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Fred Goldsmith
Fredrick Ernest Goldsmith
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 15, 1856 in New Haven, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: October 23, 1875
Final Game: September 10, 1884
Died: March 28, 1939 in Berkley, MI
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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 0 3 258 159 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 0 10 837 138 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 106 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 0 218.0 274 153 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 0 188.0 245 141 89 11 29 34 0 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 0 125 128 1.033 8.7 0.0 0.6 3.3 5.50
6 Seasons 112 68 .622 2.73 189 185 3 174 16 1 1609.2 1685 885 488 38 171 433 1 2 57 6765 107 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 107 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 835 468 38 168 391 0 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 0 3 258 159 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 0 125 128 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 873 479 38 169 422 0 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 0 125 128 1.033 8.7 0.0 0.6 3.3 5.50

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1875 19 NHV NA 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 269 2 /4
1879 23 TRO NL 9 39 38 6 9 1 0 0 2 1 3 .237 .256 .263 .520 77 10 /1O3
1880 24 CHC NL 35 144 142 24 37 4 2 0 15 2 15 .261 .271 .317 .588 93 45 1O/3
1881 25 CHC NL 42 164 158 24 38 3 4 0 16 6 17 .241 .268 .310 .578 77 49 1/O
1882 26 CHC NL 45 187 183 23 42 11 1 0 19 4 29 .230 .246 .301 .547 71 55 1/3
1883 27 CHC NL 60 239 235 38 52 12 3 1 16 4 35 .221 .234 .311 .545 58 73 1O/3
1884 28 TOT MLB 26 104 95 13 13 2 0 2 6 0 9 .137 .212 .221 .433 33 21 0 1/O3
1884 28 CHC NL 22 88 81 11 11 2 0 2 6 7 26 .136 .205 .235 .439 34 19 1/O
1884 28 BAL AA 4 16 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 29 2 0 /13
7 Seasons 218 881 855 128 193 33 10 3 75 0 0 26 99 .226 .249 .298 .547 68 255 0
162 Game Avg. 162 655 635 95 143 25 7 2 56 19 .226 .249 .298 .547 68 189
CHC (5 yrs) 204 822 799 120 180 32 10 3 72 23 122 .225 .247 .302 .549 68 241
TRO (1 yr) 9 39 38 6 9 1 0 0 2 1 3 .237 .256 .263 .520 77 10
NHV (1 yr) 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 269 2
BAL (1 yr) 4 16 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 29 2 0
NL (6 yrs) 213 861 837 126 189 33 10 3 74 24 125 .226 .247 .300 .547 68 251
AA (1 yr) 4 16 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 29 2 0
NA (1 yr) 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 269 2

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1875 NHV NA 19 2B 1 10 4 3 3 0 .700 7.00 .860 5.60
1879 TRO NL 23 P 8 18 2 13 3 0 .833 1.88 .911 2.19
1879 TRO NL 23 OF 2 6 3 1 2 1 .667 2.00 .867 1.85 0-2-0
1879 TRO NL 23 1B 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 10.90
1880 CHC NL 24 P 26 62 11 49 2 0 .968 2.31 .906 2.01
1880 CHC NL 24 OF 10 20 10 4 6 0 .700 1.40 .880 1.76 0-10-0
1880 CHC NL 24 1B 4 37 34 0 3 0 .919 8.50 .959 10.25
1881 CHC NL 25 P 39 131 18 95 18 2 .863 2.90 .900 2.09
1881 CHC NL 25 OF 3 8 3 2 3 0 .625 1.67 .912 2.00 0-1-2
1882 CHC NL 26 P 45 99 26 67 6 0 .939 2.07 .904 2.07
1882 CHC NL 26 1B 1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 7.00 .962 10.30
1883 CHC NL 27 P 46 126 23 86 17 3 .865 2.37 .895 1.96
1883 CHC NL 27 OF 16 38 28 3 7 0 .816 1.94 .855 1.86 10-3-3
1883 CHC NL 27 1B 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 10.45
1884 TOT MLB 28 P 25 71 16 41 14 0 .803 2.28 .883 2.12
1884 CHC NL 28 P 21 53 7 34 12 0 .774 1.95 .906 2.12
1884 CHC NL 28 OF 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .850 1.75 1-0-1
1884 BAL AA 28 P 4 18 9 7 2 0 .889 4.00 .817 2.12
1884 BAL AA 28 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.50
6 Seasons P 189 507 96 351 60 5 .882 2.37 .898 2.05
5 Seasons OF 33 74 45 11 18 1 .757 1.70 .869 1.84 11-16-6
5 Seasons 1B 9 53 49 0 4 0 .925 5.44 .958 10.40
1 Season 2B 1 10 4 3 3 0 .700 7.00 .860 5.60
7 Seasons TOT 232 644 194 365 85 6 .868 2.41 .767 2.36 11-16-6
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1880 NL  1.754 (4th)
1881 NL  2.591 (9th)
1882 NL  2.422 (4th)
Career  2.729 (81st)

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 (63rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1880 NL  .984 (5th)
1881 NL  1.127 (3rd)
1882 NL  1.025 (3rd)
Career  1.153 (66th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  8.087 (7th)
1881 NL  8.945 (7th)
1882 NL  8.378 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  .770 (5th)
1881 NL  1.200 (3rd)
1882 NL  .844 (3rd)
1883 NL  .916 (5th)
1884 NL  1.388 (7th)
Career  .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 (4th)

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 (75th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  .086 (8th)
1882 NL  .156 (5th)
Career  .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 (8th)
1883 NL  134 (5th)

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

Batters Faced s c a p y
1882 NL  1637 (7th)
1883 NL  1683 (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)

Youngest s c a p y
1875 NA  born 1856-05-15 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 94 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 43 (304), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 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 (924)
  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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  2. Ernie Shore (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ed Summers (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lon Warneke (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Art Nehf (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  1. George Haddock (980)
  2. Jack Taylor (970)
  3. Bill Hoffer (969)
  4. Dizzy Dean (967) *
  5. George Earnshaw (966)
  6. Ed Stein (966)
  7. Henry Boyle (966)
  8. Otto Hess (965)
  9. Livan Hernandez (964)
  10. John Harkins (964)
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Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Duke Esper (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Duke Esper (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. John Ganzel (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August 7, 1884: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Chicago White Stockings.

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