Red Smith

James Carlisle Smith

Positions: Third Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 6, 1890 in Greenville, SC
School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1911
Teams (by GP): Braves/Dodgers/Superbas/Robins 1911-1919

Final Game: September 25, 1919
Died: October 11, 1966 in Atlanta, GA
Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1911	BRO	NL	21	3B	28			90	30	51	9	7	.900	2.89	.936	3.14
1912	BRO	NL	22	3B	125			434	156	251	27	16	.938	3.26	.935	3.15
1913	BRO	NL	23	3B	151			504	175	295	34	13	.933	3.11	.935	3.12
1914	TOT	NL	24	3B	150			589	220	332	37	28	.937	3.68	.931	3.20
1914	BRO	NL	24	3B	90			351	136	193	22	16	.937	3.66	.931	3.20
1914	BSN	NL	24	3B	60			238	84	139	15	12	.937	3.72	.931	3.20
1915	BSN	NL	25	3B	157			488	170	292	26	26	.947	2.94	.947	3.13
1916	BSN	NL	26	3B	150			501	166	299	36	15	.928	3.10	.938	3.18
1917	BSN	NL	27	3B	147			438	141	264	33	27	.925	2.76	.942	3.24
1918	BSN	NL	28	3B	119	119	117	449	123	291	35	16	.922	3.48	.949	3.39
1919	BSN	NL	29	OF	48	43	37	104	99	3	2	1	.981	2.13	.964	2.26
1919	BSN	NL	29	CF	31	29	26	73	69	2	2	1	.973	2.29	.968	2.60
1919	BSN	NL	29	3B	23	21	21	97	29	61	7	4	.928	3.91	.946	3.24
1919	BSN	NL	29	LF	17	13	10	27	27	0	0	0	1.000	1.59	.966	2.21
1919	BSN	NL	29	RF	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.960	2.00
	9 Seasons			3B	1050	140	138	3590	1210	2136	244	152	.932	3.19	.939	3.20
	1 Season			OF	48	43	37	104	99	3	2	1	.981	2.13	.964	2.26
	1 Season			CF	31	29	26	73	69	2	2	1	.973	2.29	.968	2.60
	1 Season			LF	17	13	10	27	27	0	0	0	1.000	1.59	.966	2.21
	1 Season			RF	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.960	2.00
	9 Seasons			TOT	1098	183	175	3694	1309	2139	246	153	.933	3.14	.940	3.15

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1911	BRO	NL	21	28		28		28	0	0	0	0
1912	BRO	NL	22	128		128		125	0	0	0	0
1913	BRO	NL	23	151		151		151	0	0	0	0
1914	BRO	NL	24	90		90		90	0	0	0	0
1914	BSN	NL	24	60		60		60	0	0	0	0
1915	BSN	NL	25	157		157		157	0	0	0	0
1916	BSN	NL	26	150		150		150	0	0	0	0
1917	BSN	NL	27	147		147		147	0	0	0	0
1918	BSN	NL	28	119		119		119	0	0	0	0
1919	BSN	NL	29	87	64	87	70	23	17	31	3	49	18	0
	9 Seasons			1117	64	1117	70	1050	17	31	3	49	18	0

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

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1912 NL 125 (4th) 1913 NL 151 (1st) 1914 NL 150 (1st) 1915 NL 157 (1st) 1916 NL 150 (1st) 1917 NL 147 (3rd) 1918 NL 119 (5th) Career 1,050 (93rd)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1912 NL 156 (2nd) 1913 NL 175 (2nd) 1914 NL 220 (1st) 1915 NL 170 (1st) 1916 NL 166 (1st) 1917 NL 141 (5th) Career 1,210 (70th)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1912 NL 251 (2nd) 1913 NL 295 (1st) 1914 NL 332 (1st) 1915 NL 292 (1st) 1916 NL 299 (1st) 1917 NL 264 (4th) 1918 NL 291 (1st) Career 2,136 (78th)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1912 NL 27 (4th) 1913 NL 34 (2nd) 1914 NL 37 (2nd) 1915 NL 26 (1st) 1916 NL 36 (1st) 1917 NL 33 (1st) 1918 NL 35 (1st) Career 244 (54th)
Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1912 NL 3.26 (2nd) 1913 NL 3.11 (3rd) 1914 NL 3.68 (1st) 1916 NL 3.10 (3rd) 1918 NL 3.48 (2nd) Career 3.19 (50th)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1912 NL .938 (4th) 1913 NL .933 (5th) 1914 NL .937 (4th) 1915 NL .947 (5th)

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