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Jimmy Smith
James Lawrence Smith (Greenfield Jimmy or Bluejacket)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 152 lb.
School Duquesne University

Debut September 26, 1914
Final Game September 3, 1922
Born May 15, 1895 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died January 1, 1974 in Pittsburgh, PA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1914 19 CHI FL   3    6    1    3   1  0   0    1   0      0   0  .500  .500  .667  239    4   0           0    
 1915 20 TOT FL 128  426   41   88  12  5   5   41   7     25  88  .207  .252  .293   63  125   8           1    
         CHI FL  95  318   32   69  11  4   4   30   4     14  65  .217  .250  .314   70  100   7           0    
         BAL FL  33  108    9   19   1  1   1   11   3     11  23  .176  .258  .231   43   25   1           1    
 1916 21 PIT NL  36   96    4   18   1  1   0    5   0      6  22  .188  .257  .219   46   21   1           3    
 1917 22 NYG NL  36   96   12   22   5  1   0    9   6      9  18  .229  .295  .302   86   29   4           0    
 1918 23 BSN NL  34  102    8   23   3  4   1   14   1      3  13  .225  .255  .363   91   37   6           1    
 1919 24 CIN NL  28   40    9   11   1  3   1   10   1      4   8  .275  .341  .525  160   21   4           0    
 1921 26 PHI NL  67  247   31   57   8  1   4   22   2  8  11  28  .231  .266  .320   50   79  11           1    
 1922 27 PHI NL  38  114   13   25   1  0   1    6   1  3   5   9  .219  .258  .254   29   29   6           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      370 1127  119  247  32 15  12  108  18 11  63 186  .219  .265  .306   63  345  40   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        493   52  108  14  7   5   47   8  5  28  81  .219  .265  .306   63  151  18   0   0   3   0
 Career High    128  426   41   88  12  5   5   41   7  8  25  88  .231  .266  .320   63  125  11   0   0   3   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1914 19 CHI FL    6    3    2  17.8    87| .500  .264| .500  .329| .667  .357|1.167  .686| 239  .941   1.1   0.1     
 1915 20 TOT FL  460  346   31   2.4    83| .207  .257| .252  .324| .293  .345| .545  .670|  63  .320 -18.4  -2.0     
         CHI FL  339  256   25   2.6    81| .217  .255| .250  .321| .314  .342| .564  .663|  70  .355 -11.2  -1.2     
         BAL FL  121   90    6   1.8    88| .176  .265| .258  .333| .231  .356| .489  .689|  43  .214  -7.2  -0.8     
 1916 21 PIT NL  106   79    5   1.7    79| .188  .255| .257  .314| .219  .341| .476  .655|  46  .230  -6.1  -0.7     
 1917 22 NYG NL  109   78    9   3.1    76| .229  .253| .295  .310| .302  .334| .597  .644|  86  .468  -1.3  -0.2     
 1918 23 BSN NL  112   85    9   2.9    76| .225  .256| .255  .314| .363  .331| .618  .645|  91  .418  -1.9  -0.2     
 1919 24 CIN NL   48   33    7   5.7    80| .275  .262| .341  .316| .525  .344| .866  .660| 160  .706   2.6   0.3     
 1921 26 PHI NL  270  209   19   2.4   112| .231  .307| .266  .358| .320  .422| .586  .780|  50  .237 -18.9  -1.9  20%
 1922 27 PHI NL  126   98    7   1.9   119| .219  .311| .258  .370| .254  .433| .512  .803|  29  .150 -12.9  -1.3  25%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1237  931   89   2.6    91| .219  .273| .265  .333| .306  .369| .571  .701|  63  .318 -56.0  -5.9     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1914 19 CHI FL SS 3 3 5 0 2 1.000 .930 2.67 5.00 1915 20 TOT FL SS 125 273 333 69 37 .898 .929 4.85 5.01 CHI FL SS 92 187 246 46 28 .904 .929 4.71 5.01 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 4.80 BAL FL SS 33 86 87 23 9 .883 .929 5.24 5.01 1916 21 PIT NL SS 27 51 66 9 6 .929 .926 4.33 5.18 3B 6 7 12 3 0 .864 .936 3.17 3.00 1917 22 NYG NL 2B 29 38 64 3 5 .971 .956 3.52 4.96 SS 7 15 19 1 0 .971 .932 4.86 5.16 1918 23 BSN NL 2B 10 17 11 0 1 1.000 .956 2.80 5.11 SS 9 28 31 9 5 .868 .934 6.56 5.63 OF 6 14 0 2 0 .875 .959 2.33 2.13 2 3 1 3B 5 6 9 1 1 .938 .949 3.00 3.32 1919 24 CIN NL 3B 6 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.17 3.10 SS 5 9 16 1 3 .962 .943 5.00 5.48 2B 4 6 5 1 2 .917 .957 2.75 5.15 OF 4 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.25 2.17 1 0 3 1921 26 PHI NL 2B 66 125 239 11 19 .971 .962 5.52 5.45 1922 27 PHI NL SS 23 43 56 5 13 .952 .945 4.30 5.46 2B 13 24 38 3 3 .954 .961 4.77 5.58 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 20 CHI FL 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 4.80 1917 22 NYG NL 2B 29 38 64 3 5 .971 .956 3.52 4.96 1918 23 BSN NL 2B 10 17 11 0 1 1.000 .956 2.80 5.11 1919 24 CIN NL 2B 4 6 5 1 2 .917 .957 2.75 5.15 1921 26 PHI NL 2B 66 125 239 11 19 .971 .962 5.52 5.45 1922 27 PHI NL 2B 13 24 38 3 3 .954 .961 4.77 5.58 1916 21 PIT NL 3B 6 7 12 3 0 .864 .936 3.17 3.00 1918 23 BSN NL 3B 5 6 9 1 1 .938 .949 3.00 3.32 1919 24 CIN NL 3B 6 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.17 3.10 1922 27 PHI NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1918 23 BSN NL OF 6 14 0 2 0 .875 .959 2.33 2.13 2 3 1 1919 24 CIN NL OF 4 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.25 2.17 1 0 3 1914 19 CHI FL SS 3 3 5 0 2 1.000 .930 2.67 5.00 1915 20 TOT FL SS 125 273 333 69 37 .898 .929 4.85 5.01 CHI FL SS 92 187 246 46 28 .904 .929 4.71 5.01 BAL FL SS 33 86 87 23 9 .883 .929 5.24 5.01 1916 21 PIT NL SS 27 51 66 9 6 .929 .926 4.33 5.18 1917 22 NYG NL SS 7 15 19 1 0 .971 .932 4.86 5.16 1918 23 BSN NL SS 9 28 31 9 5 .868 .934 6.56 5.63 1919 24 CIN NL SS 5 9 16 1 3 .962 .943 5.00 5.48 1922 27 PHI NL SS 23 43 56 5 13 .952 .945 4.30 5.46
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 199 422 526 94 66 .910 .931 4.76 5.13 2B 123 210 357 19 30 .968 .960 4.61 5.30 3B 18 15 26 4 1 .911 .943 2.28 3.12 OF 10 15 0 3 0 .833 .962 1.50 2.15 3 3 4 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 350 662 909 120 97 .929 .942 4.49 5.00
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1919   WS    CIN CHW     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   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.

Strikeouts
1915 FL-88-2

Youngest Player
1914 FL-19-1
1915 FL-20-3

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 

February 10, 1916: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Baltimore Terrapins.

January, 1917: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

February 25, 1918: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the New York Giants.

February 22, 1919: Traded by the Boston Braves with cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Walter Holke.

June 28, 1921: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds.


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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