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Pop Smith
Charles Marvin Smith

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut May 1, 1880
Final Game June 9, 1891
Born October 12, 1856 in Digby, Nova Scotia, CAN
Died April 18, 1927 in Boston, MA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1880 23 CIN NL  83  334   35   69  10  9   0   27          6  36  .207  .221  .290   73   97                    
 1881 24 TOT NL  24   86    5    7   0  0   0    6          6  18  .081  .141  .081  -29    7                    
         CLV NL  10   34    1    4   0  0   0    3          0   8  .118  .118  .118  -25    4                    
         BUF NL   3   11    3    0   0  0   0    1          3   5  .000  .214  .000  -27    0                    
         WOR NL  11   41    1    3   0  0   0    2          3   5  .073  .136  .073  -34    3                    
 1882 25 TOT AA  23   76   11    8   0  0   0    2   0     12      .105  .227  .105   11    8                    
         PHA AA  20   65   10    6   0  0   0    2   0     12      .092  .234  .092    9    6                    
         LOU AA   3   11    1    2   0  0   0        0      0      .182  .182  .182   25    2                    
 1883 26 COL AA  97  405   82  106  14 17   4    0   0     22      .262  .300  .410  134  166                    
 1884 27 COL AA 108  445   78  106  18 10   6    0   0     20      .238  .289  .364  119  162              12    
 1885 28 PIT AA 106  453   85  113  11 13   0   35   0     25      .249  .293  .331   97  150               3    
 1886 29 PIT AA 126  483   75  105  20  9   2   57  38     42      .217  .288  .308   89  149               6    
 1887 30 PIT NL 122  456   69   98  12  7   2   54  30     30  48  .215  .283  .285   63  130              13    
 1888 31 PIT NL 131  481   61   99  15  2   4   52  37     22  78  .206  .248  .270   71  130               5    
 1889 32 TOT NL 131  466   47  108  23  6   5   59  23     47  68  .232  .315  .339   85  158              10    
         PIT NL  72  258   26   54  10  2   5   27  12     24  38  .209  .292  .322   78   83               6    
         BSN NL  59  208   21   54  13  4   0   32  11     23  30  .260  .345  .361   92   75               4    
 1890 33 BSN NL 134  463   82  106  16 12   1   53  39     80  81  .229  .353  .322   91  149               9    
 1891 34 WAS AA  27   90   13   16   2  2   0   13   2     13  16  .178  .295  .244   58   22               2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1112 4238  643  941 141 87  24  358 169  0 325 345  .222  .287  .313   86 1328   0   0   0  60   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        617   94  137  21 13   3   52  25  0  47  50  .222  .287  .313   86  193   0   0   0   9   0
 Career High    134  483   85  113  23 17   6   59  39  0  80  81  .262  .353  .410  134  166   0   0   0  13   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1880 23 CIN NL  340  265   21   2.1    60| .207  .244| .221  .267| .290  .322| .511  .589|  73  .323  -9.9  -1.2     
 1881 24 TOT NL   92   79    0   0.0    75| .081  .265| .141  .296| .081  .347| .222  .643| -29  .000 -12.6  -1.4     
         CLV NL   34   30    0   0.0    71| .118  .259| .118  .289| .118  .339| .236  .628| -25  .000  -4.7  -0.5     
         BUF NL   14   11    0   0.0    74| .000  .264| .214  .294| .000  .345| .214  .639| -27  .000  -1.5  -0.2     
         WOR NL   44   38    0   0.0    78| .073  .270| .136  .301| .073  .354| .209  .655| -34  .000  -6.4  -0.7     
 1882 25 TOT AA   88   68    1   0.4    68| .105  .257| .227  .285| .105  .332| .332  .617|  11  .021  -6.7  -0.8     
         PHA AA   77   59    1   0.4    69| .092  .259| .234  .287| .092  .335| .326  .622|   9  .027  -5.8  -0.7     
         LOU AA   11    9    0   0.0    59| .182  .243| .182  .270| .182  .314| .364  .584|  25  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1883 26 COL AA  427  299   50   4.4    64| .262  .248| .300  .277| .410  .327| .710  .604| 134  .603  14.0   1.6     
 1884 27 COL AA  477  339   44   3.4    62| .238  .236| .289  .273| .364  .321| .653  .594| 119  .523   9.6   1.1     
 1885 28 PIT AA  481  340   43   3.4    73| .249  .251| .293  .297| .331  .337| .624  .634|  97  .492  -2.3  -0.3     
 1886 29 PIT AA  531  378   42   2.9    73| .217  .243| .288  .306| .308  .324| .596  .631|  89  .419  -5.7  -0.6     
 1887 30 PIT NL  499  358   34   2.5    91| .215  .266| .283  .323| .285  .379| .568  .702|  63  .258 -21.5  -2.2     
 1888 31 PIT NL  508  382   31   2.1    66| .206  .237| .248  .284| .270  .324| .518  .608|  71  .318 -14.8  -1.7     
 1889 32 TOT NL  523  358   48   3.5    94| .232  .270| .315  .340| .339  .368| .654  .709|  85  .409  -9.0  -0.9     
         PIT NL  288  204   23   3.0    88| .209  .262| .292  .331| .322  .357| .614  .688|  78  .336  -7.2  -0.7     
         BSN NL  235  154   25   4.3   100| .260  .280| .345  .352| .361  .382| .706  .734|  92  .497  -1.7  -0.2     
 1890 33 BSN NL  552  357   51   3.8    94| .229  .268| .353  .346| .322  .363| .675  .709|  91  .479  -2.9  -0.3     
 1891 34 WAS AA  105   74    6   2.1    88| .178  .256| .295  .339| .244  .346| .539  .686|  58  .236  -4.7  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4623 3297  371   3.0    76| .222  .252| .287  .305| .313  .341| .600  .646|  86  .404 -66.4  -7.2     

