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	25-32 / in Starts: 21-20
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 167 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	110 (56-28-26) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 167 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	110 (55-34-20)

Most Driven In
G Grantham	4
C Hafey	4
G Wright	2
Self	2
P Traynor	1
F Brickell	1
J Bottomley	1
F Frisch	1

Most Driven In By
L Waner	3
J Dawson	2
Self	2
T Douthit	1
C Hill	1
B Sherdel	1
R Maranville	0

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 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	742	1	Apr 11	PIT	@	STL	L,7-14	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.97	0.015	2.62	0.03%	0.41	C
2	743	3 (1)	Apr 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8	.78	-0.041	1.81	-0.06%	-0.35	C
3	744	6 (2)	Apr 19	PIT		STL	L,10-13	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	1.08	0.026	2.66	0.04%	0.14	PH
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
4	745	15 (8)	May 1	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844	8	.80	0.044	1.81	0.06%	0.85	C
5	746	16	May 2	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.364	.400	.764	8	2.30	-0.060	5.48	-0.09%	-0.25	C
6	747	17	May 3	PIT		BSN	L,4-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.385	.364	.748	8	.65	0.001	1.75	0.00%	0.13	C
7	748	19 (1)	May 5	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.471	.571	1.042	8	.47	0.052	1.23	0.08%	1.00	C
8	749	20	May 7	PIT		BSN	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	8	.69	0.028	2.07	0.05%	0.40	C
9	750	23 (2)	May 10	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.409	.474	.883	2	3.63	-0.105	11.56	-0.20%	-0.25	PH
10	751	24	May 12	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.346	.391	.737	8	1.52	-0.198	4.07	-0.32%	-2.05	C
11	752	26 (1)	May 14	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.321	.360	.681	8	.81	-0.042	2.06	-0.06%	-0.43	C
12	753	29 (2)	May 19	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.323	.357	.680	8	1.14	0.109	2.35	0.14%	0.73	C
13	754	32 (2)	May 21 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.343	.387	.730	8	1.19	0.021	2.59	0.03%	1.02	C
14	755	33	May 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.359	.412	.771	8	1.02	0.000	2.54	0.00%	0.16	C
15	756	34	May 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.381	.432	.813	8	.57	0.021	1.30	0.03%	0.15	C
16	757	36 (1)	May 25	PIT		CHC	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.370	.415	.784	8	.29	-0.003	.61	0.00%	0.04	C
17	758	37	May 26	PIT		CHC	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.347	.386	.733	8	.52	-0.044	.98	-0.05%	-0.95	C
18	759	38	May 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.327	.362	.689	8	1.11	-0.086	1.73	-0.08%	-0.80	C
19	760	41 (2)	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.321	.412	.733	8	1.74	0.050	1.45	0.03%	0.72	C
20	761	42	May 31	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.350	.481	.831	8	1.82	0.134	1.22	0.05%	1.28	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	762	44 (1)	Jun 2	PIT		CHC	L,6-10	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.375	.491	.866	8	.45	0.053	.39	0.03%	0.77	C
22	763	46 (1)	Jun 7	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-6	CG(12)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.357	.460	.817	8	1.12	-0.072	.80	-0.03%	-0.42	C
23	764	49 (2)	Jun 9 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.269	.338	.433	.771	8	.15	-0.012	.14	-0.01%	-0.32	C
24	765	50	Jun 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.351	.457	.808	8	1.17	0.227	1.21	0.14%	1.89	C
25	766	51	Jun 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,15-4	CG	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.354	.446	.800	8	.28	-0.021	.25	-0.01%	-0.65	C
26	767	53 (1)	Jun 14	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.365	.447	.812	8	.95	0.053	.84	0.03%	0.31	C
27	768	54	Jun 15	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.352	.430	.783	8	.15	-0.011	.15	-0.01%	-0.58	C
28	769	55	Jun 16	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.348	.415	.762	8	.67	-0.001	.60	0.00%	-0.27	C
29	770	58 (2)	Jun 21	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.348	.415	.762	8						C
