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 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
1884 19 TOT AA 0 2 .000 6.35 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 25 16 12 0 3 7 1 0 2 78 52 1.647 13.2 0.0 1.6 3.7 2.33
1884 19 PHA AA 0 1 .000 4.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 14 6 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 39 84 1.667 14.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 3.00
1884 19 PIT AA 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 11 10 8 0 2 4 1 0 1 39 36 1.625 12.4 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00
1885 20 TOT AA 0 2 .000 11.25 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.0 19 27 15 0 10 9 2 0 6 71 30 2.417 14.3 0.0 7.5 6.8 0.90
1885 20 BRO AA 0 1 .000 12.38 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 12 18 11 0 6 2 1 0 3 47 27 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 2.3 0.33
1885 20 PHA AA 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 9 4 0 4 7 1 0 3 24 38 2.750 15.8 0.0 9.0 15.8 1.75
1886 21 DTN NL 1 1 .500 2.16 3 3 0 3 0 0 25.0 16 9 6 0 8 15 0 0 2 100 152 0.960 5.8 0.0 2.9 5.4 1.88
1887 22 BAL AA 25 30 .455 3.79 58 55 3 54 1 0 491.1 526 369 207 7 176 206 14 0 0 2204 108 1.429 9.6 0.1 3.2 3.8 1.17
1888 23 TOT AA 16 20 .444 3.55 38 35 2 34 0 0 314.0 270 185 124 5 147 171 0 0 4 1360 84 1.328 7.7 0.1 4.2 4.9 1.16
1888 23 BAL AA 14 19 .424 3.61 35 32 2 31 0 0 292.0 249 170 117 5 137 152 0 0 0 1259 83 1.322 7.7 0.2 4.2 4.7 1.11
1888 23 PHA AA 2 1 .667 2.86 3 3 0 3 0 0 22.0 21 15 7 0 10 19 0 0 4 101 105 1.409 8.6 0.0 4.1 7.8 1.90
1889 24 PHA AA 2 3 .400 4.40 5 5 0 5 0 0 43.0 53 31 21 2 25 12 1 0 1 205 87 1.814 11.1 0.4 5.2 2.5 0.48
1890 25 TOT NL 9 15 .375 4.06 29 25 4 24 1 0 248.0 248 150 112 5 102 96 2 0 11 185 88 1.411 9.0 0.2 3.7 3.5 0.94
1890 25 PHI NL 8 12 .400 4.28 24 20 4 19 1 0 204.0 209 125 97 5 89 81 0 0 7 0 85 1.461 9.2 0.2 3.9 3.6 0.91
1890 25 PIT NL 1 3 .250 3.07 5 5 0 5 0 0 44.0 39 25 15 0 13 15 2 0 4 185 107 1.182 8.0 0.0 2.7 3.1 1.15
1891 26 PHI NL 1 1 .500 4.26 3 2 1 0 0 0 19.0 20 15 9 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 80 1.474 9.5 0.5 3.8 1.4 0.38
8 Seasons 54 74 .422 3.89 140 129 10 123 2 0 1169.1 1177 802 506 20 479 519 20 0 26 4203 93 1.416 9.1 0.2 3.7 4.0 1.08
162 Game Avg. 14 19 .422 3.89 35 33 3 31 1 0 296 298 203 128 5 121 131 5 0 7 1062 93 1.416 9.1 0.2 3.7 4.0 1.08
PHA (4 yrs) 4 6 .400 4.15 10 10 0 9 0 0 78.0 95 61 36 2 40 41 2 0 9 369 84 1.731 11.0 0.2 4.6 4.7 1.03
PIT (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 3.98 6 6 0 6 0 0 52.0 50 35 23 0 15 19 3 0 5 224 82 1.250 8.7 0.0 2.6 3.3 1.27
PHI (2 yrs) 9 13 .409 4.28 27 22 5 19 1 0 223.0 229 140 106 6 97 84 0 0 7 0 84 1.462 9.2 0.2 3.9 3.4 0.87
BAL (2 yrs) 39 49 .443 3.72 93 87 5 85 1 0 783.1 775 539 324 12 313 358 14 0 0 3463 99 1.389 8.9 0.1 3.6 4.1 1.14
BRO (1 yr) 0 1 .000 12.38 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 12 18 11 0 6 2 1 0 3 47 27 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 2.3 0.33
DTN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.16 3 3 0 3 0 0 25.0 16 9 6 0 8 15 0 0 2 100 152 0.960 5.8 0.0 2.9 5.4 1.88
AA (5 yrs) 43 57 .430 3.89 105 99 5 96 1 0 877.1 893 628 379 14 361 405 18 0 13 3918 94 1.429 9.2 0.1 3.7 4.2 1.12
NL (3 yrs) 11 17 .393 3.91 35 30 5 27 1 0 292.0 284 174 127 6 118 114 2 0 13 285 90 1.377 8.8 0.2 3.6 3.5 0.97

