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Germany Smith
George J. Smith

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 17, 1884
Final Game October 9, 1898
Born April 21, 1863 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died December 1, 1927 in Altoona, 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 21 TOT     97  399   40  108  22  5   4   26   0      3      .271  .276  .381  106  152                    
         ALT UA  25  108    9   34   8  1   0        0      1      .315  .321  .407  143   44                    
         CLV NL  72  291   31   74  14  4   4   26          2  45  .254  .259  .371   94  108                    
 1885 22 BRO AA 108  419   63  108  17 11   4   62   0     10      .258  .275  .379  105  159               0    
 1886 23 BRO AA 105  426   66  105  17  6   2   45  22     19      .246  .279  .329   91  140               0    
 1887 24 BRO AA 103  435   79  128  19 16   4   72  26     13      .294  .316  .439  107  191               1    
 1888 25 BRO AA 103  402   47   86  10  7   3   61  27     22      .214  .255  .296   75  119               0    
 1889 26 BRO AA 121  446   89  103  22  3   3   53  35     40  42  .231  .296  .314   77  140               1    
 1890 27 BRO NL 129  481   76   92   6  5   1   47  24     42  23  .191  .260  .231   43  111               3    
 1891 28 CIN NL 138  512   50  103  11  5   3   53  16     38  32  .201  .258  .260   50  133               1    
 1892 29 CIN NL 139  506   58  121  13  6   8   63  19     42  52  .239  .297  .336   92  170               0    
 1893 30 CIN NL 130  500   63  118  18  6   4   56  14     38  20  .236  .293  .320   61  160               2    
 1894 31 CIN NL 127  482   73  127  33  5   3   76  15     41  28  .263  .324  .371   65  179               2    
 1895 32 CIN NL 127  503   75  151  23  6   4   74  13     34  24  .300  .345  .394   87  198   3           0    
 1896 33 CIN NL 120  456   65  131  21  9   3   71  22     28  22  .287  .330  .393   85  179   7           1    
 1897 34 BRO NL 112  428   47   86  17  3   0   29   1     14      .201  .233  .255   32  109   7           4    
 1898 35 STL NL  51  157   16   25   2  1   1    9   1     24      .159  .275  .204   36   32   2           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1710 6552  907 1592 251 94  47  797 235  0 408 243  .243  .289  .332   75 2172  19   0   0  16   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        621   86  151  24  9   4   76  22  0  39  23  .243  .289  .332   75  206   2   0   0   2   0
 Career High    139  512   89  151  33 16   8   76  35  0  42  52  .300  .345  .439  107  198   7   0   0   4   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 21 TOT     402  291   42   3.8    72| .271  .252| .276  .289| .381  .344| .657  .633| 106  .530   2.8   0.3     
         ALT UA  109   74   14   4.9    63| .315  .249| .321  .276| .407  .323| .728  .599| 143  .678   5.6   0.6     
         CLV NL  293  217   28   3.4    76| .254  .254| .259  .294| .371  .351| .630  .646|  94  .468  -2.8  -0.3     
 1885 22 BRO AA  429  311   44   3.8    73| .258  .251| .275  .297| .379  .337| .654  .634| 105  .544   0.8   0.1     
 1886 23 BRO AA  445  321   39   3.2    74| .246  .246| .279  .309| .329  .327| .608  .636|  91  .459  -6.0  -0.7     
 1887 24 BRO AA  449  307   60   5.1    98| .294  .281| .316  .345| .439  .379| .755  .725| 107  .563   0.5   0.1     
 1888 25 BRO AA  424  316   30   2.5    72| .214  .246| .255  .303| .296  .324| .551  .628|  75  .387 -12.4  -1.5     
 1889 26 BRO AA  487  343   41   3.1    88| .231  .262| .296  .333| .314  .355| .610  .688|  77  .374 -13.0  -1.3     
 1890 27 BRO NL  526  389   28   1.9    89| .191  .260| .260  .337| .231  .352| .491  .690|  43  .208 -36.2  -3.9     
 1891 28 CIN NL  551  409   34   2.2    89| .201  .261| .258  .335| .260  .355| .518  .690|  50  .255 -34.1  -3.7     
 1892 29 CIN NL  548  385   51   3.5    80| .239  .250| .297  .324| .336  .335| .633  .659|  92  .478  -6.5  -0.7     
 1893 30 CIN NL  540  382   46   3.2   108| .236  .288| .293  .367| .320  .393| .613  .760|  61  .312 -30.3  -2.9     
 1894 31 CIN NL  525  355   57   4.2   129| .263  .320| .324  .391| .371  .450| .695  .842|  65  .341 -29.0  -2.5     
 1895 32 CIN NL  540  355   68   5.0   115| .300  .307| .345  .374| .394  .415| .739  .789|  87  .482 -11.4  -1.1     
 1896 33 CIN NL  492  332   59   4.6   113| .287  .306| .330  .372| .393  .409| .723  .781|  85  .480 -12.4  -1.2     
 1897 34 BRO NL  453  349   25   1.8   102| .201  .291| .233  .354| .255  .386| .488  .740|  32  .149 -42.1  -4.1     
 1898 35 STL NL  184  134    9   1.7    93| .159  .280| .275  .345| .204  .360| .479  .705|  36  .183 -12.6  -1.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     6995 4979  633   3.3    94| .243  .274| .289  .340| .332  .370| .621  .710|  75  .387 -242.1 -24.4     