30	771	63 (4)	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.344	.410	.754	9	.36	-0.009	.36	-0.01%	-0.24	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
31	772	67 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0	0	.256	.340	.395	.736	8						C
32	773	68	Jul 1 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.253	.337	.391	.728	9						PH
33	774	69	Jul 3	PIT		CIN	L,7-9	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.330	.382	.712	8	1.94	-0.124	1.01	-0.04%	-1.23	C
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals
34	775	85	Jul 15	STL		BRO	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.327	.378	.705	8	.61	-0.017	4.34	-0.07%	-0.11	PH
35	776	87 (1)	Jul 17	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.327	.376	.703	7	.59	0.037	4.23	0.16%	0.71	C
36	777	88	Jul 19	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.315	.361	.676	7	1.12	-0.227	7.04	-0.85%	-2.57	C
37	778	89	Jul 20	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	1	.240	.315	.360	.675	7	.44	-0.043	2.74	-0.16%	-0.76	C
38	779	93 (3)	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	L,1-8	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.313	.356	.669	7	.09	-0.002	.59	-0.01%	-0.44	C
39	780	95 (1)	Jul 27	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.310	.353	.663	9	.40	-0.012	2.59	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
40	781	96	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG(12)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.311	.346	.657	7	1.33	0.036	8.58	0.14%	0.04	C
41	782	97	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,12-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.308	.343	.651	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.18	C
42	783	98	Jul 30	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	2-GF(16)	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.299	.339	.638	7	1.81	-0.258	11.57	-0.99%	-0.75	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	784	103 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.300	.339	.639	7	1.00	0.030	5.41	0.10%	0.27	C
44	785	105 (1)	Aug 7	STL	@	NYG	L,1-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.298	.336	.634	9	.01	0.000	.07	0.00%	-1.21	PH
45	786	109 (3)	Aug 11	STL		CHC	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.295	.333	.629	9	.07	-0.002	.48	-0.01%	-0.11	PH
46	787	110	Aug 12	STL		CHC	L,2-4	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.304	.341	.645	7	.92	0.092	7.15	0.43%	0.87	C
47	788	111	Aug 14	STL		BSN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.295	.331	.626	7	.83	-0.100	5.89	-0.43%	-2.20	C
48	789	112	Aug 15	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.301	.336	.637	7	.51	0.083	3.55	0.35%	0.80	C
49	790	114 (1)	Aug 17	STL		NYG	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.299	.333	.632	8	7.75	-0.200	83.87	-1.30%	-0.80	PH
50	791	121 (6)	Aug 25	STL		PHI	W,2-1	8-GF(10)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.301	.336	.637	6	3.90	0.104	32.97	0.53%	0.75	C
51	792	122	Aug 26	STL		PHI	W,6-1	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.309	.338	.647	7	.85	0.082	7.43	0.43%	1.22	C
52	793	123	Aug 27	STL	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS-6	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.316	.348	.664	7	1.11	0.187	12.69	1.28%	1.44	C
53	794	125 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.312	.343	.655	7	.51	-0.026	4.33	-0.13%	-0.29	C
Sept		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
54	795	141 (15)	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.238	.306	.336	.641	7	1.56	-0.169	18.13	-1.18%	-1.97	C
55	796	150 (8)	Sep 26	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.310	.336	.646	9	.08	0.003	1.43	0.03%	0.12	PH
56	797	153 (2)	Sep 29	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.314	.340	.655	7	.28	0.011	3.52	0.08%	0.38	C
57	798	154	Sep 30	STL	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.313	.333	.646	7	1.17	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.64	C
							25-32		167	147	11	35	8	0	2	19	16	2	12	0	0		1		0	2	.238	.313	.333	.646		1.01	-0.453	4.44	-1.88%	-5.50

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