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+
1884 19 0 2 .000 6.35 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 25 16 12 0 3 7 1 0 2 78 52 1.647 13.2 0.0 1.6 3.7 2.33 52
1885 20 0 4 .000 8.38 4 4 0 3 0 0 29.0 44 43 27 0 13 16 3 0 8 149 40 1.966 13.7 0.0 4.0 5.0 1.23 40
1886 21 1 5 .167 5.50 7 7 0 6 0 0 54.0 60 52 33 0 21 31 3 0 10 249 60 1.500 10.0 0.0 3.5 5.2 1.48 60
1887 22 26 35 .426 3.96 65 62 3 60 1 0 545.1 586 421 240 7 197 237 17 0 10 2453 101 1.436 9.7 0.1 3.3 3.9 1.20 101
1888 23 42 55 .433 3.81 103 97 5 94 1 0 859.1 856 606 364 12 344 408 17 0 14 3813 95 1.396 9.0 0.1 3.6 4.3 1.19 95
1889 24 44 58 .431 3.84 108 102 5 99 1 0 902.1 909 637 385 14 369 420 18 0 15 4018 95 1.416 9.1 0.1 3.7 4.2 1.14 95
1890 25 53 73 .421 3.89 137 127 9 123 2 0 1150.1 1157 787 497 19 471 516 20 0 26 4203 93 1.415 9.1 0.1 3.7 4.0 1.10 93
1891 26 54 74 .422 3.89 140 129 10 123 2 0 1169.1 1177 802 506 20 479 519 20 0 26 4203 93 1.416 9.1 0.2 3.7 4.0 1.08 93

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
1884 19 1 2 .333 4.82 28.0 35 17 15 0 4 12 1 1.393 11.3 1.3 3.9 3.00 0.0 2
1885 20 0 2 .000 8.10 20.0 26 20 18 0 14 15 3 2.000 11.7 6.3 6.8 1.07 0.0 2
1886 21 2 1 .667 1.85 34.0 20 8 7 0 10 20 0 0.882 5.3 2.6 5.3 2.00 0.0 3
1887 22 50 19 .725 2.48 625.0 523 191 172 7 175 262 14 1.117 7.5 2.5 3.8 1.50 0.1 58
1888 23 27 15 .643 2.98 383.0 298 141 127 6 162 209 0 1.201 7.0 3.8 4.9 1.29 0.1 38
1889 24 3 2 .600 3.06 53.0 52 20 18 2 25 15 1 1.453 8.8 4.2 2.5 0.60 0.3 5
1890 25 0 2 .000 43.36 22.0 109 118 106 2 45 9 1 7.000 44.6 18.4 3.7 0.20 0.8 29
1891 26 0.00 0.0 0 10 9 0 0 0 0 3
8 Seasons 83 43 .659 3.65 1165.0 1063 525 472 17 435 542 20 1.286 8.2 4.2 1.25 0.1 140

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1887 AA  3.792 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1887 AA  25 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1888 AA  7.739 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA  3.773 (4th)
1888 AA  4.901 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1887 AA  58 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1887 AA  491.3 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1887 AA  206 (3rd)
1888 AA  171 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1887 AA  55 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1887 AA  54 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1887 AA  1 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1887 AA  176 (2nd)
1888 AA  147 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1887 AA  526 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1887 AA  1.171 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA  .128 (5th)
1890 NL  .182 (9th)
Career  .154 (104th)

Losses s c a p y
1887 AA  30 (3rd)
1888 AA  20 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1887 AA  207 (6th)
1888 AA  124 (6th)
1890 NL  112 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1884 AA  2 (6th)
1888 AA  4 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1889 AA  1 (2nd)
1890 NL  2 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1887 AA  2204 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1887 AA  3 (3rd)
1888 AA  2 (4th)
1890 NL  4 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1887 AA  108 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1884 AA  born 1864-12-12 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (882), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (761), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Darby O'Brien (948)
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  4. Ted Breitenstein (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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