Earl Smith

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: February 14, 1897 in Sheridan, AR us

Died: June 8, 1963 in Little Rock, AR

Buried: Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, AR

Debut: April 24, 1919 (Age 22-069d, 4,735th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1930 (Age 33-226d)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1920 season

Full Name: Earl Sutton Smith

Nicknames: Oil

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.5

2264

686

.303

225

RBI

355

OBP

.374

SLG

.432

OPS

.806

OPS+

111

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	42-23 / in Starts: 40-17
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 223 PAs	29
Actual Runners on Base	159 (83-42-34)
Avg. MLBer w/ 223 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	148 (73-46-28)

Most Driven In
P Traynor	10
G Grantham	7
Self	5
J Harris	4
G Wright	1
J Gooch	1
E Sicking	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
G Grantham	3
C Hill	2
L Waner	1
P Waner	1
J Miljus	1
R Kremer	1
C Barnhart	1

1927 Batting Game Log

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1927 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	675	1	Apr 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.74	-0.116	1.88	-0.18%	-1.56	C
2	676	2	Apr 14	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	8	.57	-0.054	1.61	-0.09%	-0.51	C
3	677	3	Apr 15	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-6	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.308	.308	.615	8	.71	0.006	2.10	0.01%	0.72	C
4	678	4	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.267	.579	8	1.42	0.001	4.89	0.00%	-0.30	C
5	679	5	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.222	.263	.222	.485	8	1.09	0.096	3.41	0.18%	0.50	C
6	680	6	Apr 18	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.227	.488	8	.53	-0.019	1.78	-0.04%	-0.71	C
7	681	7	Apr 21	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.280	.250	.530	8	1.16	0.005	4.12	0.01%	-0.01	C
8	682	9 (1)	Apr 23	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.269	.240	.509	7	1.31	-0.034	5.03	-0.08%	-0.18	PH
9	683	10	Apr 24	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.214	.456	8	1.13	-0.088	4.53	-0.21%	-0.68	C
10	684	11	Apr 25	PIT	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.250	.226	.476	8	1.35	-0.039	4.90	-0.09%	-0.03	C
11	685	13 (1)	Apr 28	PIT		CHC	L,4-16	GS-6	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.273	.314	.273	.587	8	.03	0.003	.09	0.01%	1.67	C
12	686	14	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.282	.243	.525	8	.66	-0.006	2.10	-0.01%	-0.03	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	687	15	May 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.250	.286	.300	.586	8	1.27	0.050	3.97	0.09%	1.59	C
14	688	16	May 3	PIT		STL	W,11-10	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.340	.477	.818	8	1.77	0.324	6.41	0.70%	3.15	C
15	689	17	May 4	PIT		STL	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.333	.447	.780	8	1.28	-0.142	4.90	-0.33%	-1.84	C
16	690	18	May 5	PIT		STL	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.327	.420	.747	8	1.47	-0.093	5.11	-0.19%	-0.62	C
17	691	20 (1)	May 11	PIT	@	BSN	T,4-4	CG(8)	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.333	.412	.745	8	1.19	-0.016	3.17	-0.03%	-0.21	C
18	692	21	May 12	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-7	GS-8	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.344	.426	.770	8	.77	0.102	2.02	0.16%	0.42	C
19	693	23 (1)	May 15	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.338	.414	.752	8	.30	-0.023	.93	-0.04%	-0.87	C
20	694	25 (1)	May 17	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.324	.393	.717	8	1.36	-0.114	4.01	-0.20%	-0.76	C
21	695	27 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-3	GS-10	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.338	.444	.782	8	1.14	0.082	4.06	0.17%	0.70	C
22	696	28	May 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.347	.439	.786	8	.68	0.005	2.72	0.01%	-0.18	C
23	697	31 (2)	May 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,11-1	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.375	.441	.816	8	.63	0.042	2.44	0.10%	0.87	C
24	698	32	May 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.361	.423	.784	8	.63	-0.047	2.63	-0.12%	-0.56	C
25	699	34 (1)	May 27	PIT		STL	W,8-7	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.369	.431	.800	9	1.99	0.093	11.03	0.31%	0.90	PH
26	700	35	May 28	PIT		STL	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.253	.364	.413	.777	8	.98	-0.016	5.60	-0.05%	-0.40	C
27	701	36	May 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.241	.355	.392	.747	8	.76	-0.025	4.83	-0.10%	-0.03	C
28	702	37	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.351	.386	.736	8	1.27	-0.064	8.01	-0.24%	-0.81	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	703	40 (2)	Jun 1	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.347	.381	.728	9	.84	-0.022	4.34	-0.07%	-0.32	PH C
30	704	41	Jun 2	PIT		PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.353	.386	.739	8	.67	0.021	3.35	0.06%	-0.08	C
