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Phenomenal Smith

John Francis Smith
born John Francis Gammon

Positions: Pitcher and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 161 lb.

Born: December 12, 1864 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1884
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Phillies/Athletics/PittsburghAlleghenys/Wolverines/... 1884-1891

Final Game: June 15, 1891
Died: April 3, 1952 in Manchester, NH
Buried: New St. Joseph Cemetery, Bedford, NH
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Standard Batting

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 Awards
1884 19 TOT AA 2 8 8 1 1 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 .250 .250 .250 .500 59 1 0 /1
1884 19 PIT AA 1 4 4 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 .200 .200 .200 .400 25 1 0 /1
1885 20 BRO AA 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 110 1 0 /1
1885 20 PHA AA 1 2 2 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 0 /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 .710 131 45 1 1/O
1888 23 BAL AA 35 121 109 16 27 3 4 1 12 2 11 .248 .322 .376 .698 127 41 1 1/O
1888 23 PHA AA 3 10 9 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 .333 .400 .444 .844 172 4 0 /1
1889 24 PHA AA 5 19 16 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 .188 .316 .250 .566 64 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 10 6 10 5 .279 .361 .326 .686 98 28 1 1/O
1890 25 PIT NL 5 19 17 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .412 .474 .412 .885 171 7 1 /1
1891 26 PHI NL 3 10 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 .375 .500 .375 .875 156 3 0 /1
8 Yrs 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 59 .250 .332 .339 .671 99 175 4
PHA (4 yrs) 10 35 31 5 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 .226 .314 .290 .605 83 9 0
PIT (2 yrs) 6 23 21 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .333 .391 .333 .725 125 7 1
PHI (2 yrs) 29 107 94 19 27 4 0 0 12 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 .333 .333 .333 .667 110 1 0
DTN (1 yr) 3 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -33 1 0
AA (5 yrs) 111 395 352 58 83 12 10 2 32 10 41 3 .236 .319 .344 .663 98 121 2
NL (3 yrs) 37 135 120 22 35 4 0 0 15 7 13 10 .292 .370 .325 .695 103 39 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1884 19 PHA AA 1 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1884 19 PIT AA 1 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .442 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1885 20 BRO AA 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .509 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1885 20 PHA AA 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .463 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1886 21 DTN NL 3 9 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .462 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1887 22 BAL AA 64 232 -2 -2 0 -2 17 11 0.9 4 15 0.9 .513 .505 1.0 -0.1 17 $2,800 1/O
1888 23 BAL AA 35 121 3 -1 0 0 8 11 0.9 2 13 0.9 .528 .506 0.9 -0.0 13 $ 1/O
1888 23 PHA AA 3 10 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.1 0 2 0.1 .545 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ /1
1889 24 PHA AA 5 19 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .513 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1890 25 PHI NL 26 97 0 -0 0 -1 7 6 0.5 3 10 0.5 .522 .503 0.6 -0.2 10 $ 1/O
1890 25 PIT NL 5 19 2 0 0 0 2 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .556 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 $ /1
1891 26 PHI NL 3 10 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .549 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
8 Seasons 148 530 1 -2 0 -3 38 34 2.8 11 44 2.8 .519 .501 3.0 -0.3 47 $2,800
PHA (4 yrs) 10 35 -1 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .516 .500 0.2 0.0 3 $
PIT (2 yrs) 6 23 1 0 0 0 2 3 0.2 1 3 0.2 .537 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 $
PHI (2 yrs) 29 107 1 -0 0 -1 8 8 0.7 3 12 0.7 .525 .502 0.8 -0.2 13 $
BAL (2 yrs) 99 353 1 -2 0 -2 25 22 1.8 6 28 1.8 .518 .506 1.9 -0.1 30 $2,800
BRO (1 yr) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .509 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
DTN (1 yr) 3 9 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .462 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $

Advanced Batting

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 .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 .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
1885 20 TOT AA 5 4 0 0.0 75 .200 .200 .255 .200 .301 .200 .342 .400 .643 25 .000 -0.4 -0.1 .000
1885 20 BRO AA 3 2 0 0.0 74 .333 .333 .252 .333 .299 .333 .339 .667 .637 110 .000 0.0 0.0 .000
1885 20 PHA AA 2 2 0 0.0 78 .000 .000 .259 .000 .306 .000 .347 .000 .652 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000
1886 21 DTN NL 9 8 0 0.0 81 .167 .111 .260 .111 .310 .111 .356 .222 .666 -33 .000 -1.4 -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 68 .248 .254 .240 .328 .297 .381 .317 .710 .615 131 .649 4.0 0.4 .693 .254 .127 1.5
1888 23 BAL AA 121 82 13 4.2 68 .241 .248 .240 .322 .297 .376 .317 .698 .614 127 .618 3.1 0.4 .671 .248 .128 1.3
1888 23 PHA AA 10 6 2 8.9 69 .333 .333 .242 .400 .300 .444 .320 .844 .620 172 .863 0.8 0.1 1.000 .333 .111 .0
1889 24 PHA AA 19 13 1 2.0 90 .231 .188 .264 .316 .336 .250 .359 .566 .694 64 .211 -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 .689 109 .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 79 .467 .412 .246 .474 .321 .412 .333 .885 .654 171 .781 1.6 0.2 .900 .059 .000
1891 26 PHI NL 10 5 2 10.6 88 .375 .375 .260 .500 .334 .375 .354 .875 .687 156 .859 0.8 0.1 1.200 .375 .000 .0
8 Yrs 530 354 53 3.9 84 .254 .250 .260 .332 .325 .339 .350 .671 .675 99 .495 0.5 0.1 .664 .239 .089 3.6
162 Game Avg. 580 387 58 3.9 84 .254 .250 .260 .332 .325 .339 .350 .671 .675 99 .495 1 0 .664 .239 .089 4
PHA (4 yrs) 35 24 3 3.3 81 .250 .226 .256 .314 .319 .290 .345 .605 .663 83 .441 -0.4 -0.0 .542 .226 .065 .0
PIT (2 yrs) 23 14 3 5.7 77 .368 .333 .245 .391 .314 .333 .332 .725 .646 125 .671 0.8 0.1 .643 .048 .000
PHI (2 yrs) 107 67 12 4.7 90 .303 .287 .262 .374 .339 .330 .355 .704 .695 103 .582 1.0 0.1 .761 .245 .043 .0
BAL (2 yrs) 353 239 35 3.8 84 .234 .239 .261 .323 .323 .354 .350 .676 .672 101 .479 0.5 0.1 .665 .261 .115 3.3
BRO (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 74 .333 .333 .252 .333 .299 .333 .339 .667 .637 110 .000 0.0 0.0 .000
DTN (1 yr) 9 8 0 0.0 81 .167 .111 .260 .111 .310 .111 .356 .222 .666 -33 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .125 .000 .000
AA (5 yrs) 395 269 38 3.7 83 .233 .236 .260 .319 .322 .344 .349 .663 .671 98 .467 -0.8 -0.0 .639 .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

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1884 19 2 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -19 1 0
1885 20 4 13 13 1 2 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 95 122 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

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 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 Yrs 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 49 .215 .291 .292 .583 44 148

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
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