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George Smith
George Shelby Smith

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 21, 1926
Final Game September 17, 1930
Born October 27, 1901 in Louisville, KY
Died May 26, 1981 in Richmond, VA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1926 24 DET AL   1   2  23   1   0   0  17  0   44.0   55   37   34   3   33   15   2   0   215       1  6.95  4.06   58 2.000
 1927 25 DET AL   4   1  29   0   0   0  13  0   71.3   62   38   31   3   50   32   2   0   318       0  3.91  4.22  108 1.570
 1928 26 DET AL   1   1  39   2   0   0  21  3  106.0  103   55   52   3   50   54   0   2   466       0  4.42  4.12   93 1.443
 1929 27 DET AL   3   2  14   2   1   0   3  0   35.7   42   33   23   1   36   13   0   2   178       0  5.80  4.28   74 2.187
 1930 28 BOS AL   1   2  27   2   0   0  19  0   73.7   92   62   54   7   49   21   1   3   356       0  6.60  4.60   70 1.914
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .556  10   8 132   7   1   0  73  3  330.7  354  225  194  17  218  135   5   7  1533       1  5.28  4.26   81 1.730
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   3  64   3   0   0  35  1  161.7  173  110   94   8  106   66   2   3   749   0   0  5.28  4.26   81 1.730
 Career High      4   2  39   2   1   0  21  3  106.0  103   62   54   7   50   54   2   3   466   0   1  3.91  4.60  108 1.443

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1926 24 DET AL  23    5    1    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   1  .000  .167  .000  -54    0   1           0    
 1927 25 DET AL  29   19    5    7   0  0   2    6   0  0   0   4  .368  .368  .684  167   13   1           0    
 1928 26 DET AL  39   27    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .111  .143  .111  -33    3   1           0    
 1929 27 DET AL  14   12    3    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   1  .417  .500  .500  158    6   0           0    
 1930 28 BOS AL  29   24    3    8   1  1   0    0   0  0   0   6  .333  .333  .458  102   11   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      134   87   14   23   2  1   2    9   0  0   4  20  .264  .297  .379   74   33   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        105   17   28   2  1   2   11   0  0   5  24  .264  .297  .379   74   40   4   0   0   0   0
 Career High     39   27    5    8   1  1   2    6   0  0   2   8                          13   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1926 24 DET AL    7    6    0   0.0   110| .000  .291| .167  .363| .000  .408| .167  .771| -54  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1927 25 DET AL   20   13    5  10.2   111| .368  .294| .368  .363| .684  .413|1.052  .776| 167  .797   1.5   0.1   0%
 1928 26 DET AL   29   25    0   0.0   109| .111  .290| .143  .355| .111  .412| .254  .767| -33  .000  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 1929 27 DET AL   14    7    3  11.4   112| .417  .292| .500  .358| .500  .421|1.000  .780| 158  .822   1.3   0.1   0%
 1930 28 BOS AL   24   16    4   6.6   112| .333  .290| .333  .354| .458  .426| .791  .780| 102  .606  -0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        94   67   12   4.8   111| .264  .291| .297  .357| .379  .417| .676  .774|  74  .486  -3.8  -0.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1926 24 DET AL P 23 5 6 2 0 .846 .957 0.48 1.39 2.25 2.66 1 44.0 1927 25 DET AL P 29 4 15 3 0 .864 .960 0.66 1.40 2.40 2.63 0 71.3 1928 26 DET AL P 39 8 13 2 0 .913 .959 0.54 1.37 1.78 2.44 2 106.0 1929 27 DET AL P 14 3 11 3 2 .824 .959 1.00 1.29 3.53 2.34 2 35.7 1930 28 BOS AL P 27 5 15 1 1 .952 .948 0.74 1.18 2.44 2.20 2 73.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1926 24 DET AL P 23 5 6 2 0 .846 .957 0.48 1.39 2.25 2.66 1 44.0 1927 25 DET AL P 29 4 15 3 0 .864 .960 0.66 1.40 2.40 2.63 0 71.3 1928 26 DET AL P 39 8 13 2 0 .913 .959 0.54 1.37 1.78 2.44 2 106.0 1929 27 DET AL P 14 3 11 3 2 .824 .959 1.00 1.29 3.53 2.34 2 35.7 1930 28 BOS AL P 27 5 15 1 1 .952 .948 0.74 1.18 2.44 2.20 2 73.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 132 25 60 11 3 .885 .956 0.64 1.33 2.31 2.44 7 330.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 132 25 60 11 3 .885 .956 0.64 1.33 2.31 2.44 7 331
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1928 AL-39-9

Saves
1928 AL-3-10

Games Finished
1926 AL-17-8
1928 AL-21-2
1930 AL-19-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1935) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

October 7, 1929: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox from the Seattle (PCL) in the 1929 rule 5 draft.


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