Bob Smith

Robert Gilchrist Smith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 1, 1931 in Woodsville, NH
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1955
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Tigers/Cardinals/RedSox 1955-1959

Final Game: September 23, 1959
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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
1948	17	BOS-min	D	0	6	.000	7.85	16	8					55.0	60	56	48		54								2.073	9.8		8.8			WVL · PONY
1949	18	BOS-min	D	8	10	.444	5.32	30	17					132.0	135	95	78		76								1.598	9.2		5.2			HRN · PONY
1950	19	BOS-min	C	13	5	.722	3.65	34	14					138.0	130	74	56		88								1.580	8.5		5.7			ONE · CAML
1951	20	BOS-min	B,A	6	15	.286	4.11	33	18					173.0	154	107	79		115								1.555	8.0		6.0			ROA,SCR · PIED,EL
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	23	SHV	AA	13	5	.722	2.89	33	29		10	2		212.0	177	78	68	17	89		147	6	0	8			1.255	7.5	0.7	3.8	6.2	1.65	SHV · TL
1955	24	BOS-min	AAA	10	6	.625	2.48	23	18		8	1		127.0	129	52	35	6	58	2	85	1	0	5			1.472	9.1	0.4	4.1	6.0	1.47	LOU · AA
1955	24	BOS	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6		1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00

1956	25	BOS-min	Opn	8	11	.421	4.38	30	25		8	1		156.0	176	94	76	9	53		91	4	1	2			1.468	10.2	0.5	3.1	5.2	1.72	SFR · PCL
1957	26	TOT	NL	2	4	.333	3.34	26	4	7	2	0	1	64.2	60	32	24	3	31	4	46	2	0	2	290	116	1.407	8.4	0.4	4.3	6.4	1.48
1957	26	STL	NL	0	0		4.66	6	0	3	0	0	1	9.2	12	10	5	0	6	1	11	1	0	0	53	88	1.862	11.2	0.0	5.6	10.2	1.83
1957	26	PIT	NL	2	4	.333	3.11	20	4	4	2	0	0	55.0	48	22	19	3	25	3	35	1	0	2	237	123	1.327	7.9	0.5	4.1	5.7	1.40
1958	27	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	4.43	35	4	9	0	0	1	61.0	61	39	30	6	31	7	24	2	0	3	274	88	1.508	9.0	0.9	4.6	3.5	0.77
1959	28	DET-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.50	11	4		0	0		34.0	43	25	17	2	17	0	20	1	0	5			1.765	11.4	0.5	4.5	5.3	1.18	CHL · AA
1959	28	TOT	MLB	0	3	.000	4.81	29	0	12	0	0	0	39.1	52	31	21	6	20	1	22	0	0	0	183	83	1.831	11.9	1.4	4.6	5.0	1.10
1959	28	PIT	NL	0	0		3.49	20	0	6	0	0	0	28.1	32	16	11	1	17	0	12	0	0	0	130	111	1.729	10.2	0.3	5.4	3.8	0.71
1959	28	DET	AL	0	3	.000	8.18	9	0	6	0	0	0	11.0	20	15	10	5	3	1	10	0	0	0	53	51	2.091	16.4	4.1	2.5	8.2	3.33
1960	29	DET-min	AAA	5	5	.500	4.23	34	11					100.0	117	64	47	5	28								1.450	10.5	0.4	2.5			DEN · AA
1961	30	PIT-BAL-ATL-min	AAA	4	5	.444	4.43	34	5					65.0	65	39	32	6	28								1.431	9.0	0.8	3.9			CLB,ROC,LOU · IL,AA
1962	31	ANA-min	AAA	7	7	.500	5.13	37	17		3	0		114.0	135	75	65	13	39	8	71	4	0	2			1.526	10.7	1.0	3.1	5.6	1.82	HAW · PCL
1963	32	BOS-min	AAA	6	3	.667	2.52	47	0					93.0	98	37	26	9	15		74						1.215	9.5	0.9	1.5	7.2	4.93	SLE · PCL
1964	33	BOS-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.94	56	0		0	0		80.0	83	37	35	4	25	5	68	4	0	2			1.350	9.3	0.4	2.8	7.6	2.72	SLE · PCL
4 Yrs				4	9	.308	4.05	91	8	28	2	0	2	166.2	174	102	75	15	83	12	93	4	0	5	753	97	1.542	9.4	0.8	4.5	5.0	1.12
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.308	4.05	63	5	19	1	0	1	115	120	70	52	10	57	8	64	3	0	3	517	97	1.542	9.4	0.8	4.5	5.0	1.12

