Aleck Smith
[edit] Biography
Aleck Smith (Alexander Benjamin Smith) was born on 1871 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on April 23, 1897 for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. In 1897, his rookie year, he hit .300 with 1 home run and 39 RBI. Smith played for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Superbas, Baltimore Orioles, New York Giants, Boston Americans and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Aleck Smith's best season was 1897, when he hit for a .300 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1897
| BRO
| N
| 66
| 237
| 36
| 71
| 1
| 39
| .300
| .317
| .376
| 13
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| BRO
| N
| 52
| 199
| 25
| 52
| 0
| 23
| .261
| .276
| .342
| 6
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| 17
| 61
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 6
| .180
| .206
| .213
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| BAL
| N
| 41
| 120
| 17
| 46
| 0
| 25
| .383
| .417
| .500
| 6
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 58
| 181
| 23
| 57
| 0
| 31
| .315
| .347
| .403
| 6
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| BRO
| N
| 7
| 25
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .240
| .269
| .240
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| 26
| 78
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 6
| .141
| .141
| .141
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| BAL
| A
| 41
| 145
| 10
| 34
| 0
| 21
| .234
| .275
| .255
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| BOS
| A
| 11
| 33
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 4
| .303
| .303
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| 10
| 29
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .207
| .281
| .241
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| NY
| N
| 16
| 28
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .179
| .207
| .179
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 235
| 777
| 93
| 208
| 1
| 105
| .268
| .290
| .333
| 26
| 11
| 18
| 0
| 6
| 21
| 32
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 52
| 178
| 14
| 44
| 0
| 25
| .247
| .280
| .270
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 287
| 955
| 107
| 252
| 1
| 130
| .264
| .288
| .321
| 30
| 11
| 26
| 0
| 6
| 25
| 37
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1897
| BRO
| N
| C
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 111
| 47
| 17
| 7
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| 1897
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1897
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 50
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1898
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1898
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .444
|
| 1898
| BRO
| N
| C
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 63
| 24
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .906
|
| 1898
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1898
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| C
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 14
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1899
| BAL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| BAL
| N
| C
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 109
| 26
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1899
| BAL
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| C
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 161
| 40
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1900
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1900
| BRO
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| C
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 22
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1902
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1902
| BAL
| A
| C
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 65
| 25
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1902
| BAL
| A
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1902
| BAL
| A
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| BAL
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1903
| BOS
| A
| C
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 11
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| 1904
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1906
| NY
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1906
| NY
| N
| C
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1906
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 15
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 130
| 6
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 187
| 0
| 0
| 580
| 177
| 54
| 22
| 0
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 84
| 4
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .907
|
[edit] Transactions
- Assigned to Baltimore Orioles by Brooklyn Superbas with Harry Howell, Candy LaChance, Kit McKenna, Ralph Miller, Jack Ryan and Jimmy Sheckard (March 11, 1899).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Brooklyn Superbas in exchange for Pat Crisham and George Magoon (April 4, 1899).
- Traded by Brooklyn Superbas with Dan McGann to Washington Senators in exchange for Deacon McGuire (July 14, 1899).
- Sold by Washington Senators to Baltimore Orioles (@August 5, 1899).
- Released by New York Giants (September, 1901).
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