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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	PIT	@	STL	L,7-14	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	GS	34	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	15 (11)	May 1	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	16	May 2	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	17	May 3	PIT		BSN	L,4-5	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	19 (1)	May 5	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	20	May 7	PIT		BSN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	24 (3)	May 12	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
9	26 (1)	May 14	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	29 (2)	May 19	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	32 (2)	May 21 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	33	May 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	34	May 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	36 (1)	May 25	PIT		CHC	L,3-10	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	37	May 26	PIT		CHC	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
16	38	May 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	41 (2)	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	42	May 31	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	44 (1)	Jun 2	PIT		CHC	L,6-10	GS	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	46 (1)	Jun 7	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-6	CG	52	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	49 (2)	Jun 9 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	50	Jun 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
23	51	Jun 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,15-4	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	53 (1)	Jun 14	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
25	54	Jun 15	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	55	Jun 16	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
27	58 (2)	Jun 21	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	67 (8)	Jul 1 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
29	69 (1)	Jul 3	PIT		CIN	L,7-9	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals
30	87	Jul 17	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
31	88	Jul 19	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	89	Jul 20	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	93 (3)	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	L,1-8	GF	13	4.0	3	1	0	4	1
34	96 (2)	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	55	12.0	5	1	0	6	0
35	97	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,12-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	98	Jul 30	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	GF	65	14.2	8	0	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	103 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	110 (6)	Aug 12	STL		CHC	L,2-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	111	Aug 14	STL		BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	112	Aug 15	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	121 (8)	Aug 25	STL		PHI	W,2-1	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	122	Aug 26	STL		PHI	W,6-1	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	123	Aug 27	STL	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	125 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	17	3.1	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	141 (15)	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS	26	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	153 (11)	Sep 29	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	154	Sep 30	STL	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							46gm		347.0	130	17	3	150	4