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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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Minors
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- 1950
- 1954
- 1951
- 1955
- 1952
- 1956
- 1953
Splits [+]
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- 1950
- 1954
- 1951
- 1955
- 1952
- 1956
- 1953
HR Log
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Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
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

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Minors
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- 1950
- 1954
- 1951
- 1955
- 1952
- 1956
- 1953
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1950
- 1954
- 1951
- 1955
- 1952
- 1956
- 1953
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
1950	22	CIN	NL	38	21	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	9	.095	.095	.095	.190	-50	2	1	0	0			1
1951	23	CIN	NL	50	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1			1
1952	24	CIN	NL	53	30	29	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.172	.172	.241	.414	14	7	0	0	1			1
1953	25	CIN	NL	50	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.154	.154	.154	.308	-19	2	0	0	2			1
1954	26	CIN	NL	50	16	10	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.100	.357	.200	.557	49	2	0	1	2	0		1
1955	27	STL	NL	28	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1956	28	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
7 Seasons				271	98	87	5	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	39	.115	.154	.149	.303	-19	13	2	1	7	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	59	52	3	6	2	0	0	2	0		2	23	.115	.154	.149	.303	-19	8	1	1	4

CIN (6 yrs)				243	93	83	5	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	37	.120	.161	.157	.318	-15	13	2	1	6	0	0
STL (1 yr)				28	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1950	CIN	NL	22	P	38			16	0	14	2	0	.875		0.37	.962		0.97
1951	CIN	NL	23	P	50			21	3	17	1	0	.952		0.40	.962		0.96
1952	CIN	NL	24	P	53			20	1	16	3	2	.850		0.32	.960		0.98
1953	CIN	NL	25	P	50			22	1	19	2	2	.909		0.40	.959		0.87
1954	CIN	NL	26	P	50	0	81.0	16	1	15	0	0	1.000	1.78	0.32	.956	2.07	0.87
1955	STL	NL	27	P	28	0	39.0	9	1	7	1	0	.889	1.85	0.29	.956	2.03	0.83
1956	CIN	NL	28	P	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.10	0.85
7 Seasons				P	271	0	123.0	104	7	88	9	4	.913	6.95	0.35	.960	2.06	0.92
7 Seasons				TOT	271	0	123.0	104	7	88	9	4	.913	6.95	0.35	.873	2.06	0.92

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

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Gray Ink Pitching - 16 (914), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Bo McLaughlin (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vicente Padilla (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brian Fisher (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joey McLaughlin (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Turk Farrell (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gene Garber (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

Before 1948 Season: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago Cubs in the 1948 minor league draft.

December 8, 1954: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Jablonski and Jerry Staley.

April 10, 1956: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Uniforms

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 16 (914), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100