Bill Smith

William Garland Smith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 8, 1934 in Washington, DC
High School: Roosevelt HS (Washington, DC)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1958
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals 1958-1962

Final Game: September 28, 1962
Died: March 30, 1997 in Clinton, MD
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton, MD
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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
1953	19	STL-min	C	8	7	.533	4.79	26	18					126.0	123	89	67	6	82								1.627	8.8	0.4	5.9			STJ · WA
1954	20	STL-min	C	17	8	.680	2.93	27	22					178.0	177	82	58	7	64								1.354	8.9	0.4	3.2			WPG · NORL
1955	21	STL-min	A,AAA	12	6	.667	4.12	26	18					131.0	148	71	60	13	56								1.557	10.2	0.9	3.8			ALN,ROC · EL,IL
1956	22	STL-min	A	6	6	.500	4.01	30	18					119.0	118	61	53	9	65								1.538	8.9	0.7	4.9			ALN · EL
1957	23	STL-min	A	16	8	.667	3.12	35	30					242.0	218	102	84	16	106								1.339	8.1	0.6	3.9			CBS · SALL
1958	24	STL-min	AAA	13	9	.591	3.43	37	29		7	2		197.0	186	81	75	12	78	4	129	3	0	5			1.340	8.5	0.5	3.6	5.9	1.65	OMA · AA
1958	24	STL	NL	0	1	.000	6.52	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.2	12	7	7	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	42	66	1.655	11.2	0.0	3.7	3.7	1.00
1959	25	STL-min	AAA	10	9	.526	3.82	30	18		8	2		132.0	145	63	56	13	28	4	81	2	0	2			1.311	9.9	0.9	1.9	5.5	2.89	ROC,OMA · IL,AA
1959	25	STL	NL	0	0		1.08	6	0	2	0	0	1	8.1	11	3	1	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	36	408	1.680	11.9	0.0	3.2	4.3	1.33

1960	26	PHI-min	AAA	8	5	.615	4.66	37	20		4	0		139.0	149	78	72	16	69	5	104	2	0	3			1.568	9.6	1.0	4.5	6.7	1.51	BFL · IL
1961	27	PHI-min	AAA	9	7	.563	3.56	32	16					139.0	147	73	55	17	45								1.381	9.5	1.1	2.9			BFL · IL
1962	28	PHI-min	AAA	7	1	.875	2.40	10	10		7	1		75.0	62	24	20	9	19	2	61	0	0	2			1.080	7.4	1.1	2.3	7.3	3.21	BFL · IL
1962	28	PHI	NL	1	5	.167	4.29	24	5	6	0	0	0	50.1	59	32	24	8	10	3	26	1	0	1	217	91	1.371	10.5	1.4	1.8	4.6	2.60
1963	29	PHI-min	AAA	15	14	.517	3.09	46	27					210.0	206	96	72	19	49		144						1.214	8.8	0.8	2.1	6.2	2.94	ARK · IL
1964	30	PHI-min	AAA	9	13	.409	4.98	44	20		6	1		150.0	183	93	83	22	47	10	99	1	0	7			1.533	11.0	1.3	2.8	5.9	2.11	ARK · PCL
3 Yrs				1	6	.143	4.21	32	6	9	0	0	1	68.1	82	42	32	8	17	4	34	1	0	1	295	95	1.449	10.8	1.1	2.2	4.5	2.00
162 Game Avg.				2	11	.143	4.21	57	11	16	0	0	2	122	147	75	57	14	30	7	61	2	0	2	528	95	1.449	10.8	1.1	2.2	4.5	2.00

STL (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	4.00	8	1	3	0	0	1	18.0	23	10	8	0	7	1	8	0	0	0	78	109	1.667	11.5	0.0	3.5	4.0	1.14
PHI (1 yr)				1	5	.167	4.29	24	5	6	0	0	0	50.1	59	32	24	8	10	3	26	1	0	1	217	91	1.371	10.5	1.4	1.8	4.6	2.60

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
1958	24	STL	NL	9.2	2	1	7	6.52	4.82	0.03	0.00	90.3	4.32	-2	-0.2	.2	0.0	-0.1	-1	.387	.499	$
1959	25	STL	NL	8.1	6	0	3	3.24	4.72	-0.21	0.00	111.0	5.48	2	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.2	3	.536	.501	$

1962	28	PHI	NL	50.1	24	5	32	5.72	5.00	-0.04	-0.08	96.3	4.77	-6	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	0	.476	.496	$
3 Seasons				68.1	32	6	42	5.53	4.94	-0.05	-0.06	97.2	4.79	-6	-0.6	.9	-0.1	-0.1	2	.482	.499	$

