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Frank Smith

Frank Thomas Smith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 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
Teams (by GP): Reds/Redlegs/Cardinals 1950-1956

Final Game: May 13, 1956
Died: September 24, 2005 in Malone, FL
Buried: Pinecrest Memorial Gardens, Marianna, FL
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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
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 1 392 110 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 1 315 128 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 0 328 158 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 2 168 126 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 37 1.667 9.0 6.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
7 Yrs 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 2 168 126 1.282 6.2 0.7 5.3 3.9 0.74

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 Awards
1950 22 CIN NL 90.1 38 4 43 4.28 4.96 -0.17 0.00 100.8 5.17 10 1.0 1.0 -0.1 1.7 19 .526 .506 $
1951 23 CIN NL 76.1 50 0 33 3.89 4.72 -0.01 0.00 103.8 4.91 9 0.9 1.6 0.1 1.8 17 .518 .506 $
1952 24 CIN NL 122.1 53 2 56 4.12 4.36 -0.09 0.00 100.2 4.46 5 0.5 1.3 -0.2 1.5 17 .510 .503 $
1953 25 CIN NL 83.2 50 1 64 6.88 5.18 0.26 0.00 100.8 4.96 -17 -1.7 .9 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .467 .490 $
1954 26 CIN NL 81.0 50 0 29 3.22 4.54 -0.05 0.00 102.9 4.73 14 1.5 2.2 0.7 2.9 23 .529 .509 $
1955 27 STL NL 39.0 28 0 18 4.15 4.67 0.15 0.00 100.3 4.53 2 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.6 6 .509 .502 $
1956 28 CIN NL 3.0 2 0 4 12.00 4.00 0.08 0.00 108.0 4.24 -3 -0.2 .1 0.1 -0.1 -2 .379 .499 $
7 Seasons 495.2 271 7 247 4.48 4.72 -0.01 0.00 101.5 4.79 19 2.2 1.4 0.5 7.4 72 .508 .502 $
CIN (6 yrs) 456.2 243 7 229 4.51 4.72 -0.02 0.00 101.6 4.81 17 2.0 1.4 0.5 6.8 66 .508 .502 $
STL (1 yr) 39.0 28 0 18 4.15 4.67 0.15 0.00 100.3 4.53 2 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.6 6 .509 .502 $

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
1950 22 CIN NL 38 279 337 43 73 4 2 12 6 2 39 55 .217 .313 .347 .660 .226 117 5 8 7 0 8
1951 23 CIN NL 50 223 283 33 65 8 0 7 5 0 22 34 .230 .294 .332 .627 .240 94 2 4 8 0 3
1952 24 CIN NL 53 445 450 56 109 12 1 13 6 4 41 77 .242 .315 .360 .675 .267 162 7 7 15 0 5
1953 25 CIN NL 50 364 325 64 89 17 2 15 2 2 25 42 .274 .331 .477 .808 .276 155 10 3 11 0 9
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 5
1955 27 STL NL 28 139 132 18 27 1 0 3 1 3 23 17 .205 .337 .280 .618 .209 37 0 5 5 3 3 1
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 0
7 Yrs 271 1791 1820 247 426 49 6 67 24 17 181 277 .234 .312 .378 .690 .241 688 29 30 52 11 3 31
162 Game Avg. 66 438 445 60 104 12 1 16 6 4 44 68 .234 .312 .378 .690 .241 168 7 7 13 3 8
MLB Averages .260 .335 .385 .719 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1950 22 CIN NL 4.2 0.4 292 -0.1 3.9 -4.0 .84 0.3 -0.5 5.9 0.6 0.84 1.9 5 5 13
1951 23 CIN NL 6.3 0.6 232 0.6 6.1 -5.5 1.48 0.6 -0.2 4.7 0.5 1.47 5.4 17 8 12
1952 24 CIN NL 0.6 0.1 467 2.2 10.7 -8.5 1.32 1.4 0.3 6.9 0.7 1.31 11.7 17 10 13
1953 25 CIN NL -13.2 -1.3 374 -0.3 4.6 -4.8 .68 -1.1 0.7 -18.7 -1.8 0.68 -12.3 13 8 28
1954 26 CIN NL 12.7 1.3 336 1.5 10.0 -8.6 1.57 0.3 0.6 9.3 0.9 1.57 5.7 30 8 10
1955 27 STL NL 2.7 0.3 158 0.6 2.2 -1.6 .75 0.3 0.4 2.5 0.2 0.82 4.3 5 5 13
1956 28 CIN NL -2.2 -0.2 13 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .08 -0.0 -0.0 -2.5 -0.2 0.08 -4.8 0 0 1
7 Yrs 11.1 1.2 1872 4.4 37.5 -33.0 1.13 1.8 2.1 8.1 0.9 1.13 12.0 87 44 90

