Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > S Listing > Homer Smoot > Batting

Homer Smoot

Homer Vernon Smoot (Doc)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 23, 1878 in Galestown, MD
High School: Wesley Collegiate Academy (Dover, DE)
School: Washington College (Chestertown, MD) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1902
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Reds 1902-1906

Final Game: October 7, 1906
Died: March 25, 1928 in Salisbury, MD
Buried: Galestown Cemetery, Galestown, MD
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Sponsor this page for $10 and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service. Your message will replace this ad.

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1900	22	WCS,PRV,ALN	A,N/A	42	159	154	18	43	6	4	1		4			.279	.279	.390	.669		60		5		WCS,PRV,ALN · EL,ATLL
1901	23	WCS	A	120	486	486		173	37	5	4					.356	.356	.477	.833		232				WCS · EL
1902	24	STL	NL	129	566	518	58	161	19	4	3	48	20	23	59	.311	.350	.380	.730	130	197	8	17	*O
1903	25	STL	NL	129	553	500	67	148	22	8	4	49	17	32	51	.296	.342	.396	.738	113	198	3	18	*O
1904	26	STL	NL	137	573	520	58	146	23	6	3	66	23	37	53	.281	.331	.365	.696	119	190	2	14	*O
1905	27	STL	NL	139	587	534	73	166	21	16	4	58	21	33	61	.311	.359	.433	.791	138	231	7	13	*O
1906	28	TOT	NL	146	612	563	52	142	17	11	1	48	3	24	73	.252	.300	.327	.626	96	184	14	11	*O
1906	28	STL	NL	86	374	343	41	85	9	10	0	31	3	11	41	.248	.289	.332	.622	97	114	9	11	O
1906	28	CIN	NL	60	238	220	11	57	8	1	1	17	0	13	32	.259	.315	.318	.633	94	70	5	0	O
1907	29	TOL	A	141	541	541		169	36	3	1					.312	.312	.396	.708		214				TOL · AA
1908	30	TOL	A	131	501	501		151	35	5	3					.301	.301	.409	.711		205				TOL · AA
1909	31	TOL	A	137	504	504		136	17	9	3					.270	.270	.357	.627		180				TOL · AA
1910	32	LOU,KCY	A	130	484	484		114	14	0	1					.236	.236	.271	.506		131				LOU,KCY · AA
1911	33	WKB,KCY	B,A	131	427	427		132	8	2	2					.309	.309	.145	.454		62				WKB,KCY · NYSL,AA
1912	34	WKB	B	23	87	87		20								.230	.230								WKB · NYSL
1925	47	SLB	D																						SLB · ESHL
5 Yrs				680	2891	2635	308	763	102	45	15	269	84	149	297	.290	.336	.380	.715	119	1000	34	73
162 Game Avg.				162	689	628	73	182	24	11	4	64	20	35	71	.290	.336	.380	.715	119	238	8	17

STL (5 yrs)				620	2653	2415	297	706	94	44	14	252	84	136	265	.292	.338	.385	.723	121	930	29	73
CIN (1 yr)				60	238	220	11	57	8	1	1	17	0	13	32	.259	.315	.318	.633	94	70	5	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1902	24	STL	NL	129	566	16	-1	0	-6	-4	5	0.5	16	22	2.2	.505	.504	2.9	-1.2	28	$	*O
1903	25	STL	NL	129	553	8	-1	0	-6	-3	-3	-0.3	16	13	1.3	.498	.498	1.9	-0.9	19	$	*O
1904	26	STL	NL	137	573	11	-1	0	-1	-4	6	0.7	17	23	2.4	.505	.504	2.5	-0.5	24	$	*O
1905	27	STL	NL	139	587	23	-1	0	-5	-4	13	1.4	18	30	3.1	.510	.509	3.8	-0.9	35	$	*O
1906	28	STL	NL	86	374	-2	-0	0	3	-3	-2	-0.3	11	9	0.8	.497	.498	0.5	-0.1	6	$	O
1906	28	CIN	NL	60	238	-2	0	0	-2	-2	-5	-0.7	7	2	0.1	.490	.496	0.4	-0.5	4	$	O
5 Seasons				680	2891	54	-4	0	-17	-20	14	1.3	86	99	9.9	.502	.502	12.0	-3.9	116	$

