Bob Smith Stats

Bob Smith was born on Monday, April 22, 1895, in Rogersville, Tennessee. Smith was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1923, with the Boston Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bob Smith baseball stats page.

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Bob Smith

Bob Smith Autograph on a Goudey Reprint (#185)

Bob Smith Autograph on a Goudey Reprint (#185)
 

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Birth Name:   Robert Eldridge Smith
Nickname:   Bob
Born On:   04-22-1895  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Rogersville, Tennessee
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-19-1987 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Waycross, Georgia
Cemetery:   Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   04-19-1923 (Age 27)
Last Game:   08-06-1937
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bob Smith

Bob Smith Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1925 30 Braves 13 10 3 5 3 .625 4.47 6 0 0 92.2 410 110 46 51 6 36 - 19 1 0 0 -
1926 31 Braves 33 23 9 10 13 .435 3.75 14 4 1 201.1 845 199 84 91 10 75 - 44 0 0 0 -
1927 32 Braves 41 32 7 10 18 .357 3.76 16 1 3 260.2 1,110 297 109 132 9 75 - 81 1 2 1 -
1928 33 Braves 38 25 9 13 17 .433 3.87 14 0 2 244.1 1,056 274 105 138 11 74 - 59 3 2 0 -
1929 34 Braves 34 29 4 11 17 .393 4.68 19 1 3 231.0 988 256 120 135 20 71 - 65 3 1 0 -
1930 35 Braves 38 24 12 10 14 .417 4.26 14 2 5 219.2 969 247 104 115 25 85 - 84 0 3 0 -
1931 36 Cubs 36 29 5 15 12 .556 3.22 18 2 2 240.1 1,004 239 86 101 10 62 - 63 1 1 1 -
1932 37 Cubs 34 11 12 4 3 .571 4.61 4 1 2 119.0 538 148 61 64 4 36 - 35 1 3 1 -
1933 38 Reds 16 6 7 4 4 .500 2.20 4 0 0 73.2 303 75 18 27 3 11 - 18 1 0 0 -
1933 38 Braves 14 4 9 4 3 .571 3.22 3 1 1 58.2 243 68 21 24 3 7 - 16 0 0 0 -
1934 39 Braves 39 5 25 6 9 .400 4.66 3 0 5 121.2 526 133 63 69 9 36 - 26 0 0 1 -
1935 40 Braves 46 20 22 8 18 .308 3.94 8 2 5 203.1 893 232 89 105 13 61 - 58 0 3 0 -
1936 41 Bees 35 11 20 6 7 .462 3.77 5 2 8 136.0 582 142 57 65 3 35 - 36 0 1 0 -
1937 42 Bees 18 0 12 0 1 .000 4.09 0 0 3 44.0 185 52 20 22 6 6 - 14 0 2 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
13 Years 435 229 156 106 139 .433 3.94 128 16 40 2,246.1 9,652 2,472 983 1,139 132 670 - 618 11 18 4 -
Bob Smith

Bob Smith Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1923 28 Braves 115 375 30 94 16 3 0 0 40 17 - 35 13 - 1 - .251 .285 .309
1924 29 Braves 106 347 32 79 12 3 2 0 38 15 - 26 6 - 0 - .228 .260 .297
1925 30 Braves 58 174 17 49 9 4 0 0 23 5 - 6 2 - 0 - .282 .302 .379
1926 31 Braves 40 84 10 25 6 2 0 0 13 2 - 4 1 - 0 - .298 .314 .417
1927 32 Braves 54 109 10 27 3 1 1 0 10 2 - 4 1 - 0 - .248 .261 .321
1928 33 Braves 39 92 11 23 2 0 1 0 8 1 - 6 6 - 0 - .250 .258 .304
1929 34 Braves 39 99 12 17 4 2 1 0 8 2 - 8 3 - 0 - .172 .188 .283
1930 35 Braves 39 81 7 19 2 0 0 0 4 0 - 5 3 - 0 - .235 .235 .259
1931 36 Cubs 36 87 7 19 2 0 0 0 4 5 - 2 5 - 0 - .218 .261 .241
1932 37 Cubs 36 42 5 10 4 1 0 0 4 0 - 2 0 - 0 - .238 .238 .381
1933 38 Reds 23 25 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 .200 .231 .240
1933 38 Braves 14 20 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 .200 .200 .300
1934 39 Braves 42 36 5 9 1 0 0 0 3 0 - 1 2 - 0 0 .250 .250 .278
1935 40 Braves 47 63 3 17 0 0 0 0 4 1 - 5 6 - 0 3 .270 .281 .270
1936 41 Bees 35 45 1 10 2 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 2 - 0 1 .222 .222 .267
1937 42 Bees 19 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 .200 .273 .200
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
15 Years 742 1,689 154 409 64 17 5 0 166 52 - 110 51 - 1 5 .242 .265 .309
Bob Smith

