Red Smith
1911–1919 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves
1,117G
.278AVG
.353OBP
.377SLG
More career statistics
1,087H
27HR
514RBI
117SB
3Rare 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 · At bats | 3,907 | 3,909 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 5 | 84 |
| Batting · Doubles | 208 | 210 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 415 | 416 |
| Batting · RBI | 514 | 513 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 117 | 118 |
| Batting · Triples | 49 | 48 |
| Batting · Walks | 420 | 417 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,117 | 4,517 | 3,907 | 477 | 1,087 | 208 | 49 | 27 | 514 | 420 | 415 | 117 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 1,474 | .278 | .353 | .377 | .730 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1912-07-17 to 1912-08-01
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Stealing the Cycle | 1914-05-15 | 1 in 3,787 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1916-09-13 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1919-07-28 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 525 | 2073 | 510 | 13 | 235 | 175 | 184 | .282 | .330 | .382 |
| Away | 592 | 2444 | 577 | 14 | 278 | 242 | 232 | .275 | .335 | .373 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 81 | 338 | 83 | 2 | 44 | 26 | 31 | .273 | .322 | .359 |
| May | 185 | 758 | 178 | 2 | 74 | 68 | 64 | .275 | .325 | .360 |
| June | 196 | 802 | 187 | 4 | 82 | 86 | 79 | .271 | .340 | .379 |
| July | 219 | 910 | 233 | 8 | 106 | 74 | 78 | .295 | .337 | .389 |
| August | 192 | 763 | 170 | 6 | 85 | 82 | 67 | .262 | .330 | .378 |
| September | 211 | 816 | 205 | 5 | 109 | 67 | 89 | .288 | .333 | .388 |
| October | 33 | 130 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 8 | .274 | .346 | .354 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 170 | 695 | 174 | 3 | 75 | 62 | 58 | .291 | .340 | .395 |
| new-york-giants | 163 | 636 | 158 | 8 | 70 | 51 | 64 | .275 | .329 | .375 |
| chicago-cubs | 162 | 634 | 151 | 5 | 71 | 47 | 73 | .275 | .312 | .381 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 157 | 647 | 157 | 5 | 90 | 70 | 67 | .285 | .351 | .387 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 157 | 628 | 142 | 4 | 63 | 62 | 44 | .261 | .325 | .360 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 157 | 649 | 154 | 0 | 75 | 59 | 55 | .273 | .328 | .362 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 98 | 399 | 91 | 0 | 31 | 48 | 34 | .274 | .348 | .334 |
| boston-braves | 53 | 229 | 60 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 21 | .305 | .341 | .457 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 28 | 111 | 29 | – | 17 | 5 | .261 | – | – |
| 1912 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 128 | 486 | 139 | 4 | 56 | 22 | .286 | – | – |
| 1913 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 151 | 540 | 159 | 6 | 77 | 23 | .294 | – | – |
| 1914 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves | 150 | 537 | 146 | 7 | 86 | 15 | .272 | – | – |
| 1915 |  Boston Braves | 157 | 549 | 145 | 2 | 65 | 10 | .264 | – | – |
| 1916 | Boston Braves | 150 | 510 | 133 | 3 | 59 | 13 | .261 | – | – |
| 1917 | Boston Braves | 147 | 505 | 150 | 2 | 66 | 16 | .297 | – | – |
| 1918 | Boston Braves | 119 | 429 | 127 | 2 | 61 | 8 | .296 | – | – |
| 1919 | Boston Braves | 87 | 242 | 59 | 1 | 26 | 6 | .244 | – | – |