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Elmer Smith
Elmer Ellsworth Smith

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 178 lb.

Debut September 10, 1886
Final Game June 15, 1901
Born March 23, 1868 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died November 3, 1945 in Pittsburgh, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1886 18 CIN AA   9   28    6    8   1  1   0    2   0      9      .286  .459  .393  165   11               0    
 1887 19 CIN AA  52  186   26   47  10  6   0   23   5     11      .253  .298  .371   83   69               1    
 1888 20 CIN AA  40  129   15   29   4  1   0    9   2     20      .225  .329  .271   89   35               0    
 1889 21 CIN AA  29   83   12   23   3  1   2   17   1      7  18  .277  .348  .410  111   34               2    
 1892 24 PIT NL 138  511   86  140  16 14   4   63  22     82  43  .274  .375  .384  129  196               1    
 1893 25 PIT NL 128  518  121  179  26 23   7  103  26     77  23  .346  .435  .525  157  272               5    
 1894 26 PIT NL 125  489  128  174  33 19   6   72  33     65  12  .356  .436  .538  135  263               5    
 1895 27 PIT NL 124  480   88  145  14 12   1   81  34     55  25  .302  .381  .388  102  186   3           6    
 1896 28 PIT NL 122  484  121  175  21 14   6   94  33     74  18  .362  .454  .500  155  242   6           8    
 1897 29 PIT NL 123  467   99  145  19 17   6   54  25     70      .310  .408  .463  133  216   6           7    
 1898 30 CIN NL 123  486   79  166  21 10   1   66  20     69      .342  .425  .432  139  210   6           2    
 1899 31 CIN NL  87  339   65  101  13  6   1   24  10     47      .298  .385  .381  108  129   7           1    
 1900 32 TOT NL 114  423   61  112  13 11   3   52  19     42      .265  .337  .369   98  156   9           4    
         CIN NL  29  111   14   31   4  4   1   18   5     18      .279  .389  .414  123   46   0           2    
         NYG NL  85  312   47   81   9  7   2   34  14     24      .260  .317  .353   88  110   9           2    
 1901 33 TOT NL  20   61    5   10   2  1   0    3   2      8      .164  .261  .230   38   14   1           0    
         PIT NL   4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      2      .000  .333  .000   -0    0   0           0    
         BSN NL  16   57    5   10   2  1   0    3   2      6      .175  .254  .246   40   14   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         4684      1454    136      663      0     139  .310  .398  .434  126       38   0   0  42   0
               1234       912      196     37      232    636                            2033
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        615  120  191  26 18   5   87  30  0  83  18  .310  .398  .434  126  267   5   0   0   6   0
 Career High    138  518  128  179  33 23   7  103  34  0  82  43  .362  .454  .538  157  272   9   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1886 18 CIN AA   37   20    5   6.6    76| .286  .249| .459  .313| .393  .332| .852  .644| 165  .761   3.0   0.3     
 1887 19 CIN AA  198  139   20   3.7    99| .253  .282| .298  .347| .371  .381| .669  .728|  83  .424  -5.1  -0.5     
 1888 20 CIN AA  149  100   12   3.2    75| .225  .250| .329  .308| .271  .330| .600  .638|  89  .493  -0.5  -0.1     
 1889 21 CIN AA   92   60   11   4.8    96| .277  .273| .348  .346| .410  .371| .758  .718| 111  .566   1.0   0.1     
 1892 24 PIT NL  594  371   73   5.2    81| .274  .252| .375  .325| .384  .337| .759  .662| 129  .654  20.6   2.2     
 1893 25 PIT NL  600  339  117   9.1   104| .346  .283| .435  .361| .525  .386| .960  .747| 157  .757  42.8   4.0     
 1894 26 PIT NL  559  315  113   9.3   126| .356  .314| .436  .385| .538  .443| .974  .828| 135  .693  29.1   2.5     
 1895 27 PIT NL  544  338   70   5.4   108| .302  .296| .381  .361| .388  .399| .769  .761| 102  .518   3.5   0.3     
 1896 28 PIT NL  572  315  108   8.9   104| .362  .292| .454  .357| .500  .390| .954  .747| 155  .754  43.1   4.0     
 1897 29 PIT NL  550  328   86   6.8   104| .310  .293| .408  .357| .463  .390| .871  .747| 133  .654  24.2   2.3     
 1898 30 CIN NL  563  326   89   7.1    97| .342  .286| .425  .351| .432  .367| .857  .718| 139  .746  28.3   2.9     
 1899 31 CIN NL  394  245   49   5.2   101| .298  .292| .385  .355| .381  .381| .766  .736| 108  .583   5.7   0.6     
 1900 32 TOT NL  478  320   51   4.2    95| .265  .281| .337  .342| .369  .371| .706  .714|  98  .488  -1.3  -0.2     
         CIN NL  131   80   17   5.6    97| .279  .284| .389  .345| .414  .375| .803  .720| 123  .618   4.2   0.4     
         NYG NL  347  240   34   3.7    94| .260  .280| .317  .341| .353  .370| .670  .711|  88  .435  -5.5  -0.6     
 1901 33 TOT NL   70   52    4   2.0    95| .164  .285| .261  .342| .230  .373| .491  .714|  38  .231  -4.9  -0.5     
         PIT NL    6    4    0   0.0    91| .000  .279| .333  .335| .000  .364| .333  .699|  -0  .000  -0.4   0.0     
         BSN NL   64   48    4   2.2    95| .175  .286| .254  .342| .246  .373| .500  .715|  40  .257  -4.5  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     5400 3268  808   6.4   101| .310  .286| .398  .353| .434  .383| .832  .735| 126  .652 189.4  17.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1886 18 CIN AA   4   4   9   9   8   0   0  0   72.7   57   62   30   1   44   40   3   0   362       0  3.72  3.51   95 1.390
 1887 19 CIN AA  34  17  52  52  49   3   0  0  447.3  400  224  146   5  126  176   9   0  1872       0  2.94  4.33  148 1.176
 1888 20 CIN AA  22  17  40  40  37   5   0  0  348.3  309  167  106   1   89  154   0   0  1431       0  2.74  3.18  116 1.143
 1889 21 CIN AA   9  12  29  22  16   0   7  0  203.0  253  171  110  11  101  104   0  11   932       0  4.88  3.96   81 1.744
 1892 24 PIT NL   6   7  17  13  12   1   4  0  134.0  140   94   54   2   58   51   0   3     0       0  3.63  3.28   91 1.478
 1894 26 PIT NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    4.0    6    2    2   0    1    0   0   1     0       0  4.50  5.21  116 1.750
 1898 30 CIN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    2    2    2   0    3    0   0   0     0       0 18.00  3.82   21 5.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .568  75  57 149 136 122   9  11  0 1210.3 1167  722  450  20  422  525  12  15  4597       0  3.35  3.78  113 1.313
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17  13  35  32  29   2   2  0  288.7  278  172  107   4  100  125   2   3  1096   0   0  3.35  3.78  113 1.313
 Career High     34  17  52  52  49   5   7  0  447.3  400  224  146  11  126  176   9  11  1872   0   0  2.74  4.33  148 1.143

