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Earl Smith
Earl Sutton Smith (Oil)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 24, 1919
Final Game September 28, 1930
Born February 14, 1897 in Sheridan, AR
Died June 8, 1963 in Little Rock, AR

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1919 22 NYG NL  21   36    5    9   2  1   0    8   1      3   3  .250  .308  .361  101   13   1           0    
 1920 23 NYG NL  91  262   20   77   7  1   1   30   5  2  18  16  .294  .344  .340   97   89   3           2    
 1921 24 NYG NL  89  229   35   77   8  4  10   51   4  3  27   8  .336  .409  .537  147  123   4           1    
 1922 25 NYG NL  90  234   29   65  11  4   9   39   1  1  37  12  .278  .383  .474  118  111   1           3    
 1923 26 TOT NL  96  225   24   62  16  2   4   23   0  1  26  11  .276  .353  .418  106   94   3           1    
         NYG NL  24   34    2    7   1  1   1    4   0  0   4   1  .206  .289  .382   77   13   1           0    
         BSN NL  72  191   22   55  15  1   3   19   0  1  22  10  .288  .364  .424  111   81   2           1    
 1924 27 TOT NL  72  170   13   57  13  1   4   29   2  1  19   7  .335  .402  .494  139   84   5           0    
         BSN NL  33   59    1   16   3  0   0    8   0  1   6   3  .271  .338  .322   81   19   1           0    
         PIT NL  39  111   12   41  10  1   4   21   2  0  13   4  .369  .435  .586  169   65   4           0    
 1925 28 PIT NL 109  329   34  103  22  3   8   64   4  1  31  13  .313  .374  .471  109  155   5           1    
 1926 29 PIT NL 105  292   29  101  17  2   2   46   1     28   7  .346  .407  .438  123  128   9           2    
 1927 30 PIT NL  66  189   16   51   3  1   5   25   0     21  11  .270  .346  .376   88   71  11           1    
 1928 31 TOT NL  56  143   11   34   8  0   2   18   0     16  11  .238  .314  .336   68   48   4           0    
         PIT NL  32   85    8   21   6  0   2   11   0     11   7  .247  .333  .388   85   33   3           0    
         STL NL  24   58    3   13   2  0   0    7   0      5   4  .224  .286  .259   42   15   1           0    
 1929 32 STL NL  57  145    9   50   8  0   1   22   0     18   6  .345  .417  .421  107   61   1           0    
 1930 33 STL NL   8   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      3   1  .000  .231  .000  -38    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     860 2264  225  686 115 19  46  355  18  9 247 106  .303  .374  .432  111  977  47   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        426   42  129  22  4   9   67   3  2  47  20  .303  .374  .432  111  184   9   0   0   2   0
 Career High    109  329   35  103  22  4  10   64   5  3  37  16  .346  .409  .537  147  155  11   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1919 22 NYG NL   40   28    4   3.9    81| .250  .263| .308  .317| .361  .346| .669  .663| 101  .537   0.0   0.0     
 1920 23 NYG NL  285  190   30   4.3    90| .294  .276| .344  .330| .340  .367| .684  .698|  97  .549  -0.7  -0.1  71%
 1921 24 NYG NL  261  159   49   8.3   107| .336  .299| .409  .350| .537  .412| .946  .762| 147  .744  15.8   1.5  57%
 1922 25 NYG NL  275  171   42   6.6   114| .278  .304| .383  .362| .474  .422| .857  .784| 118  .629   7.0   0.7  50%
 1923 26 TOT NL  255  167   33   5.3   104| .276  .289| .353  .347| .418  .402| .771  .749| 106  .552   2.7   0.3   0%
         NYG NL   39   28    4   3.8   106| .206  .292| .289  .351| .382  .406| .671  .757|  77  .405  -1.3  -0.1   0%
         BSN NL  216  139   29   5.6   104| .288  .288| .364  .346| .424  .401| .788  .748| 111  .576   4.0   0.4   0%
 1924 27 TOT NL  194  119   35   7.9   104| .335  .290| .402  .345| .494  .404| .896  .749| 139  .732  10.2   1.0  66%
         BSN NL   66   45    6   3.6   101| .271  .285| .338  .340| .322  .397| .660  .737|  81  .391  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         PIT NL  128   74   29  10.5   106| .369  .292| .435  .348| .586  .407|1.021  .755| 169  .822  11.4   1.1 100%
 1925 28 PIT NL  366  232   58   6.6   120| .313  .309| .374  .368| .471  .441| .845  .809| 109  .620   4.4   0.4  80%
 1926 29 PIT NL  331  200   52   6.9   107| .346  .293| .407  .354| .438  .406| .845  .760| 123  .686  10.8   1.1     
 1927 30 PIT NL  222  149   24   4.3   110| .270  .299| .346  .358| .376  .412| .722  .770|  88  .472  -3.6  -0.4     
 1928 31 TOT NL  163  113   15   3.6   112| .238  .294| .314  .359| .336  .418| .650  .778|  68  .365  -6.8  -0.7     
