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Bob Smith

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Full name Robert Eldridge Smith
Born April 22, 1895, Rogersville, Tennessee
Died July 19, 1987, Waycross, Georgia
Buried at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
First Game: April 19, 1923; Final Game: August 6, 1937
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 175
Ejections: 1923 (1), 1929 (1). Total: 2
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                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1923 BOS N Daily Splits 115 375 30 94 16 3 0 40 17 0 35 1 13 0 11 13 4 9 .251 .285 .309 0.1 1923 BOS N 1924 BOS N Daily Splits 106 347 32 79 12 3 2 38 15 0 26 0 6 0 14 15 5 2 .228 .260 .297 -1.0 1924 BOS N 1925 BOS N Daily Splits 58 174 17 49 9 4 0 23 5 1 6 0 2 0 4 6 2 2 .282 .302 .379 0.1 1925 BOS N 1926 BOS N Daily Splits 40 84 10 25 6 2 0 13 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 .298 .314 .417 0.0 1926 BOS N 1927 BOS N Daily Splits 54 109 10 27 3 1 1 10 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 .248 .261 .321 0.0 1927 BOS N 1928 BOS N Daily Splits 39 92 11 23 2 0 1 8 1 0 6 0 6 0 4 4 2 0 .250 .258 .304 0.0 1928 BOS N 1929 BOS N Daily Splits 39 99 12 17 4 2 1 8 2 0 8 0 3 0 4 4 1 0 .172 .188 .283 0.8 1929 BOS N 1930 BOS N Daily Splits 39 81 7 19 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 .235 .235 .259 0.0 1930 BOS N 1931 CHI N Daily Splits 36 87 7 19 2 0 0 4 5 0 2 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 .218 .261 .241 0.0 1931 CHI N 1932 CHI N Daily Splits 36 42 5 10 4 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 .238 .238 .381 0.7 1932 CHI N 1933 CIN N Daily Splits 23 25 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 .200 .231 .240 0.2 1933 CIN N 1933 BOS N Daily Splits 14 20 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 0.0 1933 BOS N 1933 TOT N 37 45 3 9 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 .200 .217 .267 0.2 1933 TOT N 1934 BOS N Daily Splits 42 36 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 .278 0.0 1934 BOS N 1935 BOS N Daily Splits 47 63 3 17 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 0 6 0 1 3 0 0 .270 .281 .270 0.0 1935 BOS N 1936 BOS N Daily Splits 35 45 1 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 .222 .222 .267 0.0 1936 BOS N 1937 BOS N Daily Splits 19 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .273 .200 0.0 1937 BOS N Total (15 Years) Splits 742 1689 154 409 64 17 5 166 52 1 110 1 51 0 56 59 16 13 .242 .265 .309 0.9 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1932 CHI N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1932 CHI N

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1925 BOS N Daily Splits 13 10 6 0 3 0 92.2 110 410 6 51 46 36 4 19 12 1 0 0 18 7 8 4 5 3 4.47 4.60 0.0 1925 BOS N 1926 BOS N Daily Splits 33 23 14 4 9 2 201.1 199 845 10 91 84 75 3 44 30 0 0 0 33 14 19 17 10 13 3.75 4.04 0.7 1926 BOS N 1927 BOS N Daily Splits 41 31 16 1 8 2 260.2 297 1110 9 132 109 75 7 81 45 1 2 1 54 15 26 25 10 18 3.76 4.61 0.3 1927 BOS N 1928 BOS N Daily Splits 38 26 14 0 9 2 244.1 274 1056 11 138 105 74 6 59 32 3 2 0 75 13 15 22 13 17 3.87 4.42 0.0 1928 BOS N 1929 BOS N Daily Splits 34 29 19 1 4 3 231 256 988 20 135 120 71 3 65 18 3 1 0 52 16 18 13 11 17 4.68 4.21 0.1 1929 BOS N 1930 BOS N Daily Splits 38 24 14 2 12 5 219.2 247 969 25 115 104 85 4 84 30 0 3 0 48 14 22 14 10 14 4.26 3.46 1.6 1930 BOS N 1931 CHI N Daily Splits 36 29 18 2 5 2 240.1 239 1004 10 101 86 62 4 63 8 1 1 1 48 15 20 26 15 12 3.22 4.72 1.9 1931 CHI N 1932 CHI N Daily Splits 34 11 4 1 12 2 119 148 538 4 64 61 36 3 35 11 1 3 1 30 12 10 9 4 3 4.61 5.64 -0.2 1932 CHI N 1933 CIN N Daily Splits 16 6 4 0 7 0 73.2 75 303 3 27 18 11 1 18 3 1 0 0 14 8 9 10 4 4 2.20 3.17 0.9 1933 CIN N 1933 BOS N Daily Splits 14 4 3 1 9 1 58.2 68 243 3 24 21 7 1 16 6 0 0 0 9 7 3 3 4 3 3.22 3.25 0.0 1933 BOS N 1933 TOT N 30 10 7 1 16 1 132.1 143 546 6 51 39 18 2 34 9 1 0 0 23 15 12 13 8 7 2.65 3.20 0.9 1933 TOT N 1934 BOS N Daily Splits 39 5 3 0 25 6 121.2 133 526 9 69 63 36 4 26 10 0 0 1 20 7 11 12 6 9 4.66 4.40 -1.1 1934 BOS N 1935 BOS N Daily Splits 46 20 8 2 22 5 203.1 232 893 13 105 89 61 5 58 14 0 3 0 46 12 9 19 8 18 3.94 3.80 -0.3 1935 BOS N 1936 BOS N Daily Splits 35 11 5 2 20 8 136 142 581 3 65 57 35 2 36 8 0 1 0 26 8 13 15 6 7 3.77 3.64 0.2 1936 BOS N 1937 BOS N Daily Splits 18 0 0 0 12 3 44 52 185 6 22 20 6 0 14 1 0 2 0 9 2 3 4 0 1 4.09 - -0.1 1937 BOS N Total (13 Years) Splits 435 229 128 16 157 41 2246.1 2472 9651 132 1139 983 670 47 618 228 11 18 4 482 150 186 193 106 139 3.94 4.24 4.0 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

