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Jack Smith

Jack Smith

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: June 23, 1895 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1915
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Braves 1915-1929

Final Game: May 23, 1929
Died: May 2, 1972 in Westchester, IL
Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:20PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #997. Jerry Priddy… #998. Jim Gantner… #999. Bengie Molina… #1000. JACK SMITH… #1001. Craig Counsell… #1002. Abner Dalrymple… #1003. J.J. Hardy… 

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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
1915 20 STL NL 4 17 16 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 .188 .235 .313 .548 65 5 0 0 /O
1916 21 STL NL 130 400 357 43 87 6 5 6 34 24 16 20 50 .244 .291 .339 .630 94 121 4 19 *O
1917 22 STL NL 137 515 462 64 137 16 11 3 34 25 38 65 .297 .351 .398 .750 132 184 1 14 *O
1918 23 STL NL 42 181 166 24 35 2 1 0 4 5 7 21 .211 .260 .235 .495 53 39 4 4 O
1919 24 STL NL 119 451 408 47 91 16 3 0 15 30 26 29 .223 .271 .277 .548 69 113 1 16 *O
1920 25 STL NL 91 346 313 53 104 22 5 1 28 14 9 25 23 .332 .385 .444 .829 140 139 2 6 O
1921 26 STL NL 116 439 411 86 135 22 9 7 33 11 6 21 24 .328 .361 .477 .838 123 196 0 7 *O
1922 27 STL NL 143 578 510 117 158 23 12 8 46 18 7 50 30 .310 .375 .449 .824 116 229 3 15 *O
1923 28 STL NL 124 444 407 98 126 16 6 5 41 32 11 27 20 .310 .356 .415 .771 105 169 2 8 *O
1924 29 STL NL 124 502 459 91 130 18 6 2 33 24 16 33 27 .283 .333 .362 .694 87 166 1 9 *O
1925 30 STL NL 80 273 243 53 61 11 4 4 31 20 2 19 13 .251 .308 .379 .687 72 92 1 10 O
1926 31 TOT NL 97 360 323 46 100 15 2 2 25 11 28 13 .310 .368 .387 .755 111 125 2 7 O897
1926 31 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1926 31 BSN NL 96 359 322 46 100 15 2 2 25 11 28 12 .311 .369 .388 .758 112 125 2 7 O897
1927 32 BSN NL 84 207 183 27 58 6 4 1 24 8 16 12 .317 .375 .410 .785 117 75 1 7 O
1928 33 BSN NL 96 289 254 30 71 9 2 1 32 6 21 14 .280 .335 .343 .677 82 87 0 14 O
1929 34 BSN NL 19 24 20 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 .250 .318 .250 .568 46 5 0 2 /O
15 Seasons 1406 5026 4532 783 1301 182 71 40 382 228 67 334 348 .287 .339 .385 .724 103 1745 22 138
162 Game Avg. 162 579 522 90 150 21 8 5 44 26 38 40 .287 .339 .385 .724 103 201 3 16
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
STL (12 yrs) 1111 4147 3753 678 1067 152 63 36 299 203 67 267 308 .284 .335 .387 .722 103 1453 19 108
BSN (4 yrs) 295 879 779 105 234 30 8 4 83 25 67 40 .300 .358 .375 .733 101 292 3 30

