Homer Smoot
1902–1906 · bats L / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals
680G
.290AVG
.336OBP
.380SLG
More career statistics
763H
15HR
269RBI
84SB
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 | 2,635 | 2,634 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 34 | 37 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,891 | 2,881 |
| Batting · Runs | 308 | 306 |
| Batting · RBI | 269 | 174 |
| Batting · Walks | 149 | 138 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 680 | 2,891 | 2,635 | 308 | 763 | 102 | 45 | 15 | 269 | 149 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1,000 | .290 | .336 | .380 | .716 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1902-10-05 to 1903-04-29
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1905-07-08 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1902-09-05 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1902-09-04 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 338 | 1405 | 393 | 8 | 71 | 80 | 49 | .309 | .337 | .408 |
| Away | 342 | 1476 | 370 | 7 | 103 | 58 | 137 | .271 | .290 | .353 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 56 | 249 | 57 | 5 | 22 | 7 | 12 | .250 | .257 | .395 |
| May | 116 | 500 | 145 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 40 | .317 | .326 | .430 |
| June | 101 | 424 | 114 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 27 | .287 | .309 | .353 |
| July | 139 | 596 | 150 | 3 | 24 | 25 | 21 | .275 | .294 | .352 |
| August | 134 | 566 | 146 | 2 | 25 | 35 | 44 | .286 | .320 | .348 |
| September | 120 | 492 | 141 | 3 | 31 | 29 | 37 | .315 | .346 | .431 |
| October | 14 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | .213 | .315 | .213 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 107 | 462 | 122 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 15 | .282 | .294 | .351 |
| new-york-giants | 102 | 427 | 124 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 43 | .317 | .337 | .399 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 100 | 423 | 115 | 3 | 23 | 34 | 29 | .314 | .352 | .434 |
| chicago-cubs | 95 | 399 | 97 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 34 | .260 | .278 | .362 |
| cincinnati-reds | 92 | 390 | 88 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 22 | .245 | .269 | .343 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 92 | 392 | 112 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 23 | .314 | .332 | .403 |
| boston-braves | 85 | 364 | 99 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 16 | .296 | .324 | .368 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 7 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .333 | .381 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 129 | 518 | 161 | 3 | 50 | 20 | .311 | – | – |
| 1903 | St. Louis Cardinals | 129 | 500 | 148 | 4 | 28 | 17 | .296 | – | – |
| 1904 | St. Louis Cardinals | 137 | 520 | 146 | 3 | 34 | 23 | .281 | – | – |
| 1905 | St. Louis Cardinals | 139 | 533 | 166 | 4 | 33 | 21 | .311 | – | – |
| 1906 | Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals | 146 | 563 | 142 | 1 | 29 | 3 | .252 | – | – |