Germany Smith

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: April 20, 1859 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: December 1, 1927 in Altoona, PA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Altoona, PA

Debut: April 17, 1884 (Age 24-363d, 682nd in MLB history)

Last Game: October 9, 1898 (Age 39-172d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1884 season

Full Name: George J. Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.5

AB

6562

R

907

H

1597

BA

.243

HR

RBI

800

SB

235

OBP

.289

SLG

.332

OPS

.622

OPS+

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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
1883	24	WMT,ALT	N/A	9	26	26	3	6	0	1	0						.231	.231	.308	.538		8							WMT,ALT · ISAS,WISL
1884	25	TOT	MLB	97	402	399	40	108	22	5	4	26			3		.271	.276	.381	.657	106	152						*64/1
1884	25	ALT	UA	25	109	108	9	34	8	1	0				1		.315	.321	.407	.729	142	44						6/1
1884	25	CLV	NL	72	293	291	31	74	14	4	4	26			2	45	.254	.259	.371	.631	94	108						46
1885	26	BRO	AA	108	429	419	63	108	17	11	4	62			10		.258	.275	.379	.655	104	159		0				*6
1886	27	BRO	AA	105	445	426	66	105	17	6	2	45	22		19		.246	.279	.329	.607	90	140		0				*6/2O
1887	28	BRO	AA	103	449	435	79	128	19	16	4	72	26		13	18	.294	.316	.439	.755	107	191		1				*6/5
1888	29	BRO	AA	103	424	402	47	86	10	7	3	61	27		22	39	.214	.255	.296	.551	76	119		0				*6/4
1889	30	BRO	AA	121	487	446	89	103	22	3	3	53	35		40	42	.231	.296	.314	.610	78	140		1				*6/O
1890	31	BRO	NL	129	526	481	76	92	6	5	1	47	24		42	23	.191	.260	.231	.491	43	111		3				*6
1891	32	CIN	NL	138	551	512	50	103	11	5	3	53	16		38	32	.201	.258	.260	.517	51	133		1				*6
1892	33	CIN	NL	139	548	506	58	123	13	6	8	63	19		42	52	.243	.301	.340	.641	94	172		0				*6
1893	34	CIN	NL	130	540	500	63	118	18	6	4	56	14		38	20	.236	.293	.320	.613	61	160		2				*6
1894	35	CIN	NL	129	538	492	73	130	34	6	3	79	15		41	28	.264	.323	.376	.699	66	185		2	3			*6
1895	36	CIN	NL	127	540	503	75	151	23	6	4	74	13		34	24	.300	.345	.394	.738	87	198		0	3			*6
1896	37	CIN	NL	120	492	456	65	131	21	9	3	71	22		28	22	.287	.330	.393	.722	85	179		1	7			*6
1897	38	BRO	NL	112	453	428	47	86	17	3	0	29	1		14	23	.201	.233	.255	.488	32	109		4	7			*6
1898	39	STL	NL	51	184	157	16	25	2	1	1	9	1		24	22	.159	.275	.204	.479	36	32		1	2			6
1899	40	MNE	A																										MNE · WL
1900	41	MNE	A	129	500	492	65	127	15	5	2		13				.258	.258	.321	.579		158			8				MNE · AL
1901	42	GRP	A	114	438	438		104	16	1	0						.237	.237	.279	.516		122							GRP · WA
15 Yrs				1712	7008	6562	907	1597	252	95	47	800	235		408	390	.243	.289	.332	.622	75	2180		16	22
162 Game Avg.				162	663	621	86	151	24	9	4	76			39		.243	.289	.332	.622	75	206
				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
BRO (7 yrs)				781	3213	3037	467	708	108	51	17	369	135		160	145	.233	.274	.319	.593	74	969		9	7
CIN (6 yrs)				783	3209	2969	384	756	120	38	25	396	99		221	178	.255	.308	.346	.653	74	1027		6	13
STL (1 yr)				51	184	157	16	25	2	1	1	9	1		24	22	.159	.275	.204	.479	36	32		1	2
CLV (1 yr)				72	293	291	31	74	14	4	4	26			2	45	.254	.259	.371	.631	94	108
ALT (1 yr)				25	109	108	9	34	8	1	0				1		.315	.321	.407	.729	142	44

NL (10 yrs)				1147	4665	4326	554	1033	159	51	31	507	125		303	291	.239	.291	.321	.611	66	1387		14	22
AA (5 yrs)				540	2234	2128	344	530	85	43	16	293	110		104	99	.249	.285	.352	.637	91	749		2
UA (1 yr)				25	109	108	9	34	8	1	0				1		.315	.321	.407	.729	142	44

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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