         PIT NL   99   67   11   4.4   112| .247  .295| .333  .360| .388  .420| .721  .780|  85  .460  -1.8  -0.2     
         STL NL   64   46    4   2.3   111| .224  .292| .286  .358| .259  .416| .545  .774|  42  .210  -5.0  -0.5     
 1929 32 STL NL  164   96   25   6.9   122| .345  .306| .417  .370| .421  .445| .838  .815| 107  .606   2.8   0.3     
 1930 33 STL NL   13   10    0   0.0   129| .000  .316| .231  .374| .000  .470| .231  .844| -38  .000  -2.4  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2569 1634  367   6.0   108| .303  .295| .374  .354| .432  .411| .806  .765| 111  .612  40.3   3.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1919 22 NYG NL C 14 26 10 1 0 .973 .973 2.57 4.78 0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 1920 23 NYG NL C 82 252 73 8 12 .976 .968 3.96 4.59 10 1921 24 NYG NL C 78 195 56 9 4 .965 .971 3.22 4.11 4 1922 25 NYG NL C 75 214 56 6 3 .978 .974 3.60 4.04 11 1923 26 TOT NL C 66 173 58 6 9 .975 .976 3.50 4.09 8 NYG NL C 12 32 7 1 2 .975 .975 3.25 4.09 1 BSN NL C 54 141 51 5 7 .975 .976 3.56 4.09 7 1924 27 TOT NL C 48 167 36 7 4 .967 .981 4.23 4.11 7 BSN NL C 13 40 13 3 1 .946 .981 4.08 4.11 3 PIT NL C 35 127 23 4 3 .974 .981 4.29 4.11 4 1925 28 PIT NL C 96 317 77 13 15 .968 .970 4.10 3.90 9 1926 29 PIT NL C 98 307 63 14 10 .964 .971 3.78 3.73 7 1927 30 PIT NL C 61 187 32 3 2 .986 .974 3.59 3.84 7 1928 31 TOT NL C 46 130 17 3 4 .980 .979 3.20 3.79 4 PIT NL C 28 78 11 3 2 .967 .979 3.18 3.79 2 STL NL C 18 52 6 0 2 1.000 .980 3.22 3.79 2 1929 32 STL NL C 50 131 21 6 1 .962 .974 3.04 3.57 4 1930 33 STL NL C 6 18 3 2 0 .913 .977 3.50 4.05 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 22 NYG NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 1919 22 NYG NL C 14 26 10 1 0 .973 .973 2.57 4.78 0 1920 23 NYG NL C 82 252 73 8 12 .976 .968 3.96 4.59 10 1921 24 NYG NL C 78 195 56 9 4 .965 .971 3.22 4.11 4 1922 25 NYG NL C 75 214 56 6 3 .978 .974 3.60 4.04 11 1923 26 TOT NL C 66 173 58 6 9 .975 .976 3.50 4.09 8 NYG NL C 12 32 7 1 2 .975 .975 3.25 4.09 1 BSN NL C 54 141 51 5 7 .975 .976 3.56 4.09 7 1924 27 TOT NL C 48 167 36 7 4 .967 .981 4.23 4.11 7 BSN NL C 13 40 13 3 1 .946 .981 4.08 4.11 3 PIT NL C 35 127 23 4 3 .974 .981 4.29 4.11 4 1925 28 PIT NL C 96 317 77 13 15 .968 .970 4.10 3.90 9 1926 29 PIT NL C 98 307 63 14 10 .964 .971 3.78 3.73 7 1927 30 PIT NL C 61 187 32 3 2 .986 .974 3.59 3.84 7 1928 31 TOT NL C 46 130 17 3 4 .980 .979 3.20 3.79 4 PIT NL C 28 78 11 3 2 .967 .979 3.18 3.79 2 STL NL C 18 52 6 0 2 1.000 .980 3.22 3.79 2 1929 32 STL NL C 50 131 21 6 1 .962 .974 3.04 3.57 4 1930 33 STL NL C 6 18 3 2 0 .913 .977 3.50 4.05 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 720 2117 502 78 64 .971 .973 3.64 4.01 72 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 721 2117 502 78 64 .971 .973 3.63 4.01
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1921   WS    NYG NYY     W   3   7   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .125  .000   0  1   0   0   0 
 1922   WS    NYG NYY     W   4   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .143  .143  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
 1925   WS    PIT WSH     W   6  20   0   7  1  0  0   0   1   2  .350  .381  .400   0  0   1   0   0 
 1927   WS    PIT NYY     L   3   8   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1928   WS    STL NYY     L   1   4   0   3  0  0  0   0   0   0  .750  .750  .750   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        3-2  17  46   0  11  1  0  0   0   2   4  .239  .271  .261   0  2   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1926 NL-.346-3

On-base %
1926 NL-.407-5

Offensive Win%
1926 NL-.686-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1926 NL-41.7-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1794) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (724) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.0 (795) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January 2, 1919: Traded by the Rochester (International) to the New York Giants for Waite Hoyt, Joe Wilhoit, Jose Rodriguez, Jack Ogden, Bill Kelly (minors), and cash.

June 7, 1923: Traded by the New York Giants with Jesse Barnes to the Boston Braves for Hank Gowdy and Mule Watson.

July 14, 1924: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Braves.

July 10, 1928: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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