Germany Smith stats
Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1898
Bio
- Debut
- 1884
Bio
- Debut
- 1884
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,710
- AB
- 6,552
- R
- 907
- H
- 1,592
- HR
- 47
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 235
- AVG
- .243
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | — | 97 | 399 | 40 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| 1885 | LAD | 108 | 419 | 63 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| 1886 | LAD | 105 | 426 | 66 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 22 | .246 |
| 1887 | LAD | 103 | 435 | 79 | 128 | 4 | 0 | 26 | .294 |
| 1888 | LAD | 103 | 402 | 47 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 27 | .214 |
| 1889 | LAD | 121 | 446 | 89 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 35 | .231 |
| 1890 | LAD | 129 | 481 | 76 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .191 |
| 1891 |  CIN | 138 | 512 | 50 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 16 | .201 |
| 1892 | CIN | 139 | 506 | 58 | 121 | 8 | 0 | 19 | .239 |
| 1893 | CIN | 130 | 500 | 63 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 14 | .236 |
| 1894 | CIN | 127 | 482 | 73 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 15 | .263 |
| 1895 | CIN | 127 | 503 | 75 | 151 | 4 | 0 | 13 | .300 |
| 1896 | CIN | 120 | 456 | 65 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 22 | .287 |
| 1897 | LAD | 112 | 428 | 47 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .201 |
| 1898 | STL | 51 | 157 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .159 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 15
- AB
- 58
- R
- 5
- H
- 13
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .224
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,998
- TB
- 2,172
- XBH
- 392
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | — | 402 | 152 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | LAD | 429 | 159 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | LAD | 445 | 140 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | LAD | 449 | 191 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | LAD | 424 | 119 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | LAD | 487 | 140 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | LAD | 526 | 111 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | CIN | 551 | 133 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | CIN | 548 | 170 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893 | CIN | 540 | 160 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1894 | CIN | 528 | 179 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1895 | CIN | 540 | 198 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1896 | CIN | 492 | 179 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1897 | LAD | 453 | 109 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1898 | STL | 184 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 17.1
- RC
- 699.7
- RC/27
- 3.80
- ISOP
- .089
- SECA
- .187
- BB/K
- 1.42
- AB/HR
- 139.4
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | — | 1.4 | 41.8 | 3.9 | .110 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 99.8 | 0 |
| 1885 | LAD | 3.2 | 44.5 | 3.9 | .122 | 0.1 | 0 | 104.8 | 0 |
| 1886 | LAD | 1.4 | 44.2 | 3.7 | .082 | 0.2 | 0 | 213 | 0 |
| 1887 | LAD | 1.8 | 66.2 | 5.8 | .145 | 0.2 | 0 | 108.8 | 0 |
| 1888 | LAD | 0.6 | 35.5 | 3 | .082 | 0.2 | 0 | 134 | 0 |
| 1889 | LAD | 1.5 | 50.8 | 4 | .083 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 148.7 | 0 |
| 1890 | LAD | 0.0 | 33.7 | 2.3 | .040 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 481 | 0 |
| 1891 | CIN | 0.0 | 37.2 | 2.5 | .059 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 170.7 | 0 |
| 1892 | CIN | 4.2 | 56.9 | 4 | .097 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 63.3 | 0 |
| 1893 | CIN | 1.2 | 52.1 | 3.7 | .084 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 125 | 0 |
| 1894 | CIN | 0.5 | 64.5 | 4.9 | .108 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 160.7 | 0 |
| 1895 | CIN | 1.6 | 73.5 | 5.6 | .093 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 125.8 | 0 |
| 1896 | CIN | 1.7 | 65.8 | 5.4 | .105 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 152 | 0 |
| 1897 | LAD | -1.4 | 23.9 | 1.8 | .054 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1898 | STL | -0.6 | 10.2 | 2.1 | .045 | 0.2 | 0 | 157 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Germany Smith's career stats?
Germany Smith played 15 seasons for the Dodgers, the Reds and the Cardinals. He was a career .243 hitter with 1,592 hits, 47 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1895: a .300 batting average, 4 home runs and 0 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1884 to 1898
All-time career rank
- 265th in stolen bases (235)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.