Bob Smith

Robert Walkup Smith (Riverboat)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 13, 1928 in Clarence, MO
High School: Clarence HS (Clarence, MO)
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1958
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Indians/Cubs 1958-1959

Final Game: September 27, 1959
Died: June 23, 2003 in Clarence, MO
Buried: Union Cemetery, Clarence, MO
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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
1951	23	BOS-min	A	13	8	.619	3.30	27	23					172.0	160	78	63		76								1.372	8.4		4.0			SCR · EL
1952	24	BOS-min	B,A,AAA	3	7	.300	5.40	18				0		65.0	67	42	39		57		7						1.908	9.3		7.9	1.0	0.12	ROA,ALB,LOU · PIED,EL,AA
1953	25	BOS-min	AAA	1	4	.200		12																									LOU · AA
1954	26	BOS-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.79	23	0		0	0		38.0	34	23	16	1	27		28	4	0	0			1.605	8.1	0.2	6.4	6.6	1.04	LOU · AA
1955	27	BOS-min	AAA	7	5	.583	4.25	42	13		1	1		108.0	112	60	51	5	59	2	91	3	0	7			1.583	9.3	0.4	4.9	7.6	1.54	LOU · AA
1956	28	BOS-min	Opn	9	10	.474	4.44	33	25		5	1		174.1	171	96	86	11	94		107	11	1	13			1.520	8.8	0.6	4.9	5.5	1.14	SFR · PCL
1957	29	BOS-min	Opn	13	10	.565	3.35	36	27		12	6		190.2	183	77	71	9	74		120	2	0	9			1.348	8.6	0.4	3.5	5.7	1.62	SFR · PCL
1958	30	BOS-min	AAA	6	4	.600	2.47	13	10		3	1		73.0	69	24	20	4	29	1	61	2	1	2			1.342	8.5	0.5	3.6	7.5	2.10	MNE · AA
1958	30	BOS	AL	4	3	.571	3.78	17	7	4	1	0	0	66.2	61	32	28	4	45	2	43	0	0	4	297	106	1.590	8.2	0.5	6.1	5.8	0.96
1959	31	CLE-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.04	11	9		6	0		71.0	65	29	24	4	25		59	1	0	5			1.268	8.2	0.5	3.2	7.5	2.36	SDG · PCL
1959	31	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	6.90	13	3	3	0	0	0	30.0	36	25	23	2	14	1	17	0	0	3	138	55	1.667	10.8	0.6	4.2	5.1	1.21
1959	31	CHC	NL	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	9	8	10.500	67.5	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1959	31	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	5.22	12	3	3	0	0	0	29.1	31	19	17	2	12	0	17	0	0	2	129	72	1.466	9.5	0.6	3.7	5.2	1.42
1960	32	CLE-min	AAA	14	6	.700	3.04	28	25		10	3		166.0	143	63	56	10	114	4	142	6	0	13			1.548	7.8	0.5	6.2	7.7	1.25	TTO · IL
1961	33	TTO	AAA	9	11	.450	3.65	34	27					170.0	132	80	69	10	115								1.453	7.0	0.5	6.1			TTO · IL
1962	34	PIT-min	AAA	9	10	.474	4.61	27	26		7	4		158.0	140	91	81	19	87	1	121	3	0	10			1.437	8.0	1.1	5.0	6.9	1.39	CLB · IL
1963	35	STL-PHI-min	AAA	5	11	.313	2.98	35	15					121.0	110	48	40	2	65		116						1.446	8.2	0.1	4.8	8.6	1.78	ATA,ARK · IL
2 Yrs				4	4	.500	4.75	30	10	7	1	0	0	96.2	97	57	51	6	59	3	60	0	0	7	435	83	1.614	9.0	0.6	5.5	5.6	1.02
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.500	4.75	51	17	12	2	0	0	164	165	97	87	10	100	5	102	0	0	12	740	83	1.614	9.0	0.6	5.5	5.6	1.02

BOS (1 yr)				4	3	.571	3.78	17	7	4	1	0	0	66.2	61	32	28	4	45	2	43	0	0	4	297	106	1.590	8.2	0.5	6.1	5.8	0.96
CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.22	12	3	3	0	0	0	29.1	31	19	17	2	12	0	17	0	0	2	129	72	1.466	9.5	0.6	3.7	5.2	1.42
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	9	8	10.500	67.5	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00

AL (2 yrs)				4	4	.500	4.22	29	10	7	1	0	0	96.0	92	51	45	6	57	2	60	0	0	6	426	93	1.552	8.6	0.6	5.3	5.6	1.05
NL (1 yr)				0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	9	8	10.500	67.5	0.0	27.0	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
1958	30	BOS	AL	67.1	17	7	32	4.28	4.15	0.04	0.00	103.5	4.25	-0	-0.0	.7	-0.1	0.4	5	.499	.500	$
1959	31	CHC	NL	0.2	1	0	6	81.00	4.91	0.81	0.00	106.0	4.35	-6	-0.4	.9	0.0	-0.3	-6	.146	.498	$
1959	31	CLE	AL	29.1	12	3	19	5.83	4.36	0.41	0.00	94.4	3.72	-7	-0.7	.4	0.1	-0.4	-4	.444	.496	$
2 Seasons				97.1	30	10	57	5.27	4.22	0.16	0.00	100.8	4.09	-12	-1.0	.6	0.0	-0.3	-4	.465	.498	$

