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Eddie Ainsmith

Birthdate:

2/4/1890

Died:

9/6/1981

Height / Weight:

5' 11" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

, , Russia

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Baseball player Dorf Ainsmith

A well-regarded backstop, Eddie 'Dorf' Ainsmith caught over 1,000 games in 15 solid major league seasons. A likeable team player, he broke in with the old Washington Senators back in August of 1910 while just 23-years-old. Ainsmith averaged over 80 games per/year for the Senators in his first nine big-league seasons. One of the fastest running catchers during this era, he stole a career-high 17 bases in 84 games in 1913. His best year offensively was 1917. In 125 games, Ainsmith lined 17 doubles, hit 12 triples with 3 home runs, scored 38 runs, had 42 RBIs and stole 16 bases while batting .191. A patient batter, he walked 40 times and struck out just 48 times in this season in 350 at-bats for a .280 on-base-percentage.

Traded to the Detroit Tigers in 1919, he hit .272 in 114 games, walked 45 times, while striking out just 30 times in 364 at-bats. After 2 1/2 seasons in Detroit, he was traded to the St Louis Cardinals in mid-1921, and Ainsmith took over first-string catching duties. In 119 games in 1922, he .293 with 14 two-base hits and smashed a career-best 13 homers, and reached career-highs with 46 runs and with 59 RBIs, and highs in on-base-pct with .343. In his career he had 86 stolen bases, and 16 caught stealing. Catcher, Right-handed - Washington Senators 1910-1918; Detroit Tigers 1919-21; St Louis Cardinals 1921-22; Brooklyn Dodgers 1923; New York Giants 1924

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1913	WSH (AL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54.00
17 years		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	180.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1910	WSH (AL)	33	104	4	20	1	2	0	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.192	.236	SLG
1911	WSH (AL)	61	149	12	33	2	3	0	14	10	0	5	0	0	1	3	0	.221	.275	SLG
1912	WSH (AL)	61	186	22	42	7	2	0	22	14	0	4	0	0	0	11	0	.226	.280	SLG
1913	WSH (AL)	84	229	26	49	4	4	2	20	12	41	17	0	0	3	2	0	.214	.262	SLG
1914	WSH (AL)	62	151	11	34	7	0	0	13	9	28	8	5	0	1	1	0	.225	.273	SLG
1915	WSH (AL)	47	120	13	24	4	2	0	6	10	18	7	4	0	1	4	0	.200	.267	SLG
1916	WSH (AL)	51	100	11	17	4	0	0	8	8	14	3	0	0	0	8	0	.170	.231	SLG
1917	WSH (AL)	125	350	38	67	17	4	0	42	40	48	16	0	0	3	16	0	.191	.280	SLG
1918	WSH (AL)	96	292	22	62	10	9	0	20	29	44	6	0	0	0	9	0	.212	.283	SLG
1919	DET (AL)	114	364	42	99	17	12	3	32	45	30	9	0	0	1	12	0	.272	.354	SLG
1920	DET (AL)	69	186	19	43	5	3	1	19	14	19	4	3	0	0	7	0	.231	.285	SLG
1921	STL (NL)	27	62	5	18	0	1	0	5	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.290	.323	SLG
1921	DET (AL)	35	98	6	27	5	2	0	12	13	7	1	0	0	0	4	0	.276	.360	SLG
1922	STL (NL)	119	379	46	111	14	4	13	59	28	43	2	3	0	1	10	0	.293	.343	SLG
1923	BRO (NL)	2	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	SLG
1923	STL (NL)	82	263	22	56	11	6	3	34	22	19	4	0	0	1	10	0	.213	.276	SLG
1924	NYG (NL)	10	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	SLG
17 years		1078	3048	299	707	108	54	22	317	263	315	86	16	0	12	99	0	.232	.296	.SLG

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