Theolic Smith
1935–1951 · bats B / throws R · ASW, Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Buckeyes, Kansas City Monarchs, KCR, NNS, Pittsburgh Crawfords, SAS
97G
.250AVG
.345OBP
.325SLG
More career statistics
50H
1HR
16RBI
3SB
18–28W–L
368.0IP
165K
5.04ERA
47GS
3SV
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 · Games | 97 | 111 |
| Batting · At bats | 200 | 188 |
| Batting · Hits | 50 | 49 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 239 | 211 |
| Batting · Runs | 37 | 33 |
| Batting · RBI | 16 | 8 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Triples | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 29 | 19 |
| Pitching · Games | 65 | 83 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,651 | 1,456 |
| Pitching · p cg | 30 | 43 |
| Pitching · p er | 206 | 107 |
| Pitching · p gs | 47 | 60 |
| Pitching · p h | 427 | 466 |
| Pitching · p hr | 21 | 18 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,104 | 1,399 |
| Pitching · p k | 165 | 139 |
| Pitching · p r | 257 | 274 |
| Pitching · p w | 132 | 108 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 239 | 200 | 37 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | .250 | .345 | .325 | .670 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 368.0 | 65 | 47 | 30 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 427 | 257 | 206 | 21 | 132 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 5.04 | 1.519 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1936-07-19 to 1936-08-16
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1938-06-01 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1936-08-01 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1938-08-28 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 47 | 73 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .242 | .315 | .318 |
| Away | 64 | 138 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | .270 | .326 | .369 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .375 | .500 |
| May | 22 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .419 | .471 | .516 |
| June | 26 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .265 | .294 | .388 |
| July | 29 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .233 | .308 | .372 |
| August | 22 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .224 | .309 | .245 |
| September | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| memphis-red-sox | 16 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .538 | .625 | .692 |
| homestead-grays | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .158 | .261 | .158 |
| WEG | 13 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .182 | .280 | .273 |
| philadelphia-stars | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .300 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 12 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .258 | .303 | .419 |
| newark-eagles | 8 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .462 | .529 | .538 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 7 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .353 | .381 | .529 |
| chicago-american-giants | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .222 | .294 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | SAS | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 1 | 2 |
| 1936 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 18 | 30 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .233 | 90 | 21 |
| 1937 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 22 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 4 | – | .279 | 65 | 17 |
| 1938 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 16 | 24 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 50 | 21 |
| 1939 | SSA | 19 | 38 | 9 | – | – | 1 | .237 | 82 | 33 |
| 1943 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 24 | 45 | 15 | – | 2 | 2 | .333 | 134 | 41 |
| 1944 | KCR | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | .000 | – | – |
| 1949 | CGChicago American Giants | 10 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 41 | 4 |