BOS (1 yr)				67.1	17	7	32	4.28	4.15	0.04	0.00	103.5	4.25	-0	-0.0	.7	-0.1	0.4	5	.499	.500	$
CLE (1 yr)				29.1	12	3	19	5.83	4.36	0.41	0.00	94.4	3.72	-7	-0.7	.4	0.1	-0.4	-4	.444	.496	$
CHC (1 yr)				0.2	1	0	6	81.00	4.91	0.81	0.00	106.0	4.35	-6	-0.4	.9	0.0	-0.3	-6	.146	.498	$

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	30	BOS	AL	17	300	249	32	61	9	2	4	0	5	45	43	.245	.358	.345	.703	.279	86	6	0	4	2	2	3
1959	31	CLE	AL	12	129	110	19	31	4	1	2	0	0	12	17	.282	.341	.391	.732	.305	43	3	0	3	4	0	1
1959	31	CHC	NL	1	9	6	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	.833	.875	1.000	1.875	.833	6	0	0	1	0	1	0
1959	31	TOT	MLB	13	138	116	25	36	5	1	2	1	0	14	17	.310	.373	.422	.796	.337	49	3	0	4	4	1	1
2 Yrs				30	438	365	57	97	14	3	6	1	5	59	60	.266	.363	.370	.733	.298	135	9	0	8	6	3	4
162 Game Avg.				51	745	621	97	165	24	5	10	2	9	100	102	.266	.363	.370	.733	.298	230	15	0	14	10	5	7
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.393	.717	.277

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	30	BOS	AL	1.4	0.1	307	-0.1	4.7	-4.8	.97	-0.0	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.97	-1.9	2	0	7
1959	31	TOT	MLB	-10.0	-0.9	142	-0.5	1.1	-1.6	.58	-0.3	-0.7	-10.2	-0.9	0.58	-5.0	0	4	4
1959	31	CHC	NL	-5.2	-0.4	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.57	-0.3	-0.0	-6.2	-0.5	0.57	-3.5	0	1	0
1959	31	CLE	AL	-4.8	-0.5	131	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	.58	-0.0	-0.7	-4.0	-0.4	0.58	-1.5	0	3	4
2 Yrs				-8.6	-0.8	449	-0.7	5.8	-6.5	.85	-0.3	-0.5	-10.8	-0.9	0.85	-6.9	2	4	11

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	30	BOS	AL	17	7	3	2	2	1	0	4	3	.571	0	2	1	0	3	43%	48.9	73	33	8	1	1	3	5.0	5.7	6.3
1959	31	TOT	MLB	13	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.667	0	1	0	0	0	0%		47	34	8	4	1	1	4.9	1.4	4.6
1959	31	CLE	AL	12	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.667	0	1	0	0	0	0%	41.3	47	34	7	4	1	1	4.9	1.4	4.6
2 Yrs				29	10	3	3	4	1	0	6	4	.600	0	3	1	0	3	30%	47	73	33	15	5	2	4	5.0	4.7	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						51%	52	111	4					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1958	30	BOS	AL	17	10	4	1	1	0	0	4	1	25%	9	.974	2	0	7	0	2	8	3	7	6	2	6	2	7.0
1959	31	TOT	MLB	13	10	3	0	0	1	1	6	4	67%		.579	0	4	4	2	0	8	3	7	5	2	5	0	4.9
1959	31	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	.566	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.0
1959	31	CLE	AL	12	9	3	0	0	1	1	4	2	50%	8	.580	0	3	4	2	0	7	2	7	5	1	5	0	5.2
2 Yrs				30	20	7	1	1	1	1	10	5	50%		.850	2	4	11	2	2	16	6	14	11	4	11	2	6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1958	30	BOS	AL	300	27%	1.3%	14.3%	15.0%	5.0%	25%	1.08	68%	75	6	8%
1959	31	TOT	MLB	138	33%	1.5%	12.3%	10.1%	5.8%	22%	1.61	73%	31	3	10%
1959	31	CHC	NL	9	44%	0.0%	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	20%		67%	0	0
1959	31	CLE	AL	129	33%	1.6%	13.2%	9.3%	5.4%	23%	1.54	74%	31	3	10%
2 Yrs				438	29%	1.4%	13.7%	13.5%	5.3%	24%	1.23	70%	106	9	8%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	13.2%	8.7%	6.7%	29%	1.01	75%			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	30	BOS	AL	300	61			4	0	9	3	1	3	1	18	12	2	67%	3	4	1	131	0	5	0%	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	7	0
1959	31	TOT	MLB	138	36			2	0	6	1	1	1	1	16	9	2	56%	1	3	0	47	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
1959	31	CHC	NL	9	5			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	33%	0	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1959	31	CLE	AL	129	31			2	0	4	1	1	1	1	13	8	2	62%	1	2	0	46	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2 Yrs				438	97			6	0	15	4	2	4	2	34	21	4	62%	4	7	1	178	1	5	17%	1	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	20	0
MLB Averages																		51%							59%

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+
1958	30	4	3	.571	3.78	17	7	4	1	0	0	66.2	61	32	28	4	45	2	43	0	0	4	297	106	1.590	8.2	0.5	6.1	5.8	0.96	106
1959	31	4	4	.500	4.75	30	10	7	1	0	0	96.2	97	57	51	6	59	3	60	0	0	7	435	83	1.614	9.0	0.6	5.5	5.6	1.02	83

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1958	30	4	3	.571	3.95	66.0	64	32	29	4	47	43	1.682	8.7	6.4	5.9	0.91	0.5	17
1959	31	1	2	.333	7.50	30.0	38	28	25	2	15	17	1.767	11.4	4.5	5.1	1.13	0.6	13
2 Yrs		5	5	.500	5.06	96.0	102	60	54	6	62	60	1.708	9.6		5.6	0.97	0.6	30

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