George Smith Notable

b. May 31, 1892 · New York Giants 1916–1919, Brooklyn Robins 1918, 1923, Cincinnati Reds 1918, Philadelphia Phillies 1919–1922

George Smith played for four clubs across eight seasons as a pitcher, opening with the New York Giants in 1916 and closing with the Brooklyn Robins in 1923.

He went 41 and 81 with a 3.89 earned run average, pitching 1,143.3 innings in 229 games. He struck out 263, completed 52 of his 118 starts and threw 5 shutouts. Across 229 games he batted .097, with 34 hits and 15 runs. He finished with 3 doubles.

He was born in East Port Chester, CT, USA on May 31, 1892, and died on January 7, 1965. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1916	NYG	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1917	NYG	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
1918	BRO/CIN/NYG	23	40	3	5	0	1	3	18	.125
1919	NYG/PHI	34	63	2	8	2	1	2	30	.127
1920	PHI	43	72	5	7	0	3	5	26	.097
1921	PHI	39	71	1	4	1	3	2	29	.056
1922	PHI	42	66	1	5	0	2	0	24	.076
1923	BRO	25	26	3	5	0	2	0	12	.192
Career	—	229	349	15	34	3	12	12	144	.097

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1916	NYG	3	0	9	1	0	20.2	14	6	6	9	2.61
1917	NYG	0	3	14	1	0	38.0	38	12	11	16	2.84
1918	BRO/CIN/NYG	8	7	23	13	0	132.0	140	50	22	41	3.41
1919	NYG/PHI	5	13	34	22	0	195.2	212	73	50	42	3.36
1920	PHI	13	18	43	28	2	250.2	265	96	51	51	3.45
1921	PHI	4	20	39	28	1	221.1	303	117	52	45	4.76
1922	PHI	5	14	42	18	0	194.0	250	103	35	44	4.78
1923	BRO	3	6	25	7	1	91.0	99	37	28	15	3.66
Career	—	41	81	229	118	4	1143.1	1321	494	255	263	3.89

On this day & linked events

1892

Born May 31, 1892

East Port Chester, CT, USA

1965

Died January 7, 1965

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