Paul Smith
1953–1958 · bats L / throws L · Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates
223G
.270AVG
.326OBP
.361SLG
More career statistics
152H
7HR
56RBI
3SB
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 · Caught stealing | 2 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 44 | 43 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 623 | 622 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 223 | 623 | 562 | 54 | 152 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 42 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 203 | .270 | .326 | .361 | .687 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1953-07-10 to 1953-07-20
10longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1953-05-09 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 115 | 302 | 74 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 16 | .270 | .305 | .383 |
| Away | 108 | 320 | 78 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 27 | .271 | .319 | .340 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 89 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | .256 | .326 | .359 |
| May | 61 | 162 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 13 | .255 | .327 | .284 |
| June | 43 | 134 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | .210 | .246 | .290 |
| July | 42 | 97 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | .278 | .278 | .322 |
| August | 32 | 89 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | .369 | .371 | .631 |
| September | 19 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .311 | .373 | .378 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 38 | 98 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 12 | .253 | .276 | .333 |
| milwaukee-braves | 33 | 87 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | .284 | .310 | .407 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 32 | 90 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | .275 | .322 | .388 |
| cincinnati-reds | 32 | 109 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | .284 | .303 | .363 |
| chicago-cubs | 30 | 81 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | .213 | .259 | .213 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 27 | 75 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | .304 | .333 | .493 |
| new-york-giants | 22 | 74 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .270 | .365 | .333 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .750 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 118 | 389 | 110 | 4 | 44 | 3 | .283 | – | – |
| 1957 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 150 | 38 | 3 | 11 | – | .253 | – | – |
| 1958 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 24 | 23 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .174 | – | – |