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	24-32 / in Starts: 23-21
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	53 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 164 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	112 (56-30-26) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 164 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	110 (55-34-21)

Most Driven In
C Hafey	9
C Gelbert	3
E Orsatti	2
W Holm	2
J Bottomley	2
W Roettger	1
Self	1
J Wilson	0

Most Driven In By
T Douthit	5
B Sherdel	1
A High	1
Self	1

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 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	799	3 (2)	Apr 18	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.72	-0.078	1.96	-0.13%	-0.82	C
2	800	7 (3)	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	8	.51	0.024	1.38	0.04%	0.67	C
3	801	8	Apr 26	STL		CIN	W,9-2	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.444	.778	1.222	8	.87	0.116	2.51	0.20%	1.71	C
4	802	10 (1)	Apr 27 (2)	STL		CIN	W,7-3	GS-7	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.583	.583	.833	1.417	8	1.28	0.182	3.78	0.32%	2.05	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
5	803	13 (2)	May 1	STL		PIT	T,4-4	CG(13)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.444	.611	1.056	8	1.44	-0.184	4.39	-0.34%	-1.22	C
6	804	15 (1)	May 5	STL	@	NYG	W,9-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.364	.500	.864	8	1.97	-0.250	6.30	-0.48%	-1.76	C
7	805	17 (1)	May 7	STL	@	BSN	L,5-8	GS-5	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.417	.625	1.042	8	.85	0.096	3.14	0.21%	1.20	C
8	806	18	May 8	STL	@	BSN	W,10-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.379	.536	.915	8	.26	0.014	.88	0.03%	-1.73	C
9	807	19	May 9	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.355	.375	.516	.891	8	1.26	0.002	4.85	0.00%	-0.06	C
10	808	23 (3)	May 13	STL	@	PHI	L,9-10	GS-5	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.394	.429	.545	.974	8	.45	0.072	1.89	0.18%	1.56	C
11	809	24	May 15	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.394	.429	.545	.974	8						C
12	810	27 (2)	May 18	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	7-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.382	.432	.529	.962	8	1.00	-0.037	4.54	-0.10%	-0.14	PH C
13	811	28	May 19	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.390	.474	.864	8	1.63	-0.173	6.74	-0.43%	-1.07	C
14	812	29	May 20	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.422	.475	.897	8	.50	0.096	2.11	0.24%	1.53	C
15	813	32 (2)	May 24	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.420	.455	.875	7	1.36	-0.074	8.48	-0.28%	-0.69	C
16	814	33	May 25	STL		CHC	W,7-6	GS-9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.436	.458	.895	7	1.63	-0.022	9.49	-0.08%	-0.27	C
17	815	35 (1)	May 26 (2)	STL		PIT	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.424	.442	.866	7	1.18	-0.095	6.43	-0.31%	-1.04	C
18	816	37 (1)	May 28	STL		PIT	L,2-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.417	.434	.851	8	1.26	-0.034	6.10	-0.10%	-0.29	PH
19	817	38	May 29 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.419	.426	.845	7	.87	0.079	3.03	0.16%	0.88	C
20	818	40 (1)	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.409	.414	.823	7	.51	-0.068	2.06	-0.17%	-0.96	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
21	819	45 (4)	Jun 4 (2)	STL		BRO	L,8-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.403	.407	.810	7	1.28	-0.069	5.90	-0.19%	-0.90	C
22	820	47 (1)	Jun 6	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.394	.397	.791	7	2.14	-0.053	10.66	-0.16%	-0.03	C
23	821	49 (1)	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.373	.373	.746	7	.51	-0.054	2.00	-0.13%	-1.48	C
24	822	50	Jun 9	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.367	.366	.733	7	1.07	-0.119	4.40	-0.29%	-1.54	C
25	823	53 (2)	Jun 14	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0	0	.293	.361	.373	.735	7						C
26	824	54	Jun 15	STL		BSN	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.372	.397	.770	7	.63	0.054	2.87	0.15%	0.40	C
27	825	55	Jun 16 (1)	STL		BSN	L,8-9	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.379	.405	.784	7	.71	0.027	3.31	0.08%	0.29	C
28	826	58 (2)	Jun 18	STL	@	CHC	L,6-13	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.378	.402	.780	7	1.02	-0.058	5.97	-0.21%	-0.60	C
29	827	59	Jun 19 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.376	.400	.776	7	.43	-0.014	2.68	-0.05%	0.22	C