            World Series Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1932 CHI N Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 - 1932 CHI N

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1923 BOS N Daily Splits SS 101 99 93 858 234 360 35 68 0 .944 1923 BOS N 2B 8 6 6 59.2 22 28 0 10 0 1.000 1924 BOS N Daily Splits SS 80 75 74 675 180 273 20 54 0 .958 1924 BOS N 3B 23 18 16 179.1 18 40 3 5 0 .951 1925 BOS N Daily Splits SS 21 16 16 166.2 45 70 12 13 0 .906 1925 BOS N 2B 15 13 12 123 32 51 5 6 0 .943 1925 BOS N P 13 10 6 92.2 1 23 0 1 0 0 6 2 2 1.000 1925 BOS N CF 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1925 BOS N OF 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 1926 BOS N Daily Splits P 33 23 14 201.1 9 60 2 6 0 1 9 12 3 .972 1927 BOS N Daily Splits P 41 31 16 261.1 22 63 3 3 0 1 9 22 5 .966 1928 BOS N Daily Splits P 38 26 14 240.1 16 66 3 5 0 3 7 5 6 .965 1929 BOS N Daily Splits P 34 29 19 231 12 56 1 3 0 0 8 9 4 .986 1929 BOS N SS 5 4 4 37 9 19 1 4 0 .966 1930 BOS N Daily Splits P 38 24 14 219.2 16 47 1 3 0 3 9 4 3 .984 1931 CHI N Daily Splits P 36 29 18 239.1 8 55 0 4 0 0 4 14 3 1.000 1932 CHI N Daily Splits P 34 11 4 119 7 26 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1.000 1932 CHI N 2B 2 0 0 12 1 10 0 1 0 1.000 1933 CIN N Daily Splits P 16 6 4 73.2 0 15 2 4 0 0 1 1 3 .882 1933 CIN N SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1933 BOS N Daily Splits P 14 4 3 58.2 1 19 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1.000 1933 TOT N P 30 10 7 132.1 1 34 2 4 0 0 3 2 5 .946 1934 BOS N Daily Splits P 39 5 3 121 7 30 0 2 0 1 4 2 1 1.000 1935 BOS N Daily Splits P 46 20 8 203 10 39 1 1 0 1 6 6 4 .980 1936 BOS N Daily Splits P 35 11 5 136.1 8 34 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1.000 1937 BOS N Daily Splits P 18 0 0 43.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1.000 Total (13 Years) Splits P 435 229 128 2241 118 539 13 37 0 10 69 88 36 .981 Total ( 5 Years) SS 208 194 187 1737.2 468 722 68 139 0 .946 Total ( 3 Years) 2B 25 19 18 194.2 55 89 5 17 0 .966 Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 23 18 16 179.1 18 40 3 5 0 .951 Total ( 1 Year ) OF 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 Total ( 1 Year ) CF 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1932 CHI N Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 8-14-1923(2) BOX BOS N Frank Wilson Call at 2B (Threw glove) 8-17-1929 BOX BOS N Charlie Moran Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Selected by Boston Braves from New Orleans (Southern Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 15, 1922).

Traded by Boston Braves with Jimmy Welsh to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill McAfee and Wes Schulmerich (October 14, 1930).

Traded by Chicago Cubs with Rollie Hemsley, Johnny Moore and Lance Richbourg to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Babe Herman (November 30, 1932).

Claimed on waivers by Boston Braves from Cincinnati Reds (July 31, 1933).

Released by Boston Bees (January 8, 1938).

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