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Elmer
Smith		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: September 21, 1892 in Usa, OH, SANDUSKY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1921   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1914 21 BSN NL     7 7 7 2 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1915 22 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1916 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 5 7 6 4 5 4 8 9 8
1917 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 4 3 5 7 6 4 5 5 8 9 8
1918 25 BSN NL $ 517,143   8 8 7 2 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 9 8
1919 26 BSN NL $ 1,542,857   8 8 8 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1920 27 BSN NL $ 1,542,857   9 9 8 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 6 9 9 9
1921 28 BSN NL $ 2,514,286   9 9 8 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 8 7 9 9 9
1922 29 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 10 9
1923 30 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 10 9
1924 31 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 10 9
1925 32 BSN NL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1926 33 BSN NL $ 2,660,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 5 7 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1927 34 BSN NL $ 2,660,000   8 8 8 1 2 2 5 7 6 5 6 6 9 9 9
1928 35 BSN NL     8 8 8 1 2 2 5 7 6 5 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 6 1 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 2 4 3 6 7 7 6 8 7 9 10 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1914 21 AAA   131 505 75 167 31 4 13 80 20 8 82 72 .331 .424 .485 .909 101.2  
1915 22 BSN NL 81 248 27 60 8 2 2 21 11 7 27 32 .242 .317 .315 .631 25.8 3.4
1916 23 BSN NL 77 171 18 43 1 4 0 12 3 3 27 21 .251 .351 .304 .656 20.4 2.8
1917 24 BSN NL 49 135 11 29 6 1 0 17 5 2 8 14 .215 .255 .274 .529 8.8 0.0
1918 25 BSN NL 121 443 50 128 16 2 1 45 15 10 37 44 .289 .342 .341 .682 50.9 10.8
1919 26 BSN NL 132 509 70 145 17 1 3 41 24 20 51 54 .285 .352 .340 .692 61.0 12.7
1920 27 BSN NL 144 563 83 171 24 12 6 68 10 13 46 42 .304 .356 .421 .777 79.1 17.7
1921 28 BSN NL 141 550 105 195 25 8 2 49 11 20 72 38 .355 .428 .440 .868 92.0 17.7
1922 29 BSN NL 150 571 117 198 28 11 4 73 20 14 81 34 .347 .429 .455 .884 105.3 25.2
1923 30 BSN NL 150 580 95 170 17 5 1 49 18 10 59 18 .293 .358 .345 .703 72.9 6.8
1924 31 BSN NL 143 505 68 138 28 4 1 71 3 3 74 15 .273 .368 .350 .718 66.5 9.2
1925 32 BSN NL 146 497 75 148 22 7 4 71 11 4 67 19 .298 .382 .394 .777 77.0 12.0
1926 33 BSN NL 91 141 18 38 12 3 1 26 2 1 15 8 .270 .338 .418 .756 18.9 3.4
1927 34 BSN NL 113 343 60 105 15 7 1 43 3 3 34 8 .306 .374 .399 .773 47.2 8.4
1928 35 BSN NL 15 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.5 0.0
14 Years Sim 1553 5268 797 1570 219 67 26 587 136 110 599 347 .298 .370 .380 .750 726.2 130.1
1 Years AAA 131 505 75 167 31 4 13 80 20 8 82 72 .331 .422 .485 .907 101.2  
162 Game Average 549 83 163 22 6 2 61 14 11 62 36 .298 .370 .380 .750 75.8  
Career Highs 150 580 117 198 28 12 6 73 24 20 81 54 .355 .429 .455 .884 105.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4341 686 1338 194 51 25 482 119 98 497 268 .308 .379 .394 .773 633.5
vs LH   927 111 232 25 16 1 105 17 12 102 79 .250 .326 .315 .641 98.3
Home 752 2508 379 755 81 34 8 265 65 61 288 175 .301 .374 .370 .744 343.0
Away 801 2760 418 815 138 33 18 322 71 49 311 172 .295 .366 .389 .755 388.7
RISP   1217 0 366 56 21 7 514 0 0 147 86 .301 .371 .399 .769 181.5
Pinch Hitting   188 22 45 9 0 0 24 1 0 25 13 .239 .332 .287 .619 19.4
Close/Late   645 112 203 31 5 5 79 0 0 88 47 .315 .398 .402 .800 103.2
Mar/Apr 154 500 91 165 24 6 5 68 13 10 58 24 .330 .400 .432 .832 82.4
May 291 975 151 307 49 16 2 121 30 22 104 60 .315 .383 .404 .787 144.4
June 269 901 131 241 31 7 3 97 15 24 111 61 .267 .347 .327 .674 103.3
July 287 1032 145 314 44 7 7 116 31 20 119 75 .304 .377 .381 .758 147.8
August 287 967 146 282 36 16 5 90 26 23 97 71 .292 .357 .377 .735 126.8
Sep/Oct 265 893 133 261 35 15 4 95 21 11 110 56 .292 .367 .378 .746 127.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1915 22 BSN NL LF 48 48 429.3 102 3 4 3 .963 2.20 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    RF 11 9 86.0 22 0 1 0 .957 2.30 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 8 8 71.0 15 1 5 1 .762 2.03 0 0 .000 0  
