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Jack Smith
Jack Smith

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 30, 1915
Final Game July 7, 1929
Born June 23, 1895 in Chicago, IL
Died May 2, 1972 in Westchester, IL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1915 20 STL NL   4   16    2    3   0  1   0    0   0      1   5  .188  .235  .313   65    5   0           0    
 1916 21 STL NL 130  357   43   87   6  5   6   34  24 16  20  50  .244  .291  .339   94  121  19           4    
 1917 22 STL NL 137  462   64  137  16 11   3   34  25     38  65  .297  .351  .398  133  184  14           1    
 1918 23 STL NL  42  166   24   35   2  1   0    4   5      7  21  .211  .260  .235   53   39   4           4    
 1919 24 STL NL 119  408   47   91  16  3   0   15  30     26  29  .223  .271  .277   69  113  16           1    
 1920 25 STL NL  91  313   53  104  22  5   1   28  14  9  25  23  .332  .385  .444  140  139   6           2    
 1921 26 STL NL 116  411   86  135  22  9   7   33  11  6  21  24  .328  .361  .477  123  196   7           0    
 1922 27 STL NL 143  510  117  158  23 12   8   46  18  7  50  30  .310  .375  .449  116  229  15           3    
 1923 28 STL NL 124  407   98  126  16  6   5   41  32 11  27  20  .310  .356  .415  105  169   8           2    
 1924 29 STL NL 124  459   91  130  18  6   2   33  24 16  33  27  .283  .333  .362   87  166   9           1    
 1925 30 STL NL  80  243   53   61  11  4   4   31  20  2  19  13  .251  .308  .379   73   92  10           1    
 1926 31 TOT NL  97  323   46  100  15  2   2   25  11     28  13  .310  .368  .387  111  125   7           2    
         STL NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         BSN NL  96  322   46  100  15  2   2   25  11     28  12  .311  .369  .388  112  125   7           2    
 1927 32 BSN NL  84  183   27   58   6  4   1   24   8     16  12  .317  .375  .410  117   75   7           1    
 1928 33 BSN NL  96  254   30   71   9  2   1   32   6     21  14  .280  .335  .343   81   87  14           0    
 1929 34 BSN NL  19   20    2    5   0  0   0    2   0      2   2  .250  .318  .250   45    5   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1406 4532  783 1301 182 71  40  382 228 67 334 348  .287  .339  .385  103 1745 138   0   0  22   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        522   90  150  21  8   5   44  26  8  38  40  .287  .339  .385  103  201  16   0   0   3   0
 Career High    143  510  117  158  23 12   8   46  32 16  50  65  .332  .385  .477  140  229  19   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1915 20 STL NL   17   13    1   2.1    81| .188  .256| .235  .319| .313  .342| .548  .661|  65  .299  -0.8  -0.1     
 1916 21 STL NL  400  305   32   2.8    77| .244  .253| .291  .311| .339  .338| .630  .649|  94  .430  -3.7  -0.4  60%
 1917 22 STL NL  515  339   64   5.1    76| .297  .253| .351  .310| .398  .334| .749  .644| 133  .684  17.2   2.0     
 1918 23 STL NL  181  135    9   1.8    77| .211  .258| .260  .315| .235  .333| .495  .648|  53  .236  -9.2  -1.1     
 1919 24 STL NL  451  333   30   2.4    77| .223  .257| .271  .311| .277  .338| .548  .648|  69  .334 -14.3  -1.6     
 1920 25 STL NL  346  224   52   6.3    89| .332  .274| .385  .327| .444  .364| .829  .692| 140  .711  16.8   1.8  60%
 1921 26 STL NL  439  289   70   6.5   104| .328  .294| .361  .344| .477  .405| .838  .749| 123  .652  12.3   1.2  64%
 1922 27 STL NL  578  374   86   6.1   108| .310  .295| .375  .352| .449  .410| .824  .762| 116  .600  12.7   1.2  72%
 1923 28 STL NL  444  300   61   5.5   105| .310  .289| .356  .348| .415  .403| .771  .751| 105  .564   2.8   0.3  74%
 1924 29 STL NL  502  354   54   4.1   102| .283  .287| .333  .343| .362  .401| .695  .743|  87  .452  -7.9  -0.8  60%
 1925 30 STL NL  273  194   31   4.2   116| .251  .303| .308  .361| .379  .432| .687  .793|  73  .418 -10.8  -1.0  90%
 1926 31 TOT NL  360  230   46   5.3    95| .310  .275| .368  .334| .387  .382| .755  .716| 111  .574   6.8   0.7     
         STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   106| .000  .292| .000  .352| .000  .404| .000  .756|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
         BSN NL  359  229   46   5.4    95| .311  .275| .369  .334| .388  .382| .757  .716| 112  .577   7.0   0.7     
 1927 32 BSN NL  207  132   28   5.7    97| .317  .280| .375  .337| .410  .386| .785  .723| 117  .597   4.8   0.5     
 1928 33 BSN NL  289  197   29   4.0   105| .280  .284| .335  .348| .343  .404| .678  .751|  81  .410  -6.5  -0.6     
 1929 34 BSN NL   24   17    2   3.1   117| .250  .299| .318  .362| .250  .436| .568  .798|  45  .264  -1.6  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     5026 3436  595   4.7    95| .287  .277| .339  .334| .385  .380| .724  .714| 103  .541  18.6   2.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1915 20 STL NL OF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 2.00 3 1 0 1916 21 STL NL OF 120 212 12 12 4 .949 .967 1.87 2.00 1 109 11 1917 22 STL NL OF 128 233 12 10 6 .961 .963 1.91 2.08 27 65 37 1918 23 STL NL OF 42 87 9 6 6 .941 .962 2.29 2.13 0 42 0 1919 24 STL NL OF 111 197 19 9 6 .960 .964 1.95 2.18 1 36 76 1920 25 STL NL OF 83 144 12 6 1 .963 .964 1.88 2.21 18 57 14 1921 26 STL NL OF 103 179 11 9 3 .955 .965 1.84 2.24 0 19 84 1922 27 STL NL OF 136 282 11 15 3 .951 .962 2.15 2.26 17 79 40 1923 28 STL NL OF 109 247 11 7 3 .974 .964 2.37 2.28 77 10 23 1924 29 STL NL OF 114 251 18 9 8 .968 .965 2.36 2.24 25 14 77 1925 30 STL NL OF 64 152 7 7 2 .958 .967 2.48 2.33 5 38 28 1926 31 BSN NL OF 83 206 8 6 0 .973 .965 2.58 2.26 10 59 15 1927 32 BSN NL OF 48 106 7 6 1 .950 .970 2.35 2.35 3 14 32 1928 33 BSN NL OF 65 165 4 2 0 .988 .972 2.60 2.31 18 40 7 1929 34 BSN NL OF 9 10 0 2 0 .833 .971 1.11 2.38 2 4 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 20 STL NL OF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 2.00 3 1 0 1916 21 STL NL OF 120 212 12 12 4 .949 .967 1.87 2.00 1 109 11 1917 22 STL NL OF 128 233 12 10 6 .961 .963 1.91 2.08 27 65 37 1918 23 STL NL OF 42 87 9 6 6 .941 .962 2.29 2.13 0 42 0 1919 24 STL NL OF 111 197 19 9 6 .960 .964 1.95 2.18 1 36 76 1920 25 STL NL OF 83 144 12 6 1 .963 .964 1.88 2.21 18 57 14 1921 26 STL NL OF 103 179 11 9 3 .955 .965 1.84 2.24 0 19 84 1922 27 STL NL OF 136 282 11 15 3 .951 .962 2.15 2.26 17 79 40 1923 28 STL NL OF 109 247 11 7 3 .974 .964 2.37 2.28 77 10 23 1924 29 STL NL OF 114 251 18 9 8 .968 .965 2.36 2.24 25 14 77 1925 30 STL NL OF 64 152 7 7 2 .958 .967 2.48 2.33 5 38 28 1926 31 BSN NL OF 83 206 8 6 0 .973 .965 2.58 2.26 10 59 15 1927 32 BSN NL OF 48 106 7 6 1 .950 .970 2.35 2.35 3 14 32 1928 33 BSN NL OF 65 165 4 2 0 .988 .972 2.60 2.31 18 40 7 1929 34 BSN NL OF 9 10 0 2 0 .833 .971 1.11 2.38 2 4 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1219 2476 141 106 43 .961 .965 2.15 2.21 207 587 447 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1219 2476 141 106 43 .961 .965 2.15 2.21
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
1917 NL-.297-8
1921 NL-.328-8

Slugging %
1917 NL-.398-9

OPS
1917 NL-.750-9

Runs
1922 NL-117-3
1923 NL-98-9
1924 NL-91-10

Triples
1922 NL-12-9

Strikeouts
1917 NL-65-5

Stolen Bases
1916 NL-24-9
1917 NL-25-6
1919 NL-30-4
1922 NL-18-7
1923 NL-32-3
1924 NL-24-4
1925 NL-20-6

Adjusted OPS+
1917 NL-133-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1917 NL-17-10

Batting Wins
1917 NL-2.0-10

Offensive Win%
1917 NL-.684-9
1921 NL-.652-10

Caught Stealing
1924 NL-16-8

Power/Speed Number
1922 NL-11.1-9

At Bats per Home Run
1916 NL-59.5-5

Youngest Player
1915 NL-20-8

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 35 (679) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.0 (997) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.5 (1101) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

April 19, 1926: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals.


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