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George Smith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: October 27, 1901 in Louisville, KY us

Died: May 26, 1981 in Richmond, VA

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Chester, VA

Debut: April 21, 1926 (Age 24-176d, 6,392nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 17, 1930 (Age 28-325d)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1927 season

Full Name: George Selby Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

ERA

5.28

132

330.2

135

WHIP

1.730

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-32 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 17

1928 Pitching Game Log

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1928 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	53	2	Apr 12	DET		SLB	L,2-7	9-GF		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4.03	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.00%
2	54	4	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,6-8	1-GF		1	8.1	9	5	2	4	6	0	0	1.93	3.14	37		1	1	0	30	3	0	1	0	1	3	1.06	-0.01%
3	55	6	Apr 16	DET		CLE	L,4-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.74	2.93	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.05%
4	56	9	Apr 19	DET	@	SLB	W,9-8	2-3		2	1.1	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.09	3.63	8		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	0.02%
5	57	12	Apr 22	DET		CHW	L,3-9			2	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.95	3.98	10					8					0
6	58	16	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.60	3.86	9		0	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.02%
7	59	18	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.08	3.65	7		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.01%
8	60	20	Apr 30	DET	@	CHW	L,6-10	4-4		1	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.30	3.62	7		1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.03%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
9	61	26	May 7	DET	@	PHA	L,0-10	2-6		6	5.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	5.32	3.54	23		0	0	0	20	3	1	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.02%
10	62	33	May 15	DET	@	NYY	L,8-12	6-7		7	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.26	3.93	7		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.01%
11	63	35	May 17	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5			1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	3.89	4					4					0
12	64	38	May 23	DET		SLB	L,3-8	7-9		5	2.0	1	3	3	5	1	0	0	5.65	4.29	12		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.01%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
13	65	49	Jun 9(1)	DET		BOS	L,4-11			16	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.59	4.27	0					0					0
14	66	54	Jun 13	DET		PHA	L,5-12	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.23	4.13	7		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
15	67	55	Jun 14	DET		WSH	L,3-8	4-7		0	4.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.89	3.95	15		0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
16	68	58	Jun 17	DET		WSH	L,0-12			2	3.1	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.70	3.71	13					13					0
17	69	59	Jun 21(1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-8	2-7		3	5.1	6	3	3	5	2	1	0	4.74	4.18	26		1	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.00%
18	70	63	Jun 23	DET		CHW	L,4-6	5-8		1	3.2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.37	3.92	11		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
19	71	67	Jun 28	DET		SLB	L,2-5	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	3.0	5	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.65	3.98	20	36	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	.02	0.00%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
20	72	80	Jul 11(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	4-4		12	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.56	3.89	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
21	73	82	Jul 16(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.47	3.87	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
22	74	84	Jul 17	DET	@	PHA	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.73	3.87	6		0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
23	75	89	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	5-GF(8)		3	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.40	3.85	15		0	1	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
24	76	92	Jul 25(2)	DET		NYY	W,10-7	3-GF	W(1-1)	3	6.2	8	4	4	0	2	0	0	4.50	3.70	26		0	0	0	24	2	2	0	2	2	0	.00	0.00%
25	77	96	Jul 28(2)	DET		BOS	W,8-7	GS-5		2	4.1	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.74	3.72	23	30	0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
26	78	103	Aug 4	DET		PHA	L,4-7	2-GF		6	7.2	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.50	3.73	31		0	0	0	28	3	1	0	1	1	1	.00	0.00%
27	79	105	Aug 6	DET		PHA	W,8-5	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.35	3.78	12		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
28	80	112	Aug 15	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	8-GF	S(2)	8	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.46	3.74	10		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
29	81	116	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	W,9-6	7-GF	S(3)	3	2.2	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.43	3.72	12		0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	.00	0.00%
30	82	118	Aug 22(1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-6	6-6	H(1)	2	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.41	3.78	4		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
31	83	123	Aug 25(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	4-GF(7)		2	4.0	6	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.52	3.94	20		0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
32	84	129	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		5	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.53	3.94	8		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
33	85	132	Sep 3(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.53	3.92	8		0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	86	139	Sep 10	DET		CHW	L,4-6	6-7		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.47	3.88	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
35	87	141	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,2-12			4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.45	3.86	1					1					0
36	88	142	Sep 16	DET		WSH	L,7-11	5-GF		0	4.2	3	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.42	3.98	19		0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
37	89	145	Sep 20	DET		PHA	L,1-6	8-GF		3	2.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.52	3.93	10		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
38	90	151	Sep 27(2)	DET		NYY	L,5-8	4-GF(7)		6	4.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.51	3.91	15		0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	91	152	Sep 28	DET		NYY	L,6-11	4-5		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.46	3.90	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							7-32		W-L:1-1,Sv:3,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.9	105.0	103	55	52	49	54	4	0	4.46	3.90	458	33	4	4	0	394	28	4	1	6	9	6	.20	-0.02%

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