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Syd Smith

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: August 31, 1883 in Smithville, SC us

Died: June 5, 1961 in Orangeburg, SC

Buried: Old Quaker Cemetery, Camden, SC

School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Debut: April 14, 1908 (Age 24-227d, 3,004th in major league history)
vs. NYY 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 18, 1915 (Age 31-230d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1908 season

Full Name: Sydney A. Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

397

.247

RBI

OBP

.292

SLG

.320

OPS

.611

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-49 / in Starts: 21-32
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games

RBI Opportunities

1908 Batting Game Log

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1908 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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.200	.400	.600	8			C
2	2	2	Apr 16	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.167	.167	.333	.500	9			PH
3	3	6 (3)	Apr 20 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.100	.100	.200	.300	8			C
4	4	9 (2)	Apr 23	PHA		NYY	L,3-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.091	.091	.182	.273	7			PH
5	5	10	Apr 24	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.125	.125	.188	.313	6			C
6	6	11	Apr 25	PHA		NYY	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.100	.100	.150	.250	6			C
7	7	12	Apr 27	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.130	.130	.174	.304	6			C
8	8	13	Apr 28	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	0-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.115	.115	.154	.269	8			C
9	9	15 (1)	Apr 30	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.111	.111	.148	.259	9			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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
10	10	20 (4)	May 8	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.161	.161	.226	.387	6			C
11	11	27 (6)	May 18	PHA		SLB	W,12-10	0-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.182	.182	.273	.455	9			C
12	12	28	May 19	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.194	.216	.306	.522	6			C
13	13	29	May 20	PHA		SLB	L,1-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.189	.211	.297	.508	8			PH
14	14	31 (1)	May 22	PHA		CLE	L,0-1	0-GF(6)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.184	.205	.289	.495	9			C
15	15	32	May 23	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	0-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.220	.300	.520	6			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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
16	16	40 (7)	Jun 2	PHA		WSH	L,2-5	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.220	.238	.317	.555	8			PH
17	17	41	Jun 3	PHA		WSH	W,11-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.222	.239	.311	.550	8			C
18	18	44 (2)	Jun 8	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.208	.224	.292	.516	8			C
19	19	48 (3)	Jun 12	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.204	.220	.286	.506	9			PH
20	20	49	Jun 13	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.208	.222	.283	.505	3			C
21	21	50	Jun 14	PHA	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	1		0	0	0				0		.232	.259	.357	.616	3			C
22	22	51	Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.224	.250	.345	.595	3			C
23	23	52	Jun 17	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.226	.250	.339	.589	3			C
24	24	53	Jun 18	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(13)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.212	.235	.318	.553	3			C
25	25	54	Jun 20	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.229	.250	.343	.593	3			C
26	26	56 (1)	Jun 23	PHA		NYY	W,9-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.230	.260	.338	.598	4			C
27	27	57	Jun 24	PHA		NYY	T,6-6	GS-0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0				0		.224	.263	.329	.591	4			C
28	28	59 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.228	.265	.342	.607	8			C
29	29	63 (3)	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	W,3-1	0-GF	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.244	.279	.366	.645	8			C
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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
30	30	65 (1)	Jul 2	PHA		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.235	.270	.353	.623	8			C
31	31	67 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.236	.269	.348	.617	8			C
32	32	68	Jul 6	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.236	.269	.348	.617	8			C
33	33	69	Jul 7	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.236	.269	.348	.617	8			C
34	34	70	Jul 8	PHA		SLB	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.237	.268	.344	.612	8			C
35	35	71	Jul 9	PHA		SLB	L,3-5	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.227	.257	.330	.587	8			C
36	36	72	Jul 10	PHA		SLB	L,0-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.224	.255	.327	.581	9			PH
37	37	75 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-9	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.222	.252	.323	.576	8			C
38	38	79 (3)	Jul 17	PHA		DET	L,2-21	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.230	.260	.330	.590	6			CF
39	39	82 (2)	Jul 21	PHA		CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.233	.262	.330	.592	3			1B
40	40	83	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	CG(12)	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.229	.257	.330	.587	3			1B
41	41	84	Jul 23	PHA		CLE	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.223	.250	.321	.571	3			1B
42	42	85	Jul 25	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.216	.242	.310	.552	3			1B
43	43	86	Jul 26	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.215	.240	.306	.546	3			1B
44	44	87	Jul 27	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.210	.234	.298	.533	3			1B
45	45	90 (2)	Jul 30	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.205	.229	.291	.520	8			C
46	46	91	Jul 31	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.203	.227	.289	.516	2			PH
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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
				Player went from Philadelphia Athletics to St. Louis Browns
47	47	102	Aug 10	SLB		BOS	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.198	.222	.282	.505	8			C
48	48	104 (1)	Aug 14	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.197	.221	.280	.501	9			PH
49	49	105	Aug 15	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.193	.216	.274	.490	8			C
50	50	108 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.196	.218	.275	.494	7			C
51	51	110 (1)	Aug 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.191	.214	.270	.483	7			C
52	52	112 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				1		.189	.221	.266	.487	7			C
53	53	114 (1)	Aug 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.184	.216	.259	.474	7			C
54	54	115	Aug 27 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.180	.212	.253	.465	7			C
55	55	117 (1)	Aug 28	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.180	.212	.253	.465	7			C
56	56	118	Aug 29	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-11	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.182	.213	.253	.466	8			C
57	57	119	Aug 31	SLB		CHW	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.185	.215	.255	.470	8			C
Sep/Oct		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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
58	58	120	Sep 1	SLB		CHW	L,3-13	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.188	.217	.263	.479	8			C
59	59	122 (1)	Sep 3	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.190	.219	.264	.483	8			C
60	60	125 (2)	Sep 6	SLB		DET	L,4-6	CG	4	4	2	3	2	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.204	.231	.287	.519	8			C
61	61	129 (3)	Sep 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.227	.282	.510	8			C
62	62	130	Sep 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.199	.226	.281	.507	8			PH
63	63	132 (1)	Sep 12	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.194	.221	.274	.495	8			C
64	64	133	Sep 13	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.201	.227	.279	.506	8			C
65	65	134	Sep 14	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.198	.228	.275	.502	8			C
66	66	135	Sep 15	SLB		DET	L,7-8	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.194	.223	.269	.492	8			C
67	67	136	Sep 16	SLB		DET	L,1-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.196	.224	.270	.494	8			C
68	68	137	Sep 18 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.202	.230	.280	.510	8			C
69	69	140 (2)	Sep 20	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.205	.233	.282	.515	8			C
70	70	147 (6)	Sep 28 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-3	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.202	.229	.278	.507	8			C
71	71	149 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.199	.226	.274	.500	8			C
72	72	150	Oct 2	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.197	.224	.271	.495	8			C
73	73	154 (3)	Oct 5 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.197	.227	.271	.498	9			PH
74	74	155	Oct 6	SLB		CLE	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.194	.224	.267	.491	8			C
							24-49		219	206	14	40	12	0	1	13	7		16	1	5		0		2		.194	.224	.267	.491

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