* 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1883 26 COL AA   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    5.7   10    7    4   0    0    0       0    30       0  6.35  3.07   48 1.765
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    5.7   10    7    4   0    0    0       0    30       0  6.35  3.07   48 1.765
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  129.0  226  158   90   0    0    0   0   0   680   0   0  6.35  3.07   48 1.765

* 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 ------+
1880 23 CIN NL 2B 83 282 243 89 32 .855 .897 6.33 6.31 1881 24 TOT NL 2B 6 22 15 5 4 .881 .902 6.17 6.20 CLV NL 3B 10 16 15 6 0 .838 .861 3.10 3.52 BUF NL 2B 3 14 7 4 4 .840 .901 7.00 6.20 WOR NL OF 8 17 4 1 1 .955 .871 2.62 2.00 1 4 3 2B 3 8 8 1 0 .941 .904 5.33 6.20 1882 25 TOT AA SS 7 9 31 9 0 .816 .858 5.71 4.80 PHA AA 3B 11 15 26 15 0 .732 .799 3.73 3.60 SS 4 5 21 5 0 .839 .858 6.50 4.80 OF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .847 1.67 1.77 0 2 1 2B 2 4 9 3 0 .813 .884 6.50 5.80 LOU AA SS 3 4 10 4 0 .778 .859 4.67 4.80 1883 26 COL AA 2B 73 250 247 62 38 .889 .878 6.81 6.01 3B 24 35 49 12 2 .875 .840 3.50 3.28 P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 0.33 2.13 1.58 2.37 0 5.7 1884 27 COL AA 2B 108 324 394 75 55 .905 .902 6.65 5.91 1885 28 PIT AA 2B 106 372 384 64 53 .922 .901 7.13 6.05 1886 29 PIT AA SS 98 132 356 57 28 .895 .854 4.98 4.51 2B 28 88 98 18 8 .912 .908 6.64 6.00 C 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 7.00 0 1887 30 PIT NL 2B 89 225 298 49 32 .914 .911 5.88 5.79 SS 33 71 119 16 7 .922 .890 5.76 4.94 1888 31 PIT NL SS 75 91 247 37 18 .901 .881 4.51 4.45 2B 56 131 184 33 24 .905 .920 5.62 5.66 1889 32 TOT NL SS 117 214 357 68 44 .894 .888 4.88 4.87 PIT NL SS 58 93 187 32 21 .897 .888 4.83 4.87 2B 9 31 29 4 5 .938 .924 6.67 6.08 3B 3 6 6 0 2 1.000 .882 4.00 3.53 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.67 1.97 1 0 2 BSN NL SS 59 121 170 36 23 .890 .888 4.93 4.87 1890 33 BSN NL 2B 134 234 401 57 41 .918 .925 4.74 5.45 SS 1 2 2 1 0 .800 .909 4.00 5.30 1891 34 WAS AA 2B 19 53 61 10 11 .919 .914 6.00 5.25 SS 5 6 19 5 1 .833 .880 5.00 5.04 3B 4 4 7 3 0 .786 .873 2.75 3.58
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1880 23 CIN NL 2B 83 282 243 89 32 .855 .897 6.33 6.31 1881 24 TOT NL 2B 6 22 15 5 4 .881 .902 6.17 6.20 BUF NL 2B 3 14 7 4 4 .840 .901 7.00 6.20 WOR NL 2B 3 8 8 1 0 .941 .904 5.33 6.20 1882 25 PHA AA 2B 2 4 9 3 0 .813 .884 6.50 5.80 1883 26 COL AA 2B 73 250 247 62 38 .889 .878 6.81 6.01 1884 27 COL AA 2B 108 324 394 75 55 .905 .902 6.65 5.91 1885 28 PIT AA 2B 106 372 384 64 53 .922 .901 7.13 6.05 1886 29 PIT AA 2B 28 88 98 18 8 .912 .908 6.64 6.00 1887 30 PIT NL 2B 89 225 298 49 32 .914 .911 5.88 5.79 1888 31 PIT NL 2B 56 131 184 33 24 .905 .920 5.62 5.66 1889 32 PIT NL 2B 9 31 29 4 5 .938 .924 6.67 6.08 1890 33 BSN NL 2B 134 234 401 57 41 .918 .925 4.74 5.45 1891 34 WAS AA 2B 19 53 