Al Smith
1934–1945 · bats L / throws L · ALS, BKB, Cleveland Guardians, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies
359G
.191AVG
.266OBP
.228SLG
More career statistics
102H
2HR
38RBI
0SB
99–101W–L
1,662.1IP
587K
3.74ERA
201GS
17SV
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 535 | 534 |
| Batting · Doubles | 12 | 13 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 106 | 108 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 609 | 607 |
| Batting · Walks | 51 | 50 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,112 | 7,145 |
| Pitching · p er | 691 | 695 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,707 | 1,717 |
| Pitching · p hr | 94 | 97 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,987 | 4,986 |
| Pitching · p r | 817 | 816 |
| Pitching · p w | 587 | 588 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 359 | 609 | 535 | 48 | 102 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 51 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 122 | .191 | .266 | .228 | .494 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,662.3 | 356 | 201 | 75 | 99 | 101 | 17 | 1,707 | 817 | 691 | 94 | 587 | 587 | 0 | 0 | 3.74 | 1.380 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1940-05-08 to 1940-06-04
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1944-08-15 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1940-08-14 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1944-08-19 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 182 | 308 | 54 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 52 | .200 | .273 | .241 |
| Away | 177 | 299 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 56 | .182 | .227 | .220 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .067 | .114 | .067 |
| May | 70 | 106 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 18 | .233 | .311 | .278 |
| June | 64 | 116 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 24 | .176 | .224 | .196 |
| July | 69 | 106 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 22 | .155 | .189 | .216 |
| August | 68 | 135 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 22 | .185 | .259 | .202 |
| September | 56 | 105 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | .237 | .305 | .312 |
| October | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .500 | .667 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 38 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | .104 | .170 | .125 |
| new-york-yankees | 37 | 88 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | .179 | .239 | .218 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 34 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .160 | .194 | .200 |
| chicago-white-sox | 34 | 83 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | .145 | .193 | .171 |
| cincinnati-reds | 28 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .087 | .120 | .087 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 28 | 75 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | .297 | .347 | .328 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 25 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | .212 | .263 | .303 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 23 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .067 | .118 | .067 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  New York Giants | 30 | 14 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .286 | 66 | 27 |
| 1935 | New York Giants | 40 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | .118 | 124 | 44 |
| 1936 | New York Giants | 43 | 73 | 10 | – | 8 | – | .137 | 209 | 88 |
| 1937 | New York Giants | 33 | 25 | 3 | – | – | – | .120 | 85 | 40 |
| 1938 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 37 | 21 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 85 | 46 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 2 |
| 1940 |  Cleveland Guardians | 31 | 62 | 19 | – | 5 | – | .306 | 183 | 47 |
| 1941 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 3 | – | .155 | 206 | 76 |
| 1942 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 60 | 15 | – | 5 | – | .250 | 168 | 66 |
| 1943 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 68 | 14 | – | 5 | – | .206 | 208 | 73 |
| 1944 | Cleveland Guardians | 28 | 64 | 10 | – | 7 | – | .156 | 181 | 44 |
| 1945 | Cleveland Guardians | 22 | 40 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .300 | 133 | 34 |