Bob Smith
Robert Gilchrist Smith
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
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
Final Game: September 23, 1959
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Standard Pitching

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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
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
1957 26 TOT NL 2 4 .333 3.34 26 4 7 2 0 1 64.2 60 32 24 2 31 4 46 2 0 2 290 114 1.407 8.4 0.3 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 85 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 2 25 3 35 1 0 2 237 122 1.327 7.9 0.3 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 87 1.508 9.0 0.9 4.6 3.5 0.77
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 82 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 50 2.091 16.4 4.1 2.5 8.2 3.33
4 Seasons 4 9 .308 4.05 91 8 28 2 0 2 166.2 174 102 75 14 83 12 93 4 0 5 753 96 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 96 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 9 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 85 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 50 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 9 79 11 82 4 0 5 694 101 1.506 8.9 0.5 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 58 1.974 14.9 3.6 2.8 7.8 2.75

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
1957 26 TOT NL 26 290 255 32 60 11 3 2 4 1 31 46 .235 .323 .325 .648 .280 83 2 2 2 0 4
1957 26 PIT NL 20 237 210 22 48 7 2 2 2 1 25 35 .229 .314 .310 .623 .266 65 2 1 1 0 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
1958 27 PIT NL 35 274 231 39 61 9 3 6 3 0 31 24 .264 .355 .407 .762 .272 94 7 2 9 1 7
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
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
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 Seasons 91 754 649 102 174 29 6 14 8 3 83 93 .268 .354 .396 .750 .294 257 13 4 16 2 12
162 Game Avg. 63 518 446 70 120 20 4 10 5 2 57 64 .268 .354 .396 .750 .294 177 9 3 11 1 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
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% 61 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% 38 49 26 14 3 1 3 4.6 3.4 4.8
2 Seasons 55 8 2 3 3 0 2 4 4 .500 0 0 2 0 5 63% 50 74 26 25 8 1 4 4.2 3.4 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 24 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0.089 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% 0.861 7 3 10 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 0.474 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 0.949 5 2 7 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 24 7 29% 5 0.828 5 8 16 5 2 23 17 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% 0.644 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 0.578 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 0.802 4 1 4 2 2 5 4 5 4 3 4 0 3.7
4 Seasons 91 83 28 2 6 7 2 4 29% 11 3 61 21 34% 0.789 19 17 43 14 9 58 39 42 44 24 46 13 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1955 24 BOS AL 6 83% 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 0.33 67% 2 0 0%
1957 26 TOT NL 290 67% 0.7% 15.9% 10.7% 5.5% 27% 1.22 71% 58 2 3%
1957 26 STL NL 53 62% 0.0% 20.8% 11.3% 9.4% 42% 1.25 64% 12 0 0%
1957 26 PIT NL 237 68% 0.8% 14.8% 10.6% 4.6% 23% 1.21 73% 46 2 4%
1958 27 PIT NL 274 62% 2.2% 8.8% 11.3% 6.6% 30% 1.16 74% 58 7 12%
1959 28 TOT MLB 184 62% 3.3% 12.0% 10.9% 8.2% 29% 1.17 71% 37 4 11%
1959 28 PIT NL 130 62% 0.8% 9.2% 13.1% 6.2% 25% 1.03 75% 28 3 11%
1959 28 DET AL 54 63% 9.3% 18.5% 5.6% 13.0% 35% 1.86 61% 9 1 11%
4 Seasons 754 64% 1.9% 12.3% 11.0% 6.5% 28% 1.17 72% 155 13 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 2 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 270 61 6 0 3 6 0 1 5 12 8 2 67% 8 3 1 124 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 4
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 Seasons 746 174 14 0 19 11 4 8 7 41 22 5 54% 19 5 4 328 8 3 73% 4 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 14 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1955 24 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 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
1957 26 2 4 .333 3.26 27 4 7 2 0 1 66.1 61 32 24 2 32 4 47 2 0 2 296 118 1.402 8.3 0.3 4.3 6.4 1.47 118
1958 27 4 6 .400 3.82 62 8 16 2 0 2 127.1 122 71 54 8 63 11 71 4 0 5 570 101 1.453 8.6 0.6 4.5 5.0 1.13 101
1959 28 4 9 .308 4.05 91 8 28 2 0 2 166.2 174 102 75 14 83 12 93 4 0 5 753 96 1.542 9.4 0.8 4.5 5.0 1.12 96

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 3.44 68.0 64 29 26 2 33 48 2 1.426 8.5 4.4 6.4 1.45 0.3 26
1958 27 2 4 .333 4.79 62.0 66 37 33 6 34 24 2 1.613 9.6 4.9 3.5 0.71 0.9 35
1959 28 2 2 .500 5.21 38.0 55 24 22 6 21 21 0 2.000 13.0 5.0 5.0 1.00 1.4 29
4 Seasons 8 9 .471 4.29 170.0 185 90 81 14 89 94 4 1.612 9.8 5.0 1.06 0.7 91

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