1917
Born January 1, 1917
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Johnny Smith Notable
b. January 1, 1917 · Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords 1940, Birmingham Black Barons 1942, Chicago American Giants 1943–1945, New York Black Yankees 1946–1948
Johnny Smith played for four clubs across nine seasons as a right fielder, opening with the Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords in 1940 and closing with the New York Black Yankees in 1948.
Across 159 games he batted .307, with 187 hits and 81 runs. He finished with 3 home runs, 19 doubles and 5 stolen bases. He went 2 and 2 with a 3.79 earned run average, pitching 40 innings in 7 games. He struck out 15.
He played 152 games in the outfield, with 227 putouts and 11 errors.
He was born on January 1, 1917. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | TIC | 16 | 58 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .224 |
| 1942 | BBB | 16 | 56 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| 1943 | CAG | 24 | 98 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .214 |
| 1944 | CAG | 12 | 41 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .317 |
| 1945 | CAG | 36 | 143 | 23 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .336 |
| 1946 | NBY | 10 | 36 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .306 |
| 1947 | NBY | 23 | 97 | 13 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .402 |
| 1948 | NBY | 22 | 81 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .321 |
| Career | — | 159 | 610 | 81 | 187 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 80 | 33 | 5 | 5 | .307 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | TIC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1.29 |
| 1944 | CAG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 |
| 1945 | CAG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.12 |
| 1948 | NBY | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15.2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 7.47 |
| Career | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 40.1 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 3.79 |
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