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Frank Smith
Frank Elmer Smith (Piano Mover or Nig)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 194 lb.
School Grove City College

Debut April 22, 1904
Final Game September 30, 1915
Born October 28, 1879 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died November 3, 1952 in Pittsburgh, PA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1904 24 CHW AL  16   9  26  23  22   4   3  0  202.3  157   62   47   0   58  107  12  12   817       1  2.09  2.47  118 1.063
 1905 25 CHW AL  19  13  39  31  27   4   6  0  291.7  215   97   69   0  107  171   8  13     0       0  2.13  2.46  116 1.104
 1906 26 CHW AL   5   5  20  13   8   1   7  1  122.0  124   58   46   3   37   53   5   5     0       0  3.39  2.56   75 1.320
 1907 27 CHW AL  23  10  41  37  29   3   4  0  310.0  280  105   85   3  111  139   2  12  1291       1  2.47  2.41   98 1.261
 1908 28 CHW AL  16  17  41  35  24   3   5  1  297.7  213   96   67   2   73  129   2   7  1126       0  2.03  2.32  114 0.961
 1909 29 CHW AL  25  17  51  40  37   7  10  1  365.0  278  104   73   1   70  177   6   6  1427       0  1.80  2.35  130 0.953
 1910 30 TOT AL   5  11  23  18  11   3   5  0  156.7  113   62   44   1   51   58   3   1   595       0  2.53  2.42   96 1.047
         CHW AL   4   9  19  15   9   3   4  0  128.7   91   43   29   1   40   50   2   1   489       0  2.03  2.39  118 1.018
         BOS AL   1   2   4   3   2   0   1  0   28.0   22   19   15   0   11    8   1   0   106       0  4.82  2.54   53 1.179
 1911 31 TOT     10  14  35  19  10   0  14  1  178.7  204  116   82   1   58   68   3   4   757       1  4.13  3.32   80 1.466
         BOS AL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    2.3    6    4    4   0    3    1   0   2    15       0 15.43  3.27   21 3.857
         CIN NL  10  14  34  18  10   0  14  1  176.3  198  112   78   1   55   67   3   2   742       1  3.98  3.32   83 1.435
 1912 32 CIN NL   1   1   7   3   1   0   2  0   22.7   34   25   16   1   15    5   0   1   112       0  6.35  3.36   53 2.162
 1914 34 BAL FL  10   8  39  22   9   1  10  2  174.7  180   86   58   8   47   83   0   5   742       0  2.99  3.37  113 1.300
 1915 35 TOT FL   9   6  32  14   6   1  12  0  151.7  177   84   68   7   49   61   0   0     0       1  4.04  3.12   77 1.490
         BAL FL   4   4  17   9   2   0   6  0   88.7  108   53   46   5   31   37   0   0     0       0  4.67  3.18   68 1.568
         BTT FL   5   2  15   5   4   1   6  0   63.0   69   31   22   2   18   24   0   0     0       1  3.14  3.03   96 1.381
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .556 139 111 354 255 184  27  78  6 2273.0 1975  895  655  27  676 1051  41  66  6867       4  2.59  2.61  101 1.166
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  12  39  28  20   3   8  0  253.7  220   99   73   3   75  117   4   7   766   0   0  2.59  2.61  101 1.166
 Career High     25  17  51  40  37   7  14  2  365.0  280  116   85   8  111  177  12  13  1427   0   1  1.80  3.37  130 0.953
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1904 24 CHW AL  26   72    8   18   5  0   0    6   0      4      .250  .299  .319   99   23   3           1    
 1905 25 CHW AL  41  106   11   24   6  0   1   11   0      7      .226  .299  .311   97   33   1           4    
 1906 26 CHW AL  20   41    6   12   2  2   0    6   0      3      .293  .356  .439  150   18   2           1    
 1907 27 CHW AL  42   92   11   18   3  0   0   11   2     16      .196  .327  .228   80   21   6           2    
 1908 28 CHW AL  43  106   15   20   7  0   0   10   1      5      .189  .232  .255   59   27   6           1    
 1909 29 CHW AL  53  127   11   22   6  3   0   20   0     10      .173  .245  .268   64   34   5           2    
 1910 30 TOT AL  28   52    5    9   3  0   0    5   0      6      .173  .283  .231   64   12   3           2    
         CHW AL  24   43    4    8   3  0   0    5   0      5      .186  .286  .256   73   11   2           1    
         BOS AL   4    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      1      .111  .273  .111   20    1   1           1    
 1911 31 TOT     36   56    3   12   2  2   0    6   0      5      .214  .279  .321   70   18   5           0    
         BOS AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1           1.000               0   0           0    
         CIN NL  35   56    3   12   2  2   0    6   0      4  14  .214  .267  .321   66   18   5           0    
 1912 32 CIN NL   7    6    2    0   0  0   0    0   0      2   1  .000  .250  .000  -28    0   0           0    
 1914 34 BAL FL  41   59    4   12   4  1   0    3   0      3  21  .203  .242  .305   53   18   3           0    
 1915 35 TOT FL  32   49    5    9   3  1   1    7   0      3  12  .184  .231  .347   68   17   2           0    
