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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
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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
1902 STL NL 24 OF 129 320 284 14 22 5 .931 2.31 .945 1.97 0-129-0
1903 STL NL 25 OF 129 260 231 14 15 3 .942 1.90 .942 1.94 0-129-0
1904 STL NL 26 OF 137 297 270 17 10 6 .966 2.09 .947 1.89 0-137-0
1905 STL NL 27 OF 138 321 295 18 8 6 .975 2.27 .955 1.97 0-138-0
1906 TOT NL 28 OF 145 317 283 18 16 4 .950 2.08 .959 1.89 4-110-31
1906 STL NL 28 OF 86 191 174 8 9 4 .953 2.12 .959 1.89 0-55-31
1906 CIN NL 28 OF 59 126 109 10 7 0 .944 2.02 .959 1.89 4-55-0
5 Seasons OF 678 1515 1363 81 71 24 .953 2.13 .950 1.93 4-643-31
5 Seasons TOT 678 1515 1363 81 71 24 .953 2.13 .950 1.93 4-643-31
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
1902 STL NL 24 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129 0
1903 STL NL 25 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129 0
1904 STL NL 26 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 0
1905 STL NL 27 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 0
1906 STL NL 28 86 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 31 86 0
1906 CIN NL 28 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 55 0 59 0
5 Seasons 680 680 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 643 31 678 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

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1902 NL  284 (1st)
1906 NL  283 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1906 NL  18 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1902 NL  22 (3rd)
1906 NL  16 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1902 NL  2.31 (5th)
1905 NL  2.27 (4th)

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