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1886 18 CIN AA   P    9      0    3    2    0  .600  .882  0.33  1.87  0.37  2.01    9   72.7
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.80                            1    0    0
 1887 19 CIN AA   P   52      7   67   13    2  .851  .883  1.42  2.09  1.49  2.27   52  447.3
                 OF    2      2    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.00                            0    2    0
 1888 20 CIN AA   P   40      4   58   12    0  .838  .891  1.55  2.32  1.60  2.45   40  348.3
                 OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80                            0    2    0
 1889 21 CIN AA   P   29      2   21    5    0  .821  .906  0.79  1.84  1.02  2.13   22  203.0
 1892 24 PIT NL  OF  124    223   15   31    0  .885  .912  1.92  1.86                          115    2    7
                  P   17      9   23    6    0  .842  .901  1.88  2.17  2.15  2.49   13  134.0
 1893 25 PIT NL  OF  128    271   20   25    7  .921  .915  2.27  2.14                          128    0    0
 1894 26 PIT NL  OF  125    275   18   21    8  .933  .915  2.34  2.24                          120    5    0
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.25    0    4.0
 1895 27 PIT NL  OF  123    250   16   31    2  .896  .917  2.16  2.14                          123    0    0
 1896 28 PIT NL  OF  122    302   14   18    6  .946  .933  2.59  2.12                          122    0    0
 1897 29 PIT NL  OF  123    245   19   28    1  .904  .935  2.15  2.06                          123    0    0
 1898 30 CIN NL  OF  123    280   15   16    5  .949  .937  2.40  2.03                          123    0    0
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20  0.00  2.70    0    1.0
 1899 31 CIN NL  OF   87    178   12   16    3  .922  .944  2.18  2.11                           37   28   22
 1900 32 TOT NL  OF  110    154   13   10    3  .944  .940  1.52  2.13                           27    0   83
         CIN NL  OF   27     63    3    5    1  .930  .940  2.44  2.13                           27    0    0
         NYG NL  OF   83     91   10    5    2  .953  .940  1.22  2.13                            0    0   83
 1901 33 TOT NL  OF   16     21    1    4    0  .846  .944  1.38  2.02                            5    0   11
         PIT NL  OF    1      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.00                            1    0    0
         BSN NL  OF   15     19    1    4    0  .833  .943  1.33  2.03                            4    0   11

