Frank Smith
Frank Thomas Smith
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 4, 1928 in Pierrepont Manor, NY
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1950
Final Game: May 13, 1956
Died: September 24, 2005 in Malone, FL
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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
1950 22 CIN NL 2 7 .222 3.87 38 4 19 0 0 3 90.2 73 43 39 12 39 55 8 2 1 392 109 1.235 7.2 1.2 3.9 5.5 1.41
1951 23 CIN NL 5 5 .500 3.20 50 0 35 0 0 11 76.0 65 33 27 7 22 34 4 0 1 315 127 1.145 7.7 0.8 2.6 4.0 1.55
1952 24 CIN NL 12 11 .522 3.75 53 2 37 1 0 7 122.1 109 56 51 13 41 77 7 0 1 513 100 1.226 8.0 1.0 3.0 5.7 1.88
1953 25 CIN NL 8 1 .889 5.49 50 1 27 0 0 2 83.2 89 64 51 15 25 42 3 0 4 364 79 1.363 9.6 1.6 2.7 4.5 1.68
1954 26 CIN NL 5 8 .385 2.67 50 0 43 0 0 20 81.0 60 29 24 15 29 51 3 0 0 328 157 1.099 6.7 1.7 3.2 5.7 1.76
1955 27 STL NL 3 1 .750 3.23 28 0 14 0 0 1 39.0 27 18 14 3 23 3 17 5 0 2 168 125 1.282 6.2 0.7 5.3 3.9 0.74
1956 28 CIN NL 0 0 12.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 33 1.667 9.0 6.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
7 Seasons 35 33 .515 3.81 271 7 175 1 0 44 495.2 426 247 210 67 181 3 277 30 2 9 2093 107 1.225 7.7 1.2 3.3 5.0 1.53
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .515 3.81 66 2 43 0 0 11 121 104 60 51 16 44 68 7 0 2 512 107 1.225 7.7 1.2 3.3 5.0 1.53
CIN (6 yrs) 32 32 .500 3.86 243 7 161 1 0 43 456.2 399 229 196 64 158 0 260 25 2 7 1925 106 1.220 7.9 1.3 3.1 5.1 1.65
STL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 3.23 28 0 14 0 0 1 39.0 27 18 14 3 23 3 17 5 0 2 168 125 1.282 6.2 0.7 5.3 3.9 0.74

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
1954 26 CIN NL 50 328 283 29 60 6 1 15 4 6 29 51 .212 .286 .399 .685 .201 113 4 3 6 7
1955 27 STL NL 28 168 132 18 27 1 0 3 1 3 23 17 .205 .337 .280 .618 .209 37 0 5 5 3 3
1956 28 CIN NL 2 13 10 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .300 .385 1.000 1.385 .125 10 1 0 0 1 0
3 Seasons 80 509 425 51 90 8 1 20 5 9 54 69 .212 .305 .376 .682 .202 160 5 8 11 11 3
162 Game Avg. 68 433 361 43 77 7 1 17 4 8 46 59 .212 .305 .376 .682 .202 136 4 7 9 9
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
1954 26 CIN NL 50 50 43 5 8 25 20 5 80% 25 0 51 20 39% 8 1.596 31 9 8 25 11 14 25 25 25 13 25 10 4.9
1955 27 STL NL 28 28 14 3 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 12 4 33% 0.684 5 5 9 2 3 14 7 12 15 7 12 5 4.2
1956 28 CIN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.105 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
3 Seasons 80 80 57 8 9 27 21 6 78% 27 0 63 24 38% 1.331 36 14 18 27 14 30 32 39 41 20 38 15 4.6

