Was Theolic Smith a pitcher?

Yes. Theolic Smith pitched in the major leagues, recording 17 wins and 155 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Theolic Smith hit?

Theolic Smith hit 1 career home runs with 50 hits.

Theolic Smith

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

W–L 17–27

ERA 4.95

WHIP 1.51

SO 155

Pitcher PIV 955.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 170 lb
Born: 5/19/1913 in Wabbesika, AR, USA
Died: 11/3/1981 in Compton, CA, USA
Awards: 2× All-Star

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
265.0	229.0	44.0	61.0	9.0	4.0	2.0	14.0	29.0	3.0	5.0	.266	.349	.367	.716

Pitching

W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
36	36	75	50	24	5	576.1	562	335	156	21	137	189	2.44	1.21

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season	PA	AB	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1935	1.0	1.0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1944	4.0	4.0	1.0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1949	3.0	3.0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1951	1.0	1.0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Listed seasons · 4	9	9	1	.000	—	—	—

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1935	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	0	2	2	0.00	2.25
1949	5	2	8	5	3	1	48.1	38	20	2	4	4	0.37	0.87
1951	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0.00	1.00
Listed seasons · 3	5	2	9	5	3	1	52.2	41	21	2	7	8	0.34	0.91

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
17	27	63	45	28	5	3	354.7	409	195	20	126	155	4.95	955.5

Career ERA 4.95 vs. league average 4.20 across their career seasons — 17.7% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1936	PC	NN2	3	5	17	10	4	2	2	80.7	98	61	40	28	6.81	4.59 (-48%)	-971.3
1937	PC	NN2	5	5	12	10	5	0	0	63.7	83	44	26	29	6.22	4.34 (-43%)	-1042.0
1938	PC	NN2	1	5	12	5	3	0	1	43.3	65	34	14	18	7.06	4.35 (-62%)	-1215.8
1939	SL3	NAL	3	7	10	9	7	1	0	69.0	73	26	22	37	3.39	4.28 (+21%)	1696.8
1943	CBE	NAL	5	5	12	11	9	2	0	98.0	90	30	24	43	2.76	3.50 (+21%)	2487.7
Career · 5 seasons			17	27	63	45	28	5	3	354.2	409	195	126	155	4.95	—	955

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
92	197	36	50	6	3	1	16	3	28	1	.254	.347	.330	.677	85

Career AVG .254 vs. league average .273 across their career seasons — 6.9% below league average.

Career OBP .347 vs. league average .340 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .330 vs. league average .387 across their career seasons — 14.7% below league average.

Career OPS .677 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — 6.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1936	PC	NN2	17	30	6	7	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	.233	—	—	—	—	0.0
1937	PC	NN2	20	42	8	11	0	1	1	3	0	6	0	.262	—	—	—	—	0.0
1938	PC	NN2	14	19	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	.211	—	—	—	—	0.0
1939	SL3	NAL	16	38	6	10	3	0	0	0	1	4	0	.263	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	CBE	NAL	25	68	13	18	2	1	0	11	2	12	1	.265	.255 (+3%)	.324 (+15%)	.346 (-7%)	.671 (+4%)	85.2
Career · 5 seasons			92	197	36	50	6	3	1	16	3	28	1	.254	—	—	—	—	85

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	.200

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1939	ALC	SL3	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	.200

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	1	1	0	8.0	10	4	1	3	4.50

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1939	ALC	SL3	0	1	1	1	0	8.0	10	4	1	3	4.50

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	40	56	11	14	0	3	.250
Away	61	114	19	31	1	5	.272

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	32	182.0	185	31	47	61	1.53
Away	43	245.1	233	76	54	67	2.79

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
1949-08-22	CAG	LCB	W	0
1949-08-01	CAG	PH5	L	0
1949-07-25	CAG	KCM	L	0
1949-07-04	CAG	KCM	W	0
1949-06-10	CAG	BLG	L	2
1949-06-07	CAG	LCB	W	0
1949-05-26	CAG	IN9	L	1
1949-05-22	CAG	IN9	W	0
1949-05-04	CAG	MEM	W	0
1943-09-05	CVB	CI2	L	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1949-08-22	CAG	LCB	SV	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949-08-01	CAG	PH5	—	2.0	4	5	0	1	0	0
1949-07-25	CAG	KCM	L	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949-07-04	CAG	KCM	W	7.0	5	2	2	0	0	0
1949-06-10	CAG	BLG	L	3.2	6	6	0	3	4	0
1949-06-07	CAG	LCB	W	9.0	8	2	0	0	0	0
1949-05-22	CAG	IN9	W	9.0	7	4	0	0	0	0
1949-05-04	CAG	MEM	—	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1943-09-05	CVB	CI2	L	8.0	0	4	0	0	0	1
1943-08-29	CVB	BIR	L	9.0	8	3	0	3	7	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	3	0	3	6	0	1
OF	24	14	26	2	2	1
P	63	45	15	122	7	1
SS	2	2	2	9	0	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1936	PC	P	17	10	0	17	2	0
1937	PC	2B	3	0	3	6	0	1
1937	PC	OF	3	1	2	0	0	0
1937	PC	P	12	10	3	16	1	0
1937	PC	SS	2	2	2	9	0	2
1938	PC	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
1938	PC	P	12	5	2	12	0	0
1939	SL3	OF	7	3	6	1	1	1
1939	SL3	P	10	9	7	35	3	1
1943	CBE	OF	13	9	18	1	1	0
1943	CBE	P	12	11	3	42	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	63
Second Base	3
Shortstop	2
Left Field	8
Center Field	8
Right Field	8

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