Sherry Smith

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1911-1927)

Sherry Smith was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1911 to 1927 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Cleveland Guardians, a span of 17 seasons. Across 373 career appearances, he went 114-118 with a 3.32 ERA, 428 strikeouts, and 21 saves. He also batted .233 with 6 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 5294.0.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 114–118
ERA 3.32
WHIP 1.30
SO 428
Pitcher PIV 5294.0
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / L
Height / Weight
6'1" / 170 lb
Born
2/18/1891 in Monticello, GA, USA
Died
9/12/1949 in Reidsville, GA, USA
MLB Debut
1911-05-11
Last Game
1927-07-18

Full name: Sherrod Malone Smith

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Career Pitching Statistics

Sherry Smith — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
114 118 373 224 142 16 21 2052.2 2,234 757 57 440 428 3.32 5294.0

Career ERA 3.32 vs. league average 3.66 across their career seasons — 9.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Sherry Smith Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1911 PIT NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 4 1 0 54.00 — 0.0
1912 PIT NL 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4.0 6 3 1 3 6.75 — 0.0
1915 BRO NL 14 8 29 20 11 2 2 173.2 169 50 42 52 2.59 2.90 (+11%) 188.2
1916 BRO NL 14 10 36 23 15 4 1 219.0 193 57 45 67 2.34 2.78 (+16%) 362.2
1917 BRO NL 12 12 38 23 15 0 3 211.1 210 78 51 58 3.32 2.69 (-24%) -540.1
1919 BRO NL 7 12 30 19 13 2 1 173.0 181 43 29 40 2.24 3.09 (+27%) 1099.1
1920 BRO NL 11 9 33 12 6 2 3 136.1 134 28 27 33 1.85 3.45 (+46%) 1412.1
1921 BRO NL 7 11 35 17 9 0 4 175.1 232 76 34 36 3.90 4.02 (+3%) 1681.4
1922 BRO NL 4 8 28 9 3 1 2 108.2 128 55 35 15 4.56 4.18 (-9%) -1675.8
1922 CLE AL 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 15.2 18 6 3 4 3.45 4.18 (+18%) 361.8
1923 CLE AL 9 6 30 16 10 1 1 124.0 129 45 37 23 3.27 4.03 (+19%) 22.1
1924 CLE AL 12 14 39 27 20 2 1 247.2 267 83 42 34 3.02 4.13 (+27%) 2215.2
1925 CLE AL 11 14 31 30 22 1 1 237.0 296 128 48 30 4.86 4.55 (-7%) -422.9
1926 CLE AL 11 10 27 24 16 1 0 188.1 214 78 31 25 3.73 4.11 (+9%) 947.7
1927 CLE AL 1 4 11 2 1 0 1 38.0 53 23 14 8 5.45 4.08 (-33%) -357.3
Career · 15 seasons 114 118 373 224 142 16 21 2,052.2 2,234 757 440 428 3.32 — 5,294

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Sherry Smith — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
381 709 59 165 24 10 6 60 4 30 134 .233 .268 .320 .588 -1,567

Career AVG .233 vs. league average .273 across their career seasons — 14.7% below league average.

Career OBP .268 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 20.3% below league average.

Career SLG .320 vs. league average .371 across their career seasons — 13.8% below league average.

Career OPS .588 vs. league average .707 across their career seasons — 16.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Sherry Smith Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1911 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1912 PIT NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1915 BRO NL 29 57 7 14 4 0 0 2 0 3 8 .246 .250 (-2%) .318 (-11%) .332 (-5%) .651 (-8%) -79.1
1916 BRO NL 38 77 4 21 1 2 0 7 1 4 18 .273 .248 (+10%) .314 (+1%) .326 (+3%) .640 (+2%) 13.7
1917 BRO NL 43 77 3 15 2 4 0 2 1 4 17 .195 .248 (-22%) .312 (-25%) .323 (avg) .635 (-12%) -178.5
1919 BRO NL 30 54 4 8 2 0 0 5 0 1 9 .148 .262 (-43%) .322 (-49%) .347 (-47%) .670 (-48%) -394.6
1920 BRO NL 33 43 6 10 2 2 0 3 1 1 9 .233 — — — — 0.0
1921 BRO NL 35 57 2 13 3 0 1 2 0 1 12 .228 .286 (-20%) .344 (-30%) .395 (-16%) .739 (-22%) -220.4
1922 BRO NL 28 35 5 9 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 .257 — — — — 0.0
1922 CLE AL 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .333 — — — — 0.0
1923 CLE AL 30 45 5 11 0 0 1 4 0 3 11 .244 — — — — 0.0
1924 CLE AL 40 89 7 18 3 0 1 5 0 3 16 .202 .283 (-29%) .345 (-32%) .389 (-31%) .734 (-31%) -457.6
1925 CLE AL 31 92 9 28 3 1 1 15 1 6 13 .304 .288 (+6%) .349 (+3%) .407 (-4%) .756 (-1%) 1.2
1926 CLE AL 27 65 7 14 3 1 1 11 0 2 12 .215 .279 (-23%) .345 (-31%) .390 (-13%) .735 (-22%) -252.0
1927 CLE AL 11 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .167 — — — — 0.0
Career · 15 seasons 381 709 59 165 24 10 6 60 4 30 134 .233 — — — — -1,567

