Red Smith

#74 RANKED AT POSITION

1911—1919

Third Base

BORN

April 6, 1890, in Greenville, SC

BATS / THROWS

Right / Right

HEIGHT / WEIGHT

5-11 / 165

PRIMARY TEAM

Boston Braves

.278

BATTING AVERAGE

1117

GAMES

27.0 WAR

.353

ON-BASE PCT

477 RUNS

26.2 WAR7

.377

SLUGGING

1087

HITS

12.6 WAR3

.731

ON-BASE + SLUGGING

27 HOME RUNS

3.9 WAR PER SEASON

Apparently he was a ginger, but who knows? The photos from way back then are all in black and white. Smith was a terrible third baseman, frequently finishing among league leaders in errors, many of them on throws across the infield. But he waved a dangerous bat, hitting 40 doubles one year and batting .278, which wasn’t too shabby in the dead-as-a-doornail era.

Compared to Hall of Fame Third Basemen

	CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK	JAWS	WAR PER
Smith	27.0	26.2	26.9	12.6	26.6	3.9
AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER	71.4	44.8	32.0	22.2	58.1	5.1

Hall of Fame Third Basemen Chart Comparison

Where Does Red Smith Rank

Among Third Basemen?

RANKING	CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK	JAWS
74	81	68	23	94	76
EGG RANKING	WAR	WAR7	WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE	WAR3	JAWS