Pop Smith

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 170 lb

BornOctober 12, 1856 · Digby, NS, CAN

MLB debutMay 1, 1880

Final gameJune 9, 1891

Seasons12 (1880–1891)

Cincinnati Reds 1880; Buffalo Bisons 1881; Cleveland Blues 1881; Worcester Ruby Legs 1881; Louisville Eclipse 1882; Philadelphia Athletics 1882; Columbus Buckeyes 1883–1884; Pittsburg Alleghenys 1885–1888; Boston Beaneaters 1889; Pittsburg Alleghenys 1889; Boston Beaneaters 1890; Washington Statesmen 1891

Percentile snapshot

1890 season — qualified batters

134

85.8

552

47.3

463

31.8

37.2

106

16.9

33.1

72.3

12.2

RBI

25.7

85.8

0.7

60.1

.229

12.2

OBP

.353

43.9

SLG

.322

23.6

OPS

.675

wRC+

102.2

38.5

OPS+

96.9

34.5

wOBA

.340

30.4

sWAR

2.2

47.3

of 149 qualified 1890 batters (min 415 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

88.4

21.1

OPS+

83.5

14.1

sWAR

11.0

87.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1880	83	340	334	35	69	10	9	0	27	6	36	0	.207	.221	.290	.511	77.0	70.5	.231	0.3
1881	24	92	86	5	7	0	0	0	6	6	18	0	.081	.141	.081	.223	3.4	-29.6	.118	-0.8
1882	23	88	76	11	8	0	0	0	2	12	0	0	.105	.227	.105	.333	52.5	14.5	.183	-0.2
1883	97	427	405	82	106	14	17	4	0	22	0	0	.262	.300	.410	.710	117.3	125.4	.322	2.5
1884	108	477	445	78	106	18	10	6	0	20	0	0	.238	.289	.364	.653	108.5	111.6	.300	2.3
1885	106	481	453	85	113	11	13	0	35	25	0	0	.249	.293	.331	.624	97.6	96.9	.293	1.7
1886	126	531	483	75	105	20	9	2	57	42	0	38	.217	.288	.308	.597	91.5	87.6	.291	1.7
1887	122	499	456	69	98	12	7	2	54	30	48	30	.215	.283	.285	.568	68.7	57.8	.269	-0.1
1888	131	508	481	61	99	15	2	4	52	22	78	37	.206	.248	.270	.518	70.8	64.8	.244	0.3
1889	131	523	466	47	108	23	6	5	59	47	68	23	.232	.315	.339	.655	85.8	81.9	.317	1.2
1890	134	552	463	82	106	16	12	1	53	80	81	39	.229	.353	.322	.675	102.2	96.9	.340	2.2
1891	27	105	90	13	16	2	2	0	13	13	16	2	.178	.295	.244	.540	68.3	54.3	.282	0.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1883	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	0	5.7	6.35	1.765	0.00	3.26	98.8	51.9	2.5

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

1,112

4,623

4,238

643

941

141

236th-most career 3B

RBI

358

325

345

169

479th-most career SB

.2220

OBP

.2868

SLG

.3134

OPS

.6002

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

6.353

WHIP

1.7647

K/9

0.00

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.