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Sherry Smith — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
3 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .091

Playoff Batting by Year

Sherry Smith — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1920 WS BRO 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
1916 WS BRO 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Playoff Career Pitching

Sherry Smith — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 2 3 3 0 30.1 17 3 9 5 0.89

Playoff Pitching by Year

Sherry Smith — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1920 WS BRO 1 1 2 2 0 17.0 10 1 3 3 0.53
1916 WS BRO 0 1 1 1 0 13.1 7 2 6 2 1.35

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Sherry Smith — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home2003362778223.232
Away1813723287437.234

Pitching — Home / Away

Sherry Smith — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home1951045.210953632152133.12
Away1781006.111454042252163.61

Last 10 Games — Batting

Sherry Smith — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1927-07-18 CLEBOSL 200000000
1927-07-10 CLEMINL 000000000
1927-07-02 CLEDETL 000000000
1927-06-29 CLECHWL 301000000
1927-06-26 CLESLAL 000000000
1927-06-07 CLEMINL 000000000
1927-05-23 CLEDETL 000000000
1927-05-07 CLEPHAW 200000002
1927-05-02 CLESLAL 201000000
1927-04-27 CLESLAL 300000012

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Sherry Smith — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1927-07-18 CLEBOS — 3.2433400
1927-07-10 CLEMIN L 0.1333000
1927-07-02 CLEDET — 2.0220000
1927-06-29 CLECHW — 8.01133310
1927-06-26 CLESLA — 2.0200020
1927-06-07 CLEMIN L 1.0566201
1927-05-23 CLEDET — 0.1100000
1927-05-07 CLEPHA W 5.0200000
1927-05-02 CLESLA L 4.21266001
1927-04-27 CLESLA L 10.01142540

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Sherry Smith — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
OF 3 0 1 0 0 0
P 373 0 91 686 33 27

Season-by-Season Fielding

Sherry Smith — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1911 PIT P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1912 PIT P 3 0 0 0 0 0
1915 BRO P 29 0 5 49 3 1
1916 BRO P 36 0 3 67 4 0
1917 BRO OF 3 0 1 0 0 0
1917 BRO P 38 0 6 81 3 2
1919 BRO P 30 0 5 66 2 3
1920 BRO P 33 0 10 63 3 3
1921 BRO P 35 0 8 70 3 1
1922 BRO P 28 0 3 35 4 1
1922 CLE P 2 0 3 5 0 0
1923 CLE P 30 0 4 42 0 5
1924 CLE P 39 0 21 72 7 4
1925 CLE P 31 0 8 64 3 1
1926 CLE P 27 0 10 62 0 6
1927 CLE P 11 0 5 10 1 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Sherry Smith Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 373
Left Field 1
Center Field 1
Right Field 1

Most Similar Players

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Career Spans

Sherry Smith (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    George Mogridge
    132-131, 3.21 ERA
  2. 89
    Jim Bagby
    127-88, 3.11 ERA
  3. 86
    Watson Clark
    111-97, 3.66 ERA
  4. 82
    Jim Barr
    101-112, 3.56 ERA
  5. 80
    George Suggs
    99-91, 3.11 ERA
  6. 78
    Ken Raffensberger
    119-154, 3.60 ERA

Sherry Smith: the record in brief

May 11, 1911 and July 18, 1927 bracket Sherry Smith's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The team column moves through the Pittsburgh Pirates (1911 to 1912), the Brooklyn Robins (1915 to 1922), and the Cleveland Indians (1922 through 1927). Smith played primarily as a pitcher and hit right-handed while throwing left-handed. Born on February 18, 1891, in Monticello, GA, USA, Smith was listed at 6'1" and 170 pounds. The bio records the death on September 12, 1949, in Reidsville, GA, USA. The bio lists the given name Sherrod Malone.

Across 373 games (224 starts), Smith recorded 114 wins against 118 losses with a 3.32 ERA. The same table counts 428 strikeouts, 142 complete games, 16 shutouts, and 21 saves. Against a 3.66 league ERA for the same years, Smith was 9.3% better. 1915 brought Smith a season-high 14 wins. Smith struck out 67 batters in 1916, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Sherry Smith

What years did Sherry Smith play?
Sherry Smith played in Major League Baseball from 1911 to 1927.
Was Sherry Smith a pitcher?
Yes. Sherry Smith pitched in the major leagues, recording 114 wins and 428 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Sherry Smith hit?
Sherry Smith hit 6 career home runs with 165 hits.
What teams did Sherry Smith play for?
Sherry Smith played for 3 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (1911–1912), the Brooklyn Robins (1915–1917, 1919–1922), and the Cleveland Indians (1922–1927).
What were Sherry Smith's career stats?
In 373 games, Sherry Smith went 114-118 with a 3.32 ERA, 428 strikeouts, 2,052.2 innings pitched, and 21 saves. At the plate he had 165 hits and 6 home runs.
What position did Sherry Smith play?
Sherry Smith played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Sherry Smith and how much did he weigh?
Sherry Smith was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 170 pounds.
What was Sherry Smith's career ERA?
Sherry Smith finished with a 3.32 career ERA, going 114-118 with 428 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Sherry Smith have?
Sherry Smith recorded 428 career strikeouts.
Is Sherry Smith in the Hall of Fame?
No. Sherry Smith has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.