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Hilton Smith

Hilton Lee Smith
(Smitty)

Born: February 27, 1907 in Giddings, TX
Died: November 18, 1983 in Kansas City, MO
(76 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 180

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001
Buried: Mount Moriah & Freeman Cemetery (Kansas City, MO)

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1932	MRM	NSL	25	SP	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	4	3	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	22	4.76	66
1935	bis	IND	28	RF	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	10	4.50	83
1936	KCM	IND	29	SP	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	5	0	3	2	0	0	15	9.00	55
1937	MULT	MULT	30	SP	14	5	.737	28	18	8	10	4	1	161.1	44	32	115	2	37	128	2	0	2	633	1.79	218
1938	KCM / WES	EWA / NAL	31	SP	10	2	.833	20	12	7	7	1	1	116.2	39	27	105	3	13	91	2	0	2	465	2.08	187
1939	KCM / WES	EWA / NAL	32	SP	8	4	.667	26	13	11	7	1	5	127.0	44	36	99	1	23	106	4	0	4	496	2.55	146
1940	MULT	MULT	33	SP	9	7	.563	31	16	10	10	1	3	153.2	89	78	152	1	42	127	0	0	2	651	4.57	97
1941	MULT	MULT	34	SP	13	7	.650	30	19	7	11	2	3	171.0	58	48	137	2	42	114	0	0	0	674	2.53	151
1942	KCM / WES	MULT	35	SP	7	4	.636	17	8	7	5	0	2	96.0	52	37	101	2	21	61	2	0	1	408	3.47	112
1943	KCM	NAL	36	LF	3	2	.600	10	6	4	3	1	0	60.0	18	17	49	0	10	29	0	0	0	230	2.55	143
1944	KCM	NAL	37	SP	2	5	.286	9	6	3	3	0	1	49.2	29	19	45	0	17	18	0	0	0	214	3.44	93
1945	KCM	NAL	38	SP	6	4	.600	11	8	2	6	0	0	77.0	37	28	76	2	19	42	0	0	1	319	3.27	124
1946	KCM / SPS	MULT	39	SP	6	2	.750	12	9	3	5	0	1	79.2	21	13	70	1	15	33	0	1	2	323	1.47	266
1947	KCM	NAL	40	SP	7	4	.636	13	8	5	6	0	0	75.2	54	49	105	2	15	25	0	0	3	343	5.83	81
1948	KCM	ALC / NAL	41	SP	4	2	.667	11	7	3	4	0	0	63.2	39	31	72	2	21	39	1	0	1	283	4.38	106
15	8			SP	89	49	.645	221	132	71	77	10	17	1241.0	533	421	1140	19	279	819	11	1	18	5086	3.05	133
162 Game Average					17	9	.645	43	25	16	15	2	4	239.0	103	81	220	4	54	158	2	0	4	980	3.05	133

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
15	Negro Leagues				78	40	.661	188	112	66	66	8	17	1054.2	436	338	966	19	217	698	11	1	15	4299	2.88	137
2	vs Latin Leagues				8	8	.500	26	18	9	1	149.1	87	76	144	55	95	0	635	4.58	105
4	vs Major Leagues				3	1	.750	7	2	5	2	1	0	37.0	10	7	30	0	7	26	0	0	3	152	1.70	191

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Monroe Monarchs			-	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	4	3	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	22	4.76	66
1	Bismarck			RF	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	10	4.50	83
13	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	79	40	.664	183	109	66	67	9	16	1049.0	423	330	953	18	217	698	10	1	15	4265	2.83	139
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	0.00	0
6	West All Stars			SP	1	1	.500	7	3	2	0	0	0	19.0	13	8	18	0	4	15	1	0	1	87	3.79	122
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I			-
2	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna			SP	8	8	.500	26	18	9	1	149.1	87	76	144	55	95	0	635	4.58	105
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			SP	1	0	1.000	2	1	1	1	0	0	14.0	4	3	15	0	2	5	0	0	2	60	1.93	184