PIT (3 yrs)				4	6	.400	3.74	75	8	19	2	0	1	144.1	141	77	60	10	73	10	71	3	0	5	641	103	1.483	8.8	0.6	4.6	4.4	0.97
STL (1 yr)				0	0		4.66	6	0	3	0	0	1	9.2	12	10	5	0	6	1	11	1	0	0	53	88	1.862	11.2	0.0	5.6	10.2	1.83
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6		1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
DET (1 yr)				0	3	.000	8.18	9	0	6	0	0	0	11.0	20	15	10	5	3	1	10	0	0	0	53	51	2.091	16.4	4.1	2.5	8.2	3.33

NL (3 yrs)				4	6	.400	3.80	81	8	22	2	0	2	154.0	153	87	65	10	79	11	82	4	0	5	694	102	1.506	8.9	0.6	4.6	4.8	1.04
AL (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	7.11	10	0	6	0	0	0	12.2	21	15	10	5	4	1	11	0	0	0	59	61	1.974	14.9	3.6	2.8	7.8	2.75

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
1955	24	BOS	AL	1.2	1	0	0	0.00	4.69	0.19	0.00	98.0	4.40	1	0.1	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.589	.501	$

1957	26	STL	NL	9.2	6	0	10	9.31	4.31	0.19	0.00	101.8	4.19	-5	-0.5	1.4	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.411	.497	$
1957	26	PIT	NL	55.0	20	4	22	3.60	4.39	0.32	0.00	98.5	4.01	3	0.3	1.1	-0.0	0.8	8	.516	.502	$
1958	27	PIT	NL	61.0	35	4	39	5.75	4.43	0.40	0.00	100.6	4.05	-12	-1.2	1.1	-0.1	-0.7	-5	.466	.493	$
1959	28	PIT	NL	28.1	20	0	16	5.08	4.67	0.03	0.00	98.7	4.59	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.1	0.0	2	.491	.499	$
1959	28	DET	AL	11.0	9	0	15	12.27	4.65	0.07	0.00	104.9	4.80	-9	-0.9	1.4	-0.2	-1.0	-8	.402	.495	$
4 Seasons				166.2	91	8	102	5.51	4.47	0.28	0.00	99.9	4.19	-24	-2.4	1.1	-0.6	-1.4	-7	.474	.498	$

PIT (3 yrs)				144.1	75	8	77	4.80	4.46	0.30	0.00	99.4	4.14	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.2	0.1	5	.486	.498	$
STL (1 yr)				9.2	6	0	10	9.31	4.31	0.19	0.00	101.8	4.19	-5	-0.5	1.4	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.411	.497	$
BOS (1 yr)				1.2	1	0	0	0.00	4.69	0.19	0.00	98.0	4.40	1	0.1	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.589	.501	$
DET (1 yr)				11.0	9	0	15	12.27	4.65	0.07	0.00	104.9	4.80	-9	-0.9	1.4	-0.2	-1.0	-8	.402	.495	$

