Charles Edwin Smith
[edit] Biography
Born on April 20, 1880 in Cleveland, Ohio, Charlie Smith (Charles Edwin Smith) played for the Cleveland Broncos, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 10 year career. Smith broke into the bigs on August 6, 1902 with the Cleveland Broncos, and put up a 2.91 ERA in 235.1 innings pitched in 1906, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Charlie Smith's best season was 1907, when he posted a 2.61 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 119 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1902
| CLE
| A
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 4.05
| 5
| 9
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 20
| 23
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1906
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 22
| 9
| 16
| 2.91
| 105
| 113
| 76
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 235.1
| 250
| 2
| 75
| 0
| 2
| 8
|
| 1907
| WAS
| A
| 36
| 31
| 10
| 20
| 2.61
| 119
| 103
| 75
| 21
| 3
| 0
| 258.2
| 254
| 0
| 51
| 0
| 11
| 1
|
| 1908
| WAS
| A
| 26
| 23
| 9
| 13
| 2.40
| 83
| 76
| 49
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 184
| 166
| 2
| 60
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1909
| WAS
| A
| 23
| 15
| 3
| 12
| 3.27
| 72
| 73
| 53
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 145.2
| 140
| 4
| 37
| 0
| 11
| 5
|
| 1909
| BOS
| A
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 2.16
| 11
| 6
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 23
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1909
| TOT
| A
| 26
| 18
| 6
| 12
| 3.11
| 83
| 79
| 59
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 170.2
| 163
| 6
| 39
| 0
| 11
| 6
|
| 1910
| BOS
| A
| 24
| 18
| 11
| 6
| 2.30
| 53
| 57
| 40
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 156.1
| 141
| 4
| 35
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 5
| 3
| 2
| 1.42
| 11
| 11
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 38
| 31
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1911
| BOS
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| Total
|
| 8
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 1.80
| 11
| 14
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 40
| 33
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1912
| CHI
| N
| 20
| 5
| 7
| 4
| 4.21
| 47
| 56
| 44
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 94
| 92
| 2
| 31
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1913
| CHI
| N
| 20
| 17
| 7
| 9
| 2.55
| 47
| 53
| 39
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 137.2
| 138
| 2
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1914
| CHI
| N
| 16
| 5
| 2
| 4
| 3.86
| 17
| 27
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 53.2
| 49
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 63
| 32
| 19
| 19
| 3.12
| 122
| 147
| 112
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 323.1
| 310
| 7
| 87
| 0
| 2
| 9
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 149
| 116
| 47
| 68
| 2.72
| 448
| 440
| 310
| 74
| 8
| 2
| 1027
| 999
| 15
| 266
| 0
| 31
| 20
|
| Total
|
|
| 212
| 148
| 66
| 87
| 2.81
| 570
| 587
| 422
| 87
| 10
| 3
| 1350.1
| 1309
| 22
| 353
| 0
| 33
| 29
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1902
| CLE
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1906
| WAS
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 60
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1907
| WAS
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 95
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1908
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1908
| WAS
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 53
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1909
| WAS
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 45
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1909
| BOS
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1909
| TOT
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 54
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1910
| BOS
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 44
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| P
| 7
| 5
| 38
| 4
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .846
|
| 1911
| BOS
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1911
| Total
|
| P
| 8
| 5
| 38
| 4
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .867
|
| 1912
| CHI
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1913
| CHI
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 38
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1914
| CHI
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 212
| 5
| 38
| 36
| 398
| 24
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .948
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1902
| CLE
| A
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .222
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 87
| 5
| 16
| 1
| 11
| .184
| .193
| .241
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| WAS
| A
| 37
| 84
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 2
| .143
| .182
| .155
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| WAS
| A
| 30
| 65
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .123
| .149
| .169
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| WAS
| A
| 23
| 45
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .156
| .191
| .156
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| BOS
| A
| 3
| 10
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .300
| .300
| .300
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| TOT
| A
| 26
| 55
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 4
| .182
| .211
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| BOS
| A
| 24
| 44
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .114
| .170
| .114
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .077
| .077
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| BOS
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| Total
|
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .077
| .077
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| CHI
| N
| 21
| 35
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .257
| .278
| .286
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| CHI
| N
| 20
| 45
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .089
| .128
| .089
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| CHI
| N
| 16
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .091
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 64
| 104
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 3
| .144
| .168
| .154
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 27
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 154
| 343
| 17
| 52
| 1
| 19
| .152
| .183
| .178
| 4
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 218
| 447
| 22
| 67
| 1
| 22
| .150
| .179
| .172
| 5
| 1
| 11
| 27
| 5
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Washington Senators to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Doc Gessler (September 9, 1909).
- Sold by Boston Red Sox to Newark (Eastern) (May 9, 1911).
- Sold by Newark (Eastern) to Chicago Cubs (August 17, 1911).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (February 13, 1915).
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