Smead
Jolley
 
Nickname: Smudge
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 235
 
Born: January 14, 1902 in Usa, AR, WESSON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1930    1932   
All-Star Selections 1930    1931    1933    1935    1936   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 28 HOU NL $ 300,000   78 78 69 34 44 41 68 84 79 11 17 15 81 86 85
1931 29 HOU NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 8 9 9 2 2 2 9 9 9
1932 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 8 9 9 2 2 2 9 9 9
1933 31 PIT NL $ 3,464,286   8 8 7 4 5 4 8 9 9 1 2 2 8 9 9
1934 32 PIT NL $ 4,214,286   8 8 7 4 5 4 8 10 9 1 2 1 8 9 9
1935 33 PIT NL $ 4,214,286   8 8 7 4 5 4 8 9 9 1 2 1 8 8 8
1936 34 PIT NL $ 4,210,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 7 9 8 1 2 1 7 8 8
1937 35 PIT NL $ 4,210,000   6 6 6 2 3 3 7 8 8 1 2 1 6 7 7
1938 36 PIT NL $ 4,210,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 1 2 1 5 6 5
1939 37 PIT NL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,214,286   78 78 69 34 44 41 68 84 79 11 17 15 81 86 85
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 28 HOU NL 141 466 70 158 28 5 10 104 0 0 26 23 .339 .375 .485 .860 72.6 16.2
1931 29 HOU NL 133 451 79 157 39 5 9 88 0 0 29 16 .348 .387 .517 .904 76.4 18.3
1932 30 PIT NL 139 506 80 153 39 7 11 81 1 3 32 25 .302 .343 .472 .816 70.9 15.1
1933 31 PIT NL 138 523 84 173 42 5 15 93 1 1 26 24 .331 .362 .516 .878 80.9 14.6
1934 32 PIT NL 138 485 60 146 29 3 9 78 0 0 24 40 .301 .332 .429 .761 65.2 10.6
1935 33 PIT NL 132 417 69 149 34 6 12 78 0 1 26 19 .357 .393 .554 .947 73.6 16.5
1936 34 PIT NL 150 510 69 149 30 5 9 75 0 1 29 43 .292 .330 .424 .753 63.2 7.7
1937 35 PIT NL 49 83 5 22 9 0 0 9 0 0 2 7 .265 .291 .373 .664 7.0 0.6
1938 36 PIT NL 110 355 34 104 18 4 5 32 0 0 15 66 .293 .327 .408 .736 39.3 4.8
1939 37 PIT NL 56 149 3 28 6 0 1 9 0 0 4 42 .188 .209 .248 .457 4.6 0.0
10 Years Sim 1186 3945 553 1239 274 40 81 647 2 6 213 305 .314 .349 .465 .815 553.6 104.4
162 Game Average 538 75 169 37 5 11 88 0 0 29 41 .314 .349 .465 .815 75.6  
Career Highs 150 523 84 173 42 7 15 104 1 3 32 66 .357 .393 .554 .947 80.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3188 472 1040 227 31 70 535 1 6 186 230 .326 .363 .483 .846 507.8
vs LH   757 81 199 47 9 11 112 1 0 27 75 .263 .289 .392 .681 80.8
Home 584 1912 250 604 134 19 35 326 1 4 87 153 .316 .347 .461 .807 277.6
Away 602 2033 303 635 140 21 46 321 1 2 126 152 .312 .352 .470 .821 311.1
RISP   1123 0 362 81 17 18 511 0 0 94 94 .322 .371 .473 .844 183.8
Pinch Hitting   189 26 55 9 3 3 39 0 0 12 7 .291 .333 .418 .751 25.1
Close/Late   523 64 163 35 5 12 83 0 0 60 41 .312 .382 .467 .849 89.0
Mar/Apr 185 678 104 213 46 9 15 120 1 0 22 59 .314 .336 .475 .811 98.6
May 203 695 109 236 57 7 14 122 0 1 38 46 .340 .372 .502 .874 116.0
June 197 644 73 197 30 7 14 100 0 2 36 38 .306 .342 .439 .781 90.7
July 208 674 89 207 48 7 13 91 0 2 37 56 .307 .344 .457 .801 97.2
August 204 635 100 190 41 4 16 101 0 1 44 54 .299 .346 .452 .798 93.1
Sep/Oct 189 619 78 196 52 6 9 113 1 0 36 52 .317 .355 .464 .818 93.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 28 HOU NL 1B 88 78 700.3 942 75 21 79 .980 13.07 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    LF 30 24 232.0 47 1 3 0 .941 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 8 0 15.0 8 0 1 0 .889 4.80 0 0 .000 0  
1931 29 HOU NL C 97 95 849.3 287 25 6 1 .981 3.31 10 5 .500 3 3.4
    1B 21 0 45.0 59 4 1 7 .984 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 1 14.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.26 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 6 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
1932 30 PIT NL C 118 117 1056.7 331 45 5 1 .987 3.20 11 4 .364 1 8.1
    CF 3 3 26.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 8 0 13.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 2 1 2 .875 15.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1933 31 PIT NL C 125 123 1084.0 367 30 9 1 .978 3.30 22 11 .500 1 7.2
    LF 6 2 26.0 4 0 1 0 .800 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1934 32 PIT NL C 122 122 1085.0 394 41 10 0 .978 3.61 17 7 .412 1 7.0