* 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 21 ALT UA   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    3    2    1   0    0    1       0             0  9.00  3.31   37 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    3    2    1   0    0    1       0             0  9.00  3.31   37 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0   68.0  204  136   68   0    0   68   0   0     0   0   0  9.00  3.31   37 3.000

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 21 TOT SS 55 84 195 35 4 .889 .841 5.07 4.09 ALT UA SS 25 40 88 19 1 .871 .816 5.12 3.90 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 CLV NL 2B 42 111 136 34 23 .879 .890 5.88 5.73 SS 30 44 107 16 3 .904 .864 5.03 4.25 1885 22 BRO AA SS 108 161 455 81 23 .884 .879 5.70 4.67 1886 23 BRO AA SS 105 142 381 85 30 .860 .854 4.98 4.51 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 7.00 0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 1 0 0 1887 24 BRO AA SS 101 157 387 70 23 .886 .858 5.39 4.43 3B 2 4 2 2 0 .750 .845 3.00 3.30 1888 25 BRO AA SS 103 155 352 94 29 .844 .863 4.92 4.54 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50 1889 26 BRO AA SS 120 182 417 67 37 .899 .873 4.99 5.12 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1890 27 BRO NL SS 129 232 468 74 49 .904 .902 5.43 5.29 1891 28 CIN NL SS 138 240 507 75 40 .909 .889 5.41 5.16 1892 29 CIN NL SS 139 239 561 70 55 .920 .897 5.76 5.33 1893 30 CIN NL SS 130 250 500 53 67 .934 .897 5.77 5.47 1894 31 CIN NL SS 127 233 501 72 75 .911 .898 5.78 5.59 1895 32 CIN NL SS 127 251 457 59 58 .923 .899 5.57 5.54 1896 33 CIN NL SS 120 207 407 49 47 .926 .903 5.12 5.52 1897 34 BRO NL SS 112 201 399 61 36 .908 .908 5.36 5.67 1898 35 STL NL SS 51 79 167 26 14 .904 .913 4.82 5.56
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 21 CLV NL 2B 42 111 136 34 23 .879 .890 5.88 5.73 1888 25 BRO AA 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50 1887 24 BRO AA 3B 2 4 2 2 0 .750 .845 3.00 3.30 1886 23 BRO AA C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 7.00 0 1886 23 BRO AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 1 0 0 1889 26 BRO AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1884 21 ALT UA P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1884 21 TOT SS 55 84 195 35 4 .889 .841 5.07 4.09 ALT UA SS 25 40 88 19 1 .871 .816 5.12 3.90 CLV NL SS 30 44 107 16 3 .904 .864 5.03 4.25 1885 22 BRO AA SS 108 161 455 81 23 .884 .879 5.70 4.67 1886 23 BRO AA SS 105 142 381 85 30 .860 .854 4.98 4.51 1887 24 BRO AA SS 101 157 387 70 23 .886 .858 5.39 4.43 1888 25 BRO AA SS 103 155 352 94 29 .844 .863 4.92 4.54 1889 26 BRO AA SS 120 182 417 67 37 .899 .873 4.99 5.12 1890 27 BRO NL SS 129 232 468 74 49 .904 .902 5.43 5.29 1891 28 CIN NL SS 138 240 507 75 40 .909 .889 5.41 5.16 1892 29 CIN NL SS 139 239 561 70 55 .920 .897 5.76 5.33 1893 30 CIN NL SS 130 250 500 53 67 .934 .897 5.77 5.47 1894 31 CIN NL SS 127 233 501 72 75 .911 .898 5.78 5.59 1895 32 CIN NL SS 127 251 457 59 58 .923 .899 5.57 5.54 1896 33 CIN NL SS 120 207 407 49 47 .926 .903 5.12 5.52 1897 34 BRO NL SS 112 201 399 61 36 .908 .908 5.36 5.67 1898 35 STL NL SS 51 79 167 26 14 .904 .913 4.82 5.56
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 1665 2813 6154 971 587 .902 .887 5.39 5.15 2B 43 111 136 34 23 .879 .890 5.74 5.73 3B 2 4 2 2 0 .750 .845 3.00 3.30 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 1 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 7.00 0 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1714 2928 6292 1007 610 .902 .887 5.38 5.16
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1889   WS    BRO NYG     L   8  29   2   5  2  1  0   2   3   2  .172  .250  .310   2                
 1890   WS    BRO LOU     T   7  29   3   8  0  2  0   7   0   3  .276  .276  .414   1                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-1  15  58   5  13  2  3  0   9   3   5  .224  .262  .362   3                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Games
1891 NL-138-7

Triples
1887 AA-16-7

Home Runs
1885 AA-4-9
1892 NL-8-6

RBI
1885 AA-62-10

Extra-Base Hits
1885 AA-32-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1890 NL-20.9-10

At Bats per Home Run
1885 AA-104.8-10
1892 NL-63.3-10

Outs
1890 NL-389-10
1891 NL-409-7

Oldest Player
1898 NL-35-9

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 14 (1185) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.5 (1014) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 3, 1885: Purchased by the Brooklyn Grays from the Cleveland Blues.

November 13, 1896: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Chauncey Fisher and $1,000 to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms for Tommy Corcoran.


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