31	705	43 (1)	Jun 6	PIT		PHI	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.343	.374	.716	8	1.27	-0.084	6.45	-0.26%	-1.28	C
32	706	44	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	W,9-6	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.343	.374	.716	8	2.00	0.004	11.45	0.01%	-0.10	C
33	707	48 (3)	Jun 11	PIT		BRO	L,10-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.340	.370	.709	9	7.16	-0.170	36.34	-0.52%	-0.50	PH
34	708	49	Jun 12	PIT	@	BRO	L,10-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.336	.366	.702	6	1.43	-0.037	7.21	-0.11%	-0.11	PH
35	709	50	Jun 13	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.327	.354	.681	8	.63	-0.142	2.96	-0.40%	-1.92	C
36	710	51	Jun 15	PIT		BSN	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.316	.340	.656	8	.72	-0.093	3.43	-0.27%	-1.51	C
37	711	52	Jun 16	PIT		BSN	W,6-0	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.322	.346	.668	8	.49	-0.033	2.38	-0.10%	0.23	C
38	712	53	Jun 17	PIT		BSN	L,7-8	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.325	.349	.674	8	1.69	0.072	8.31	0.21%	0.65	C
39	713	54	Jun 18	PIT		BSN	W,7-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.328	.352	.680	8	.36	0.013	1.69	0.04%	0.22	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	714	86 (31)	Jul 22	PIT	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.357	.690	8	.49	0.003	2.50	0.01%	-0.28	C
41	715	95 (8)	Jul 29	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	GS-8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.346	.365	.711	8	1.75	0.085	10.75	0.31%	0.58	C
42	716	96	Jul 30	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.343	.356	.699	8	1.53	-0.162	9.47	-0.60%	-0.95	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	717	98 (1)	Aug 2	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.348	.361	.709	9	.50	0.024	2.98	0.09%	0.40	PH
44	718	99	Aug 3	PIT		PHI	W,9-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.345	.352	.698	8	.93	-0.024	4.92	-0.08%	-0.39	C
45	719	102 (2)	Aug 5	PIT		PHI	L,7-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.343	.350	.692	8	.62	-0.016	3.60	-0.06%	-0.26	C
46	720	107 (4)	Aug 12	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.333	.339	.672	8	.94	-0.098	4.35	-0.27%	-0.59	C
47	721	111 (3)	Aug 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.331	.336	.667	8	.83	-0.076	2.46	-0.14%	-1.20	C
48	722	113 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.338	.373	.711	8	.93	0.146	3.98	0.37%	1.38	C
49	723	115 (1)	Aug 21	PIT	@	BRO	W,2-1	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.344	.375	.719	8	.62	0.042	2.92	0.12%	0.42	C
50	724	119 (3)	Aug 29	PIT	@	PHI	T,2-2	CG(6)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.340	.370	.709	8	1.71	-0.040	7.80	-0.11%	-0.44	C
51	725	123 (3)	Aug 31 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.338	.366	.704	8	.88	-0.105	6.49	-0.46%	-1.40	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
52	726	125 (1)	Sep 2	PIT		STL	W,5-3	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.337	.361	.699	8	1.50	-0.120	17.55	-0.84%	-0.89	C
53	727	126	Sep 3	PIT		STL	W,14-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.333	.356	.689	8	.15	0.045	1.80	0.34%	-0.93	C
54	728	130 (3)	Sep 6	PIT		CIN	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.343	.373	.716	8	.56	0.182	5.58	1.09%	2.20	C
55	729	131	Sep 7	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.343	.372	.715	8	1.51	-0.090	15.23	-0.55%	0.01	C
56	730	133 (1)	Sep 10	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		1		0	0	.259	.343	.367	.710	8	.89	0.047	9.29	0.30%	0.50	C
57	731	134	Sep 12	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.348	.391	.739	8	1.79	0.291	19.24	1.87%	1.70	C
58	732	137 (2)	Sep 14 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.346	.384	.730	8	.90	-0.017	8.56	-0.10%	-0.56	C
59	733	139 (1)	Sep 15	PIT		BSN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.346	.383	.729	8	1.55	0.149	11.24	0.65%	0.63	C
60	734	142 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.340	.376	.717	8	.62	-0.019	1.87	-0.03%	-0.77	C
61	735	143	Sep 19	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.345	.378	.723	8	.86	0.029	3.42	0.07%	0.30	C
62	736	146 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.343	.375	.718	8	.74	0.063	8.75	0.45%	-0.02	C
63	737	148 (1)	Sep 23	PIT		NYG	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.337	.367	.703	8	.30	-0.033	3.74	-0.25%	-0.89	C
64	738	151 (2)	Sep 25 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.335	.364	.699	8	.48	-0.026	6.76	-0.23%	-0.79	C
65	739	153 (1)	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.335	.364	.699	8						C
66	740	154	Sep 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.338	.368	.706	9	1.97	0.095	2.87	0.08%	0.66	PH
67	741	155	Oct 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.344	.374	.718	8	.68	0.114	.00	0.00%	1.75	C
							42-23		223	190	16	51	3	1	5	29	21	10	11	1	2		5		0	0	.268	.344	.374	.718		.97	-0.069	5.16	0.41%	-4.31

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