 .307 .345 .374 .394 .415 .738 .789 87 .483 -11.4 -1.0 .696 .187 .093 6.1
1896 33 CIN NL 492 332 59 4.6 113 .297 .287 .306 .330 .372 .393 .409 .722 .781 85 .479 -12.4 -1.2 .708 .215 .105 5.3
1897 34 BRO NL 453 349 25 1.9 102 .212 .201 .290 .233 .354 .255 .386 .488 .740 32 .151 -42.1 -4.1 .374 .089 .054 .0
1898 35 STL NL 184 134 9 1.7 93 .179 .159 .280 .275 .345 .204 .360 .479 .705 36 .185 -12.6 -1.3 .439 .204 .045 1.0
15 Yrs 7008 4987 636 3.4 94 .249 .243 .274 .289 .340 .332 .369 .622 .709 75 .390 -238.4 -23.9 .572 .187 .089 78.3
162 Game Avg. 663 472 60 3.4 94 .249 .243 .274 .289 .340 .332 .369 .622 .709 75 .390 -238.4 -23.9 .572 .187 .089 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BRO (7 yrs) 3213 2336 267 3.0 85 .236 .233 .262 .274 .326 .319 .351 .593 .677 75 .379 -107.2 -11.2 .474 .163 .086 31.0
CIN (6 yrs) 3209 2226 318 3.7 105 .264 .255 .288 .308 .360 .346 .392 .653 .751 74 .393 -121.4 -11.8 .611 .199 .091 39.9
STL (1 yr) 184 134 9 1.7 93 .179 .159 .280 .275 .345 .204 .360 .479 .705 36 .184 -12.6 -1.3 .439 .204 .045 1.0
CLV (1 yr) 293 217 28 3.4 76 .289 .254 .254 .259 .294 .371 .351 .631 .646 94 .467 -2.8 -0.3 .117
ALT (1 yr) 109 74 14 4.9 64 .315 .315 .250 .321 .277 .407 .324 .729 .601 142 .677 5.5 0.6 .093
NL (10 yrs) 4665 3315 408 3.2 101 .250 .239 .283 .291 .352 .321 .383 .611 .735 66 .347 -215.1 -21.4 .522 .172 .082 51.0
AA (5 yrs) 2234 1598 214 3.5 81 .248 .249 .257 .285 .317 .352 .344 .637 .662 92 .471 -28.9 -3.2 .498 .175 .103 28.9
UA (1 yr) 109 74 14 4.9 64 .315 .315 .250 .321 .277 .407 .324 .729 .601 142 .677 5.5 0.6 .093

Postseason Batting

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
1889 26 BRO AA WS NYG L 0 32 29 2 5 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 .172 .250 .310 .560 9 0
1890 27 BRO NL WS LOU T 0 29 29 3 8 0 2 0 7 1 0 3 .276 .276 .414 .690 12 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 61 58 5 13 2 3 0 9 3 3 5 .224 .262 .362 .624 21 0
2 WS 0 61 58 5 13 2 3 0 9 3 3 5 .224 .262 .362 .624 21 0

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
1884 21 97 402 399 40 108 22 5 4 26 3 .271 .276 .381 .657 106 152 0
1885 22 205 831 818 103 216 39 16 8 88 13 .264 .276 .380 .656 105 311 0
1886 23 310 1276 1244 169 321 56 22 10 133 22 32 .258 .277 .363 .639 100 451 0
1887 24 413 1725 1679 248 449 75 38 14 205 48 45 .267 .287 .382 .669 102 642 1
1888 25 516 2149 2081 295 535 85 45 17 266 75 67 .257 .281 .366 .646 98 761 1
1889 26 637 2636 2527 384 638 107 48 20 319 110 107 42 .252 .283 .357 .640 94 901 2
1890 27 766 3162 3008 460 730 113 53 21 366 134 149 65 .243 .280 .336 .616 86 1012 5
1891 28 904 3713 3520 510 833 124 58 24 419 150 187 97 .237 .276 .325 .602 80 1145 6
1892 29 1043 4261 4026 568 956 137 64 32 482 169 229 149 .237 .280 .327 .607 82 1317 6
1893 30 1173 4801 4526 631 1074 155 70 36 538 183 267 169 .237 .281 .326 .607 80 1477 8
1894 31 1302 5339 5018 704 1204 189 76 39 617 198 308 197 .240 .285 .331 .616 78 1662 10 3
1895 32 1429 5879 5521 779 1355 212 82 43 691 211 342 221 .245 .291 .337 .628 79 1860 10 6
1896 33 1549 6371 5977 844 1486 233 91 46 762 233 370 243 .249 .294 .341 .635 79 2039 11 13
1897 34 1661 6824 6405 891 1572 250 94 46 791 234 384 266 .245 .290 .335 .625 76 2148 15 20
1898 35 1712 7008 6562 907 1597 252 95 47 800 235 408 288 .243 .289 .332 .622 75 2180 16 22

