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Bob Smith

Robert Eldridge Smith

Positions: Pitcher and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 22, 1895 in Rogersville, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1923
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cubs/Bees/Reds 1923-1937

Final Game: August 6, 1937
Died: July 19, 1987 in Waycross, GA
Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
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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
1925 30 BSN NL 5 3 .625 4.47 13 10 3 6 0 0 92.2 110 51 46 6 36 19 0 0 1 410 90 1.576 10.7 0.6 3.5 1.8 0.53
1926 31 BSN NL 10 13 .435 3.75 33 23 9 14 4 1 201.1 199 91 84 10 75 44 0 0 0 845 94 1.361 8.9 0.4 3.4 2.0 0.59
1927 32 BSN NL 10 18 .357 3.76 41 31 7 16 1 3 260.2 297 132 109 9 75 81 2 1 1 1110 99 1.427 10.3 0.3 2.6 2.8 1.08
1928 33 BSN NL 13 17 .433 3.87 38 26 9 14 0 2 244.1 274 138 105 11 74 59 2 0 3 1056 99 1.424 10.1 0.4 2.7 2.2 0.80
1929 34 BSN NL 11 17 .393 4.68 34 29 4 19 1 3 231.0 256 135 120 20 71 65 1 0 3 988 100 1.416 10.0 0.8 2.8 2.5 0.92
1930 35 BSN NL 10 14 .417 4.26 38 24 12 14 2 5 219.2 247 115 104 25 85 84 3 0 0 969 116 1.511 10.1 1.0 3.5 3.4 0.99
1931 36 CHC NL 15 12 .556 3.22 36 29 5 18 2 2 240.1 239 101 86 10 62 63 1 1 1 1004 120 1.252 9.0 0.4 2.3 2.4 1.02
1932 37 CHC NL 4 3 .571 4.61 34 11 12 4 1 2 119.0 148 64 61 4 36 35 3 1 1 538 83 1.546 11.2 0.3 2.7 2.6 0.97
1933 38 TOT NL 8 7 .533 2.65 30 10 16 7 1 1 132.1 143 51 39 6 18 34 0 0 1 546 122 1.217 9.7 0.4 1.2 2.3 1.89
1933 38 CIN NL 4 4 .500 2.20 16 6 7 4 0 0 73.2 75 27 18 3 11 18 0 0 1 303 154 1.167 9.2 0.4 1.3 2.2 1.64
1933 38 BSN NL 4 3 .571 3.22 14 4 9 3 1 1 58.2 68 24 21 3 7 16 0 0 0 243 95 1.278 10.4 0.5 1.1 2.5 2.29
1934 39 BSN NL 6 9 .400 4.66 39 5 25 3 0 5 121.2 133 69 63 9 36 26 0 1 0 526 81 1.389 9.8 0.7 2.7 1.9 0.72
1935 40 BSN NL 8 18 .308 3.94 46 20 22 8 2 5 203.1 232 105 89 13 61 58 3 0 0 893 96 1.441 10.3 0.6 2.7 2.6 0.95
1936 41 BSN NL 6 7 .462 3.77 35 11 20 5 2 8 136.0 142 65 57 3 35 36 1 0 0 581 101 1.301 9.4 0.2 2.3 2.4 1.03
1937 42 BSN NL 0 1 .000 4.09 18 0 12 0 0 3 44.0 52 22 20 6 6 14 2 0 0 185 88 1.318 10.6 1.2 1.2 2.9 2.33
13 Yrs 106 139 .433 3.94 435 229 156 128 16 40 2246.1 2472 1139 983 132 670 618 18 4 11 9651 100 1.399 9.9 0.5 2.7 2.5 0.92
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .433 3.94 45 23 16 13 2 4 230 253 117 101 14 69 63 2 0 1 988 100 1.399 9.9 0.5 2.7 2.5 0.92
BSN (11 yrs) 83 120 .409 4.06 349 183 132 102 13 36 1813.1 2010 947 818 115 561 502 14 2 8 7806 98 1.418 10.0 0.6 2.8 2.5 0.89
CHC (2 yrs) 19 15 .559 3.68 70 40 17 22 3 4 359.1 387 165 147 14 98 98 4 2 2 1542 105 1.350 9.7 0.4 2.5 2.5 1.00
CIN (1 yr) 4 4 .500 2.20 16 6 7 4 0 0 73.2 75 27 18 3 11 18 0 0 1 303 154 1.167 9.2 0.4 1.3 2.2 1.64