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
1915 20 STL NL 17 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O
1916 21 STL NL 400 -3 -2 0 0 -5 -3 11 -2 -0.3 3 0.4 -0.7 $ *O
1917 22 STL NL 515 13 2 0 0 0 -5 14 24 2.8 24 2.7 0.1 $ *O
1918 23 STL NL 181 -9 1 0 0 -2 -1 5 -6 -0.8 -4 -0.5 -0.3 $ O
1919 24 STL NL 451 -15 3 0 0 2 -5 13 -2 -0.5 -4 -0.5 0.0 $ *O
1920 25 STL NL 346 14 1 0 0 -6 -3 10 16 1.8 22 2.4 -0.6 $ O
1921 26 STL NL 439 12 5 0 0 0 -4 13 26 2.7 26 2.6 0.1 $ *O
1922 27 STL NL 578 14 7 0 0 -3 -5 17 30 2.9 33 3.2 -0.3 $ *O
1923 28 STL NL 444 0 8 0 0 5 -5 13 21 2.1 16 1.6 0.5 $ *O
1924 29 STL NL 502 -7 4 0 0 2 -5 15 9 0.9 7 0.7 0.2 $ *O
1925 30 STL NL 273 -11 6 0 0 0 -2 8 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ O
1926 31 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1926 31 BSN NL 359 7 1 0 0 0 -3 11 16 1.6 16 1.6 0.0 $ O897
1927 32 BSN NL 207 5 1 0 0 -2 -2 6 8 0.8 10 1.0 -0.2 $ O
1928 33 BSN NL 289 -7 0 0 0 -1 -2 8 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ O
1929 34 BSN NL 24 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ /O
15 Seasons 5026 10 37 0 0 -12 -45 145 135 13.5 147 15.0 -1.5 $
STL (12 yrs) 4147 7 35 0 0 -7 -38 119 116 11.6 123 12.6 -1.0 $
BSN (4 yrs) 879 3 2 0 0 -5 -7 26 19 1.9 24 2.4 -0.5 $

