Mike Smith
1897–1901 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates
1,234G
.310AVG
.398OBP
.434SLG
More career statistics
1,454H
37HR
663RBI
232SB
75–57W–L
1,210.1IP
525K
3.35ERA
136GS
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 · Games | 1,234 | 468 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,684 | 1,776 |
| Batting · Doubles | 196 | 69 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,454 | 534 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 42 | 18 |
| Batting · Home runs | 37 | 11 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 139 | 66 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,410 | 2,062 |
| Batting · Runs | 912 | 309 |
| Batting · RBI | 663 | 199 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 232 | 75 |
| Batting · Triples | 136 | 45 |
| Batting · Walks | 636 | 238 |
| Pitching · Games | 149 | 1 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,237 | 7 |
| Pitching · p cg | 122 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 450 | 2 |
| Pitching · p gs | 136 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,167 | 2 |
| Pitching · p hr | 20 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,631 | 3 |
| Pitching · p k | 525 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 714 | 2 |
| Pitching · p w | 422 | 3 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,234 | 5,410 | 4,684 | 912 | 1,454 | 196 | 136 | 37 | 663 | 636 | 139 | 232 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 2,033 | .310 | .398 | .434 | .832 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,210.3 | 149 | 136 | 122 | 75 | 57 | 0 | 1,167 | 714 | 450 | 20 | 422 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 3.35 | 1.313 |
Streaks
30longest hitting streak · 1898-04-15 to 1898-05-30
48longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1898-06-14 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1898-07-15 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1897-08-10 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 244 | 1066 | 289 | 5 | 120 | 134 | 32 | .321 | .397 | .427 |
| Away | 224 | 996 | 245 | 6 | 79 | 104 | 34 | .280 | .350 | .390 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 36 | 152 | 42 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 4 | .321 | .375 | .412 |
| May | 98 | 435 | 119 | 3 | 46 | 50 | 13 | .322 | .389 | .449 |
| June | 98 | 447 | 102 | 1 | 30 | 61 | 19 | .268 | .365 | .344 |
| July | 80 | 365 | 103 | 1 | 37 | 52 | 5 | .337 | .425 | .435 |
| August | 97 | 430 | 111 | 3 | 53 | 43 | 15 | .292 | .358 | .418 |
| September | 57 | 232 | 57 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 10 | .275 | .319 | .401 |
| October | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 52 | 233 | 51 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 9 | .239 | .292 | .329 |
| boston-braves | 51 | 216 | 53 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 7 | .282 | .366 | .356 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 51 | 215 | 58 | 1 | 22 | 27 | 4 | .320 | .395 | .409 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 49 | 209 | 49 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 6 | .282 | .349 | .466 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 48 | 216 | 61 | 2 | 34 | 29 | 7 | .335 | .417 | .500 |
| new-york-giants | 42 | 196 | 43 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 8 | .257 | .352 | .335 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 34 | 144 | 40 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 2 | .310 | .382 | .457 |
| cincinnati-reds | 33 | 144 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 13 | .262 | .333 | .365 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 123 | 467 | 145 | 6 | 54 | 24 | .310 | – | – |
| 1898 |  Cincinnati Reds | 123 | 485 | 166 | 1 | 66 | 20 | .342 | 1 | – |
| 1899 | Cincinnati Reds | 88 | 343 | 101 | 1 | 24 | 10 | .294 | – | – |
| 1900 | Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants | 114 | 421 | 112 | 3 | 52 | 19 | .266 | – | – |
| 1901 | Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates | 20 | 60 | 10 | – | 3 | 2 | .167 | – | – |