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
1925 30 BSN NL 92.2 13 10 51 4.95 5.35 0.07 0.00 96.3 5.09 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.8 11 .509 .501 $
1926 31 BSN NL 201.1 33 23 91 4.07 4.59 -0.20 0.00 94.0 4.50 10 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.6 29 .532 .507 $
1927 32 BSN NL 261.1 41 31 132 4.55 4.69 -0.39 0.00 95.6 4.85 9 0.9 1.0 -0.2 2.8 34 .523 .506 $
1928 33 BSN NL 240.1 38 26 138 5.17 4.82 -0.24 0.00 96.3 4.87 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.0 16 .481 .495 $
1929 34 BSN NL 231.0 34 29 135 5.26 5.54 -0.10 0.00 98.7 5.57 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.4 35 .520 .504 $
1930 35 BSN NL 219.2 38 24 115 4.71 6.07 0.04 0.00 99.4 5.99 32 2.9 1.0 -0.1 4.6 58 .577 .518 $
1931 36 CHC NL 240.1 36 29 101 3.78 4.45 0.01 0.00 100.4 4.46 19 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.8 41 .557 .513 $
1932 37 CHC NL 119.0 34 11 64 4.84 4.65 0.23 0.00 97.5 4.31 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.2 5 .479 .496 $
1933 38 CIN NL 73.2 16 6 27 3.30 4.11 -0.03 0.00 98.5 4.08 7 0.8 1.0 -0.0 1.3 13 .549 .505 $
1933 38 BSN NL 58.2 14 4 24 3.68 3.99 0.23 0.00 92.2 3.47 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.3 4 .490 .499 $
1934 39 BSN NL 120.2 39 5 69 5.15 4.67 0.06 0.00 92.8 4.28 -12 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 0 .469 .493 $
1935 40 BSN NL 203.0 46 20 105 4.66 4.81 -0.38 0.00 96.8 5.02 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.2 29 .515 .504 $
1936 41 BSN NL 136.1 35 11 65 4.29 4.87 0.17 0.00 95.5 4.48 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.3 17 .507 .502 $
1937 42 BSN NL 44.0 18 0 22 4.50 4.63 0.44 0.00 99.4 4.17 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .491 .499 $
13 Seasons 2242.0 435 229 1139 4.57 4.90 -0.09 0.00 96.9 4.84 65 6.6 1.0 -1.2 23.2 294 .515 .503 $
BSN (11 yrs) 1809.0 349 183 947 4.71 5.01 -0.12 0.00 96.3 4.95 47 4.5 1.0 -1.0 17.9 236 .513 .502 $
CHC (2 yrs) 359.1 70 40 165 4.13 4.52 0.08 0.00 99.4 4.41 12 1.3 1.0 -0.2 4.0 46 .519 .504 $
CIN (1 yr) 73.2 16 6 27 3.30 4.11 -0.03 0.00 98.5 4.08 7 0.8 1.0 -0.0 1.3 13 .549 .505 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1932 37 CHC NL WS L NYY 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1 WS 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1925 30 BSN NL 410 1.5% 4.6% 8.8% 4.4% 16% 82%
1926 31 BSN NL 849 1.2% 5.2% 8.8% 4.2% 18% 81%
1927 32 BSN NL 1110 0.8% 7.3% 6.8% 3.4% 13% 81%
1928 33 BSN NL 1058 1.0% 5.6% 7.0% 3.9% 15% 83%
1929 34 BSN NL 988 2.0% 6.6% 7.2% 6.2% 24% 82%
1930 35 BSN NL 969 2.6% 8.7% 8.8% 6.5% 26% 77%
1931 36 CHC NL 1003 1.0% 6.3% 6.2% 3.4% 14% 86%
1932 37 CHC NL 538 0.7% 6.5% 6.7% 2.2% 8% 83%
1933 38 TOT NL 546 1.1% 6.2% 3.3% 2.9% 11% 88%
1933 38 CIN NL 303 1.0% 5.9% 3.6% 3.6% 15% 88%
1933 38 BSN NL 243 1.2% 6.6% 2.9% 2.1% 7% 87%
1934 39 BSN NL 526 1.7% 4.9% 6.8% 3.4% 14% 85%
1935 40 BSN NL 893 1.5% 6.5% 6.8% 3.1% 12% 83%
1936 41 BSN NL 582 0.5% 6.2% 6.0% 1.6% 6% 86%
1937 42 BSN NL 185 3.2% 7.6% 3.2% 84%
13 Yrs 9657 1.4% 6.4% 6.9% 3.9% 15% 83%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.8% 8.1% 3.2% 13% 80%