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1950 22 CIN NL 38 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42.2 47 36 13 4 3 1 4.6 4.9 4.3
1952 24 CIN NL 53 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 42.0 57 27 8 4 2 0 3.5 4.2 7.8
1953 25 CIN NL 50 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 11 7 0 0 7.9 0.7
3 Yrs 141 7 0 5 2 0 0 2 5 .286 0 1 1 0 0 0% 40 57 27 32 15 5 1 4.7 4.5 4.8
MLB Averages .500 49% 50 118 -6 4.5 4.5 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

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
1950 22 CIN NL 38 34 19 2 4 4 3 1 75% 6 1 27 12 44% .842 5 5 13 7 1 16 16 8 20 6 14 6 6.4
1951 23 CIN NL 50 50 35 5 5 11 11 4 100% 12 1 37 14 38% 8 1.479 17 8 12 13 5 19 23 14 23 14 17 15 4.6
1952 24 CIN NL 53 51 37 12 9 10 7 4 70% 10 0 31 11 35% 8 1.321 17 10 13 11 11 19 18 23 33 8 30 15 6.3
1953 25 CIN NL 50 49 27 8 1 6 2 4 33% 6 0 28 13 46% 7 .681 13 8 28 8 5 36 17 32 22 8 24 12 5.1
1954 26 CIN NL 50 50 43 5 8 25 20 5 80% 25 0 51 20 39% 8 1.571 30 8 10 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 14 5 36% 8 .754 5 5 13 2 3 20 8 17 15 7 14 5 4.2
1956 28 CIN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .083 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
7 Yrs 271 264 175 35 28 58 44 19 76% 61 2 188 75 40% 1.129 87 44 90 66 36 126 107 121 139 56 125 63 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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 392 68% 4.3% 19.7% 14.0% 6.5% 25% 0.62 97% 56 5 9%
1951 23 CIN NL 316 72% 3.1% 15.3% 9.9% 6.7% 23% 0.67 109% 47 2 4%
1952 24 CIN NL 513 66% 2.9% 17.3% 9.2% 5.8% 24% 0.89 81% 90 7 8%
1953 25 CIN NL 364 63% 4.1% 11.5% 6.9% 9.3% 38% 0.86 74% 81 10 12%
1954 26 CIN NL 328 61% 4.6% 15.6% 8.8% 6.7% 37% 0.62 68% 71 4 6%
1955 27 STL NL 168 63% 2.2% 12.2% 16.6% 2.9% 15% 0.42 83% 30 0 0%
1956 28 CIN NL 13 77% 15.4% 7.7% 15.4% 23.1% 100% 1.00 62% 1 1 100%
7 Yrs 2094 65% 3.7% 15.5% 10.1% 6.8% 29% 0.72 83% 376 29 8%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 12.0% 10.6% 6.8% 27% 0.95 84% 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
1950 22 CIN NL 279 73 12 1 6 9 0 5 4 15 10 0 67% 8 1 0 118 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 113
1951 23 CIN NL 223 65 7 0 5 3 2 2 3 12 5 0 42% 3 1 0 109 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 93
1952 24 CIN NL 445 109 13 1 15 7 4 1 10 26 12 5 46% 5 1 1 180 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 68
1953 25 CIN NL 364 89 15 0 12 9 6 10 5 28 16 4 57% 9 4 1 136 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
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 139 27 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 11 6 1 55% 1 2 0 61 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 29
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 Yrs 1791 426 67 4 59 38 22 30 30 108 57 13 53% 31 9 3 744 24 17 59% 20 14 4 2 0 1 1 0 30 303
MLB Averages 52% 55%

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+
1950 22 2 7 .222 3.87 38 4 19 0 0 3 90.2 73 43 39 12 39 55 8 2 1 392 110 1.235 7.2 1.2 3.9 5.5 1.41 110
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 108 1.217 7.9 1.2 3.1 5.1 1.66 108
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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3.43 97.0 73 41 37 12 39 59 8 1.155 6.8 3.6 5.5 1.51 1.1 38
1951 23 5 3 .625 3.12 78.0 66 30 27 7 22 35 4 1.128 7.6 2.5 4.0 1.59 0.8 50
1952 24 6 7 .462 4.20 122.0 117 63 57 14 44 77 8 1.320 8.6 3.2 5.7 1.75 1.0 53
1953 25 3 6 .333 5.07 87.0 89 54 49 15 25 44 3 1.310 9.2 2.6 4.6 1.76 1.6 50
1954 26 6 3 .667 2.60 83.0 62 27 24 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 15.00 3.0 3 6 5 2 2 1 0 1.667 9.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 6.0 2
7 Yrs 28 25 .528 3.76 510.0 438 237 213 69 186 285 31 1.224 7.7 5.0 1.53 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.2 (9th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  6. Gene Garber (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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