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Germany Smith

George J. Smith

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

Born: April 21, 1863 in Pittsburgh, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1884
Final Game: October 9, 1898
Died: December 1, 1927 in Altoona, PA
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Standard Batting

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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
1884 21 TOT MLB 97 402 399 40 108 22 5 4 26 0 3 .271 .276 .381 .657 106 152 *64/1
1884 21 ALT UA 25 109 108 9 34 8 1 0 0 1 .315 .321 .407 .729 143 44 6/1
1884 21 CLV NL 72 293 291 31 74 14 4 4 26 2 45 .254 .259 .371 .631 94 108 46
1885 22 BRO AA 108 429 419 63 108 17 11 4 62 0 10 .258 .275 .379 .655 105 159 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 75 119 0 *6/4
1889 26 BRO AA 121 487 446 89 103 22 3 3 53 35 40 42 .231 .296 .314 .610 77 140 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 50 133 1 *6
1892 29 CIN NL 139 548 506 58 121 13 6 8 63 19 42 52 .239 .297 .336 .633 92 170 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 127 525 482 73 127 33 5 3 76 15 41 28 .263 .324 .371 .695 65 179 2 *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 .201 .233 .255 .488 32 109 4 7 *6
1898 35 STL NL 51 184 157 16 25 2 1 1 9 1 24 .159 .275 .204 .479 36 32 1 2 6
15 Seasons 1710 6995 6552 907 1592 251 94 47 797 235 408 243 .243 .289 .332 .620 75 2172 16 19
162 Game Avg. 162 663 621 86 151 24 9 4 76 39 .243 .289 .332 .620 75 206
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 65 .233 .274 .319 .593 74 969 9 7
CIN (6 yrs) 781 3196 2959 384 751 119 37 25 393 99 221 178 .254 .307 .344 .651 73 1019 6 10
STL (1 yr) 51 184 157 16 25 2 1 1 9 1 24 .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
ALT (1 yr) 25 109 108 9 34 8 1 0 0 1 .315 .321 .407 .729 143 44
NL (10 yrs) 1145 4652 4316 554 1028 158 50 31 504 125 303 246 .238 .290 .320 .610 66 1379 14 19
AA (5 yrs) 540 2234 2128 344 530 85 43 16 293 110 104 42 .249 .285 .352 .637 91 749 2
UA (1 yr) 25 109 108 9 34 8 1 0 0 1 .315 .321 .407 .729 143 44

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
1889 26 BRO AA WS NYG L 8 32 29 2 5 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 .172 .250 .310 .560 9 0
1890 27 BRO NL WS LOU T 7 29 29 3 8 0 2 0 7 1 0 3 .276 .276 .414 .690 12 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 15 61 58 5 13 2 3 0 9 3 3 5 .224 .262 .362 .624 21 0
2 WS 15 61 58 5 13 2 3 0 9 3 3 5 .224 .262 .362 .624 21 0

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1884 21 ALT UA 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 37 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1 Season 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 37 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
162 Game Avg. 0 0 9.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 68 204 136 68 0 0 68 0 0 37 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

Standard Fielding

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1884 TOT MLB 21 SS 55 314 84 195 35 4 .889 5.07 .832 4.09
1884 ALT UA 21 SS 25 147 40 88 19 1 .871 5.12 .803 3.90
1884 ALT UA 21 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1884 CLV NL 21 2B 42 281 111 136 34 23 .879 5.88 .891 5.73
1884 CLV NL 21 SS 30 167 44 107 16 3 .904 5.03 .857 4.25
1885 BRO AA 22 SS 108 697 161 455 81 23 .884 5.70 .878 4.67
1886 BRO AA 23 SS 105 608 142 381 85 30 .860 4.98 .853 4.51
1886 BRO AA 23 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 7.00 0
1886 BRO AA 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 1-0-0
1887 BRO AA 24 SS 101 614 157 387 70 23 .886 5.39 .853 4.43
1887 BRO AA 24 3B 2 8 4 2 2 0 .750 3.00 .862 3.30
1888 BRO AA 25 SS 103 601 155 352 94 29 .844 4.92 .866 4.54
1888 BRO AA 25 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50
1889 BRO AA 26 SS 120 666 182 417 67 37 .899 4.99 .869 5.12
1889 BRO AA 26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-1
1890 BRO NL 27 SS 129 774 232 468 74 49 .904 5.43 .902 5.29
1891 CIN NL 28 SS 138 822 240 507 75 40 .909 5.41 .886 5.16
1892 CIN NL 29 SS 139 870 239 561 70 55 .920 5.76 .894 5.33
1893 CIN NL 30 SS 130 803 250 500 53 67 .934 5.77 .893 5.47
1894 CIN NL 31 SS 127 806 233 501 72 75 .911 5.78 .897 5.59
1895 CIN NL 32 SS 127 767 251 457 59 58 .923 5.57 .896 5.54
1896 CIN NL 33 SS 120 663 207 407 49 47 .926 5.12 .900 5.52
1897 BRO NL 34 SS 112 661 201 399 61 36 .908 5.36 .908 5.67
1898 STL NL 35 SS 51 272 79 167 26 14 .904 4.82 .914 5.56
15 Seasons SS 1665 9938 2813 6154 971 587 .902 5.39 .885 5.15
2 Seasons 2B 43 281 111 136 34 23 .879 5.74 .891 5.73
1 Season 3B 2 8 4 2 2 0 .750 3.00 .862 3.30
2 Seasons OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1-0-1
1 Season C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 7.00 0
1 Season P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
15 Seasons TOT 1714 10227 2928 6292 1007 610 .902 5.38 .786 5.16 1-0-1 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Triples s c a p y
1887 AA  16 (7th)
Career  94 (185th)

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)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
Career  235 (249th)

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 (1192), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1023), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (892), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Joe Tinker (920) *
  2. Billy Jurges (900)
  3. Alfredo Griffin (898)
  4. Roger Peckinpaugh (895)
  5. Phil Rizzuto (888) *
  6. Frankie Crosetti (887)
  7. Monte Cross (886)
  8. Joe Quinn (885)
  9. Ozzie Guillen (883)
  10. Roy McMillan (883)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Joe Cronin (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Tinker (965) * 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 (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Roger Peckinpaugh (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Roger Peckinpaugh (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Roger Peckinpaugh (915)  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

Transactions

January 3, 1885: Purchased by the Brooklyn Grays from the Cleveland Blues.

November 13, 1896: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Chauncey Fisher and $1,000 to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms for Tommy Corcoran.

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