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%
1950 22 CIN NL
1951 23 CIN NL
1952 24 CIN NL
1953 25 CIN NL
1954 26 CIN NL 328 39% 4.6% 15.6% 8.8% 6.7% 37% 0.62 68% 71 4 6%
1955 27 STL NL 168 37% 1.8% 10.1% 13.7% 2.4% 15% 0.41 68% 23 0 0%
1956 28 CIN NL 13 23% 15.4% 7.7% 15.4% 23.1% 100% 1.00 62% 1 1 100%
7 Seasons 509 38% 13.2% 54.4% 35.6% 5.7% 7% 0.57 68% 95 5 5%
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
1950 22 CIN NL 73 12 1
1951 23 CIN NL 65 7 1
1952 24 CIN NL 109 13 1
1953 25 CIN NL 89 15 4
1954 26 CIN NL 328 60 15 2 18 7 8 9 6 15 7 3 47% 5 0 1 137 4 6 40% 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 0
1955 27 STL NL 110 27 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 8 5 0 63% 1 2 0 45 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 58
1956 28 CIN NL 13 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Seasons 451 426 67 2 20 10 10 12 8 24 13 3 54% 6 9 1 185 5 9 36% 4 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 15 58
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+
1950 22 2 7 .222 3.87 38 4 19 0 0 3 90.2 73 43 39 12 39 55 8 2 1 392 109 1.235 7.2 1.2 3.9 5.5 1.41 109
1951 23 7 12 .368 3.56 88 4 54 0 0 14 166.2 138 76 66 19 61 89 12 2 2 707 117 1.194 7.5 1.0 3.3 4.8 1.46 117
1952 24 19 23 .452 3.64 141 6 91 1 0 21 289.0 247 132 117 32 102 166 19 2 3 1220 110 1.208 7.7 1.0 3.2 5.2 1.63 110
1953 25 27 24 .529 4.06 191 7 118 1 0 23 372.2 336 196 168 47 127 208 22 2 7 1584 100 1.242 8.1 1.1 3.1 5.0 1.64 100
1954 26 32 32 .500 3.81 241 7 161 1 0 43 453.2 396 225 192 62 156 259 25 2 7 1912 107 1.217 7.9 1.2 3.1 5.1 1.66 107
1955 27 35 33 .515 3.76 269 7 175 1 0 44 492.2 423 243 206 65 179 3 276 30 2 9 2080 109 1.222 7.7 1.2 3.3 5.0 1.54 109
1956 28 35 33 .515 3.81 271 7 175 1 0 44 495.2 426 247 210 67 181 3 277 30 2 9 2093 107 1.225 7.7 1.2 3.3 5.0 1.53 107

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
1950 22 6 4 .600 3.56 96.0 75 42 38 12 40 58 8 1.198 7.0 3.8 5.4 1.45 1.1 38
1951 23 5 3 .625 3.00 78.0 66 29 26 7 22 35 4 1.128 7.6 2.5 4.0 1.59 0.8 50
1952 24 6 7 .462 4.13 122.0 118 62 56 14 44 77 8 1.328 8.7 3.2 5.7 1.75 1.0 53
1953 25 3 6 .333 5.13 86.0 91 54 49 15 26 43 3 1.360 9.5 2.7 4.5 1.65 1.6 50
1954 26 6 3 .667 2.49 83.0 62 26 23 16 30 52 3 1.108 6.7 3.3 5.6 1.73 1.7 50
1955 27 2 2 .500 3.15 40.0 28 16 14 3 24 17 5 1.300 6.3 5.4 3.8 0.71 0.7 28
1956 28 0 0 12.00 3.0 3 4 4 2 2 1 0 1.667 9.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 6.0 2
7 Seasons 28 25 .528 3.72 508.0 443 233 210 69 188 283 31 1.242 7.8 5.0 1.51 1.2 271

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1951 NL  50 (6th)
1952 NL  53 (4th)
1953 NL  50 (4th)
1954 NL  50 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1950 NL  3 (10th)
1951 NL  11 (2nd)
1952 NL  7 (5th)
1954 NL  20 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1953 NL  4 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 NL  8 (3rd)
1952 NL  7 (1st)
1955 NL  5 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1950 NL  19 (6th)
1951 NL  35 (3rd)
1952 NL  37 (2nd)
1953 NL  27 (4th)
1954 NL  43 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 16 (1184), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Tom Gorman (973)
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  5. Barry Jones (970)
  6. Jim Willoughby (964)
  7. T.J. Mathews (964)
  8. George Zuverink (963)
  9. Jon Rauch (962)
  10. Steve Foucault (961)
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  1. Bo McLaughlin (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Vicente Padilla (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Brian Fisher (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joey McLaughlin (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Turk Farrell (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gene Garber (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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