61 10 11 .919 .914 6.00 5.25 1881 24 CLV NL 3B 10 16 15 6 0 .838 .861 3.10 3.52 1882 25 PHA AA 3B 11 15 26 15 0 .732 .799 3.73 3.60 1883 26 COL AA 3B 24 35 49 12 2 .875 .840 3.50 3.28 1889 32 PIT NL 3B 3 6 6 0 2 1.000 .882 4.00 3.53 1891 34 WAS AA 3B 4 4 7 3 0 .786 .873 2.75 3.58 1886 29 PIT AA C 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 7.00 0 1881 24 WOR NL OF 8 17 4 1 1 .955 .871 2.62 2.00 1 4 3 1882 25 PHA AA OF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .847 1.67 1.77 0 2 1 1889 32 PIT NL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.67 1.97 1 0 2 1883 26 COL AA P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 0.33 2.13 1.58 2.37 0 5.7 1882 25 TOT AA SS 7 9 31 9 0 .816 .858 5.71 4.80 PHA AA SS 4 5 21 5 0 .839 .858 6.50 4.80 LOU AA SS 3 4 10 4 0 .778 .859 4.67 4.80 1886 29 PIT AA SS 98 132 356 57 28 .895 .854 4.98 4.51 1887 30 PIT NL SS 33 71 119 16 7 .922 .890 5.76 4.94 1888 31 PIT NL SS 75 91 247 37 18 .901 .881 4.51 4.45 1889 32 TOT NL SS 117 214 357 68 44 .894 .888 4.88 4.87 PIT NL SS 58 93 187 32 21 .897 .888 4.83 4.87 BSN NL SS 59 121 170 36 23 .890 .888 4.93 4.87 1890 33 BSN NL SS 1 2 2 1 0 .800 .909 4.00 5.30 1891 34 WAS AA SS 5 6 19 5 1 .833 .880 5.00 5.04
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 713 2016 2363 469 303 .903 .905 6.14 5.86 SS 336 525 1131 193 98 .896 .876 4.93 4.68 3B 52 76 103 36 4 .833 .838 3.44 3.43 OF 14 23 5 1 1 .966 .870 2.00 1.94 2 6 6 P* 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 0.33 2.13 0 5.7 C 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 7.00 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1119 2642 3604 699 406 .899 .895 5.58 5.33
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.

Slugging %
1883 AA-.410-7

OPS
1883 AA-.710-10

Games
1883 AA-97-6
1890 NL-134-10

Runs
1885 AA-85-8

Total Bases
1883 AA-166-6

Triples
1880 NL-9-6
1883 AA-17-1
1885 AA-13-9

Home Runs
1883 AA-4-6
1884 AA-6-6

Bases on Balls
1890 NL-80-7

Strikeouts
1880 NL-36-8
1887 NL-48-8
1888 NL-78-2
1889 NL-68-1
1890 NL-81-1

Stolen Bases
1886 AA-38-8

Adjusted OPS+
1883 AA-134-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1883 AA-14-10

Batting Wins
1883 AA-1.6-8

Extra-Base Hits
1883 AA-35-4

Hit By Pitch
1884 AA-12-4
1887 NL-13-1
1889 NL-10-3
1890 NL-9-6

At Bats per Home Run
1883 AA-101.3-8
1884 AA-74.2-10

Outs
1880 NL-265-5
1884 AA-339-9
1885 AA-340-7
1887 NL-358-9

Games Finished
1883 AA-3-3

Oldest Player
1890 NL-33-8
1891 AA-34-6

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 23 (906) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.9 (1408) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2141) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

October 30, 1884: Purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys from the Columbus Buckeyes.

July 30, 1889: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Pittsburg Alleghenys.


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