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Fred Goldsmith

Fredrick Ernest Goldsmith

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 15, 1856 in New Haven, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: October 23, 1875
Teams (by GP): WhiteStockings/Trojans/Orioles/ElmCitys 1875-1884

Final Game: September 10, 1884
Died: March 28, 1939 in Berkley, MI
Buried: Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, MI
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1879 23 TRO NL 2 4 .333 1.57 8 7 1 7 0 0 63.0 61 38 11 0 1 31 3 258 162 0.984 8.7 0.0 0.1 4.4 31.00
1880 24 CHC NL 21 3 .875 1.75 26 24 1 22 4 1 210.1 189 80 41 2 18 90 10 837 137 0.984 8.1 0.1 0.8 3.9 5.00
1881 25 CHC NL 24 13 .649 2.59 39 39 0 37 5 0 330.0 328 166 95 4 44 76 1 10 1373 105 1.127 8.9 0.1 1.2 2.1 1.73
1882 26 CHC NL 28 17 .622 2.42 45 45 0 45 4 0 405.0 377 192 109 7 38 109 0 13 1637 118 1.025 8.4 0.2 0.8 2.4 2.87
1883 27 CHC NL 25 19 .568 3.15 46 45 1 40 2 0 383.1 456 256 134 14 39 82 1 11 1683 105 1.291 10.7 0.3 0.9 1.9 2.10
1884 28 TOT MLB 12 12 .500 4.05 25 25 0 23 1 0 218.0 274 152 98 11 31 45 1 0 10 977 78 1.399 11.3 0.5 1.3 1.9 1.45
1884 28 CHC NL 9 11 .450 4.26 21 21 0 20 1 0 188.0 245 140 89 11 29 34 0 10 852 73 1.457 11.7 0.5 1.4 1.6 1.17
1884 28 BAL AA 3 1 .750 2.70 4 4 0 3 0 0 30.0 29 12 9 0 2 11 1 0 0 125 129 1.033 8.7 0.0 0.6 3.3 5.50
6 Yrs 112 68 .622 2.73 189 185 3 174 16 1 1609.2 1685 884 488 38 171 433 1 2 57 6765 106 1.153 9.4 0.2 1.0 2.4 2.53
162 Game Avg. 20 12 .622 2.73 34 34 1 32 3 0 293 306 161 89 7 31 79 0 10 1230 106 1.153 9.4 0.2 1.0 2.4 2.53
CHC (5 yrs) 107 63 .629 2.78 177 174 2 164 16 1 1516.2 1595 834 468 38 168 391 2 54 6382 105 1.162 9.5 0.2 1.0 2.3 2.33
TRO (1 yr) 2 4 .333 1.57 8 7 1 7 0 0 63.0 61 38 11 0 1 31 3 258 162 0.984 8.7 0.0 0.1 4.4 31.00
BAL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 2.70 4 4 0 3 0 0 30.0 29 12 9 0 2 11 1 0 0 125 129 1.033 8.7 0.0 0.6 3.3 5.50
NL (6 yrs) 109 67 .619 2.73 185 181 3 171 16 1 1579.2 1656 872 479 38 169 422 2 57 6640 106 1.155 9.4 0.2 1.0 2.4 2.50
AA (1 yr) 3 1 .750 2.70 4 4 0 3 0 0 30.0 29 12 9 0 2 11 1 0 0 125 129 1.033 8.7 0.0 0.6 3.3 5.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1879 23 TRO NL 63.0 8 7 38 5.43 5.47 -0.36 0.00 101.0 5.89 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.8 7 .540 .502 $
1880 24 CHC NL 210.1 26 24 80 3.42 4.47 0.50 0.00 101.0 4.00 15 1.6 1.0 -0.2 3.2 26 .562 .510 $
1881 25 CHC NL 330.0 39 39 166 4.53 4.89 0.66 0.00 98.0 4.14 -11 -1.1 -0.2 1.5 6 .472 .493 $
1882 26 CHC NL 405.0 45 45 192 4.27 5.16 0.58 0.00 99.0 4.53 16 1.6 -0.4 4.5 38 .535 .510 $
1883 27 CHC NL 383.1 46 45 256 6.01 5.62 0.19 0.00 105.0 5.70 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.5 2.3 18 .490 .497 $
1884 28 CHC NL 188.0 21 21 140 6.70 5.24 0.20 0.00 104.0 5.24 -26 -2.2 -0.4 -1.0 -14 .395 .486 $
1884 28 BAL AA 30.0 4 4 12 3.60 5.17 0.10 0.00 106.0 5.37 7 0.7 -0.0 0.8 7 .679 .504 $
6 Seasons 1609.2 189 185 884 4.94 5.14 0.40 0.00 101.3 4.81 -1 0.5 1.0 -1.9 12.1 88 .502 .500 $
CHC (5 yrs) 1516.2 177 174 834 4.95 5.13 0.44 0.00 101.2 4.76 -11 -0.6 1.0 -1.8 10.5 74 .497 .499 $
TRO (1 yr) 63.0 8 7 38 5.43 5.47 -0.36 0.00 101.0 5.89 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.8 7 .540 .502 $
BAL (1 yr) 30.0 4 4 12 3.60 5.17 0.10 0.00 106.0 5.37 7 0.7 -0.0 0.8 7 .679 .504 $

