League Leaders Who Led?

Hilton Smith

1932–1948  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'2", 180 lb  ·  b. 1907 Giddings, TX

Career 71–37 · 2.92 ERA · 626 SO · 973.1 IP · 255 G · 163 H · 6 HR · 88 RBI · .301 AVG

Seasons leading his league
28
7 best in baseball 21 league only
65 Top-5 finishes
8 Title seasons
9 Categories led
1941 Best season

Spanning 1937–1946, peaking at 7 titles in 1941.

1938 Pitching Triple Crown
Led the NAL in 9 W, 2.08 ERA, 88 SO
1941 Pitching Triple Crown
Led the NAL in 10 W, 1.66 ERA, 67 SO
Led in Strikeouts for 5 straight seasons (1937–1941) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 37th League titles 28
  • 109th Best in baseball 7
  • 56th Top-5 finishes 65

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Strikeouts 5 1st 5 yrs (1937–1941) 1937 NAL 99 1938 NAL 88 1939 NAL 84 1940 NAL 64 1941 NAL 67 1942 #2
Walks + Hits / IP 4 1st 3 yrs (1937–1939) 1937 0.86 1938 1.01 1939 0.96 1943 0.98 1940 #3 1941 #3
Saves 4 1st 2 yrs (1941–1942) 1939 NAL 4 1941 NAL 3 1942 NAL 2 1946 NAL 1 1940 #2 1944 #2
Shutouts 3 1st — 1937 NAL 3 1939 NAL 1 1941 NAL 2 1938 #2 1943 #2
Strikeouts / 9 3 1st 2 yrs (1939–1940) 1937 6.84 1940 8.95 1939 NAL 7.18 1938 #3 1945 #3
Innings Pitched 3 1st 2 yrs (1937–1938) 1937 NAL 130.1 1938 NAL 112.2 1941 NAL 92.1 1939 #2 1942 #2 1947 #2 1948 #2
Wins 3 1st 2 yrs (1937–1938) 1937 NAL 11 1938 NAL 9 1941 NAL 10 1946 #3 1947 #2
Earned Run Average 2 1st — 1941 1.66 1938 NAL 2.08 1937 #2 1939 #3 1943 #2
Complete Games 1 1st — 1941 NAL 7 1937 #2 1938 #2 1945 #3 1947 #3
Doubles — #3 — 1941 #3

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1946 1 SV 1
1943 1 WHIP 0.98
1942 1 SV 2
1941 7 ERA 1.66 W 10 SO 67 SV 3 IP 92.1 SHO 2 CG 7
1940 2 SO 64 K/9 8.95
1939 5 SO 84 SV 4 WHIP 0.96 K/9 7.18 SHO 1
1938 5 ERA 2.08 W 9 SO 88 WHIP 1.01 IP 112.2
1937 6 W 11 SO 99 WHIP 0.86 IP 130.1 K/9 6.84 SHO 3

Pitching

13 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1932 MRM NSL 0 0 4.76 1 1 0 5.2 6 3 1 0 2 1.06
1937 KCM +1 NAL 11 4 1.66 21 16 1 130.1 85 24 2 27 99 0.86
1938 KCM NAL 9 2 2.08 19 11 1 112.2 102 26 3 12 88 1.01
1939 KCM NAL 6 4 2.65 21 12 4 105.1 82 31 1 19 84 0.96
1940 KCM NAL 4 4 3.78 16 7 3 64.1 53 27 1 15 64 1.06
1941 KCM NAL 10 0 1.66 15 8 3 92.1 72 17 2 11 67 0.90
1942 KCM NAL 5 4 3.81 14 7 2 85.0 91 36 2 19 53 1.29
1943 KCM NAL 3 2 2.55 10 6 0 60.0 49 17 0 10 29 0.98
1944 KCM NAL 2 5 3.44 9 6 1 49.2 45 19 0 17 18 1.25
1945 KCM NAL 6 4 3.27 11 8 0 77.0 76 28 2 19 42 1.23
1946 KCM NAL 4 2 1.39 8 6 1 51.2 40 8 1 10 16 0.97
1947 KCM NAL 7 4 5.83 13 8 0 75.2 105 49 2 15 25 1.59
1948 KCM NAL 4 2 4.38 11 7 0 63.2 72 31 2 21 39 1.46
Career — — 71 37 2.92 169 103 16 973.1 878 316 19 195 626 1.10

Batting

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 MRM NSL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1937 KCM +1 NAL 29 66 4 19 2 0 1 7 1 2 1 .288 .299 .364 .662
1938 KCM NAL 26 68 9 25 6 0 3 13 2 0 1 .368 .386 .588 .974
1939 KCM NAL 26 52 3 9 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 .173 .185 .212 .397
1940 KCM NAL 19 30 2 14 4 1 0 7 1 0 0 .467 .484 .667 1.151
1941 KCM NAL 16 40 6 13 5 0 0 8 3 0 0 .325 .372 .450 .822
1942 KCM NAL 18 45 6 15 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 .333 .362 .378 .740
1943 KCM NAL 26 62 8 16 3 2 0 9 5 0 0 .258 .313 .371 .684
1944 KCM NAL 20 32 2 8 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 .250 .314 .344 .658
1945 KCM NAL 20 39 2 10 1 0 0 8 1 0 1 .256 .275 .282 .557
1946 KCM NAL 16 33 4 13 2 0 0 10 1 0 0 .394 .412 .455 .866
1947 KCM NAL 24 44 3 12 1 0 1 10 1 0 0 .273 .289 .364 .653
1948 KCM NAL 13 28 6 9 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 .321 .345 .464 .809
Career — — 255 542 55 163 28 5 6 88 22 2 3 .301 .327 .404 .732

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 169 39 277 15 11 .955
OF 27 20 1 2 0 .913
1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000