         BAL FL  17   29    2    5   2  1   1    4   0      0   7  .172  .172  .414   68   12   1           0    
         BTT FL  15   20    3    4   1  0   0    3   0      3   5  .200  .304  .250   64    5   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     369  766   81  156  41  9   2   85   3  0  64  34  .204  .276  .289   77  221  36   0   0  13   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        336   36   68  18  4   1   37   1  0  28  15  .204  .276  .289   77   97  16   0   0   6   0
 Career High     53  127   15   24   7  3   1   20   2  0  16  21                          34   6   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1904 24 CHW AL   80   57    7   3.3    70| .250  .247| .299  .298| .319  .324| .618  .622|  99  .513   0.1   0.0     
 1905 25 CHW AL  118   83    9   2.9    70| .226  .244| .299  .302| .311  .318| .610  .620|  97  .465   0.0   0.0     
 1906 26 CHW AL   47   31    6   5.1    73| .293  .254| .356  .309| .439  .325| .795  .634| 150  .702   2.2   0.3     
 1907 27 CHW AL  116   80    7   2.3    70| .196  .251| .327  .306| .228  .314| .555  .619|  80  .371  -0.7  -0.1     
 1908 28 CHW AL  118   92    6   1.8    67| .189  .244| .232  .300| .255  .310| .487  .610|  59  .279  -4.5  -0.6     
 1909 29 CHW AL  144  110    8   1.9    71| .173  .248| .245  .308| .268  .315| .513  .623|  64  .303  -5.2  -0.6     
 1910 30 TOT AL   63   46    3   1.8    72| .173  .246| .283  .311| .231  .317| .514  .629|  64  .251  -1.7  -0.2     
         CHW AL   51   37    3   2.2    71| .186  .244| .286  .310| .256  .316| .542  .625|  73  .331  -1.0  -0.1     
         BOS AL   12    9    0   0.0    77| .111  .252| .273  .319| .111  .326| .384  .644|  20  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1911 31 TOT      66   49    5   2.7    93| .214  .264| .279  .341| .321  .365| .600  .706|  70  .334  -2.6  -0.3     
         BOS AL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .346|           |           |             0.3   0.0     
         CIN NL   65   49    5   2.7    93| .214  .264| .267  .341| .321  .365| .588  .706|  66  .334  -2.9  -0.3     
 1912 32 CIN NL    8    6    0   0.0    97| .000  .277| .250  .346| .000  .376| .250  .722| -28  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
 1914 34 BAL FL   65   50    4   2.1    95| .203  .275| .242  .341| .305  .372| .547  .713|  53  .249  -3.4  -0.4     
 1915 35 TOT FL   54   42    4   2.6    87| .184  .263| .231  .331| .347  .353| .578  .684|  68  .345  -2.0  -0.2     
         BAL FL   30   25    2   2.1    88| .172  .265| .172  .333| .414  .356| .586  .689|  68  .276  -1.3  -0.1     
         BTT FL   24   17    2   3.2    85| .200  .261| .304  .328| .250  .350| .554  .678|  64  .437  -0.6  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      879  646   59   2.4    75| .204  .252| .276  .312| .289  .327| .565  .639|  77  .370 -18.6  -2.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1904 24 CHW AL   P   26     15   53    7    2  .907  .952  2.62  3.01  3.03  3.45   23  202.3
 1905 25 CHW AL   P   39     27   77    3    3  .972  .943  2.67  2.61  3.21  3.24   31  291.7
 1906 26 CHW AL   P   20      6   42    2    1  .960  .949  2.40  2.52  3.54  3.22   13  122.0
 1907 27 CHW AL   P   41     20  109    5    2  .963  .946  3.15  2.43  3.75  3.28   37  310.0
 1908 28 CHW AL   P   41     23  101    2    4  .984  .946  3.02  2.28  3.75  3.20   35  297.7
 1909 29 CHW AL   P   51     26  154    4    3  .978  .942  3.53  2.25  4.44  3.19   40  365.0
 1910 30 TOT AL   P   23     14   68    4    0  .953  .943  3.57  2.35  4.71  3.29   18  156.7
         CHW AL   P   19     13   59    4    0  .947  .942  3.79  2.35  5.03  3.29   15  128.7
         BOS AL   P    4      1    9    0    0 1.000  .943  2.50  2.35  3.21  3.28    3   28.0
 1911 31 TOT      P   35     16   68    6    4  .933  .943  2.40  1.73  4.23  2.77   19  178.6
         BOS AL   P    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  1.90  7.83  2.74    1    2.3
         CIN NL   P   34     16   66    6    4  .932  .943  2.41  1.72  4.19  2.77   18  176.3
 1912 32 CIN NL   P    7      3    3    1    1  .857  .952  0.86  1.54  2.38  2.54    3   22.7
 1914 34 BAL FL   P   39     10   57    2    2  .971  .948  1.72  1.95  3.45  3.04   22  174.7
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.90                            1    0    0
 1915 35 TOT FL   P   32      7   50    1    0  .983  .956  1.78  1.97  3.38  3.09   14  151.7
         BAL FL   P   17      2   29    1    0  .969  .957  1.82  1.97  3.15  3.08    9   88.7
         BTT FL   P   15      5   21    0    0 1.000  .956  1.73  1.97  3.71  3.09    5   63.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1914 34 BAL FL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.90                            1    0    0