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1886 18 CIN AA  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.80                            1    0    0
 1887 19 CIN AA  OF    2      2    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.00                            0    2    0
 1888 20 CIN AA  OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80                            0    2    0
 1892 24 PIT NL  OF  124    223   15   31    0  .885  .912  1.92  1.86                          115    2    7
 1893 25 PIT NL  OF  128    271   20   25    7  .921  .915  2.27  2.14                          128    0    0
 1894 26 PIT NL  OF  125    275   18   21    8  .933  .915  2.34  2.24                          120    5    0
 1895 27 PIT NL  OF  123    250   16   31    2  .896  .917  2.16  2.14                          123    0    0
 1896 28 PIT NL  OF  122    302   14   18    6  .946  .933  2.59  2.12                          122    0    0
 1897 29 PIT NL  OF  123    245   19   28    1  .904  .935  2.15  2.06                          123    0    0
 1898 30 CIN NL  OF  123    280   15   16    5  .949  .937  2.40  2.03                          123    0    0
 1899 31 CIN NL  OF   87    178   12   16    3  .922  .944  2.18  2.11                           37   28   22
 1900 32 TOT NL  OF  110    154   13   10    3  .944  .940  1.52  2.13                           27    0   83
         CIN NL  OF   27     63    3    5    1  .930  .940  2.44  2.13                           27    0    0
         NYG NL  OF   83     91   10    5    2  .953  .940  1.22  2.13                            0    0   83
 1901 33 TOT NL  OF   16     21    1    4    0  .846  .944  1.38  2.02                            5    0   11
         PIT NL  OF    1      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.00                            1    0    0
         BSN NL  OF   15     19    1    4    0  .833  .943  1.33  2.03                            4    0   11