Bob Smith Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1923 Braves 2B 8 6 165 50 6.3 50 22 28 0 10 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.18
1923 Braves SS 101 99 2,442 629 6.2 594 234 360 35 68 n/a n/a n/a .944 6.57
1924 Braves 3B 23 18 444 61 2.7 58 18 40 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .951 3.53
1924 Braves SS 80 75 1,962 473 5.9 453 180 273 20 54 n/a n/a n/a .958 6.23
1925 Braves 2B 15 13 327 88 5.9 83 32 51 5 6 n/a n/a n/a .943 6.85
1925 Braves CF 1 0 - 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1925 Braves P 13 10 278 24 1.8 24 1 23 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.33
1925 Braves SS 21 16 447 127 6.0 115 45 70 12 13 n/a n/a n/a .906 6.95
1926 Braves P 33 23 604 71 2.2 69 9 60 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .972 3.08
1927 Braves P 41 32 782 88 2.1 85 22 63 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.93
1928 Braves P 38 25 733 85 2.2 82 16 66 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .965 3.02
1929 Braves P 34 29 693 69 2.0 68 12 56 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.65
1929 Braves SS 5 4 108 29 5.8 28 9 19 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .966 7.00
1930 Braves P 38 24 659 64 1.7 63 16 47 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.58
1931 Cubs P 36 29 721 63 1.8 63 8 55 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.36
1932 Cubs 2B 2 0 - 11 5.5 11 1 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1932 Cubs P 34 11 357 33 1.0 33 7 26 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.50
1933 Reds P 16 6 221 17 1.1 15 0 15 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .882 1.83
1933 Reds SS 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1933 Braves P 14 4 176 20 1.4 20 1 19 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.07
1934 Braves P 39 5 365 37 0.9 37 7 30 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.74
1935 Braves P 46 20 610 50 1.1 49 10 39 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.17
1936 Bees P 35 11 408 42 1.2 42 8 34 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.78
1937 Bees P 18 0 132 7 0.4 7 1 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.43
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 435 229 6,739 670 1.5 657 118 539 13 37 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.63
SS Totals 208 194 4,959 1,258 6.0 1,190 468 722 68 139 n/a n/a n/a .946 6.48
2B Totals 25 19 492 149 6.0 144 55 89 5 17 n/a n/a n/a .966 7.90
3B Totals 23 18 444 61 2.7 58 18 40 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .951 3.53
CF Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
15 Years 692 460 12,634 2,139 3.1 2,050 659 1,391 89 198 n/a n/a n/a .958 4.38
Bob Smith

Bob Smith Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1923 Braves 4 9 .308 3 3 n/a 0.0 10.7 9.4 - - -
1924 Braves 5 2 .714 2 2 n/a 173.5 13.3 9.1 - - -
1925 Braves 2 2 .500 9 0 n/a 0.0 29.0 7.6 0.53 1.85 3.50
1926 Braves 0 - - 7 0 n/a 0.0 21.0 6.5 0.59 1.97 3.35
1927 Braves 0 - - 13 0 n/a 109.0 27.3 10.9 1.08 2.80 2.59
1928 Braves 2 - - 1 0 n/a 92.0 15.3 11.5 0.80 2.17 2.73
1929 Braves 1 - - 0 0 n/a 99.0 12.4 12.4 0.92 2.53 2.77
1930 Braves 0 - - 1 0 n/a 0.0 16.2 20.3 0.99 3.44 3.48
1931 Cubs 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 43.5 21.8 1.02 2.36 2.32
1932 Cubs 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 21.0 10.5 0.97 2.65 2.72
1933 Reds 1 - - 1 5 n/a 0.0 0.0 25.0 1.64 2.20 1.34
1933 Braves 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 20.0 10.0 2.29 2.45 1.07
1934 Braves 0 - - 0 3 n/a 0.0 36.0 12.0 0.72 1.92 2.66
1935 Braves 0 - - 1 0 n/a 0.0 12.6 15.8 0.95 2.57 2.70
1936 Bees 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 11.3 11.3 1.03 2.38 2.32
1937 Bees 0 - - 0 1 n/a 0.0 10.0 0.0 2.33 2.86 1.23
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
15 Years 16 13 .552 38 14 n/a 337.8 15.4 10.2 0.92 2.48 2.68
Bob Smith

Bob Smith Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1923 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1928 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1929 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -
1931 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1932 Chicago Cubs 18 Undetermined n/a Stats
1933 Cincinnati Reds 27 Undetermined - -
1933 Boston Braves 12 Undetermined - -
1934 Boston Braves 17 Undetermined - -
1935 Boston Braves 17 Undetermined - -
1936 Boston Bees 32 Undetermined - -
1937 Boston Bees 25 Undetermined - -


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