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+
1925 30 5 3 .625 4.47 13 10 3 6 0 0 92.2 110 51 46 6 36 19 0 0 1 410 90 1.576 10.7 0.6 3.5 1.8 0.53 90
1926 31 15 16 .484 3.98 46 33 12 20 4 1 294.0 309 142 130 16 111 63 0 0 1 1255 93 1.429 9.5 0.5 3.4 1.9 0.57 93
1927 32 25 34 .424 3.88 87 64 19 36 5 4 554.2 606 274 239 25 186 144 2 1 2 2365 95 1.428 9.8 0.4 3.0 2.3 0.77 95
1928 33 38 51 .427 3.87 125 90 28 50 5 6 799.0 880 412 344 36 260 203 4 1 5 3421 97 1.427 9.9 0.4 2.9 2.3 0.78 97
1929 34 49 68 .419 4.05 159 119 32 69 6 9 1030.0 1136 547 464 56 331 268 5 1 8 4409 97 1.424 9.9 0.5 2.9 2.3 0.81 97
1930 35 59 82 .418 4.09 197 143 44 83 8 14 1249.2 1383 662 568 81 416 352 8 1 8 5378 101 1.440 10.0 0.6 3.0 2.5 0.85 101
1931 36 74 94 .440 3.95 233 172 49 101 10 16 1490.0 1622 763 654 91 478 415 9 2 9 6382 103 1.409 9.8 0.5 2.9 2.5 0.87 103
1932 37 78 97 .446 4.00 267 183 61 105 11 18 1609.0 1770 827 715 95 514 450 12 3 10 6920 102 1.420 9.9 0.5 2.9 2.5 0.88 102
1933 38 86 104 .453 3.90 297 193 77 112 12 19 1741.1 1913 878 754 101 532 484 12 3 11 7466 103 1.404 9.9 0.5 2.7 2.5 0.91 103
1934 39 92 113 .449 3.95 336 198 102 115 12 24 1863.0 2046 947 817 110 568 510 12 4 11 7992 101 1.403 9.9 0.5 2.7 2.5 0.90 101
1935 40 100 131 .433 3.95 382 218 124 123 14 29 2066.1 2278 1052 906 123 629 568 15 4 11 8885 101 1.407 9.9 0.5 2.7 2.5 0.90 101
1936 41 106 138 .434 3.94 417 229 144 128 16 37 2202.1 2420 1117 963 126 664 604 16 4 11 9466 101 1.400 9.9 0.5 2.7 2.5 0.91 101
1937 42 106 139 .433 3.94 435 229 156 128 16 40 2246.1 2472 1139 983 132 670 618 18 4 11 9651 100 1.399 9.9 0.5 2.7 2.5 0.92 100

