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Phenomenal Smith
John Francis Smith
born John Francis Gammon

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 161 lb.

Born: December 12, 1864 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1884
Final Game: June 15, 1891
Died: April 3, 1952 in Manchester, NH
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1884	19	TOT	AA	2	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-19	1	0	/1
1884	19	PHA	AA	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		.250	.250	.250	.500	59	1	0	/1
1884	19	PIT	AA	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	/1
1885	20	TOT	AA	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	25	1	0	/1
1885	20	BRO	AA	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		.333	.333	.333	.667	111	1	0	/1
1885	20	PHA	AA	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	/1
1886	21	DTN	NL	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-33	1		/1
1887	22	BAL	AA	64	232	205	37	48	7	6	1	18	7	26		.234	.323	.341	.665	89	70	1	1/O
1888	23	TOT	AA	38	131	118	17	30	4	4	1	14	3	12		.254	.328	.381	.710	129	45	1	1/O
1888	23	BAL	AA	35	121	109	16	27	3	4	1	12	2	11		.248	.322	.376	.698	125	41	1	1/O
1888	23	PHA	AA	3	10	9	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	1		.333	.400	.444	.844	170	4	0	/1
1889	24	PHA	AA	5	19	16	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	.188	.316	.250	.566	63	4	0	/1
1890	25	TOT	NL	31	116	103	22	31	4	0	0	12	6	11	7	.301	.379	.340	.719	109	35	2	1/O
1890	25	PHI	NL	26	97	86	19	24	4	0	0	9	6	10	5	.279	.361	.326	.686	98	28	1	1/O
1890	25	PIT	NL	5	19	17	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	.412	.474	.412	.885	173	7	1	/1
1891	26	PHI	NL	3	10	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	.375	.500	.375	.875	153	3	0	/1
8 Seasons				148	530	472	80	118	16	10	2	47	17	54	13	.250	.332	.339	.671	99	160	4
162 Game Avg.				162	580	517	88	129	18	11	2	51	19	59		.250	.332	.339	.671	99	175

PHA (4 yrs)				10	35	31	5	7	2	0	0	2	1	4	3	.226	.314	.290	.605	82	9	0
PIT (2 yrs)				6	23	21	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	.333	.391	.333	.725	126	7	1
PHI (2 yrs)				29	107	94	19	27	4	0	0	11	7	12	5	.287	.374	.330	.704	103	31	1
BAL (2 yrs)				99	353	314	53	75	10	10	2	30	9	37		.239	.323	.354	.676	101	111	2
BRO (1 yr)				1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		.333	.333	.333	.667	111	1	0
DTN (1 yr)				3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-33	1

AA (5 yrs)				111	395	352	58	83	12	10	2	32	10	41	3	.236	.319	.344	.663	97	121	2
NL (3 yrs)				37	135	120	22	35	4	0	0	15	7	13	10	.292	.370	.325	.695	103	39	2

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1884	19	TOT	AA	8	7	0	0.0	69	.125	.125	.246	.125	.285	.125	.336	.250	.621	-19	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.143	.000	.000
1884	19	PHA	AA	4	3	0	0.0	73	.250	.250	.252	.250	.291	.250	.343	.500	.634	59	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1884	19	PIT	AA	4	4	0	0.0	66	.000	.000	.241	.000	.280	.000	.328	.000	.608	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1885	20	TOT	AA	5	4	0	0.0	75	.200	.200	.254	.200	.300	.200	.341	.400	.641	25	.000	-0.4	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1885	20	BRO	AA	3	2	0	0.0	73	.333	.333	.251	.333	.297	.333	.337	.667	.634	111	.000	0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000
1885	20	PHA	AA	2	2	0	0.0	77	.000	.000	.258	.000	.304	.000	.346	.000	.650	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1886	21	DTN	NL	9	8	0	0.0	82	.167	.111	.261	.111	.311	.111	.358	.222	.668	-33	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1887	22	BAL	AA	232	157	22	3.6	92	.230	.234	.272	.323	.336	.341	.368	.665	.703	89	.412	-2.6	-0.3	.662	.268	.107	1.8
1888	23	TOT	AA	131	88	15	4.5	70	.248	.254	.242	.328	.300	.381	.320	.710	.620	129	.649	3.7	0.4	.693	.254	.127	1.5
1888	23	BAL	AA	121	82	13	4.2	69	.241	.248	.242	.322	.300	.376	.320	.698	.620	125	.618	2.9	0.3	.671	.248	.128	1.3
1888	23	PHA	AA	10	6	2	8.8	71	.333	.333	.244	.400	.302	.444	.323	.844	.625	170	.863	0.8	0.1	1.000	.333	.111	.0
1889	24	PHA	AA	19	13	1	2.0	91	.231	.188	.265	.316	.337	.250	.360	.566	.698	63	.210	-0.6	-0.1	.538	.250	.063
1890	25	TOT	NL	116	72	13	4.8	88	.323	.301	.260	.379	.337	.340	.352	.719	.688	109	.586	1.9	0.2	.750	.204	.039	.0
1890	25	PHI	NL	97	62	10	4.3	90	.296	.279	.262	.361	.340	.326	.356	.686	.696	98	.534	0.2	0.0	.726	.233	.047	.0
1890	25	PIT	NL	19	10	3	7.9	78	.467	.412	.245	.474	.319	.412	.331	.885	.651	173	.781	1.7	0.2	.900	.059	.000
1891	26	PHI	NL	10	5	2	10.6	90	.375	.375	.263	.500	.338	.375	.358	.875	.696	153	.859	0.8	0.1	1.200	.375	.000	.0
8 Seasons				530	354	53	3.9	85	.254	.250	.261	.332	.326	.339	.351	.671	.676	99	.495	0.2	0.1	.664	.239	.089	3.6
162 Game Avg.				580	387	58	3.9	85	.254	.250	.261	.332	.326	.339	.351	.671	.676	99	.495	0	0	.664	.239	.089	4

