Dave Smith

David Merwin Smith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 17, 1914 in Sellers, SC
School: Duke University (Durham, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1938
Team: Athletics 1938-1939

Final Game: April 23, 1939
Died: April 1, 1998 in Whiteville, NC
Buried: Whiteville Memorial Cemetery, Whiteville, NC
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1938	23	PHA	AL	2	1	.667	5.08	21	0	15	0	0	0	44.1	50	29	25	0	28	13	1	0	2	207	95	1.759	10.2	0.0	5.7	2.6	0.46
1939	24	RMD,DAL	B,A1	7	10	.412	0.88	30	1					133.0	145	76	13		48							1.451	9.8		3.2			RMD,DAL · PIED,TL
1939	24	PHA	AL	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3							0.00
1940	25	SFG-min	B	16	12	.571	4.75	44						267.0	308	169	141		87							1.479	10.4		2.9			RMD · PIED
1941	26	RMD	B	17	15	.531	2.79	38						245.0	254	107	76		58							1.273	9.3		2.1			RMD · PIED
2 Yrs				2	1	.667	5.08	22	0	15	0	0	0	44.1	51	29	25	0	30	13	1	0	2	210	96	1.827	10.4	0.0	6.1	2.6	0.43
162 Game Avg.				6	3	.667	5.08	68	0	46	0	0	0	137	158	90	77	0	93	40	3	0	6	649	96	1.827	10.4	0.0	6.1	2.6	0.43

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1938	23	PHA	AL	44.1	21	29	5.89	5.67	-0.39	0.00	100.5	6.09	1	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.4	7	.502	.500	$
1939	24	PHA	AL	0.0	1	0					104.0				1.0	0.0					$
2 Seasons				44.1	22	29	5.89	5.70	-0.40	0.00	100.5	6.09	1	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.4	7	.479	.500	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1938	23	PHA	AL	207	0.0%	6.3%	13.5%			79%
1939	24	PHA	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%			33%
2 Yrs				210	0.0%	6.2%	14.3%			78%
MLB Averages					1.5%	8.8%	8.9%	3.2%	13%	78%

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+
1938	23	2	1	.667	5.08	21	0	15	0	0	0	44.1	50	29	25	0	28		13	1	0	2	207	95	1.759	10.2	0.0	5.7	2.6	0.46	95
1939	24	2	1	.667	5.08	22	0	15	0	0	0	44.1	51	29	25	0	30		13	1	0	2	210	96	1.827	10.4	0.0	6.1	2.6	0.43	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
1938	23	2	3	.400	4.13	48.0	48	24	22	0	27	14	1	1.563	9.0	5.1	2.6	0.52	0.0	21
1 Yr		2	3	.400	4.13	48.0	48	24	22	0	27	14	1	1.563	9.0		2.6	0.52	0.0	21

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