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Ernie Smith

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: October 11, 1899 in Totowa, NJ us

Died: April 6, 1973 in Brooklyn, NY

Buried: Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY

Debut: April 17, 1930 (Age 30-188d, 7,057th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 22, 1930 (Age 30-223d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Full Name: Ernest Henry Smith

Nicknames: Kansas City Kid

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

.241

RBI

OBP

.286

SLG

.279

OPS

.564

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	9-15 / in Starts: 9-12
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 86 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	27 (16-7-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 86 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (29-17-10)

Most Driven In
W Kamm	1
B Clancy	1
T Lyons	1
S Jolley	0

Most Driven In By
B Cissell	2
S Jolley	1
M Autry	1

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	W,8-7	CG(10)	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	1	.98	-0.024	2.57	-0.04%	0.08	SS
2	2	2	Apr 19	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	1	.69	-0.075	1.89	-0.13%	-1.08	SS
3	3	3	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	1	1.86	0.033	4.59	0.05%	-0.46	SS
4	4	4	Apr 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.200	.158	.358	1	.63	-0.086	1.74	-0.14%	-1.21	SS
5	5	5	Apr 25	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	1	.83	-0.090	2.61	-0.17%	-0.84	SS
6	6	6	Apr 26	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-12	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.179	.185	.364	1	.58	0.018	1.62	0.03%	-0.19	SS
7	7	7	Apr 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.219	.200	.419	7	.78	-0.011	2.13	-0.02%	-0.18	SS
8	8	8	Apr 28	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	.152	.200	.182	.382	7	1.39	0.008	3.67	0.01%	-0.06	SS
9	9	9	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,8-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.216	.200	.416	7	.97	-0.008	2.87	-0.02%	0.00	SS
10	10	10	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.268	.263	.531	7	.89	0.076	2.65	0.14%	0.62	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	11	11	May 2	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.267	.244	.511	7	.36	-0.036	1.05	-0.07%	-0.72	SS
12	12	12	May 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.255	.233	.488	7	.74	-0.039	2.18	-0.07%	-0.46	SS
13	13	13	May 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.260	.239	.499	7	1.25	0.025	3.48	0.04%	0.05	SS
14	14	14	May 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.241	.220	.461	2	.90	-0.104	2.33	-0.16%	-0.94	SS
15	15	15	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.241	.222	.464	2	1.04	-0.057	2.57	-0.09%	-0.72	SS
16	16	16	May 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.242	.224	.466	2	1.24	-0.081	3.20	-0.13%	-0.69	SS
17	17	17	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.246	.230	.476	7	.93	-0.007	2.35	-0.01%	-0.18	SS
18	18	18	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-14	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.265	.250	.515	7	.59	0.026	1.50	0.04%	0.34	SS
19	19	19	May 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.278	.254	.532	7	.58	0.028	1.46	0.04%	0.42	SS
20	20	20	May 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG(10)	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.250	.299	.278	.576	7						SS
21	21	21	May 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.284	.263	.547	2	.67	-0.082	1.62	-0.12%	-1.26	SS
22	22	26 (4)	May 20 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.293	.286	.578	9	1.15	0.068	2.31	0.08%	0.43	PH
23	23	27	May 20 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,5-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.289	.282	.571	9	.81	-0.022	1.50	-0.02%	-0.27	PH
24	24	29 (1)	May 22	CHW		DET	L,1-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.286	.278	.564	9	.41	-0.011	.60	-0.01%	-0.27	PH
							9-15		86	79	5	19	3	0	0	3	5	0	6	0	0		0		2	0	.241	.286	.278	.564		.90	-0.451	2.38	-0.75%	-7.59

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