Earl Smith stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1930

Age 129

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Earl Smith played 12 MLB seasons, 1919 to 1930.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
860
AB
2,264
R
225
H
686
HR
46
RBI
347
SB
18
AVG
.303
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1919SF213659001.250
1920SF9126220771305.294
1921SF89229357710514.336
1922SF9023429659391.278
1923SF/ATL9622524624230.276
1924ATL/PIT7217013574292.335
1925PIT109329341038644.313
1926PIT105292291012461.346
1927PIT6618916515250.270
1928PIT/STL5614311342180.238
1929STL571459501220.345
1930STL81000000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
17
AB
46
R
0
H
11
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.239

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
2,569
TB
977
XBH
180
HBP
11
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1919SF401330000
1920SF2858992000
1921SF261123221000
1922SF275111243000
1923SF/ATL25594221000
1924ATL/PIT19484180000
1925PIT366155331000
1926PIT331128212000
1927PIT2227191000
1928PIT/STL16348100000
1929STL1646190000
1930STL13000000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
13.9
RC
385.6
RC/27
6.40
ISOP
.129
SECA
.242
BB/K
2.33
AB/HR
49.2
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1919SF0.24.54.3.1110.2100
1920SF1.433.14.7.0460.11.12620
1921SF2.649.78.4.2010.33.422.90
1922SF1.644.97.1.1970.43.1260
1923SF/ATL1.2355.7.1420.32.456.30
1924ATL/PIT1.634.37.8.1590.32.742.50
1925PIT2.059.77.1580.32.441.10
1926PIT2.454.47.3.0920.241460
1927PIT0.427.14.9.1060.21.937.80
1928PIT/STL-0.116.64.0980.21.571.50
1929STL0.826.97.6.0760.231450
1930STL-0.2-0.1-0.2.0000.3300

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
129 yearsFeb 14, 1897
Debut
1919

What were Earl Smith's career stats?

Earl Smith played 12 seasons for the Giants, the Pirates and the Cardinals. He was a career .303 hitter with 686 hits, 46 home runs and 347 RBI. His best season was 1926: a .346 batting average, 2 home runs and 46 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

12 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1919 to 1930

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