Elmer Smith
1914–1931 · bats L / throws R · ASO, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,014G
.276AVG
.344OBP
.437SLG
More career statistics
881H
70HR
541RBI
54SB
1Rare feat
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 | 3,195 | 3,200 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 27 | 46 |
| Batting · Hits | 881 | 880 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 16 | 17 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 359 | 358 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,629 | 3,640 |
| Batting · Runs | 468 | 467 |
| Batting · RBI | 541 | 553 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 54 | 56 |
| Batting · Triples | 62 | 61 |
| Batting · Walks | 319 | 324 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,014 | 3,629 | 3,195 | 468 | 881 | 181 | 62 | 70 | 541 | 319 | 359 | 54 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1,396 | .276 | .344 | .437 | .781 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1921-10-01 to 1922-05-08
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1915-06-24 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1920-09-06 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1915-04-26 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 505 | 1743 | 440 | 29 | 291 | 154 | 178 | .285 | .341 | .451 |
| Away | 509 | 1897 | 440 | 41 | 262 | 170 | 180 | .266 | .322 | .421 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 86 | 290 | 78 | 6 | 42 | 27 | 24 | .306 | .362 | .510 |
| May | 162 | 577 | 142 | 7 | 97 | 46 | 61 | .281 | .326 | .427 |
| June | 177 | 630 | 163 | 13 | 107 | 65 | 50 | .296 | .362 | .462 |
| July | 203 | 711 | 171 | 14 | 108 | 64 | 62 | .273 | .331 | .435 |
| August | 184 | 661 | 143 | 20 | 84 | 58 | 71 | .244 | .304 | .414 |
| September | 186 | 704 | 170 | 9 | 102 | 59 | 79 | .276 | .325 | .418 |
| October | 16 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | .217 | .269 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 142 | 505 | 132 | 14 | 99 | 53 | 52 | .305 | .366 | .524 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 139 | 558 | 141 | 11 | 84 | 54 | 60 | .290 | .349 | .444 |
| new-york-yankees | 135 | 512 | 116 | 13 | 69 | 44 | 51 | .254 | .312 | .429 |
| chicago-white-sox | 122 | 439 | 106 | 8 | 64 | 41 | 45 | .281 | .335 | .435 |
| detroit-tigers | 121 | 407 | 107 | 7 | 75 | 32 | 35 | .296 | .342 | .461 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 118 | 418 | 87 | 4 | 43 | 30 | 49 | .231 | .280 | .334 |
| boston-red-sox | 104 | 368 | 89 | 2 | 61 | 28 | 41 | .271 | .318 | .389 |
| cleveland-guardians | 37 | 113 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | .266 | .345 | .436 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Cleveland Guardians | 13 | 53 | 17 | – | 8 | 1 | .321 | – | – |
| 1915 | Cleveland Guardians | 144 | 475 | 118 | 3 | 67 | 10 | .248 | – | – |
| 1916 | Cleveland Guardians, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 124 | 382 | 95 | 5 | 71 | 7 | .249 | – | – |
| 1917 | Cleveland Guardians, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 99 | 281 | 68 | 3 | 44 | 8 | .242 | – | – |
| 1919 | Cleveland Guardians | 114 | 394 | 110 | 9 | 60 | 15 | .279 | – | – |
| 1920 | Cleveland Guardians | 131 | 458 | 144 | 12 | 102 | 5 | .314 | – | – |
| 1921 | Cleveland Guardians | 129 | 431 | 125 | 16 | 84 | – | .290 | – | – |
| 1922 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees | 94 | 259 | 71 | 7 | 37 | – | .274 | – | – |
| 1923 |  New York Yankees | 70 | 183 | 55 | 7 | 34 | 4 | .301 | – | – |
| 1925 |  Cincinnati Reds | 96 | 284 | 77 | 8 | 46 | 6 | .271 | – | – |