Standard Fielding

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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
1915 STL NL 20 OF 4 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 .960 2.12 3-1-0
1916 STL NL 21 OF 120 236 212 12 12 4 .949 1.87 .967 2.15 1-109-11
1917 STL NL 22 OF 128 255 233 12 10 6 .961 1.91 .963 2.20 27-65-37
1918 STL NL 23 OF 42 102 87 9 6 5 .941 2.29 .962 2.26 0-42-0
1919 STL NL 24 OF 111 225 197 19 9 5 .960 1.95 .964 2.26
1919 STL NL 24 RF 78 75 68 147 122 18 7 0 .952 1.79 .959 1.99
1919 STL NL 24 CF 35 29 28 78 75 1 2 0 .974 2.17 .968 2.60
1919 STL NL 24 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1920 STL NL 25 OF 83 162 144 12 6 1 .963 1.88 .964 2.34
1920 STL NL 25 CF 47 40 31 116 103 7 6 1 .948 2.34 .963 2.75
1920 STL NL 25 LF 18 17 15 26 24 2 0 0 1.000 1.44 .967 2.18
1920 STL NL 25 RF 18 16 12 20 17 3 0 0 1.000 1.11 .961 2.09
1921 STL NL 26 OF 103 199 179 11 9 3 .955 1.84 .965 2.40
1921 STL NL 26 RF 87 81 69 150 133 9 8 1 .947 1.63 .964 2.08
1921 STL NL 26 CF 19 16 13 49 46 2 1 2 .980 2.53 .967 2.78
1922 STL NL 27 OF 136 308 282 11 15 3 .951 2.15 .962 2.40
1922 STL NL 27 CF 77 64 55 187 170 8 9 2 .952 2.31 .970 2.82
1922 STL NL 27 RF 50 42 37 80 75 2 3 1 .963 1.54 .955 2.18
1922 STL NL 27 LF 14 13 13 41 37 1 3 0 .927 2.71 .958 2.22
1923 STL NL 28 OF 109 265 247 11 7 3 .974 2.37 .964 2.44
1923 STL NL 28 LF 77 70 60 206 193 7 6 1 .971 2.60 .966 2.26
1923 STL NL 28 RF 22 18 16 41 38 3 0 2 1.000 1.86 .958 2.18
1923 STL NL 28 CF 11 7 7 27 25 1 1 0 .963 2.36 .968 2.89
1924 STL NL 29 OF 114 278 251 18 9 8 .968 2.36 .965 2.39
1924 STL NL 29 RF 77 76 71 183 168 9 6 5 .967 2.30 .966 2.06
1924 STL NL 29 LF 25 21 18 59 50 7 2 1 .966 2.28 .964 2.26
1924 STL NL 29 CF 14 10 9 36 33 2 1 2 .972 2.50 .965 2.85
1925 STL NL 30 OF 64 166 152 7 7 2 .958 2.48 .967 2.48
1925 STL NL 30 CF 39 36 28 112 101 4 7 2 .938 2.69 .967 2.92
1925 STL NL 30 RF 27 18 14 40 38 2 0 0 1.000 1.48 .967 2.27
1925 STL NL 30 LF 5 4 3 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.80 .967 2.26
1926 BSN NL 31 OF 83 76 71 220 206 8 6 0 .973 2.58 .965 2.42
1926 BSN NL 31 CF 59 58 54 182 170 7 5 0 .973 3.00 .965 2.85
1926 BSN NL 31 RF 15 11 10 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.07 .968 2.21
1926 BSN NL 31 LF 10 7 7 22 21 0 1 0 .955 2.10 .961 2.21
1927 BSN NL 32 OF 48 119 106 7 6 1 .950 2.35 .970 2.49
1927 BSN NL 32 RF 32 25 24 67 60 2 5 1 .925 1.94 .968 2.26
1927 BSN NL 32 CF 14 10 9 47 42 4 1 0 .979 3.29 .973 2.97
1927 BSN NL 32 LF 3 2 1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 .970 2.27
1928 BSN NL 33 OF 65 171 165 4 2 0 .988 2.60 .972 2.47
1928 BSN NL 33 CF 41 37 34 122 117 3 2 0 .984 2.93 .976 2.91
1928 BSN NL 33 LF 18 18 15 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.28 .972 2.24
1928 BSN NL 33 RF 7 4 2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 .968 2.26
1929 BSN NL 34 OF 9 12 10 0 2 0 .833 1.11 .973 2.47
1929 BSN NL 34 CF 4 3 2 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.75 .976 2.95
1929 BSN NL 34 RF 3 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.00 .970 2.37
1929 BSN NL 34 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
15 Seasons OF 1219 76 71 2723 2476 141 106 41 .961 2.15 .965 2.35 204-577-464
11 Seasons (incomplete) RF 416 367 324 759 680 49 30 10 .960 1.75 .963 2.11
11 Seasons (incomplete) CF 360 310 270 964 889 39 36 9 .963 2.58 .968 2.82
10 Seasons (incomplete) LF 173 152 132 414 382 20 12 2 .971 2.32 .965 2.24
15 Seasons TOT 1219 76 71 2723 2476 141 106 41 .961 2.15 .965 2.35 204-577-464
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-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

Batting Average s c a p y
1917 NL  .297 (8th)
1921 NL  .328 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1917 NL  .398 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1917 NL  .750 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1922 NL  117 (3rd)
1923 NL  98 (9th)
1924 NL  91 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1922 NL  12 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1917 NL  65 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1916 NL  24 (9th)
1917 NL  25 (6th)
1919 NL  30 (4th)
1922 NL  18 (7th)
1923 NL  32 (3rd)
1924 NL  24 (4th)
1925 NL  20 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1917 NL  132 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1917 NL  17 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1917 NL  2.0 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1917 NL  .684 (9th)
1921 NL  .652 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career  138 (211th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1924 NL  16 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1922 NL  11.1 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1916 NL  59.5 (5th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  36 (99th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1924 NL  18 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1916 NL  12 (3rd)
1922 NL  15 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 NL  2.60 (1st)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 NL  .971 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1924 NL  2.30 (1st)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1924 NL  .967 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1915 NL  born 1895-06-23 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 35 (695), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1152), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1080), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Patsy Dougherty (934)
  8. Les Mann (933)
  9. Lou Finney (930)
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  4. Carson Bigbee (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Roger Cedeno (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gene Richards (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gene Richards (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gene Richards (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Cliff Heathcote (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Cesar Tovar (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Brett Butler (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Max Flack (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Max Flack (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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