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1932	MRM	NSL	25	SP	5.2	1.06	1.19	9.1%	45.6%	0.0%	26.4%	1.73		4.5%	0.3%
1935	bis	IND	28	RF	2.0	2.00	1.19	20.0%	17.9%	10.0%	5.6%	2.00	3.21		0.0%	2.1%
1936	KCM	IND	29	SP	2.0	4.00	1.44	13.3%	13.0%	20.0%	7.6%	0.67	1.72		0.0%	0.8%
1937	MULT	MULT	30	SP	161.1	0.94	1.31	20.2%	16.6%	5.8%	8.4%	3.46	2.05		0.3%	1.4%
1938	KCM / WES	EWA / NAL	31	SP	116.2	1.01	1.30	19.6%	15.5%	2.8%	7.9%	7.00	2.02		0.6%	1.3%
1939	KCM / WES	EWA / NAL	32	SP	127.0	0.96	1.32	21.4%	14.7%	4.6%	11.2%	4.61	1.66		0.2%	1.2%
1940	MULT	MULT	33	SP	153.2	1.26	1.46	19.5%	10.9%	6.5%	7.7%	3.02	1.39		0.2%
1941	MULT	MULT	34	SP	171.0	1.05	1.38	16.9%	20.1%	6.2%	8.7%	2.71	1.70		0.3%
1942	KCM / WES	MULT	35	SP	96.0	1.27	1.39	15.0%	16.4%	5.1%	8.1%	2.90	1.63		0.5%	0.5%
1943	KCM	NAL	36	LF	60.0	0.98	1.30	12.6%	12.1%	4.3%	7.5%	2.90	1.61		0.0%	0.5%
1944	KCM	NAL	37	SP	49.2	1.25	1.26	8.4%	12.7%	7.9%	7.5%	1.06	1.69		0.0%	0.4%
1945	KCM	NAL	38	SP	77.0	1.23	1.33	13.2%	12.9%	6.0%	8.0%	2.21	1.62		0.6%	0.7%
1946	KCM / SPS	MULT	39	SP	79.2	1.07	1.38	10.2%	16.5%	4.6%	8.4%	2.20	1.83		0.3%	1.4%
1947	KCM	NAL	40	SP	75.2	1.59	1.54	7.3%	12.5%	4.4%	9.7%	1.67	1.28		0.6%	0.9%
1948	KCM	ALC / NAL	41	SP	63.2	1.46	1.53	13.8%	13.5%	7.4%	9.3%	1.86	1.45		0.7%	1.0%
15	8			SP	1241.0	1.14	1.37	16.1%	14.1%	5.5%	8.6%	2.94	1.69		0.4%	0.8%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
15	Negro Leagues				1054.2	1.12	1.35	16.2%	14.3%	5.0%	8.3%	3.22	1.74		0.4%	0.8%
2	vs Latin Leagues				149.1	1.33	1.60	15.0%	10.9%	8.7%	10.3%	1.73	1.07
4	vs Major Leagues				37.0	1.00	1.22	17.1%	23.5%	4.6%	8.5%	3.71	2.72		0.0%	1.5%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1	Monroe Monarchs			-	5.2	1.06	1.19	9.1%	45.6%	0.0%	26.4%	0.00	1.73		4.5%	0.3%
1	Bismarck			RF	2.0	2.00	1.19	20.0%	17.9%	10.0%	5.6%	2.00	3.21		0.0%	2.1%
13	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	1049.0	1.12	1.34	16.4%	14.4%	5.1%	8.2%	3.22	1.77		0.4%	0.8%
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	2.0	0.50	1.36	28.6%	13.8%	0.0%	7.3%	0.00	1.90		0.0%	0.9%
6	West All Stars			SP	19.0	1.16	1.55	17.2%	16.2%	4.6%	10.7%	3.75	1.72		0.0%	1.1%
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I			-
2	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna			SP	149.1	1.33	1.60	15.0%	10.9%	8.7%	10.3%	1.73	1.07
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			SP	14.0	1.21	1.27	8.3%	17.5%	3.3%	7.1%	2.50	2.46		0.0%	1.5%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1932	MRM	NSL	25	SP	1	22	22	4	6	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	.273	.273	.455	.727
1935	bis	IND	28	RF	1	10	9	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844
1936	KCM	IND	29	SP	1	15	12	3	5	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	.417	.533	.500	1.033
1937	MULT	MULT	30	SP	28	633	585	44	115	9	5	2	9	0	37	128	1	2	9	14	.197	.247	.239	.486
1938	KCM / WES	EWA / NAL	31	SP	20	465	438	39	105	13	3	3	14	1	13	91	0	2	12	5	.240	.265	.304	.569
1939	KCM / WES	EWA / NAL	32	SP	26	496	457	44	99	11	6	1	12	1	23	106	0	4	11	1	11	.217	.260	.274	.533
1940	MULT	MULT	33	SP	31	651	252	89	152	5	7	1	6	1	42	127	0	2	7	6	.603	.662	.690	1.353
1941	MULT	MULT	34	SP	30	674	391	58	137	7	2	2	12	1	42	114	0	0	9	8	.350	.413	.394	.807
1942	KCM / WES	MULT	35	SP	17	408	377	52	101	12	1	2	8	0	21	61	0	1	9	1	.268	.308	.321	.629
1943	KCM	NAL	36	LF	10	230	219	18	49	12	4	0	2	10	29	0	0	1	1	.224	.258	.315	.573
1944	KCM	NAL	37	SP	9	214	194	29	45	6	2	0	0	17	18	0	0	3	4	.232	.294	.284	.577
1945	KCM	NAL	38	SP	11	319	299	37	76	7	4	2	2	19	42	0	1	0	0	10	.254	.301	.324	.625
1946	KCM / SPS	MULT	39	SP	12	323	299	21	70	11	6	1	7	15	33	0	2	7	10	.234	.275	.321	.596
1947	KCM	NAL	40	SP	13	343	321	54	105	10	0	2	2	15	25	0	3	4	9	.327	.363	.377	.740
1948	KCM	ALC / NAL	41	SP	11	283	256	39	72	11	5	2	4	21	39	0	1	4	6	.281	.338	.387	.725
15	8			SP	221	5086	4131	533	1140	117	45	19	81	4	279	819	1	18	76	1	85	.241	.283	.305	.588

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
15	Negro Leagues				188	4299	3992	436	966	111	43	19	80	4	217	698	1	15	73	1	81	.242	.284	.306	.589
2	vs Latin Leagues				26	635	87	144	55	95	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
4	vs Major Leagues				7	152	139	10	30	6	2	0	1	0	7	26	0	3	3	4	.216	.268	.288	.556

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Monroe Monarchs			-	1	22	22	4	6	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	.273	.273	.455	.727
1	Bismarck			RF	1	10	9	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844
13	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	183	4265	3958	423	953	109	41	18	75	3	217	698	0	15	73	1	83	.241	.283	.303	.585
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	1	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
6	West All Stars			SP	7	87	81	13	18	4	2	0	3	1	4	15	1	1	1	0	0	.222	.267	.321	.588
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I			-	.000	.000	.000	.000
2	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna			SP	26	635	87	144	55	95	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			SP	2	60	54	4	15	2	2	0	1	2	5	0	2	2	2	.278	.328	.389	.716

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