Mike Smith

Positions: Leftfielder and Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 178lb (180cm, 80kg)

Born: March 23, 1868 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: November 3, 1945 in Pittsburgh, PA

Buried: Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

Debut: September 10, 1886 (Age 18-171d, 1,142nd in MLB history)

Last Game: June 15, 1901 (Age 33-084d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1886 season

Full Name: Elmer Ellsworth Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.8

AB

4693

R

913

H

1456

BA

.310

HR

RBI

665

SB

233

OBP

.398

SLG

.434

OPS

.831

OPS+

126

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Games by Position

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1886	18	NVL	B	10	37	37	7	13	2	0	0		2				.351	.351	.405	.757		15							NVL · SOUA
1886	18	CIN	AA	9	37	28	6	8	1	1	0	2	0		9		.286	.459	.393	.852	165	11		0				/1O
1887	19	CIN	AA	52	198	186	26	47	10	6	0	23	5		11	16	.253	.298	.371	.669	83	69		1				1/O
1888	20	CIN	AA	40	149	129	15	29	4	1	0	9	2		20	22	.225	.329	.271	.600	90	35		0				1/O
1889	21	CIN	AA	29	92	83	12	23	3	1	2	17	1		7	18	.277	.348	.410	.757	112	34		2				1

1890	22	KCY	N/A																										KCY · WA
1891	23	KCY	N/A	120	500	478	115	150	17	13	12		18				.314	.314	.479	.793		229			22				KCY · WA
1892	24	PIT	NL	138	594	511	86	140	16	14	4	63	22		82	43	.274	.375	.384	.759	128	196		1				*O1
1893	25	PIT	NL	128	600	518	121	179	26	23	7	103	26		77	23	.346	.435	.525	.960	158	272		5				*O
1894	26	PIT	NL	126	573	490	128	175	33	19	6	74	34		68	12	.357	.440	.539	.979	137	264		5	10			*O/1
1895	27	PIT	NL	125	548	484	89	146	15	12	1	81	34		55	25	.302	.380	.388	.768	102	188		6	3			*O
1896	28	PIT	NL	122	572	484	121	175	21	14	6	94	33		74	18	.362	.454	.500	.954	155	242		8	6			*O
1897	29	PIT	NL	123	550	467	99	145	19	17	6	54	25		70	32	.310	.408	.463	.871	133	216		7	6			*O
1898	30	CIN	NL	123	563	486	79	166	21	10	1	66	20		69	17	.342	.425	.432	.858	139	210		2	6			*O/1
1899	31	CIN	NL	88	398	343	65	101	13	6	1	24	10		47	12	.294	.381	.376	.757	106	129		1	7			O
1900	32	TOT	NL	114	478	423	61	112	13	11	3	52	19		42	12	.265	.337	.369	.706	98	156		4	9			*O
1900	32	CIN	NL	29	131	111	14	31	4	4	1	18	5		18	2	.279	.389	.414	.804	124	46		2	0			O
1900	32	NYG	NL	85	347	312	47	81	9	7	2	34	14		24	10	.260	.317	.353	.669	88	110		2	9			O
1901	33	TOT	NL	20	70	61	5	10	2	1	0	3	2		8	8	.164	.261	.230	.490	38	14		0	1			O
1901	33	PIT	NL	4	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0		0	0			/O
1901	33	BSN	NL	16	64	57	5	10	2	1	0	3	2		6	8	.175	.254	.246	.500	40	14		0	1			O
1903	35	MNE,CLB,KCY	A	106	458	458	74	130	22	6	3		12				.284	.284	.378	.662		173							MNE,CLB,KCY · AA
1904	36	ILI,KCY	B,A	122	427	427		138	12	6	2						.323	.323	.393	.717		168							ILI,KCY · NYSL,AA
1905	37	WKB	B	114	420	420		138	25	7	4						.329	.329	.450	.779		189							WKB · NYSL
1906	38	BNG	B	119	396	396		124	17	4	4						.313	.313	.407	.720		161							BNG · NYSL
14 Yrs				1237	5422	4693	913	1456	197	136	37	665	233		639	258	.310	.398	.434	.831	126	2036		42	48
162 Game Avg.				162	710	615	120	191	26	18	5	87	31		84		.310	.398	.434	.831	126	267		6
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
PIT (7 yrs)				766	3443	2958	644	960	130	99	30	469	174		428	153	.325	.415	.466	.881	136	1378		32	25
CIN (7 yrs)				370	1568	1366	217	405	56	29	5	159	43		181	87	.296	.382	.391	.773	117	534		8	13
NYG (1 yr)				85	347	312	47	81	9	7	2	34	14		24	10	.260	.317	.353	.669	88	110		2	9
BSN (1 yr)				16	64	57	5	10	2	1	0	3	2		6	8	.175	.254	.246	.500	40	14		0	1

NL (10 yrs)				1107	4946	4267	854	1349	179	127	35	614	225		592	202	.316	.404	.442	.846	129	1887		39	48
AA (4 yrs)				130	476	426	59	107	18	9	2	51	8		47	56	.251	.330	.350	.680	97	149		3

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Mike Smith

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Player News

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Standard Fielding

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