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
1955	24	BOS	AL	1	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1957	26	TOT	NL	26	286	255	32	60	11	3	3	4	1	31	46	.235	.323	.337	.660	.277	86	2	2	2	0	4	7
1957	26	PIT	NL	20	233	210	22	48	7	2	3	2	1	25	35	.229	.314	.324	.637	.262	68	2	1	1	0	3	3
1957	26	STL	NL	6	53	45	10	12	4	1	0	2	0	6	11	.267	.365	.400	.765	.353	18	0	1	1	0	1	4
1958	27	PIT	NL	35	273	231	39	61	9	3	6	3	0	31	24	.264	.355	.407	.762	.272	94	8	2	9	1	7	8
1959	28	DET	AL	9	54	48	15	20	2	0	5	0	1	3	10	.417	.451	.771	1.222	.455	37	1	0	3	0	1	2
1959	28	PIT	NL	20	130	110	16	32	7	0	1	1	0	17	12	.291	.383	.382	.765	.316	42	3	0	2	1	0	2
1959	28	TOT	MLB	29	184	158	31	52	9	0	6	1	1	20	22	.329	.402	.500	.902	.351	79	4	0	5	1	1	4
4 Yrs				91	749	649	102	174	29	6	15	8	3	83	93	.268	.354	.401	.754	.293	260	14	4	16	2	12	19
162 Game Avg.				63	514	446	70	120	20	4	10	5	2	57	64	.268	.354	.401	.754	.293	179	10	3	11	1	8	13
MLB Averages																.258	.327	.392	.720	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1955	24	BOS	AL	0.9	0.1	7	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.08	0.1	-0.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.08	0.6	0	0	1

1957	26	TOT	NL	1.7	0.2	295	-0.7	3.6	-4.3	.84	-0.1	-0.8	-2.5	-0.2	0.84	-0.8	7	2	11
1957	26	STL	NL	-2.5	-0.2	58	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.43	-0.5	-0.8	-6.7	-0.6	0.43	-4.9	2	1	3
1957	26	PIT	NL	4.2	0.4	237	-0.2	3.3	-3.5	.94	0.4	-0.6	4.1	0.4	0.94	4.1	5	1	8
1958	27	PIT	NL	-6.1	-0.6	282	-1.2	3.4	-4.6	.81	-1.1	-0.4	-10.0	-1.0	0.81	-10.3	6	8	15
1959	28	TOT	MLB	-6.4	-0.6	187	-2.0	1.6	-3.6	.62	-1.2	-2.1	-14.5	-1.4	0.62	-13.4	7	6	16
1959	28	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	131	-0.4	1.1	-1.4	.55	-0.3	-0.4	-5.3	-0.5	0.55	-3.7	3	5	12
1959	28	DET	AL	-6.2	-0.6	56	-1.6	0.6	-2.2	.78	-0.9	-1.2	-9.3	-0.9	0.78	-9.7	4	1	4
4 Yrs				-10.0	-1.0	771	-3.9	8.6	-12.5	.77	-2.2	-2.9	-27.6	-2.7	0.77	-23.9	20	16	43

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
1957	26	TOT	NL	26	4	2	1	1	0	1	3	1	.750	0	0	2	0	3	75%		74	38	15	6	0	1	3.7	3.4	7.5
1957	26	PIT	NL	20	4	2	1	1	0	1	3	1	.750	0	0	2	0	3	75%	60.5	74	38	11	5	0	1	3.7	3.4	7.5
1958	27	PIT	NL	35	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	.250	0	0	0	0	2	50%	37.5	49	26	14	3	1	3	4.6	3.4	4.8
2 Yrs				55	8	2	3	3	0	2	4	4	.500	0	0	2	0	5	63%	49	74	26	25	8	1	4	4.2	3.4	6.1
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	2					4.4	4.4	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
1955	24	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	6	.076	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5.0

1957	26	TOT	NL	26	22	7	0	3	2	1	1	50%	3	0	10	4	40%		.843	7	2	11	5	3	13	7	14	12	7	12	2	4.7
1957	26	STL	NL	6	6	3	0	0	2	1	1	50%	2	0	2	1	50%	6	.425	2	1	3	2	0	4	2	4	4	2	4	1	4.8
1957	26	PIT	NL	20	16	4	0	3	0	0	0		1	0	8	3	38%	9	.938	5	1	8	3	3	9	5	10	8	5	8	1	4.7
1958	27	PIT	NL	35	31	9	2	0	3	1	1	33%	4	1	26	7	27%	5	.811	6	8	15	5	2	24	18	13	14	9	15	6	4.1
1959	28	TOT	MLB	29	29	12	0	3	2	0	2	0%	4	2	25	8	32%		.619	7	6	16	4	4	21	14	15	17	8	18	5	4.1
1959	28	PIT	NL	20	20	6	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	18	5	28%	7	.552	3	5	12	2	2	16	10	10	13	5	14	5	4.3
1959	28	DET	AL	9	9	6	0	3	2	0	2	0%	2	0	7	3	43%	7	.779	4	1	4	2	2	5	4	5	4	3	4	0	3.7
4 Yrs				91	83	28	2	6	7	2	4	29%	11	3	63	21	33%		.770	20	16	43	14	9	59	40	42	44	24	46	13	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1955	24	BOS	AL	6	17%	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	0.33	67%	2	0	0%

