Hilton Smith
1935–1948 · bats R / throws R · ASP, ASW, BIS, Chicago American Giants, Kansas City Monarchs, KCR, MNR, NAL
263G
.304AVG
.330OBP
.407SLG
More career statistics
167H
6HR
89RBI
3SB
73–37W–L
987.1IP
641K
2.90ERA
105GS
16SV
9Rare 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 · Games | 263 | 250 |
| Batting · At bats | 550 | 433 |
| Batting · Doubles | 29 | 28 |
| Batting · Hits | 167 | 148 |
| Batting · Home runs | 6 | 5 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 578 | 447 |
| Batting · Runs | 55 | 48 |
| Batting · RBI | 89 | 65 |
| Batting · Walks | 22 | 10 |
| Pitching · Games | 171 | 183 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,999 | 3,089 |
| Pitching · p cg | 64 | 75 |
| Pitching · p er | 318 | 130 |
| Pitching · p gs | 105 | 118 |
| Pitching · p h | 888 | 817 |
| Pitching · p hr | 19 | 13 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,962 | 3,011 |
| Pitching · p k | 641 | 458 |
| Pitching · p r | 409 | 376 |
| Pitching · p w | 195 | 133 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263 | 578 | 550 | 55 | 167 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 89 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 | .304 | .330 | .407 | .737 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 987.3 | 171 | 105 | 64 | 73 | 37 | 16 | 888 | 409 | 318 | 19 | 195 | 641 | 0 | 0 | 2.90 | 1.097 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1938-07-16 to 1938-07-28
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1938-08-11 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1937-05-16 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1941-06-11 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 153 | 302 | 103 | 4 | 57 | 9 | 2 | .355 | .371 | .486 |
| Away | 97 | 145 | 45 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .315 | .317 | .420 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| May | 58 | 120 | 38 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .322 | .325 | .458 |
| June | 61 | 86 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .393 | .395 | .524 |
| July | 66 | 127 | 38 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .314 | .339 | .430 |
| August | 47 | 81 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .342 | .358 | .430 |
| September | 16 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .462 | .464 | .654 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-american-giants | 67 | 145 | 43 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | .309 | .331 | .417 |
| memphis-red-sox | 48 | 86 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .383 | .407 | .469 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 32 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .395 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 24 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .306 | .306 | .444 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 18 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .433 |
| CI1 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .312 | .533 |
| cincinnati-clowns | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 |
| CI2 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .533 | .562 | .733 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | BIS | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 3 | 2 |
| 1936 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 1937 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 28 | 62 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .355 | 145 | 91 |
| 1938 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 27 | 66 | 26 | 3 | 14 | – | .394 | 117 | 63 |
| 1939 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 20 | 35 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 95 | 70 |
| 1940 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 19 | 25 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .480 | 65 | 61 |
| 1941 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 17 | 27 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .444 | 92 | 37 |
| 1942 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 14 | 31 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .387 | 69 | 30 |
| 1943 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 24 | 51 | 16 | – | 9 | 1 | .314 | 65 | 16 |
| 1944 | Kansas City Monarchs, KCR | 21 | 24 | 8 | – | – | – | .333 | 52 | 5 |
| 1945 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 18 | 28 | 5 | – | 4 | 1 | .179 | 66 | 26 |
| 1946 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 20 | 28 | 14 | – | 6 | – | .500 | 73 | 15 |
| 1947 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 22 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 5 | – | .250 | 97 | 12 |
| 1948 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 18 | 21 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .286 | 60 | 28 |