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1879 23 2 4 .333 1.57 8 7 1 7 0 0 63.0 61 38 11 0 1 31 3 258 162 0.984 8.7 0.0 0.1 4.4 31.00 162
1880 24 23 7 .767 1.71 34 31 2 29 4 1 273.1 250 118 52 2 19 121 13 1095 142 0.984 8.2 0.1 0.6 4.0 6.37 142
1881 25 47 20 .701 2.19 73 70 2 66 9 1 603.1 578 284 147 6 63 197 1 23 2468 118 1.062 8.6 0.1 0.9 2.9 3.13 118
1882 26 75 37 .670 2.28 118 115 2 111 13 1 1008.1 955 476 256 13 101 306 1 36 4105 118 1.047 8.5 0.1 0.9 2.7 3.03 118
1883 27 100 56 .641 2.52 164 160 3 151 15 1 1391.2 1411 732 390 27 140 388 2 47 5788 114 1.114 9.1 0.2 0.9 2.5 2.77 114
1884 28 112 68 .622 2.73 189 185 3 174 16 1 1609.2 1685 884 488 38 171 433 1 2 57 6765 106 1.153 9.4 0.2 1.0 2.4 2.53 106

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1879 23 14 1 .933 1.19 136.0 112 20 18 0 2 67 0 0.838 7.4 0.1 4.4 33.50 0.0 8
1880 24 38 6 .864 1.62 405.0 348 81 73 4 33 173 0 0.941 7.7 0.7 3.8 5.24 0.1 26
1881 25 56 17 .767 2.22 658.0 595 180 162 7 80 151 0 1.026 8.1 1.1 2.1 1.89 0.1 39
1882 26 71 17 .807 1.94 800.0 653 191 172 12 66 215 0 0.899 7.3 0.7 2.4 3.26 0.1 45
1883 27 59 17 .776 2.10 687.0 638 178 160 20 55 147 0 1.009 8.4 0.7 1.9 2.67 0.3 46
1884 28 24 13 .649 2.91 340.0 349 122 110 14 39 70 1 1.141 9.2 1.0 1.9 1.79 0.4 25
6 Yrs 262 71 .787 2.07 3026.0 2695 772 695 57 275 823 1 0.981 8.0 2.4 2.99 0.2 189

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1882 NL  4.3 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1880 NL  3.2 (9th)
1882 NL  4.5 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1880 NL  1.75 (4th)
1881 NL  2.59 (9th)
1882 NL  2.42 (4th)
Career  2.73 (84th)

Wins s c a p y
1880 NL  21 (7th)
1881 NL  24 (8th)
1882 NL  28 (3rd)
1883 NL  25 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1880 NL  .875 (1st)
1881 NL  .649 (3rd)
1882 NL  .622 (3rd)
1883 NL  .568 (7th)
Career  .622 (68th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1880 NL  0.984 (5th)
1881 NL  1.127 (3rd)
1882 NL  1.025 (3rd)
Career  1.153 (68th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  8.087 (7th)
1881 NL  8.946 (7th)
1882 NL  8.378 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  0.770 (5th)
1881 NL  1.200 (3rd)
1882 NL  0.844 (3rd)
1883 NL  0.916 (5th)
1884 NL  1.388 (7th)
Career  0.956 (12th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  3.851 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1881 NL  39 (10th)
1882 NL  45 (7th)
1883 NL  46 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1880 NL  1 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1880 NL  210.3 (10th)
1881 NL  330.0 (9th)
1882 NL  405.0 (7th)
1883 NL  383.3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1880 NL  90 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1880 NL  24 (10th)
1881 NL  39 (9th)
1882 NL  45 (6th)
1883 NL  45 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1880 NL  22 (9th)
1881 NL  37 (9th)
1882 NL  45 (5th)
1883 NL  40 (8th)
Career  174 (183rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1880 NL  4 (5th)
1881 NL  5 (3rd)
1882 NL  4 (3rd)
1883 NL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1880 NL  2 (9th)
1881 NL  4 (5th)
1882 NL  7 (6th)
1883 NL  14 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1881 NL  328 (9th)
1882 NL  377 (8th)
1883 NL  456 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1880 NL  5.000 (3rd)
1881 NL  1.727 (10th)
1882 NL  2.868 (6th)
Career  2.532 (86th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  0.086 (8th)
1882 NL  0.156 (5th)
Career  0.213 (182nd)

Losses s c a p y
1882 NL  17 (9th)
1883 NL  19 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1881 NL  95 (9th)
1882 NL  109 (7th)
1883 NL  134 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1880 NL  10 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1882 NL  1,637 (7th)
1883 NL  1,683 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1879 NL  1 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1880 NL  138 (3rd)
1881 NL  106 (10th)
1882 NL  118 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1879 NL  3 (8th)
1880 NL  16 (7th)
1881 NL  9 (10th)
1882 NL  24 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1879 NL  0.3 (8th)
1880 NL  1.6 (7th)
1881 NL  0.8 (10th)
1882 NL  2.2 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 94 (235), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 43 (313), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 29 (155), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Charlie Ferguson (942)
  2. Tiny Bonham (927)
  3. Bill Bernhard (925)
  4. Jumbo McGinnis (923)
  5. Doc Crandall (919)
  6. Russ Ford (912)
  7. Gary Nolan (909)
  8. Spud Chandler (908)
  9. Terry Larkin (904)
  10. Tex Hughson (900)
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  1. Al Demaree (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tiny Bonham (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tiny Bonham (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Deacon Phillippe (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Deacon Phillippe (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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