 1886 18 CIN AA   P    9      0    3    2    0  .600  .882  0.33  1.87  0.37  2.01    9   72.7
 1887 19 CIN AA   P   52      7   67   13    2  .851  .883  1.42  2.09  1.49  2.27   52  447.3
 1888 20 CIN AA   P   40      4   58   12    0  .838  .891  1.55  2.32  1.60  2.45   40  348.3
 1889 21 CIN AA   P   29      2   21    5    0  .821  .906  0.79  1.84  1.02  2.13   22  203.0
 1892 24 PIT NL   P   17      9   23    6    0  .842  .901  1.88  2.17  2.15  2.49   13  134.0
 1894 26 PIT NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.25    0    4.0
 1898 30 CIN NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20  0.00  2.70    0    1.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1086   2202  143  200   35  .921  .927  2.16  2.09                          924   39  123
                  P* 149     22  172   38    2  .836  .891  1.30  2.10              136 1210.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1235   2224  315  238   37  .914  .924  2.06  2.09
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1893 NL-.346-8
1896 NL-.362-8
1898 NL-.342-4

On-base %
1893 NL-.435-5
1896 NL-.454-8
1898 NL-.425-6
Car-.398-66

Slugging %
1893 NL-.525-4
1896 NL-.500-8
1898 NL-.432-10

OPS
1893 NL-.960-4
1896 NL-.954-9
1898 NL-.858-6

Hits
1893 NL-179-8

Total Bases
1893 NL-272-4

Triples
1892 NL-14-10
1893 NL-23-4
1894 NL-19-10
1897 NL-17-5
Car-136-71

Home Runs
1897 NL-6-7

Bases on Balls
1896 NL-74-7
1897 NL-70-8
1898 NL-69-8

Adjusted OPS+
1893 NL-157-3
1896 NL-155-7
1897 NL-133-10
1898 NL-139-10

Runs Created
1893 NL-117-4
1896 NL-108-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1893 NL-43-2
1894 NL-29-10
1896 NL-43-7
1898 NL-28-9

Batting Wins
1893 NL-4.0-2
1894 NL-2.5-10
1896 NL-4.0-7
1898 NL-2.9-9

Extra-Base Hits
1893 NL-56-5

Times on Base
1893 NL-261-6
1896 NL-257-9

Offensive Win%
1893 NL-.757-4
1896 NL-.754-6
1898 NL-.746-3

Power/Speed Number
1897 NL-9.7-6

At Bats per Home Run
1897 NL-77.8-9

ERA
1887 AA-2.94-1

Wins
1887 AA-34-3

Won-Loss %
1887 AA-.667-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1887 AA-1.176-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1887 AA-8.05-1

Bases on Balls/9IP
1887 AA-2.54-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1887 AA-3.54-6
1888 AA-3.98-10
1889 AA-4.61-7

Games
1887 AA-52-6
1888 AA-40-10

Innings
1887 AA-447.3-6

Strikeouts
1887 AA-176-5

Games Started
1887 AA-52-5
1888 AA-40-10

Comp. Games
1887 AA-49-7

Shutouts
1887 AA-3-3
1888 AA-5-3

Home Runs Allow.
1889 AA-11-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1887 AA-126-9
1888 AA-89-10

SO to Walk
1887 AA-1.40-2

Losses
1887 AA-17-10

Batters Faced
1887 AA-1872-7
1888 AA-1431-10

Games Finished
1889 AA-7-2

Adjusted ERA+
1887 AA-148-1

Youngest Player
1886 AA-18-3
1887 AA-19-7
1888 AA-20-10

      

Black Ink: Pitching - 6 (366) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 38 (629) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 30 (769) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 31.5 (241) Pitching - 14.0 (530) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 40.0 (453) Pitching - 25.0 (497) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

November 10, 1897: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Pink Hawley and $1,500 to the Cincinnati Reds for Billy Rhines, Pop Schriver, Ace Stewart, Bill Gray, and Jack McCarthy.

August 8, 1900: Loaned to the New York Giants by the Cincinnati Reds.

Before 1901 Season: Elmer Smith returned to the Cincinnati Reds by the New York Giants as part of earlier loan.

March, 1901: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

March, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 14, 1901: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 20, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Beaneaters.

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