Syd Smith

Sydney A. Smith

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 31, 1883 in Smithville, SC
School: University of South Carolina (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1908
Teams (by GP): Naps/Athletics/Browns/Pirates 1908-1915

Final Game: April 18, 1915
Died: June 5, 1961 in Orangeburg, SC
Buried: Old Quaker Cemetery, Camden, SC
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1904	20	-min	C	118	486	486		137									.282	.282							CHS · SALL
1905	21	-min	C	115	415	415		110									.265	.265							CHS · SALL
1906	22	-min	A	134	420	420		137									.326	.326							ATA · SOUA
1907	23	-min	A	108	402	402		118									.294	.294							ATA · SOUA
1908	24	TOT	AL	73	217	204	14	40	12	0	1	15	2		8	17	.196	.230	.270	.500	59	55	1	4	2/3O
1908	24	PHA	AL	46	137	128	8	26	8	0	1	10	0		4	10	.203	.233	.289	.522	65	37	1	4	2/3O
1908	24	SLB	AL	27	80	76	6	14	4	0	0	5	2		4	7	.184	.225	.237	.462	49	18	0	0	2

1910	26	-min	A	141	490	490		133									.271	.271							ATA · SOUA
1910	26	CLE	AL	9	30	27	1	9	1	0	0	3	0		3	1	.333	.400	.370	.770	140	10	0	0	/2
1911	27	CLE	AL	58	172	154	8	46	8	1	1	21	0		11	10	.299	.353	.383	.736	104	59	2	5	2/35

1914	30	-min	AA	148	549	549		157	27	3	0						.286	.286	.346	.632		190			CLB · AA
1914	30	PIT	NL	5	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	65	3	0	0	/2
1915	31	-min	B,A	118	411	411		114	17	1	1						.277	.277	.331	.608		136			SHV,ATA · TL,SOUA
1915	31	PIT	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1916	32	-min	B	140	514	514		145	29	1	0						.282	.282	.342	.625		176			SHV · TL
1917	33	-min	B	131	415	415		116	12	1	0						.280	.280	.313	.593		130			SHV · TL
5 Seasons				146	431	397	24	98	21	1	2	40	2	0	22	29	.247	.291	.320	.611	84	127	3	9
162 Game Avg.				162	478	441	27	109	23	1	2	44	2		24	32	.247	.291	.320	.611	84	141	3	10

PIT (2 yrs)				6	12	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	51	3	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				67	202	181	9	55	9	1	1	24	0		14	11	.304	.360	.381	.742	109	69	2	5
PHA (1 yr)				46	137	128	8	26	8	0	1	10	0		4	10	.203	.233	.289	.522	65	37	1	4
SLB (1 yr)				27	80	76	6	14	4	0	0	5	2		4	7	.184	.225	.237	.462	49	18	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				140	419	385	23	95	21	1	2	39	2		22	28	.247	.293	.322	.615	84	124	3	9
NL (2 yrs)				6	12	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	51	3	0	0

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
1908	24	PHA	AL	137	-5	-1	0	0	2	2	4	2	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	2/3O
1908	24	SLB	AL	80	-4	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$	2

1910	26	CLE	AL	30	1	-1	0	0	1	1	1	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$	/2
1911	27	CLE	AL	172	0	-2	0	0	2	3	6	9	0.9	7	0.7	0.2	$	2/35

1914	30	PIT	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/2
1915	31	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
5 Seasons				431	-8	-4	0	0	4	8	14	14	1.2	10	1.0	0.2	$

PIT (2 yrs)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
CLE (2 yrs)				202	1	-3	0	0	3	4	7	12	1.2	9	0.9	0.3	$
PHA (1 yr)				137	-5	-1	0	0	2	2	4	2	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$
SLB (1 yr)				80	-4	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
1908	TOT	AL	24	C	55	375	295	71	9	7	.976	6.65	.969	6.28		6	64	47	42%
1908	PHA	AL	24	C	31	202	158	39	5	6	.975	6.35	.969	6.28		0	45	27	38%
1908	PHA	AL	24	1B	6	63	57	4	2	0	.968	10.17	.984	11.37
1908	PHA	AL	24	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		1.80	0-1-0
1908	SLB	AL	24	C	24	173	137	32	4	1	.977	7.04	.969	6.28		6	19	20	51%
1910	CLE	AL	26	C	9	48	33	13	2	3	.958	5.11	.968	6.88		0	12	9	43%
1911	CLE	AL	27	C	48	339	270	62	7	10	.979	6.92	.965	6.80		9	66	47	42%
1911	CLE	AL	27	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		10.30
1911	CLE	AL	27	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		3.30
1914	PIT	NL	30	C	3	15	12	3	0	0	1.000	5.00	.970	6.30		1	3	2	40%
	4 Seasons			C	115	777	610	149	18	20	.977	6.60	.967	6.54		16	145	105	42%
	2 Seasons			1B	7	63	57	4	2	0	.968	8.71	.984	11.21
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		3.30
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		1.80	0-1-0
	5 Seasons			TOT	124	840	667	153	20	20	.976	6.61	.968	6.74	0-1-0	16	145	105	42%

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-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.
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Transactions

August 2, 1908: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Bert Blue.
September 1, 1910: Drafted by the Cleveland Naps from Anderson (Carolina Association) in the 1910 rule 5 draft.

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