Al Smith
New York Giants 1934–1937; Philadelphia Phillies 1938–1939; Cleveland Indians 1940–1945
Percentile snapshot
1944 season — qualified pitchers
of 96 qualified 1944 pitchers (min 155 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 52.1 | 56.9 | .262 | 0.4 |
| 1935 | 40 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .189 | .206 | .395 | 7.0 | 8.1 | .190 | 1.8 |
| 1936 | 43 | 86 | 73 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .232 | .151 | .382 | 9.6 | 6.3 | .200 | 2.2 |
| 1937 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | -49.8 | -34.4 | .111 | 0.4 |
| 1938 | 37 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .160 | .000 | .160 | -50.8 | -53.7 | .120 | -1.6 |
| 1939 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -130.1 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.1 |
| 1940 | 31 | 71 | 62 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .386 | .371 | .757 | 106.3 | 102.5 | .354 | 3.8 |
| 1941 | 30 | 83 | 71 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .155 | .268 | .211 | .480 | 36.3 | 31.9 | .244 | 2.4 |
| 1942 | 30 | 64 | 60 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .274 | .283 | .558 | 55.5 | 61.5 | .265 | 1.0 |
| 1943 | 30 | 81 | 68 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .299 | .250 | .549 | 67.2 | 65.4 | .278 | 3.9 |
| 1944 | 28 | 68 | 64 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .194 | .172 | .366 | -3.3 | 6.8 | .181 | 1.4 |
| 1945 | 22 | 49 | 41 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .293 | .383 | .341 | .724 | 120.9 | 114.8 | .358 | 0.7 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 32 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 66.7 | 4.32 | 1.365 | 3.65 | 3.61 | 92.8 | 90.1 | 0.4 |
| 1935 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 125 | 47 | 32 | 44 | 6 | 124.0 | 3.41 | 1.266 | 3.19 | 3.88 | 100.3 | 113.6 | 1.8 |
| 1936 | 43 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 217 | 88 | 69 | 89 | 16 | 209.3 | 3.78 | 1.366 | 3.83 | 4.23 | 108.3 | 103.3 | 2.2 |
| 1937 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 40 | 30 | 41 | 8 | 85.7 | 4.20 | 1.412 | 4.31 | 4.33 | 111.5 | 92.4 | 0.4 |
| 1938 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 60 | 40 | 46 | 7 | 86.0 | 6.28 | 1.802 | 4.81 | 4.12 | 104.5 | 62.8 | -1.6 |
| 1939 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1.778 | 2.00 | 6.14 | 156.3 | 98.2 | 0.1 |
| 1940 | 31 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 187 | 70 | 55 | 46 | 12 | 183.0 | 3.44 | 1.322 | 2.26 | 4.27 | 102.9 | 120.6 | 3.8 |
| 1941 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 204 | 88 | 75 | 76 | 12 | 206.7 | 3.83 | 1.350 | 3.31 | 3.88 | 99.1 | 102.3 | 2.4 |
| 1942 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 163 | 74 | 71 | 66 | 9 | 168.3 | 3.96 | 1.390 | 3.53 | 3.82 | 110.5 | 87.3 | 1.0 |
| 1943 | 29 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 186 | 59 | 72 | 72 | 7 | 208.3 | 2.55 | 1.238 | 3.11 | 3.13 | 100.1 | 122.7 | 3.9 |
| 1944 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 197 | 69 | 69 | 44 | 6 | 181.7 | 3.42 | 1.464 | 2.18 | 3.68 | 111.1 | 97.0 | 1.4 |
| 1945 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 141 | 57 | 48 | 34 | 8 | 133.7 | 3.84 | 1.414 | 2.29 | 3.83 | 118.3 | 84.4 | 0.7 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943-07-21 | CLE @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1935-09-24 | PHI @ SF Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1942-06-14 | CLE @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1940-07-24 | ATH @ CLE Gameday | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1941-09-27 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936-07-28 | CIN @ SF Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 1941-08-05 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1942-04-20 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 1935-07-23 | SF @ STL Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 1936-06-06 | SF @ STL Gameday | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.