Elmer Smith stats
Last played for the Cincinnati Reds, 1925
Bio
- Debut
- 1914
Bio
- Debut
- 1914
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,012
- AB
- 3,195
- R
- 469
- H
- 881
- HR
- 70
- RBI
- 306
- SB
- 54
- AVG
- .276
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | CLE | 13 | 53 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .321 |
| 1915 | CLE | 144 | 476 | 37 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 10 | .248 |
| 1916 |  MIN/CLE | 124 | 381 | 37 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .249 |
| 1917 | MIN/CLE | 99 | 278 | 29 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .245 |
| 1919 | CLE | 114 | 395 | 60 | 110 | 9 | 0 | 15 | .278 |
| 1920 | CLE | 129 | 456 | 82 | 144 | 12 | 103 | 5 | .316 |
| 1921 | CLE | 129 | 431 | 98 | 125 | 16 | 85 | 0 | .290 |
| 1922 |  BOS/NYY | 94 | 258 | 44 | 71 | 7 | 37 | 0 | .275 |
| 1923 | NYY | 70 | 183 | 30 | 56 | 7 | 35 | 3 | .306 |
| 1925 | CIN | 96 | 284 | 47 | 77 | 8 | 46 | 6 | .271 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 7
- AB
- 15
- R
- 1
- H
- 4
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 5
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .267
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,629
- TB
- 1,396
- XBH
- 313
- HBP
- 16
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | CLE | 56 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | CLE | 528 | 174 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | MIN/CLE | 433 | 147 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | MIN/CLE | 309 | 94 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | CLE | 451 | 173 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | CLE | 525 | 237 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | CLE | 505 | 219 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | BOS/NYY | 294 | 117 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NYY | 208 | 87 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | CIN | 320 | 128 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 11.9
- RC
- 506.0
- RC/27
- 5.60
- ISOP
- .161
- SECA
- .269
- BB/K
- 0.89
- AB/HR
- 45.6
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | CLE | 0.2 | 6.9 | 4.9 | .057 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | CLE | 0.4 | 53 | 3.7 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 158.7 | 0 |
| 1916 | MIN/CLE | 1.0 | 51.5 | 4.7 | .136 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 76.2 | 0 |
| 1917 | MIN/CLE | 0.2 | 30.5 | 3.7 | .094 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 92.7 | 0 |
| 1919 | CLE | 1.7 | 67.6 | 6.2 | .159 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 43.9 | 0 |
| 1920 | CLE | 3.9 | 93.1 | 7.6 | .204 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 38 | 0 |
| 1921 | CLE | 2.0 | 83.8 | 7 | .218 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 26.9 | 0 |
| 1922 | BOS/NYY | 0.9 | 41.6 | 5.7 | .178 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 36.9 | 0 |
| 1923 | NYY | 1.1 | 34 | 7 | .169 | 0.3 | 1 | 26.1 | 0 |
| 1925 | CIN | 0.5 | 44.7 | 5.5 | .180 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 35.5 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Elmer Smith's career stats?
Elmer Smith played 10 seasons for the Guardians, the Yankees and the Reds. He was a career .276 hitter with 881 hits, 70 home runs and 306 RBI. His best season was 1914: a .321 batting average, 0 home runs and 0 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1914 to 1925
Championships ×2
- 1920 World Series with the Cleveland Guardians
- 1923 World Series with the New York Yankees