Red Smith

Third Base
1911—1919
BORN
April 6, 1890, in Greenville, SC
BATS / THROWS
Right / Right
HT / WT
5-11 / 165
MLB DEBUT
September 5, 1911
FINAL GAME
September 25, 1919
PRIMARY TEAM
Boston Braves
Red Smith
 
.278
BATTING AVERAGE
1087
HITS
27.0
WAR
.353
ON-BASE PCT
27
HOME RUNS
26.3
WAR7
.377
SLUGGING
.731
ON-BASE + SLUGGING
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.
— # 74 RANKED AT POSITION —

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Compared to Hall of Fame Third Basemen

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS WAR PER
Smith
27.0
26.3
26.9
12.7
26.7
3.9
AVG HOFer
71.4
44.8
32.0
22.2
58.1
5.1

CAREER = WAR

LONG PEAK = WAR7

PRIME = WAR in 5 best consecutive seasons

SHORT PEAK = WAR3

JAWS = AVG of WAR & WAR7

WAR PER = WAR per 162 G

Where Does Red Smith Rank?

No. 74 Ranked

at Third Base

Ranking Among Third Basemen by Wins Above Replacement ↓

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

Ranking only appears if the player rates in the top 100 Third Basemen

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