1957	26	TOT	NL	290	33%	1.1%	16.1%	10.8%	5.9%	28%	1.22	72%	58	2	3%
1957	26	STL	NL	53	38%	0.0%	20.8%	11.3%	9.4%	42%	1.25	64%	12	0	0%
1957	26	PIT	NL	237	32%	1.3%	15.0%	10.7%	5.2%	25%	1.21	74%	46	2	4%
1958	27	PIT	NL	274	38%	2.2%	8.8%	11.4%	6.6%	30%	1.15	74%	59	8	14%
1959	28	TOT	MLB	184	38%	3.3%	12.0%	10.9%	8.2%	29%	1.17	71%	37	4	11%
1959	28	PIT	NL	130	38%	0.8%	9.2%	13.1%	6.2%	25%	1.03	75%	28	3	11%
1959	28	DET	AL	54	37%	9.3%	18.5%	5.6%	13.0%	35%	1.86	61%	9	1	11%
4 Yrs				754	36%	2.0%	12.4%	11.1%	6.7%	29%	1.16	73%	156	14	9%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	12.8%	9.2%	6.7%	29%	0.99	77%			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
1955	24	BOS	AL	6	1			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	2	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1957	26	TOT	NL	286	60			3	0	8	2	1	1	2	18	10	3	56%	7	2	3	119	4	1	80%	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	4
1957	26	STL	NL	53	12			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	67%	4	0	3	20	2	0	100%	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1957	26	PIT	NL	233	48			3	0	3	2	1	1	2	12	6	3	50%	3	2	0	99	2	1	67%	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4
1958	27	PIT	NL	273	61			6	0	3	6	0	1	5	12	8	2	67%	8	3	1	126	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	1
1959	28	TOT	MLB	184	52			6	0	7	3	3	6	0	10	3	0	30%	4	0	0	83	1	1	50%	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
1959	28	PIT	NL	130	32			1	0	6	1	0	1	0	8	2	0	25%	2	0	0	60	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1959	28	DET	AL	54	20			5	0	1	2	3	5	0	2	1	0	50%	2	0	0	23	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				749	174			15	0	19	11	4	8	7	41	22	5	54%	19	5	4	330	8	3	73%	4	0	3	3	1	0	2	0	14	5
MLB Averages																		51%							57%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1955	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6		1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
1956	25	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6		1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
1957	26	2	4	.333	3.26	27	4	7	2	1	66.1	61	32	24	3	32	4	47	2	2	296	120	1.402	8.3	0.4	4.3	6.4	1.47	120
1958	27	4	6	.400	3.82	62	8	16	2	2	127.1	122	71	54	9	63	11	71	4	5	570	102	1.453	8.6	0.6	4.5	5.0	1.13	102
1959	28	4	9	.308	4.05	91	8	28	2	2	166.2	174	102	75	15	83	12	93	4	5	753	97	1.542	9.4	0.8	4.5	5.0	1.12	97

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1955	24	0	0		0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.500	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	1

1957	26	4	3	.571	3.31	68.0	63	28	25	3	33	49	2	1.412	8.3	4.4	6.5	1.48	0.4	26
1958	27	2	4	.333	4.71	63.0	65	37	33	6	33	25	2	1.556	9.3	4.7	3.6	0.76	0.9	35
1959	28	1	3	.250	5.45	38.0	55	26	23	6	21	21	0	2.000	13.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	1.4	29
4 Yrs		7	10	.412	4.26	171.0	183	91	81	15	88	96	4	1.585	9.6		5.1	1.09	0.8	91

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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