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
1884 21 154 614 610 50 149 30 7 6 32 0 4 71 .244 .249 .346 .595 52 97
1885 22 158 606 593 74 139 22 14 5 72 0 13 0 .234 .251 .344 .595 51 108
1886 23 122 500 481 61 107 17 6 2 42 22 19 0 .222 .252 .295 .547 36 105
1887 24 121 491 478 62 118 18 15 4 56 24 12 0 .247 .267 .372 .639 47 103
1888 25 122 491 467 48 93 11 8 3 62 29 24 0 .199 .238 .276 .515 31 103
1889 26 140 541 500 80 103 22 3 3 48 35 40 49 .206 .266 .280 .546 37 121
1890 27 155 608 562 71 95 6 5 1 44 25 43 28 .169 .232 .203 .435 26 129
1891 28 162 626 586 46 106 11 5 3 49 16 39 38 .181 .233 .232 .465 32 138
1892 29 146 563 522 53 119 13 6 8 58 18 41 55 .228 .284 .322 .606 47 139
1893 30 161 627 588 52 116 18 6 4 46 14 37 25 .197 .247 .269 .516 38 130
1894 31 157 600 557 52 116 30 5 3 57 13 37 34 .208 .260 .296 .556 43 129
1895 32 155 607 571 59 142 22 6 4 58 12 32 29 .249 .289 .329 .618 54 127
1896 33 147 564 527 54 128 21 9 3 59 21 27 27 .243 .281 .334 .615 49 120
1897 34 134 529 502 46 92 18 3 0 28 1 15 28 .183 .213 .231 .444 24 112
1898 35 54 191 164 16 25 2 1 1 9 1 24 23 .152 .265 .195 .460 8 51
15 Yrs 2088 8158 7708 824 1648 261 99 50 720 231 407 407 .214 .255 .293 .548 575 1712
162 Game Avg. 162 633 598 64 128 20 8 4 56 32 .214 .255 .293 .548 45 1712

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1885 AA  3.2 (7th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1885 AA  2.4 (1st)
1886 AA  1.1 (6th)
1887 AA  1.2 (1st)
1889 AA  1.6 (3rd)
1890 NL  2.0 (4th)
1891 NL  2.3 (2nd)
1892 NL  3.2 (1st)
1893 NL  2.3 (1st)
1894 NL  1.5 (2nd)
1895 NL  1.1 (9th)
1896 NL  1.5 (3rd)
1897 NL  1.0 (9th)
Career  22.8 (28th)

Games Played s c a p y
1891 NL  138 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1887 AA  16 (7th)
Career  95 (183rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1885 AA  4 (9th)
1892 NL  8 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1885 AA  62 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1885 AA  32 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1890 NL  20.9 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1885 AA  104.8 (10th)
1892 NL  63.3 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1890 NL  389 (10th)
1891 NL  409 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1898 NL  born 1863-04-21 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 14 (1222), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1051), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (869), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Billy Jurges (900)
  3. Alfredo Griffin (899)
  4. Roger Peckinpaugh (896)
  5. Phil Rizzuto (887) *
  6. Frankie Crosetti (887)
  7. Joe Quinn (886)
  8. Ozzie Guillen (886)
  9. Roy McMillan (883)
  10. Monte Cross (882)
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  1. Joe Cronin (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Tinker (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ray Chapman (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kurt Stillwell (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kurt Stillwell (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Boyle (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Barry (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Roger Peckinpaugh (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Roger Peckinpaugh (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Roger Peckinpaugh (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Roger Peckinpaugh (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Roger Peckinpaugh (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Tinker (921) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Joe Tinker (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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