Eddie Smith
1936–1947 · bats B / throws L · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics
284G
.188AVG
.241OBP
.235SLG
More career statistics
100H
1HR
29RBI
2SB
73–113W–L
1,595.2IP
694K
3.82ERA
197GS
12SV
2Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 105 | 106 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 596 | 597 |
| Batting · Walks | 37 | 38 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,973 | 6,972 |
| Pitching · p er | 678 | 679 |
| Pitching · p hr | 106 | 110 |
| Pitching · p w | 739 | 737 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 284 | 596 | 531 | 36 | 100 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 37 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | .188 | .241 | .235 | .476 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,595.7 | 282 | 197 | 91 | 73 | 113 | 12 | 1,554 | 816 | 678 | 106 | 739 | 694 | 0 | 0 | 3.82 | 1.437 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1937-05-02 to 1937-05-29
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1939-08-18 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1942-05-30 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1937-05-29 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 145 | 290 | 48 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 53 | .190 | .231 | .225 |
| Away | 139 | 307 | 52 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 53 | .187 | .231 | .245 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .222 | .312 | .296 |
| May | 52 | 105 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | .221 | .248 | .295 |
| June | 51 | 103 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | .172 | .233 | .183 |
| July | 50 | 119 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 23 | .183 | .202 | .212 |
| August | 64 | 134 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 25 | .195 | .239 | .246 |
| September | 45 | 100 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 20 | .156 | .210 | .222 |
| October | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 61 | 127 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 24 | .184 | .228 | .237 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 46 | 94 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | .205 | .255 | .295 |
| cleveland-guardians | 44 | 102 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 23 | .170 | .216 | .202 |
| detroit-tigers | 32 | 68 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | .148 | .176 | .148 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 32 | 87 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | .222 | .287 | .319 |
| st-louis-browns | 31 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .197 | .219 | .213 |
| boston-red-sox | 29 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .190 | .200 | .214 |
| chicago-white-sox | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .300 | .222 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | 19 | 7 |
| 1937 | Philadelphia Athletics | 40 | 73 | 17 | – | 3 | 1 | .233 | 196 | 79 |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 42 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .286 | 130 | 79 |
| 1939 | Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics | 32 | 52 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .115 | 180 | 69 |
| 1940 |  Chicago White Sox | 32 | 69 | 15 | – | 4 | – | .217 | 207 | 119 |
| 1941 | Chicago White Sox | 34 | 88 | 19 | – | 3 | – | .216 | 263 | 112 |
| 1942 | Chicago White Sox | 29 | 73 | 9 | – | – | 1 | .123 | 215 | 78 |
| 1943 | Chicago White Sox | 25 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 8 | – | .159 | 187 | 66 |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 24 | 45 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .178 | 145 | 58 |
| 1947 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox | 23 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | .167 | 50 | 27 |