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Jimmy Smith

James Lawrence Smith (Greenfield Jimmy or Bluejacket)

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 152 lb.

Born: May 15, 1895 in Pittsburgh, PA
School: Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1914
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Whales/Pirates/Giants/Braves/... 1914-1922

Final Game: September 3, 1922
Died: January 1, 1974 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1914 CHI FL 19 SS 3 8 3 5 0 2 1.000 2.67 .929 5.23
1915 TOT FL 20 SS 125 675 273 333 69 37 .898 4.85 .929 5.23
1915 CHI FL 20 SS 92 479 187 246 46 28 .904 4.71 .929 5.23
1915 CHI FL 20 2B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .950 5.10
1915 BAL FL 20 SS 33 196 86 87 23 9 .883 5.24 .929 5.23
1916 PIT NL 21 SS 27 126 51 66 9 6 .929 4.33 .926 5.52
1916 PIT NL 21 3B 6 22 7 12 3 0 .864 3.17 .938 3.18
1917 NYG NL 22 2B 29 105 38 64 3 5 .971 3.52 .956 5.33
1917 NYG NL 22 SS 7 35 15 19 1 0 .971 4.86 .931 5.34
1918 BSN NL 23 2B 10 3 3 28 17 11 0 1 1.000 2.80 .957 5.45
1918 BSN NL 23 SS 9 9 9 68 28 31 9 6 .868 6.56 .934 5.80
1918 BSN NL 23 OF 6 9 8 16 14 0 2 0 .875 2.33 .962 2.27 2-3-1
1918 BSN NL 23 3B 5 5 5 16 6 9 1 1 .938 3.00 .949 3.40
1918 BSN NL 23 RF 5 5 5 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .962 1.86
1918 BSN NL 23 LF 4 4 3 14 12 0 2 0 .857 3.00 .965 2.22
1919 CIN NL 24 3B 6 2 2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.17 .946 3.23
1919 CIN NL 24 SS 5 4 4 26 9 16 1 3 .962 5.00 .943 5.66
1919 CIN NL 24 2B 4 1 1 12 6 5 1 2 .917 2.75 .960 5.42
1919 CIN NL 24 OF 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.25 .965 2.25
1919 CIN NL 24 RF 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.33 .960 2.00
1919 CIN NL 24 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1921 PHI NL 26 2B 66 61 54 375 125 239 11 19 .971 5.52 .962 5.70
1922 PHI NL 27 SS 23 14 14 104 43 56 5 13 .952 4.30 .945 5.78
1922 PHI NL 27 2B 13 11 10 65 24 38 3 3 .954 4.77 .961 5.76
1922 PHI NL 27 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
7 Seasons SS 199 27 27 1042 422 526 94 67 .910 4.76 .931 5.37
6 Seasons 2B 123 76 68 586 210 357 19 30 .968 4.61 .961 5.59
4 Seasons 3B 18 7 7 45 15 26 4 1 .911 2.28 .943 3.25
2 Seasons OF 10 11 10 18 15 0 3 0 .833 1.50 .962 2.26 7-3-9
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 8 7 7 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1.38 .962 1.91
2 Seasons (incomplete) LF 5 4 3 14 12 0 2 0 .857 2.40 .965 2.22
8 Seasons TOT 350 121 112 1691 662 909 120 98 .929 4.49 .942 5.25 7-3-9
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1914 CHI FL 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1915 CHI FL 20 95 95 0 0 0 1 0 92 0 0 0 0 0
1915 BAL FL 20 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0
1916 PIT NL 21 36 36 0 0 0 0 6 27 0 0 0 0 0
1917 NYG NL 22 36 36 0 0 0 29 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
1918 BSN NL 23 34 34 0 0 0 10 5 9 2 3 1 6 0
1919 CIN NL 24 28 9 28 19 0 0 0 4 6 5 1 0 3 4 0 1 9
1921 PHI NL 26 67 61 67 66 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1922 PHI NL 27 38 25 38 36 0 0 0 13 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Seasons 370 95 370 121 0 0 0 123 18 199 3 3 4 10 0 4 10
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1915 FL  70 (1st)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1915 FL  69 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1914 FL  born 1895-05-15 (1st)
1915 FL  born 1895-05-15 (3rd)

             

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