30	828	60	Jun 19 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-11	GS-7	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.396	.414	.810	7	.58	0.083	3.46	0.30%	1.28	C
31	829	61	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.392	.409	.801	7	1.24	-0.037	6.53	-0.12%	-0.40	C
32	830	62	Jun 22	STL	@	CIN	W,11-8	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.402	.430	.832	7	.84	0.032	2.94	0.07%	0.31	C
33	831	63	Jun 23	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.396	.417	.813	7	1.10	-0.124	4.03	-0.27%	-1.23	C
34	832	65 (1)	Jun 28	STL		CHC	L,5-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.393	.412	.805	9	1.34	-0.038	5.44	-0.09%	-0.50	PH
35	833	66	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,7-10	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.391	.404	.795	7	.71	-0.014	2.67	-0.03%	-0.35	C
36	834	67	Jun 30	STL		CHC	L,8-14	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.387	.400	.787	9	.14	-0.004	.47	-0.01%	-0.20	PH
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
37	835	69 (1)	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.384	.396	.780	9	.53	-0.015	1.52	-0.03%	-0.13	PH
38	836	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.397	.404	.800	7	.80	0.124	1.52	0.14%	1.08	C
39	837	72	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.393	.400	.793	9	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.37	PH
40	838	74 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,6-10	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.400	.402	.802	7	1.15	0.026	.90	0.01%	0.29	C
41	839	87 (12)	Jul 18	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.405	.407	.812	9	1.61	0.065	.43	0.01%	0.48	PH
42	840	89 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-4	GS-7	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.419	.418	.838	7	1.59	0.240	.39	0.04%	2.13	C
43	841	97 (7)	Jul 29	STL		NYG	L,2-11	GS-5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.421	.429	.849	8	.76	0.049	.04	0.00%	0.27	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
44	842	108 (10)	Aug 10 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.426	.430	.856	8	.39	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.79	C
45	843	112 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-9	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.427	.431	.859	8	.27	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.87	C
46	844	115 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.370	.444	.445	.890	8	1.24	0.112	.00	0.00%	1.02	C
47	845	119 (3)	Aug 23	STL	@	BSN	L,2-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.367	.441	.442	.883	9	1.08	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.55	PH 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
48	846	124 (4)	Sep 1	STL	@	CHC	L,3-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.438	.438	.876	7	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.28	C
49	847	125	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,7-11	5-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.358	.436	.431	.867	7	.60	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
50	848	127 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	STL		CHC	W,14-8	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.437	.432	.869	7	.97	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.20	C
51	849	129 (1)	Sep 7	STL		PHI	L,1-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.365	.441	.437	.877	9	.63	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.52	PH
52	850	130	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PHI	L,6-8	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.442	.434	.876	7	1.28	0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
53	851	134 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.437	.436	.873	7	.36	-0.035	.00	0.00%	0.29	C
54	852	139 (4)	Sep 15 (2)	STL		NYG	W,6-4	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.358	.434	.433	.867	7						C
55	853	142 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	STL		BRO	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.350	.426	.423	.849	7						C
56	854	149 (6)	Sep 28	STL		PIT	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.415	.411	.826	8	1.85	-0.324	.00	0.00%	-2.65	C
57	855	154 (4)	Oct 6	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.417	.421	.838	8	.71	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.52	C
							24-32		164	145	9	50	8	0	1	22	18	1	6	0	0		0		0	1	.345	.417	.421	.838		.98	-0.337	3.06	-1.79%	-1.29

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