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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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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

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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 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

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1884 TOT AA 19 P 2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 2.50 .833 2.10
1884 PHA AA 19 P 1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 .850 2.10
1884 PIT AA 19 P 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .800 2.10
1885 TOT AA 20 P 2 7 3 3 1 0 .857 3.00 .871 1.80
1885 BRO AA 20 P 1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 4.00 .880 1.80
1885 PHA AA 20 P 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .850 1.80
1886 DTN NL 21 P 3 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.07
1887 BAL AA 22 P 58 128 9 99 20 1 .844 1.86 .888 2.09
1887 BAL AA 22 OF 7 11 7 0 4 0 .636 1.00 .927 2.01 7-0-0
1888 TOT AA 23 P 38 78 8 53 17 1 .782 1.61 .904 2.32
1888 BAL AA 23 P 35 75 8 50 17 1 .773 1.66 .905 2.32
1888 BAL AA 23 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.80 1-0-0
1888 PHA AA 23 P 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .867 2.33
1889 PHA AA 24 P 5 5 0 4 1 1 .800 0.80 .920 1.84
1890 TOT NL 25 P 29 46 9 34 3 5 .935 1.48 .896 2.01
1890 PHI NL 25 P 24 34 5 28 1 5 .971 1.38 .891 2.01
1890 PHI NL 25 OF 3 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.33 .950 1.90 3-0-0
1890 PIT NL 25 P 5 12 4 6 2 0 .833 2.00 .908 2.00
1891 PHI NL 26 P 3 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.33 .950 1.97
8 Seasons P 140 275 32 199 44 8 .840 1.65 .893 2.12
3 Seasons OF 11 14 9 0 5 0 .643 0.82 .929 1.96 11-0-0
8 Seasons TOT 151 289 41 199 49 8 .830 1.59 .726 2.11 11-0-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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 StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Ted Breitenstein (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Clancy (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

October 5, 1888: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Baltimore Orioles for $1000 or $1500.

May, 1891: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May, 1891: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

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