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

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 46 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 11 go ahead

4 Tms
PIT	21
NYG	21
BSN	3
STL	1

Platoon
vs RHP	45
vs LHP	1

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	21

Outs
0	22
1	14
2	10

8 Opps
STL	13
PHI	11
NYG	6
CHC	5
BSN	4
BRO	4
CIN	2
PIT	1

36 Pitchers
Virgil Barnes	3
Jesse Haines	3
Speed Martin	2
Dazzy Vance	2
Bill Hubbell	2
Joe Oeschger	2
Jack Scott	2
Roy Walker	2
Johnny Stuart	1
Tony Kaufmann	1
Red Lucas	1
Hal Carlson	1
Eddie Dyer	1
Vic Aldridge	1
Jeff Pfeffer	1
Claude Willoughby	1
Bob Smith	1
Syl Johnson	1
Johnny Couch	1
Bill Doak	1
Vic Keen	1
Whitey Glazner	1
Burleigh Grimes	1
Hugh McQuillan	1
Alex Ferguson	1
George Smith	1
Pete Donohue	1
Al Mamaux	1
Flint Rhem	1
Clyde Barfoot	1
Larry Benton	1
Herman Bell	1
Red Causey	1
Art Decatur	1
Jimmy Ring	1
Babe Adams	1

7 Parks
Polo Grounds (NYC)	19
Forbes Fld (PIT)	11
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	6
Baker Bowl (PHI)	5
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Braves Fld (BOS)	1

Where Hit
9	44
89	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	12
--3	2
123	1
-2-	1
-23	1

66 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	29
1 on	15
2 on	1
3 on	1
Any on	17

Inning
2	4
3	3
4	7
5	8
6	3
7	8
8	8
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	7
4-6	18
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	4
+2	5
+1	3
Tied	9
-1	6
-2	8
-3	2
-4..	6