 1904 24 CHW AL   P   26     15   53    7    2  .907  .952  2.62  3.01  3.03  3.45   23  202.3
 1905 25 CHW AL   P   39     27   77    3    3  .972  .943  2.67  2.61  3.21  3.24   31  291.7
 1906 26 CHW AL   P   20      6   42    2    1  .960  .949  2.40  2.52  3.54  3.22   13  122.0
 1907 27 CHW AL   P   41     20  109    5    2  .963  .946  3.15  2.43  3.75  3.28   37  310.0
 1908 28 CHW AL   P   41     23  101    2    4  .984  .946  3.02  2.28  3.75  3.20   35  297.7
 1909 29 CHW AL   P   51     26  154    4    3  .978  .942  3.53  2.25  4.44  3.19   40  365.0
 1910 30 TOT AL   P   23     14   68    4    0  .953  .943  3.57  2.35  4.71  3.29   18  156.7
         CHW AL   P   19     13   59    4    0  .947  .942  3.79  2.35  5.03  3.29   15  128.7
         BOS AL   P    4      1    9    0    0 1.000  .943  2.50  2.35  3.21  3.28    3   28.0
 1911 31 TOT      P   35     16   68    6    4  .933  .943  2.40  1.73  4.23  2.77   19  178.6
         BOS AL   P    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  1.90  7.83  2.74    1    2.3
         CIN NL   P   34     16   66    6    4  .932  .943  2.41  1.72  4.19  2.77   18  176.3
 1912 32 CIN NL   P    7      3    3    1    1  .857  .952  0.86  1.54  2.38  2.54    3   22.7
 1914 34 BAL FL   P   39     10   57    2    2  .971  .948  1.72  1.95  3.45  3.04   22  174.7
 1915 35 TOT FL   P   32      7   50    1    0  .983  .956  1.78  1.97  3.38  3.09   14  151.7
         BAL FL   P   17      2   29    1    0  .969  .957  1.82  1.97  3.15  3.08    9   88.7
         BTT FL   P   15      5   21    0    0 1.000  .956  1.73  1.97  3.71  3.09    5   63.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 354    167  782   37   22  .962  .946  2.68  2.27              255 2273.0
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.90                            1    0    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       355    168  782   37   22  .963  .946  2.68  2.27
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1904 AL-2.09-8
1905 AL-2.13-9
1909 AL-1.80-8
Car-2.59-50

Wins
1905 AL-19-9
1907 AL-23-7
1909 AL-25-2

Won-Loss %
1904 AL-.640-3
1907 AL-.697-4
1915 FL-.600-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1908 AL-.961-5
1909 AL-.953-4
1910 AL-1.047-7
Car-1.166-78

Hits Allowed/9IP
1904 AL-6.98-3
1905 AL-6.63-2
1908 AL-6.44-2
1909 AL-6.85-7
1910 AL-6.49-5
Car-7.82-68

Bases on Balls/9IP
1909 AL-1.73-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1904 AL-4.76-6
1905 AL-5.28-7

Games
1905 AL-39-9
1907 AL-41-10
1908 AL-41-7
1909 AL-51-1

Saves
1906 AL-1-10
1908 AL-1-10
1909 AL-1-9
1914 FL-2-10

Innings
1907 AL-310.0-8
1908 AL-297.7-7
1909 AL-365.0-1

Strikeouts
1905 AL-171-5
1907 AL-139-8
1909 AL-177-1

Games Started
1907 AL-37-5
1908 AL-35-4
1909 AL-40-1

Comp. Games
1907 AL-29-6
1908 AL-24-8
1909 AL-37-1

Shutouts
1905 AL-4-7
1909 AL-7-2

Home Runs Allow.
1907 AL-3-6
1914 FL-8-5
1915 FL-7-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1905 AL-107-2
1907 AL-111-1
1908 AL-73-8

Hits Allowed
1907 AL-280-6
1909 AL-278-1

SO to Walk
1909 AL-2.53-5
1914 FL-1.77-10

Losses
1908 AL-17-6
1909 AL-17-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1907 AL-85-3
1909 AL-73-7

Wild Pitches
1904 AL-12-3
1905 AL-13-3
1907 AL-12-4

Batters Faced
1907 AL-1291-7
1909 AL-1427-1

Games Finished
1906 AL-7-9
1909 AL-10-8
1911 NL-14-4
1915 FL-12-7

Adjusted ERA+
1909 AL-130-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 11 (202) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 93 (230) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 27.0 (171) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 50.5 (253) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  3. Sam Jones (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sam Leever (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Art Nehf (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Harvey Haddix (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September, 1903: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Birmingham (Southern Association) in the 1903 rule 5 draft. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 9, 1910: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Billy Purtell to the Boston Red Sox for Harry Lord and Amby McConnell.

May 11, 1911: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Red Sox for $5000 plus undisclosed sum to Browns for withdrawing waiver claim.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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