    1B 6 0 10.7 12 1 0 2 1.000 10.98 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1935 33 PIT NL RF 98 91 810.3 185 5 10 3 .950 2.11 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    C 6 4 41.3 18 2 0 0 1.000 4.36 2 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 10 0 17.0 26 1 0 1 1.000 14.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1936 34 PIT NL RF 64 61 524.3 113 3 3 3 .975 1.99 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 56 55 494.3 188 19 0 0 1.000 3.77 4 3 .750 1 3.3
    LF 17 3 55.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.47 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 0 10.0 10 2 0 3 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 35 PIT NL C 13 10 92.3 36 3 0 0 1.000 3.80 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 17 0 42.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 9 0 27.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 0 10.0 15 0 1 1 .938 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 36 PIT NL C 93 91 775.3 324 28 7 2 .981 4.09 17 7 .412 2 4.3
    1B 4 0 8.7 10 3 0 1 1.000 13.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 4 0 6.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0  
1939 37 PIT NL C 34 29 263.7 107 14 2 1 .984 4.13 9 5 .556 0 1.4
    1B 14 7 72.0 97 4 2 12 .981 12.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 8 3 32.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 664 646 5742.0 2052 207 39 6 .983 3.54 92 42 .457 9 35.8
  RF 206 155 1440.3 327 8 14 6 .960 2.09 0 0 .000 0 3.3
  1B 155 85 878.7 1177 92 26 108 .980 13.00 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  LF 91 31 411.0 71 2 4 0 .948 1.60 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  CF 3 3 26.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1119 920 8497.9 3633 309 84 120 .979 4.17 92 42 .457 9 41.8
Career Highs   142 125 1112.0 997 76 25 79 .991 10.19 22 11 .750 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 28 HOU NL 15 41 11 21 7 0 3 12 0 0 4 2 .512 .556 .902 1.458
1931 29 HOU NL 11 38 10 13 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 .342 .333 .447 .781
1932 30 PIT NL 20 83 16 28 5 1 2 18 0 0 5 4 .337 .371 .494 .865
1934 32 PIT NL 5 16 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .375 .474 .500 .974
Career Post-Season Batting 51 178 37 68 18 1 5 40 0 0 12 9 .382 .417 .579 .995
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1930-8-.335*
1933-7-.331
CAR-33-.314
Slugging Pct
1933-5-.516
OPS
1933-6-.878
Total Bases
1933-7-270
Doubles
1932-7-39
1933-3-42
Homeruns
1933-9-15
RBIs
1933-10-93
Caught Stealing
1932-10-3
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Gabby Hartnett (935)
  2. Smoky Burgess (912)
  3. Tim Talton (904)
  4. Shanty Hogan (904)
  5. Steve Swisher (896)
  6. Walker Cooper (891)
  7. Mike Heath (890)
  8. Moe Berg (880)
  9. Mickey Cochrane (877)
  10. Johnny Roseboro (872)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Houston in 1930
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Dave Keefe (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/2/1930, off George Blaeholder (DET)
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle (M) on 6/18/1930
Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 7/10/1930
Won World Championship with Houston in 1930
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against San Diego on 5/25/1931
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
Injured on 3/24/1932 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1932
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1933, hitting .577 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 9/25/1933 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,214,286 through salary arbitration
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,214,286 through salary arbitration
6/16/1935: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,210,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Injured on 8/8/1935 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Injured on 3/23/1937 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 9 weeks
9/22/1938: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $500,000 per year, for 1 years