Eddie Smith

Full Name: Edgar Smith	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/174	First Game: September 20, 1936
Birthdate: December 14, 1913	Final Game: September 20, 1947
Birthplace: Mansfield, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: January 2, 1994
Deathplace: Willingboro, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

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Born on December 14, 1913 in Mansfield, New Jersey, Eddie Smith (Edgar Smith) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 10 year career. Smith broke into the bigs on September 20, 1936 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.94 ERA in 196.2 innings pitched in 1937, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Eddie Smith's best season was 1940, when he posted a 3.21 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 119 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1936	PHI	A	2	2	1	1	1.89	7	10	4	2	0	0	19	22	3	8	0	0
1937	PHI	A	38	23	4	17	3.94	79	100	86	14	1	5	196.2	178	18	90	2	4
1938	PHI	A	43	7	3	10	5.92	78	102	86	0	0	4	130.2	151	13	76	4	4
1939	PHI	A	3	0	1	0	9.82	3	4	4	0	0	0	3.2	7	0	2	0	0
1939	CHI	A	29	22	9	11	3.67	67	83	72	7	1	0	176.2	161	11	90	3	4
1939	TOT	A	32	22	10	11	3.79	70	87	76	7	1	0	180.1	168	11	92	3	4
1940	CHI	A	32	28	14	9	3.21	119	92	74	12	0	0	207.1	179	16	95	4	3
1941	CHI	A	34	33	13	17	3.18	111	107	93	21	1	1	263.1	243	13	114	6	5
1942	CHI	A	29	28	7	20	3.98	78	112	95	18	2	1	215	223	17	86	5	4
1943	CHI	A	25	25	11	11	3.69	66	85	77	14	2	0	187.2	197	2	76	2	5
1946	CHI	A	24	21	8	11	2.85	59	71	46	3	1	1	145.1	135	9	60	6	4
1947	CHI	A	15	5	1	3	7.29	12	36	27	0	0	0	33.1	40	1	24	1	0
1947	BOS	A	8	3	1	3	7.41	15	14	14	0	0	0	17	18	3	18	1	0
1947	TOT	A	23	8	2	6	7.33	27	50	41	0	0	0	50.1	58	4	42	2	0
Total			282	197	73	113	3.82	694	816	678	91	8	12	1595.2	1554	106	739	34	33

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1936	PHI	A	P	2	0	4	0	0	1.000
1937	PHI	A	P	38	6	28	0	1	1.000
1937	PHI	A	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000
1938	PHI	A	P	43	10	20	1	1	.968
1939	PHI	A	P	3	0	0	0	0	.000
1939	CHI	A	P	29	7	23	3	1	.909
1939	TOT	A	P	32	7	23	3	1	.909
1940	CHI	A	P	32	6	32	2	2	.950
1941	CHI	A	P	34	10	51	1	3	.984
1942	CHI	A	P	29	7	55	2	3	.969
1943	CHI	A	P	25	6	43	1	4	.980
1946	CHI	A	P	24	2	29	6	1	.838
1947	CHI	A	P	15	2	3	2	0	.714
1947	BOS	A	P	8	0	2	1	0	.667
1947	TOT	A	P	23	2	5	3	0	.700
Total			OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	282	56	290	19	16	.948

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	SB	GDP
1936	PHI	A	2	8	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1937	PHI	A	40	73	4	17	0	3	.233	.253	.315	6	0	2	11	2	1	0
1938	PHI	A	43	42	4	12	0	5	.286	.333	.333	2	0	3	8	2	0	0
1939	PHI	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939	CHI	A	29	52	5	6	0	3	.115	.246	.135	1	0	9	15	5	0	0
1939	TOT	A	32	52	5	6	0	3	.115	.246	.135	1	0	9	15	5	0	0
1940	CHI	A	32	69	7	15	0	4	.217	.280	.290	3	1	6	15	8	0	2
1941	CHI	A	34	88	6	19	0	3	.216	.281	.261	4	0	8	19	4	0	3
1942	CHI	A	29	73	2	9	0	0	.123	.158	.151	0	1	3	15	3	1	0
1943	CHI	A	25	69	4	11	1	8	.159	.183	.217	1	0	2	9	4	0	2
1946	CHI	A	24	45	2	8	0	3	.178	.229	.200	1	0	3	9	0	0	0
1947	CHI	A	15	6	1	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1947	BOS	A	8	6	1	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
1947	TOT	A	23	12	2	2	0	0	.167	.231	.167	0	0	1	2	0	0	1
Total			284	531	36	100	1	29	.188	.241	.235	18	2	37	105	28	2	8

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Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Philadelphia Athletics (April 27, 1939).
Released by Boston Red Sox (October 20, 1947).

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