How Al Smith's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players
Al Smith posted a career Equivalent Average of .535, well below the league average of .748 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1940, posting .775, near the league average of .766 that year. The lowest point came in 1939 at .000, well below the league average of .774 that year. The Equivalent Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .599 in 1943 to .390 in 1944 and .755 in 1945. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Equivalent Average profile — ranging from .000 to .775 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Al Smith Lifetime Equivalent Average
Stats similar to Equivalent Average for Al Smith
| Al Smith
Equivalent Average |
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| Career | 0.535 |
| Season Avg. | 0.535 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.535 |
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Al Smith Equivalent Average Per Season
Al Smith's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Al Smith Equivalent Average by Team
Al Smith's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Al Smith Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Al Smith's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Al Smith Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Al Smith's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Al Smith Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Al Smith's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
