Hal Goldsmith

Harold Eugene Goldsmith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 174 lb.

Born: August 18, 1898 in Peconic, NY
School: Saint Lawrence University (Canton, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1926
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cardinals 1926-1929

Final Game: August 23, 1929
Died: October 20, 1985 in Riverhead, NY
Buried: Southold Presbyterian Cemetery, Southold, NY
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1922	23	SAG	B	11	12	.478	2.65	35						204.0	198	97	60		62							1.275	8.7		2.7			SAG · MION
1924	25	PFD,WCS	A	14	14	.500	4.32	37						250.0	304	155	120		97							1.604	10.9		3.5			PFD,WCS · EL
1925	26	WCS	A	19	12	.613	4.55	43						251.0	289	152	127		94							1.526	10.4		3.4			WCS · EL
1926	27	PRV	A	8	4	.667	2.41	15						101.0	83	34	27		24							1.059	7.4		2.1			PRV · EL
1926	27	BSN	NL	5	7	.417	4.37	19	15	2	5	0	0	101.0	135	62	49	2	28	16	1	0	4	451	81	1.614	12.0	0.2	2.5	1.4	0.57
1927	28	BSN	NL	1	3	.250	3.52	22	5	11	1	0	1	71.2	83	34	28	4	26	13	0	0	2	320	106	1.521	10.4	0.5	3.3	1.6	0.50
1928	29	NWK	AA	5	9	.357	4.09	22						99.0	118	70	45		29							1.485	10.7		2.6			NWK · IL
1928	29	BSN	NL	0	0		3.24	4	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	14	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	40	124	1.800	15.1	2.2	1.1	1.1	1.00
1929	30	NWK	AA	1	8	.111	6.47	18						64.0	84	59	46		23							1.672	11.8		3.2			NWK · IL
1929	30	STL	NL	0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	15	76	1.000	6.8	2.3	2.3	0.0	0.00
4 Yrs				6	10	.375	4.04	47	20	15	6	0	1	185.0	235	104	83	9	56	30	1	0	6	826	91	1.573	11.4	0.4	2.7	1.5	0.54
162 Game Avg.				6	10	.375	4.04	48	20	15	6	0	1	188	239	106	84	9	57	30	1	0	6	838	91	1.573	11.4	0.4	2.7	1.5	0.54

BSN (3 yrs)				6	10	.375	3.98	45	20	14	6	0	1	181.0	232	101	80	8	55	30	1	0	6	811	91	1.586	11.5	0.4	2.7	1.5	0.55
STL (1 yr)				0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	15	76	1.000	6.8	2.3	2.3	0.0	0.00

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
1926	27	BSN	NL	101.0	19	15	62	5.52	4.72	-0.23	0.00	92.1	4.56	-11	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.445	.494	$
1927	28	BSN	NL	72.2	22	5	34	4.21	4.40	-0.41	0.00	97.0	4.67	4	0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.9	11	.517	.502	$
1928	29	BSN	NL	8.1	4	0	5	5.40	4.21	-0.27	0.00	108.4	4.86	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.488	.500	$
1929	30	STL	NL	4.0	2	0	3	6.75	5.23	-0.08	0.00	95.6	5.07	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	-0	.467	.500	$
4 Seasons				186.0	47	20	104	5.03	4.58	-0.30	0.00	94.8	4.62	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	0.6	10	.483	.499	$

BSN (3 yrs)				182.0	45	20	101	4.99	4.57	-0.30	0.00	94.8	4.61	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	0.6	10	.484	.499	$
STL (1 yr)				4.0	2	0	3	6.75	5.23	-0.08	0.00	95.6	5.07	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	-0	.467	.500	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1926	27	BSN	NL	451	0.4%	3.6%	6.2%	2.7%	9%	86%
1927	28	BSN	NL	320	1.3%	4.1%	8.1%	1.6%	6%	84%
1928	29	BSN	NL	40	5.0%	2.5%	2.5%			90%
1929	30	STL	NL	15	6.7%	0.0%	6.7%			87%
4 Yrs				826	1.1%	3.6%	6.8%	2.1%	7%	86%
MLB Averages					1.1%	7.3%	8.0%	3.1%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1926	27	5	7	.417	4.37	19	15	2	5	0	101.0	135	62	49	2	28	16	1	4	451	81	1.614	12.0	0.2	2.5	1.4	0.57	81
1927	28	6	10	.375	4.01	41	20	13	6	1	172.2	218	96	77	6	54	29	1	6	771	90	1.575	11.4	0.3	2.8	1.5	0.54	90
1928	29	6	10	.375	3.98	45	20	14	6	1	181.0	232	101	80	8	55	30	1	6	811	91	1.586	11.5	0.4	2.7	1.5	0.55	91
1929	30	6	10	.375	4.04	47	20	15	6	1	185.0	235	104	83	9	56	30	1	6	826	91	1.573	11.4	0.4	2.7	1.5	0.54	91

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1926	27	4	6	.400	4.96	98.0	145	60	54	2	30	16	1	1.786	13.3	2.8	1.5	0.53	0.2	19
1927	28	4	4	.500	3.65	74.0	88	33	30	4	28	13	0	1.568	10.7	3.4	1.6	0.46	0.5	22
1928	29	1	0	1.000	3.00	9.0	14	3	3	2	1	1	0	1.667	14.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2.0	4
1929	30	0	0		4.50	4.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0.750	4.5	2.3	0.0	0.00	2.3	2
4 Yrs		9	10	.474	4.33	185.0	249	98	89	9	60	30	1	1.670	12.1		1.5	0.50	0.4	47

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y 1926 NL 4 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1926 NL 4 (8th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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