1916 23 BSN NL RF 29 29 255.7 53 2 5 0 .917 1.94 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 18 16 149.7 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1917 24 BSN NL RF 29 28 254.0 63 0 2 0 .969 2.23 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 5 5 42.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1918 25 BSN NL RF 115 111 972.3 220 4 13 1 .945 2.07 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    CF 3 0 9.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1919 26 BSN NL RF 125 124 1101.7 243 3 14 1 .946 2.01 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1920 27 BSN NL RF 140 140 1272.0 271 9 11 3 .962 1.98 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    CF 3 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
1921 28 BSN NL RF 139 135 1198.7 294 9 19 3 .941 2.28 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1922 29 BSN NL RF 144 141 1246.7 297 2 14 1 .955 2.16 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    C 1 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1923 30 BSN NL RF 142 134 1190.7 248 6 15 1 .944 1.92 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    CF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1924 31 BSN NL RF 125 125 1119.7 235 6 11 4 .956 1.94 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    LF 11 5 60.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.89 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1925 32 BSN NL RF 104 102 914.3 202 3 12 1 .945 2.02 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 29 27 224.0 63 1 3 1 .955 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1926 33 BSN NL LF 18 13 117.0 23 0 1 0 .958 1.77 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 16 9 86.0 26 1 3 0 .900 2.83 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 6 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1927 34 BSN NL RF 52 50 401.0 83 1 7 0 .923 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 36 35 274.3 50 1 4 0 .927 1.67 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 7 0 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1171 1137 10098.6 2257 46 127 15 .948 2.05 0 0 .000 0 21.8
  LF 170 150 1311.0 290 5 13 4 .958 2.03 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  CF 37 9 141.7 29 1 5 1 .857 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1380 1296 11563.6 2578 52 145 20 .948 2.05 1 0 .000 0 23.9
Career Highs   147 141 1282.0 299 9 19 4 .963 2.28 1 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1925 32 BSN NL 5 16 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .188 .235 .250 .485
Career Post-Season Batting 5 16 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .188 .235 .250 .485
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1921-4-.355
1922-3-.347
 On-Base Pct
1921-5-.428
1922-1-.429
1925-10-.382
 XR
1922-6-105.3
 Games
1920-9-144
1921-6-141
1922-4-150
1923-3-150
 At-Bats
1921-5-550
1923-7-580
 Runs
1921-7-105
1922-1-117
Hits
1921-3-195
1922-6-198
 Singles
1921-2-160
1922-1-155
1923-1-147
 Caught Stealing
1919-8-20
1921-6-20
 Walks
1921-6-72
1922-1-81
1924-3-74
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Ken Williams (915)
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  8. Curt Walker (913)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1914
Had first career hit (double) on 5/13/1915, off Ray Boyd (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/30/1915, off Ernie Groth (PIT)
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $517,143 through salary arbitration
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
2/18/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,514,286 through salary arbitration
6/16/1921: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1921
Injured on 4/1/1924 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
7/16/1925: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $2,660,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago (N) on 9/11/1925
9/1/1927: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $2,170,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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