Fred Smith

Fred Vincent Smith

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 29, 1891 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1913
Teams (by GP): Buffeds/Tip-Tops/Braves/Cardinals/Blues 1913-1917

Final Game: September 30, 1917
Died: May 28, 1961 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1913	BSN	NL	21	3B	59	162	64	85	13	4	.920	2.53	.935	3.12
1913	BSN	NL	21	2B	14	58	16	36	6	3	.897	3.71	.955	5.27
1913	BSN	NL	21	SS	11	58	21	29	8	4	.862	4.55	.937	5.33
1913	BSN	NL	21	OF	4	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.75	.960	2.20	2-1-1
1914	BUF	FL	22	3B	127	429	170	229	30	14	.930	3.14	.932	3.11
1914	BUF	FL	22	SS	19	103	44	53	6	9	.942	5.11	.929	5.24
1914	BUF	FL	22	1B	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	.985	10.50
1915	TOT	FL	23	SS	126	714	280	377	57	38	.920	5.21	.929	5.23
1915	TOT	FL	23	3B	16	68	21	42	5	5	.926	3.94	.943	3.33
1915	BUF	FL	23	SS	32	188	77	96	15	14	.920	5.41	.929	5.23
1915	BUF	FL	23	3B	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	.940	3.30
1915	BTT	FL	23	SS	94	526	203	281	42	24	.920	5.15	.929	5.23
1915	BTT	FL	23	3B	15	67	21	41	5	5	.925	4.13	.943	3.33
1917	STL	NL	25	3B	51	181	62	110	9	5	.950	3.37	.942	3.24
1917	STL	NL	25	2B	2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00	.955	5.35
1917	STL	NL	25	SS	1	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.00	.930	5.30
	4 Seasons			3B	253	840	317	466	57	28	.932	3.09	.936	3.15
	4 Seasons			SS	157	877	346	460	71	52	.919	5.13	.930	5.24
	2 Seasons			2B	16	60	16	38	6	3	.900	3.38	.955	5.28
	1 Season			OF	4	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.75	.960	2.20	2-1-1
	1 Season			1B	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	.985	10.50
	4 Seasons			TOT	431	1782	684	964	134	83	.925	3.82	.933	4.00	2-1-1

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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF
1913	BSN	NL	21	92	92	0	14	59	11	2	1	1	4
1914	BUF	FL	22	145	145	1	0	127	19	0	0	0	0
1915	BTT	FL	23	110	110	0	0	15	94	0	0	0	0
1915	BUF	FL	23	35	35	0	0	1	32	0	0	0	0
1917	STL	NL	25	56	56	0	2	51	1	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			438	438	1	16	253	157	2	1	1	4

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1915 FL 419 (5th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1915 FL 62 (2nd)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1914 FL 127 (4th)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1914 FL 170 (4th)
Assists as 3B s c a p y 1914 FL 229 (4th)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1914 FL 30 (3rd)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1915 FL 126 (5th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1915 FL 280 (5th)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1915 FL 377 (4th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1915 FL 57 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1914 FL 3.14 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1915 FL 5.21 (5th)

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