PHA (4 yrs)				35	24	3	3.3	82	.250	.226	.257	.314	.320	.290	.346	.605	.666	82	.441	-0.5	-0.0	.583	.226	.065	.0
PIT (2 yrs)				23	14	3	5.6	76	.368	.333	.244	.391	.312	.333	.331	.725	.643	126	.671	0.8	0.1	.643	.048	.000
PHI (2 yrs)				107	67	12	4.7	90	.303	.287	.263	.374	.340	.330	.356	.704	.696	103	.582	1.0	0.1	.761	.245	.043	.0
BAL (2 yrs)				353	239	35	3.8	84	.234	.239	.262	.323	.323	.354	.351	.676	.674	101	.479	0.3	0.1	.665	.261	.115	3.3
BRO (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	73	.333	.333	.251	.333	.297	.333	.337	.667	.634	111	.000	0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000
DTN (1 yr)				9	8	0	0.0	82	.167	.111	.261	.111	.311	.111	.358	.222	.668	-33	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.125	.000	.000

AA (5 yrs)				395	269	38	3.7	84	.233	.236	.261	.319	.322	.344	.350	.663	.673	97	.467	-1.0	-0.1	.647	.253	.108	3.3
NL (3 yrs)				135	85	15	4.7	88	.318	.292	.260	.370	.335	.325	.352	.695	.687	103	.577	1.2	0.1	.718	.200	.033	.0

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP
1884	19	2	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-19	1	0
1885	20	4	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		.154	.154	.154	.308	-2	2	0
1886	21	7	22	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.136	.136	.136	.273	-15	3	0
1887	22	71	254	227	38	51	7	6	1	19	7	26	3	.225	.307	.322	.629	80	73	1
1888	23	109	385	345	55	81	11	10	2	33	10	38	3	.235	.314	.342	.656	96	118	2
1889	24	114	404	361	58	84	12	10	2	33	10	41	6	.233	.314	.338	.652	94	122	2
1890	25	145	520	464	80	115	16	10	2	45	16	52	13	.248	.329	.338	.667	98	157	4
1891	26	148	530	472	80	118	16	10	2	47	17	54	13	.250	.332	.339	.671	99	160	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1884	19	3	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1885	20	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1886	21	4	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1887	22	75	256	230	31	46	7	6	1	15	7	25	0	.200	.281	.296	.577	19	64
1888	23	45	151	137	18	33	4	4	1	15	3	13	0	.241	.311	.350	.662	15	38
1889	24	6	21	18	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	.167	.286	.222	.508	1	5
1890	25	37	131	118	20	32	4	0	0	11	6	11	8	.271	.344	.305	.649	12	31
1891	26	4	11	9	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	.333	.455	.333	.788	1	3
8 Seasons		177	602	544	72	117	16	10	2	43	17	54	15	.215	.291	.292	.583	48	148
162 Game Avg.		162	551	498	66	107	15	9	2	39	16	49		.215	.291	.292	.583	44	148

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1884 AA born 1864-12-12 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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