STL (5 yrs)				620	2653	56	-4	0	-15	-18	19	1.9	78	97	9.8	.503	.503	11.6	-3.5	112	$
CIN (1 yr)				60	238	-2	0	0	-2	-2	-5	-0.7	7	2	0.1	.490	.496	0.4	-0.5	4	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1902	24	STL	NL	566	374	67	4.8	74	.346	.311	.261	.350	.315	.380	.320	.730	.635	130	.644	17.0	1.9	.695	.153	.069	5.2
1903	25	STL	NL	553	370	67	4.8	90	.324	.296	.274	.342	.337	.396	.357	.738	.693	113	.585	6.9	0.7	.710	.198	.100	6.5
1904	26	STL	NL	573	388	62	4.2	74	.308	.281	.252	.331	.309	.365	.326	.696	.635	119	.611	11.4	1.3	.674	.200	.085	5.3
1905	27	STL	NL	587	381	81	5.7	81	.345	.311	.261	.359	.322	.433	.341	.791	.663	138	.705	22.9	2.6	.793	.223	.122	6.7
1906	28	TOT	NL	612	432	52	3.2	75	.288	.252	.252	.300	.318	.327	.321	.626	.639	96	.504	-4.8	-0.6	.534	.123	.075	1.5
1906	28	STL	NL	374	269	31	3.0	73	.281	.248	.248	.289	.314	.332	.316	.622	.631	97	.485	-3.2	-0.4	.531	.125	.085	.0
1906	28	CIN	NL	238	163	21	3.4	79	.299	.259	.257	.315	.325	.318	.328	.633	.652	94	.536	-1.5	-0.2	.540	.118	.059	.0
5 Yrs				2891	1945	329	4.5	79	.322	.290	.260	.336	.320	.380	.333	.715	.653	119	.616	53.5	5.9	.677	.178	.090	25.5
162 Game Avg.				689	463	78	4.5	79	.322	.290	.260	.336	.320	.380	.333	.715	.653	119	.616	13	1	.677	.178	.090	6

STL (5 yrs)				2653	1782	308	4.6	79	.324	.292	.260	.338	.320	.385	.333	.723	.653	121	.621	55.0	6.1	.690	.184	.093	24.0
CIN (1 yr)				238	163	21	3.4	79	.299	.259	.257	.315	.325	.318	.328	.633	.652	94	.536	-1.5	-0.2	.540	.118	.059	.0

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1902	24	129	566	518	58	161	19	4	3	48	20	23	59	.311	.350	.380	.730	130	197	8	17
1903	25	258	1119	1018	125	309	41	12	7	97	37	55	110	.304	.346	.388	.734	121	395	11	35
1904	26	395	1692	1538	183	455	64	18	10	163	60	92	163	.296	.341	.380	.721	120	585	13	49
1905	27	534	2279	2072	256	621	85	34	14	221	81	125	224	.300	.346	.394	.739	125	816	20	62
1906	28	680	2891	2635	308	763	102	45	15	269	84	149	297	.290	.336	.380	.715	119	1000	34	73

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1902	24	148	672	613	78	203	24	5	4	64	25	29	68	.331	.371	.406	.777	90	129
1903	25	149	634	574	74	167	25	9	5	54	19	36	59	.291	.336	.392	.728	74	129
1904	26	142	616	556	71	168	26	7	3	81	26	43	55	.302	.354	.390	.745	77	137
1905	27	145	629	570	85	185	23	18	4	67	23	37	64	.325	.374	.449	.823	94	139
1906	28	154	671	613	68	170	20	13	1	63	4	29	77	.277	.328	.357	.685	68	146
5 Yrs		738	3222	2926	376	893	118	52	17	329	97	174	323	.305	.353	.398	.751	403	680
162 Game Avg.		162	707	642	83	196	26	11	4	72	21	38	71	.305	.353	.398	.751	88	680

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1905 NL 3.8 (10th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1905 NL .311 (7th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1902 NL .380 (10th) 1905 NL .433 (8th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1905 NL .791 (8th)
At Bats s c a p y 1906 NL 563 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1902 NL 161 (9th) 1905 NL 166 (9th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1902 NL 197 (10th) 1905 NL 231 (6th)	Doubles s c a p y 1904 NL 23 (8th)
Triples s c a p y 1905 NL 16 (4th) 1906 NL 11 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1902 NL 3 (5th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1904 NL 66 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1902 NL 59 (3rd) 1903 NL 51 (7th) 1904 NL 53 (10th) 1905 NL 61 (5th) 1906 NL 73 (7th)
Singles s c a p y 1902 NL 135 (8th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1905 NL 138 (9th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1902 NL 67 (10th) 1905 NL 81 (7th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1905 NL 23 (10th)
Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1905 NL 2.6 (10th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1905 NL 41 (8th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1905 NL .705 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1902 NL 8 (9th) 1906 NL 14 (2nd)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1902 NL 17 (10th) 1903 NL 18 (8th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1902 NL 5.2 (8th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1902 NL 172.7 (8th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1906 NL 432 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 29 (809), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Armando Marsans (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vin Campbell (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Robertson (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Luis Polonia (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lou Finney (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet SABR BioProject The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Homer Smoot

Viewed 4,955 times through June 1, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Homer Doc Homer Vernon Smoot

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.