Hilton Smith

Positions: Pitcher, Rightfielder and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: February 27, 1907 in Giddings, TX us

Died: November 18, 1983 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Mount Moriah and Freeman Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

School: Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2001. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
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Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Hilton Lee Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.5

ERA

2.92

162

100

943.0

594

WHIP

1.105

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1932	25	-0.1	MRM	NSL	Maj	MRM	0	0		4.76	6.35	1	1		0	0	0	5.2	6	4	3		0		2	0		0		1.059	9.5		0.0	3.2

1935	28	-3.1	Bismarck	BLK	Non		0	0		4.50	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	1	0	1		2	0		0	10	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
1936	29	1.6	Kansas City	BLK	Non		0	1	.000	9.00	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	2	0	3		2	0		0	15	4.000	22.5	0.0	13.5	9.0	0.67
1937	30		2 Teams	NAL	Maj	CAG-KCM	11	4	.733	1.66	2.21	21	16	4	9	3	1	130.1	85	32	24	2	27	0	99	0	0	1	494	0.859	5.9	0.1	1.9	6.8	3.67
1937	30	2.6	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	11	4	.733	1.68	2.24	20	16	3	9	3	0	128.1	84	32	24	2	27	0	97	0	0	1	487	0.865	5.9	0.1	1.9	6.8	3.59
1937	30	2.6	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
1938	31	4.3	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	9	2	.818	1.92	3.04	19	11	7	7	1	1	112.2	102	38	24	3	12		88	2		2	449	1.012	8.1	0.2	1.0	7.0	7.33
1939	32	5.1	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	6	5	.545	2.43	3.56	20	13		7	1	2	111.1	87	44	30		21		85	5				0.970	7.0		1.7	6.9	4.05
1940	33		2 Teams	MEX	Ind		5	3	.625	5.09	5.71	14	9		6	1		86.2	95	55	49		27		60	0			375	1.408	9.9		2.8	6.2	2.22
1940	33	3.7	Union Laguna	MEX	Ind		5	3	.625	5.09	5.71	14	9		6	1		86.2	95	55	49		27		60	0			375	1.408	9.9		2.8	6.2	2.22
1940	33	3.7	Nuevo Laredo	MEX	Ind		0	0				0	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0		0	0			0
1940	33	7.5	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	4	4	.500	3.98	4.57	15	7	8	4	0	2	61.0	53	31	27	1	14	0	57	1	0	0	251	1.098	7.8	0.1	2.1	8.4	4.07
1941	34	5.1	Union Laguna	MEX	Ind		3	5	.375	3.88	4.60	12	9		3	0		62.2	49	32	27		28		35				260	1.229	7.0		4.0	5.0	1.25
1941	34	6.1	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	9	0	1.000	1.73	1.94	14	7	6	6	2	3	83.1	64	18	16	0	8	0	57	0	0	0	310	0.864	6.9	0.0	0.9	6.2	7.13
1942	35	5.5	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	5	4	.556	4.69	5.83	11	5		4	0	0	71.0	79	46	37		15		42	0		1		1.324	10.0		1.9	5.3	2.80
1943	36	5.0	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	3	2	.600	2.70	2.70	9	5		3	1	0	50.0	42	15	15	0	9		24	0		0	193	1.020	7.6	0.0	1.6	4.3	2.67
1944	37	5.9	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	2	5	.286	3.44	5.26	9	6	3	3	0	1	49.2	45	29	19	0	17	0	18	0	0	0	214	1.248	8.2	0.0	3.1	3.3	1.06
1945	38	8.0	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	6	4	.600	3.27	4.32	11	8	2	6	0	0	77.0	76	37	28	2	19	0	42	1	0	0	319	1.234	8.9	0.2	2.2	4.9	2.21
1946	39	9.5	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	4	2	.667	1.57	2.61	8	6	2	3	0	1	51.2	40	15	9	1	10	0	16	0	1	0	206	0.968	7.0	0.2	1.7	2.8	1.60
1947	40	10.2	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	7	4	.636	5.47	6.42	13	8	5	6	0	0	75.2	104	54	46	2	13	0	25	3	0	0	343	1.546	12.4	0.2	1.5	3.0	1.92
1948	41	12.3	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	4	2	.667	3.96	5.51	11	7	3	4	0	0	63.2	72	39	28	2	22	0	39	1	0	1	285	1.476	10.2	0.3	3.1	5.5	1.77
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		70	38	.648	2.92	3.84	162	100	40	62	8	11	943.0	855	402	306	13	187	0	594	13	1	5	3064	1.105	8.2		1.8	5.7	3.18
Black Baseball (2 seasons)					Black Baseball		0	1	.000	6.75	11.25	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	8	5	3	0	4		4	0		0	25	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		8	8	.500	4.58	5.24	26	18		9	1		149.1	144	87	76		55		95	0			635	1.333	8.7		3.3	5.7	1.73
All Levels (15 Seasons)							78	47	.624	3.16	4.06	190	119	41	71	9	11	1096.1	1007	494	385	13	246	0	693	13	1	5	3724	1.143	8.3		2.0	5.7	2.82