STL (2 yrs)				18.0	8	1	10	5.00	4.77	-0.08	0.00	99.9	4.86	-0	-0.0	.5	-0.1	0.1	2	.499	.500	$
PHI (1 yr)				50.1	24	5	32	5.72	5.00	-0.04	-0.08	96.3	4.77	-6	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	0	.476	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1958	24	STL	NL	2	42	37	7	12	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	.324	.390	.378	.769	.364	14	1	0	1	0	0	0
1959	25	STL	NL	6	36	33	3	11	1	0	0	0	1	3	4	.333	.389	.364	.753	.379	12	1	0	0	0	1	1

1962	28	PHI	NL	24	217	200	32	59	9	0	8	1	0	10	26	.295	.329	.460	.789	.304	92	9	1	4	2	3	7
3 Yrs				32	295	270	42	82	12	0	8	1	1	17	34	.304	.345	.437	.782	.322	118	11	1	5	2	4	8
162 Game Avg.				57	528	483	75	147	21	0	14	2	2	30	61	.304	.345	.437	.782	.322	211	20	2	9	4	7	14
MLB Averages																.257	.326	.393	.719	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1958	24	STL	NL	-1.9	-0.2	43	0.1	0.6	-0.5	.74	0.1	0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.74	-0.3	0	0	1
1959	25	STL	NL	2.1	0.2	38	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.52	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.52	0.6	0	2	4

1962	28	PHI	NL	-4.3	-0.4	222	-1.6	2.9	-4.4	.80	-1.2	-0.8	-6.9	-0.7	0.80	-8.0	5	4	9
3 Yrs				-4.1	-0.4	303	-1.4	3.8	-5.2	.75	-1.1	-0.8	-6.8	-0.7	0.75	-7.8	5	6	14

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1958	24	STL	NL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	49.0	49	49	2	2	0	1	3.0	1.1	7.7

1962	28	PHI	NL	24	5	0	4	1	0	1	0	5	.000	0	0	0	0	1	20%	42.6	63	28	10	5	1	4	3.4	5.6	4.4
2 Yrs				26	6	0	5	1	0	1	0	6	.000	0	0	0	0	1	17%	44	63	28	12	7	1	5	3.3	4.3	4.9
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	115	-14					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1958	24	STL	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.737	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1959	25	STL	NL	6	6	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	7	2	29%	6	.522	0	2	4	1	0	5	5	1	3	2	3	0	4.2

1962	28	PHI	NL	24	19	6	1	1	2	0	2	0%	3	1	24	9	38%	7	.798	5	4	9	3	1	15	14	5	9	9	9	3	4.5
3 Yrs				32	26	9	1	1	3	1	2	33%	4	1	31	11	35%		.756	5	6	14	4	1	21	19	7	13	11	13	3	4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1958	24	STL	NL	42	19%	0.0%	9.5%	9.5%	4.8%	17%	0.71	79%	9	1	11%
1959	25	STL	NL	36	42%	0.0%	11.1%	8.3%	2.8%	9%	0.80	81%	14	1	7%

1962	28	PHI	NL	217	29%	3.7%	12.0%	4.6%	7.8%	29%	0.89	77%	48	9	19%
3 Yrs				295	29%	2.7%	11.5%	5.8%	6.8%	24%	0.85	78%	71	11	15%
MLB Averages					50%	2.4%	13.6%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.03	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1958	24	STL	NL	42	12			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	33%	0	0	0	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1959	25	STL	NL	36	11			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	40%	1	0	0	22	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

1962	28	PHI	NL	217	59			8	1	9	7	1	4	4	17	7	5	41%	7	1	1	83	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
3 Yrs				295	82			8	1	11	7	1	4	4	25	10	6	40%	8	1	1	123	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		52%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1958	24	0	1	.000	6.52	2	1	1	0	9.2	12	7	7	0	4	0	4	0	0	42	66	1.655	11.2	0.0	3.7	3.7	1.00	66
1959	25	0	1	.000	4.00	8	1	3	1	18.0	23	10	8	0	7	1	8	0	0	78	109	1.667	11.5	0.0	3.5	4.0	1.14	109
1960	26	0	1	.000	4.00	8	1	3	1	18.0	23	10	8	0	7	1	8	0	0	78	109	1.667	11.5	0.0	3.5	4.0	1.14	109
1961	27	0	1	.000	4.00	8	1	3	1	18.0	23	10	8	0	7	1	8	0	0	78	109	1.667	11.5	0.0	3.5	4.0	1.14	109
1962	28	1	6	.143	4.21	32	6	9	1	68.1	82	42	32	8	17	4	34	1	1	295	95	1.449	10.8	1.1	2.2	4.5	2.00	95

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
1958	24	0	1	.000	6.00	9.0	12	7	6	0	4	4	0	1.778	12.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	0.0	2
1959	25	0	0		1.13	8.0	11	1	1	0	3	4	0	1.750	12.4	3.4	4.5	1.33	0.0	6

1962	28	2	3	.400	4.41	49.0	59	27	24	8	10	25	1	1.408	10.8	1.8	4.6	2.50	1.5	24
3 Yrs		2	4	.333	4.23	66.0	82	35	31	8	17	33	1	1.500	11.2		4.5	1.94	1.1	32

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