Earl Smith
1916–1922 · bats B / throws R · Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
495G
.272AVG
.311OBP
.375SLG
More career statistics
429H
9HR
186RBI
36SB
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 | 1,580 | 1,581 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 8 | 20 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 127 | 130 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,733 | 1,737 |
| Batting · Runs | 176 | 177 |
| Batting · RBI | 186 | 188 |
| Batting · Walks | 82 | 86 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 495 | 1,733 | 1,580 | 176 | 429 | 72 | 32 | 9 | 186 | 82 | 127 | 36 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 592 | .272 | .311 | .375 | .686 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1920-07-29 to 1920-08-10
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1920-07-08 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1917-08-26 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1918-05-08 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 237 | 809 | 212 | 5 | 100 | 46 | 47 | .289 | .319 | .415 |
| Away | 258 | 928 | 217 | 4 | 88 | 40 | 83 | .256 | .277 | .340 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 36 | 129 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | .288 | .302 | .347 |
| May | 77 | 243 | 63 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 13 | .281 | .288 | .375 |
| June | 79 | 247 | 56 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 19 | .252 | .279 | .360 |
| July | 117 | 419 | 96 | 1 | 48 | 25 | 30 | .252 | .289 | .344 |
| August | 101 | 383 | 96 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 39 | .277 | .300 | .375 |
| September | 82 | 302 | 80 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 20 | .289 | .315 | .415 |
| October | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .917 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 76 | 284 | 71 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 15 | .277 | .306 | .367 |
| new-york-yankees | 72 | 269 | 62 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 32 | .248 | .268 | .328 |
| cleveland-guardians | 72 | 210 | 56 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 13 | .295 | .324 | .453 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 71 | 269 | 70 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 16 | .286 | .316 | .355 |
| detroit-tigers | 69 | 229 | 51 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 17 | .251 | .275 | .320 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 53 | 196 | 49 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 14 | .272 | .291 | .400 |
| chicago-white-sox | 51 | 199 | 50 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 13 | .275 | .302 | .390 |
| st-louis-browns | 17 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .271 | .275 | .521 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 |  Chicago Cubs | 14 | 27 | 7 | – | 5 | 1 | .259 | – | – |
| 1917 |  St. Louis Browns | 52 | 200 | 56 | – | 10 | 5 | .280 | – | – |
| 1918 | St. Louis Browns | 89 | 287 | 77 | – | 34 | 12 | .268 | – | – |
| 1919 | St. Louis Browns | 88 | 252 | 63 | 1 | 33 | 1 | .250 | – | – |
| 1920 | St. Louis Browns | 103 | 353 | 108 | 3 | 55 | 11 | .306 | – | – |
| 1921 | St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 84 | 257 | 65 | 4 | 27 | 2 | .253 | – | – |
| 1922 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 65 | 205 | 53 | 1 | 24 | 4 | .259 | – | – |