Ahead	15
Tied	9
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	45
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	42
6th	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1920	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1920-08-23	NYG	@	STL	Jesse Haines	ahead 4-1	t 6	2	1--	2	8	2	0.084	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Doyle Scores/unER; E. Smith Scores/unER
1921	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1921-04-22	NYG		PHI	Red Causey	behind 0-1	b 5	2	---	1	8	2	0.157	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	2	1	1921-05-01	NYG		BSN	Hugh McQuillan	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.135	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1921-05-13	NYG		STL	Roy Walker	tied 1-1	b 5	0	1--	2	8	2	0.199	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Rapp Scores
5	5	4	1	1921-05-18	NYG		CHC	Speed Martin	tied 2-2	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.359	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	5	1	1921-05-30 (2)	NYG		PHI	George Smith	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	1--	2	8	2	0.121	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Rapp Scores
7	7	6	1	1921-06-27	NYG	@	PHI	Bill Hubbell	behind 7-12	t 8	1	---	1	8	2	0.013	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	7	1	1921-07-13	NYG		STL	Roy Walker	tied 0-0	b 4	2	123	4	8	2	0.313	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Frisch Scores; R. Youngs Scores; C. Walker Scores
9	9	8	1	1921-08-30	NYG		CHC	Speed Martin	behind 1-3	b 8	1	--3	2	8	2	0.341	56%		Home Run (Deep RF); I. Meusel Scores
10	10	9	1	1921-09-04	NYG		BSN	Joe Oeschger	behind 2-3	b 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.137	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	10	1	1921-09-07 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	Bill Hubbell	tied 0-0	t 2	1	--3	2	8	2	0.128	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); I. Meusel Scores
1922	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1922-04-20	NYG	@	BRO	Dazzy Vance	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	1	8	2	0.064	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	2	1	1922-06-08	NYG		CHC	Vic Aldridge	behind 2-4	b 6	2	-23	3	8	2	0.396	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); I. Meusel Scores; R. Youngs Scores
14	14	3	1	1922-06-19	NYG		STL	Jeff Pfeffer	behind 3-5	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.117	22%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	4	1	1922-06-23	NYG		BRO	Art Decatur	ahead 3-0	b 7	1	1--	2	8	2	0.046	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Stengel Scores
16	16	5	1	1922-06-30	NYG		PHI	Jimmy Ring	behind 3-4	b 7	0	1--	2	8	2	0.322	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Stengel Scores
17	17	6	1	1922-08-12 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	Al Mamaux	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	1--	2	8	2	0.152	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Stengel Scores/unER; E. Smith Scores/unER
18	18	7	1	1922-08-20	NYG	@	CHC	Tony Kaufmann	tied 1-1	t 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.194	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	8	1	1922-08-26	NYG	@	STL	Bill Doak	ahead 7-5	t 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.078	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	9	1	1922-09-01	NYG	@	BRO	Dazzy Vance	behind 1-6	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.030	7%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1923-05-14	NYG		PIT	Babe Adams	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.106	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	2	1	1923-06-16	BSN	@	STL	Clyde Barfoot	tied 4-4	t 10	1	---	1	6	2	0.375	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	3	1	1923-06-22	BSN	@	NYG	Jack Scott	behind 2-9	t 6	1	-2-	2	6	2	0.021	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. McInnis Scores
24	24	4	1	1923-09-01	BSN	@	PHI	Whitey Glazner	ahead 3-1	t 4	0	---	1	6	2	0.082	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1924-08-25	PIT		PHI	Joe Oeschger	tied 3-3	b 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.125	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	2	1	1924-09-12	PIT	@	BSN	Larry Benton	ahead 3-2	t 8	1	1--	2	8	2	0.173	93%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF-RF); C. Grimm Scores
27	27	3	1	1924-09-24	PIT	@	NYG	Virgil Barnes	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.046	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	4	2	1924-09-24	PIT	@	NYG	Virgil Barnes	behind 1-4	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.021	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
1925	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1925-04-23	PIT		CHC	Vic Keen	behind 8-9	b 8	0	---	1	9	PH	0.276	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	2	1	1925-04-26	PIT	@	STL	Jesse Haines	tied 1-1	t 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.228	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
31	31	3	1	1925-05-08	PIT	@	PHI	Hal Carlson	behind 1-12	t 5	0	1--	2	8	2	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Niehaus Scores/unER
32	32	4	1	1925-05-21	PIT	@	NYG	Jack Scott	behind 1-3	t 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.108	33%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
33	33	5	1	1925-05-30 (2)	PIT		STL	Eddie Dyer	ahead 13-5	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	6	1	1925-06-22	PIT	@	STL	Johnny Stuart	ahead 14-6	t 8	0	1--	2	8	2	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Grantham Scores
35	35	7	1	1925-08-03 (2)	PIT		PHI	Johnny Couch	behind 1-2	b 7	2	---	1	8	2	0.219	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
36	36	8	1	1925-09-17	PIT		BSN	Bob Smith	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	1--	2	8	2	0.050	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); G. Grantham Scores
1926	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1926-09-10 (2)	PIT		CIN	Red Lucas	behind 1-3	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.107	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	2	1	1926-09-20	PIT	@	PHI	Claude Willoughby	ahead 3-0	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.023	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1927	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1927-05-03	PIT		STL	Flint Rhem	behind 0-7	b 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.017	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	2	2	1927-05-03	PIT		STL	Herman Bell	behind 8-10	b 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.144	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
41	41	3	1	1927-05-20	PIT	@	NYG	Virgil Barnes	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.113	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	4	1	1927-08-19 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	Burleigh Grimes	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	---	1	8	2	0.124	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	5	1	1927-09-12	PIT		PHI	Alex Ferguson	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.143	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1928-05-30 (2)	PIT		STL	Syl Johnson	behind 1-4	b 7	0	1--	2	8	2	0.188	38%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bartell Scores
45	45	2	1	1928-05-31	PIT		STL	Jesse Haines	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.106	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1929-04-26	STL		CIN	Pete Donohue	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	1--	2	8	2	0.116	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Gelbert Scores

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