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 (Clarence, MO)
School: University of Missouri
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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	-min	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 Seasons				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)			AL	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)			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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1958	30	BOS	AL	66.2	7	32	38	0	1.0	6	0.5	$
1959	31	CHC	NL	0.2	0	6	0	0	.6	-6	-0.4	$
1959	31	CLE	AL	29.1	3	19	15	1	.6	-4	-0.4	$
2 Seasons				96.2	10	57	53	1	.9	-4	-0.3	$

BOS (1 yr)				66.2	7	32	38	0	1.0	6	0.5	$
CLE (1 yr)				29.1	3	19	15	1	.6	-4	-0.4	$
CHC (1 yr)				0.2	0	6	0	0	.6	-6	-0.4	$

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1951	23	BOS-min	A	27	53	53		9	0	0	0						.170	.170	.170	.340		9						SCR · EL
1952	24	BOS-min	B,AAA,A	18	15	15		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0						ROA,LOU,ALB · PIED,AA,EL
1953	25	BOS-min	AAA	12	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	5	.100	.250	.100	.350		1	0	0	0			LOU · AA
1954	26	BOS-min	AAA	23	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	2	0	2	0		LOU · AA
1955	27	BOS-min	AAA	42	30	26	2	3	1	0	0	3	0		3	15	.115	.207	.154	.361		4	0	0	1	0		LOU · AA
1956	28	BOS-min	Opn	33	68	62	3	8	0	0	1	2	0		0	24	.129	.129	.177	.306		11	3	0	6	0		SFR · PCL
1957	29	BOS-min	Opn	36	71	61	3	5	0	0	0	7	0		5	31	.082	.152	.082	.233		5	0	0	5	0		SFR · PCL
1958	30	BOS-min	AAA	13	25	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	8	.143	.217	.143	.360		3		0	2	0	0	MNE · AA
1958	30	BOS	AL	17	22	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.105	.190	.105	.296	-18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	31	CLE-min	AAA	11	29	28	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	12	.214	.214	.214	.429		6		0	1	0		SDG · PCL
1959	31	TOT	MLB	13	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	31	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	31	CLE	AL	12	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1960	32	CLE-min	AAA	28	65	59	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	35	.085	.156	.085	.241		5		1	1	0		TTO · IL
1961	33	-min	AAA	34	53	50	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	30	.060	.113	.060	.173		3						TTO · IL
1962	34	PIT-min	AAA	27	64	58	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	28	.138	.164	.138	.302		8		0	3	1		CLB · IL
1963	35	STL-PHI-min	AAA	35	33	32	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	19	.063	.091	.063	.153		2						ATA,ARK · IL
2 Seasons				30	28	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	.080	.148	.080	.228	-36	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	151	135	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	97	.080	.148	.080	.228	-36	11	0	0	5	0	0

BOS (1 yr)				17	22	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.105	.190	.105	.296	-18	2	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				12	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				29	28	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	.080	.148	.080	.228	-36	2	0	0	1	0	0
NL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1958	30	BOS	AL	22	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1959	31	CLE	AL	6	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
2 Seasons				28	-5	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$

BOS (1 yr)				22	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$
CLE (1 yr)				6	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1958	BOS	AL	30	P	17	7	1	66.2	18	3	14	1	1	.944	2.30	1.00	.963	1.96	1.93	0	5	100%	1
1959	TOT	MLB	31	P	13	3	0	30.0	7	1	6	0	2	1.000	2.10	0.54	.954	2.07	2.03	1	0	0%	0
1959	CHC	NL	31	P	1	0	0	0.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	13.50	1.00	.950	2.70	2.00	1	0	0%	0
1959	CLE	AL	31	P	12	3	0	29.1	6	1	5	0	2	1.000	1.84	0.50	.955	2.06	2.03	0	0		0
	2 Seasons			P	30	10	1	96.2	25	4	20	1	3	.960	2.23	0.80	.960	1.99	1.97	1	5	83%	1
	2 Seasons			TOT	30	10	1	96.2	25	4	20	1	3	.960	2.23	0.80	.960	1.99	1.97	1	5	83%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
March 9, 1959: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Chuck Tanner.
May 4, 1959: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Randy Jackson.

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