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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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001
• College: Prairie View State Normal & Industrial College (Prairie View, TX)
• 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	72
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	82
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	54
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	186
1939	KCM/WES	MULT	32	SP	8	4	.667	26	13	11	7	1	5	125.0	44	36	99	1	23	106	4	0	4	496	2.59	144
1940	MULT	MULT	33	SP	9	7	.563	31	16	10	10	1	3	154.0	89	78	152	1	42	127	0	0	2	652	4.56	97
1941	MULT	MULT	34	SP	13	6	.684	29	18	7	10	2	3	162.0	54	44	127	2	40	111	0	0	0	638	2.44	159
1942	KCM/WES	MULT	35	SP	7	4	.636	17	9	7	5	0	2	96.0	52	37	101	2	21	61	2	0	1	408	3.47	110
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	94
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	126
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	264
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	105
15	8			SP	89	48	.650	220	132	71	76	10	17	1230.1	529	417	1130	19	277	816	11	1	18	5051	3.05	134
162 Game Average					17	9	.650	43	26	16	15	2	4	237.2	102	81	218	4	54	158	2	0	4	976	3.05	134

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				79	39	.669	188	112	67	65	8	17	1047.0	432	334	957	19	215	698	11	1	15	4273	2.87	138
2	vs Latin Leagues				8	8	.500	26	18		9	1		149.1	87	76	144		55	95			0	635	4.58	104
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	72
1	Bismarck			RF	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	3	0	1	2	0		0	10	4.50	82
13	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	79	39	.669	182	109	66	66	9	16	1038.1	419	326	943	18	215	695	10	1	15	4230	2.83	140
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			RP	1	1	.500	7	3	2	0	0	0	19.0	13	8	18	0	4	15	1	0	1	87	3.79	121
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	104
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	183

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	1.23	9.1%	10.4%	0.0%	6.4%		1.62	4.5%	0.4%
1935	BIS	IND	28	RF	2.0	2.00	1.18	20.0%	18.0%	10.0%	5.6%	2.00	3.23	0.0%	2.1%
1936	KCM	IND	29	SP	2.0	4.00	1.43	13.3%	13.1%	20.0%	7.5%	0.67	1.74	0.0%	0.8%
1937	MULT	MULT	30	SP	161.1	0.94	1.32	20.2%	16.6%	5.8%	8.3%	3.46	2.06	0.3%	1.4%
1938	KCM/WES	EWA/NAL	31	SP	116.2	1.01	1.30	19.6%	15.7%	2.8%	7.8%	7.00	2.02	0.6%	1.3%
1939	KCM/WES	MULT	32	SP	125.0	0.98	1.33	21.4%	16.4%	4.6%	9.7%	4.61	1.76	0.2%	1.0%
1940	MULT	MULT	33	SP	154.0	1.26	1.46	19.5%	10.9%	6.4%	7.7%	3.02	1.39	0.2%
1941	MULT	MULT	34	SP	162.0	1.03	1.40	17.4%	20.1%	6.3%	8.7%	2.78	1.66	0.3%
1942	KCM/WES	MULT	35	SP	96.0	1.27	1.38	15.0%	16.5%	5.1%	7.5%	2.90	1.70	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	1.25	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	1.34	13.2%	12.9%	6.0%	8.0%	2.21	1.61	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	1.84	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	1.52	13.8%	13.5%	7.4%	9.3%	1.86	1.46	0.7%	1.0%
15	8			SP	1230.1	1.14	1.37	16.2%	14.0%	5.5%	8.5%	2.95	1.70	0.4%	0.8%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
15	Negro Leagues				1047.0	1.12	1.35	16.3%	14.1%	5.0%	8.2%	3.25	1.76	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	1.19	17.1%	23.5%	4.6%	8.3%	3.71	2.88	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	1.23	9.1%	10.4%	0.0%	6.4%	0.00	1.62	4.5%	0.4%
1	Bismarck			RF	2.0	2.00	1.18	20.0%	18.0%	10.0%	5.6%	2.00	3.23	0.0%	2.1%
13	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	1038.1	1.12	1.34	16.4%	14.4%	5.1%	8.2%	3.23	1.78	0.4%	0.8%
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	2.0	0.50	1.35	28.6%	13.8%	0.0%	7.2%	0.00	1.91	0.0%	0.9%
6	West All Stars			RP	19.0	1.16	1.52	17.2%	16.2%	4.6%	10.6%	3.75	1.76	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	2.47	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	MULT	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	652	253	89	152	5	7	1	6	1	42	127	0	2	7		6	.601	.660	.688	1.348
1941	MULT	MULT	34	SP	29	638	358	54	127	7	2	2	9	1	40	111	0	0	8		7	.355	.420	.402	.822
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	220	5051	4099	529	1130	117	45	19	78	4	277	816	1	18	75	1	84	.276	.324	.305	.629

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	4273	3969	432	957	111	43	19	77	4	215	698	1	15	72	1	81	.241	.283	.305	.588
2	vs Latin Leagues				26	635	0	87	144						55	95		0				.000	3.618	.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	182	4230	3926	419	943	109	41	18	72	3	215	695	0	15	72	1	82	.240	.282	.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			RP	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			-			0															.000	.000	.000	.000
2	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna			SP	26	635	0	87	144						55	95		0				.000	3.618	.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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