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
1925 30 5 5 .500 4.26 95.0 112 50 45 6 37 19 0 1.568 10.6 3.5 1.8 0.51 0.6 13
1926 31 10 11 .476 4.27 196.0 214 103 93 11 81 43 0 1.505 9.8 3.7 2.0 0.53 0.5 33
1927 32 14 14 .500 4.10 257.0 315 130 117 10 80 80 2 1.537 11.0 2.8 2.8 1.00 0.4 41
1928 33 14 13 .519 3.90 249.0 285 120 108 11 77 60 2 1.454 10.3 2.8 2.2 0.78 0.4 38
1929 34 13 13 .500 3.92 241.0 246 117 105 19 68 68 1 1.303 9.2 2.5 2.5 1.00 0.7 34
1930 35 15 11 .577 3.31 234.0 229 96 86 23 79 89 3 1.316 8.8 3.0 3.4 1.13 0.9 38
1931 36 16 11 .593 3.27 245.0 248 99 89 10 64 64 1 1.273 9.1 2.4 2.4 1.00 0.4 36
1932 37 6 7 .462 4.61 123.0 153 70 63 4 37 36 3 1.545 11.2 2.7 2.6 0.97 0.3 34
1933 38 8 6 .571 3.25 130.0 161 52 47 7 20 33 0 1.392 11.1 1.4 2.3 1.65 0.5 30
1934 39 6 8 .429 4.82 127.0 142 76 68 10 38 27 0 1.417 10.1 2.7 1.9 0.71 0.7 39
1935 40 11 12 .478 4.05 209.0 244 104 94 14 64 60 3 1.474 10.5 2.8 2.6 0.94 0.6 46
1936 41 8 7 .533 3.77 141.0 147 66 59 3 36 37 1 1.298 9.4 2.3 2.4 1.03 0.2 35
1937 42 2 2 .500 4.50 44.0 56 24 22 6 6 14 2 1.409 11.5 1.2 2.9 2.33 1.2 18
13 Yrs 128 120 .516 3.91 2291.0 2552 1107 996 134 687 630 18 1.414 10.0 2.5 0.92 0.5 435

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1930 NL  4.6 (3rd)
1931 NL  3.8 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1931 NL  3.22 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1931 NL  1.252 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 NL  8.950 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1927 NL  41 (10th)
1935 NL  46 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1927 NL  3 (5th)
1930 NL  5 (4th)
1934 NL  5 (5th)
1935 NL  5 (4th)
1936 NL  8 (3rd)
1937 NL  3 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1927 NL  260.7 (8th)
1928 NL  244.3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1930 NL  84 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1927 NL  31 (9th)
1929 NL  29 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1929 NL  19 (2nd)
1931 NL  18 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1926 NL  4 (2nd)
1930 NL  2 (5th)
1936 NL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  10 (10th)
1929 NL  20 (5th)
1930 NL  25 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1927 NL  75 (9th)
1930 NL  85 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1927 NL  297 (3rd)
1928 NL  274 (4th)
1929 NL  256 (10th)
Career  2,472 (235th)

Losses s c a p y
1926 NL  13 (10th)
1927 NL  18 (2nd)
1928 NL  17 (5th)
1929 NL  17 (2nd)
1935 NL  18 (3rd)
Career  139 (205th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1927 NL  109 (7th)
1928 NL  105 (7th)
1929 NL  120 (4th)
Career  983 (246th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1927 NL  1,110 (7th)
1928 NL  1,056 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1934 NL  25 (1st)
1935 NL  22 (1st)
1936 NL  20 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1930 NL  19 (7th)
1931 NL  17 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1930 NL  1.7 (7th)
1931 NL  1.8 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1934 NL  born 1895-04-22 (7th)
1935 NL  born 1895-04-22 (6th)
1936 NL  born 1895-04-22 (2nd)
1937 NL  born 1895-04-22 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 45 (572), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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