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Phenomenal Smith
John Francis Smith
born John Francis Gammon

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 161 lb.

Debut April 18, 1884
Final Game June 15, 1891
Born December 12, 1864 in Philadelphia, PA
Died April 3, 1952 in Manchester, NH

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 19 TOT AA   0   2   2   2   2   0   0  0   17.0   25   16   12   0    3    7   1   2    78       0  6.35  3.33   52 1.647
         PHA AA   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0   14    6    4   0    1    3   0   1    39       0  4.00  3.37   84 1.667
         PIT AA   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    8.0   11   10    8   0    2    4   1   1    39       0  9.00  3.27   36 1.625
 1885 20 TOT AA   0   2   2   2   1   0   0  0   12.0   19   27   15   0   10    9   2   6    71       0 11.25  3.35   30 2.417
         BRO AA   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    8.0   12   18   11   0    6    2   1   3    47       0 12.38  3.31   27 2.250
         PHA AA   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    4.0    7    9    4   0    4    7   1   3    24       0  9.00  3.44   38 2.750
 1886 21 DTN NL   1   1   3   3   3   0   0  0   25.0   16    9    6   0    8   15   0   2   100       0  2.16  3.29  152 0.960
 1887 22 BAL AA  25  30  58  55  54   1   3  0  491.3  526  369  207   7  176  206  14   0  2204       0  3.79  4.08  108 1.429
 1888 23 TOT AA  16  20  38  35  34   0   2  0  314.0  270  185  124   5  147  171   0   4  1360       0  3.55  3.00   84 1.328
         BAL AA  14  19  35  32  31   0   2  0  292.0  249  170  117   5  137  152   0   0  1259       0  3.61  3.00   83 1.322
         PHA AA   2   1   3   3   3   0   0  0   22.0   21   15    7   0   10   19   0   4   101       0  2.86  3.00  105 1.409
 1889 24 PHA AA   2   3   5   5   5   0   0  0   43.0   53   31   21   2   25   12   1   1   205       0  4.40  3.81   87 1.814
 1890 25 TOT NL   9  15  29  25  24   1   4  0  248.0  248  150  112   5  102   96   2  11   185       0  4.06  3.57   88 1.411
         PHI NL   8  12  24  20  19   1   4  0  204.0  209  125   97   5   89   81   0   7     0       0  4.28  3.63   85 1.461
         PIT NL   1   3   5   5   5   0   0  0   44.0   39   25   15   0   13   15   2   4   185       0  3.07  3.28  107 1.182
 1891 26 PHI NL   1   1   3   2   0   0   1  0   19.0   20   15    9   1    8    3   0   0     0       0  4.26  3.41   80 1.474
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .422  54  74 140 129 123   2  10  0 1169.3 1177  802  506  20  479  519  20  26  4203       0  3.89  3.62   93 1.416
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  18  35  32  31   0   2  0  295.3  297  202  127   5  121  131   5   6  1062   0   0  3.89  3.62   93 1.416
 Career High     25  30  58  55  54   1   4  0  491.3  526  369  207   7  176  206  14  11  2204   0   0  3.55  4.08  108 1.328
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 19 TOT AA   2    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .125  .125  .125  -19    1               0    
         PHA AA   1    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .250  .250  .250   59    1               0    
         PIT AA   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
 1885 20 TOT AA   2    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .200  .200  .200   25    1               0    
         BRO AA   1    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .333  .333  .333  111    1               0    
         PHA AA   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
 1886 21 DTN NL   3    9    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   3  .111  .111  .111  -33    1                    
 1887 22 BAL AA  64  205   37   48   7  6   1   18   7     26      .234  .323  .341   89   70               1    
 1888 23 TOT AA  38  118   17   30   4  4   1   14   3     12      .254  .328  .381  129   45               1    
         BAL AA  35  109   16   27   3  4   1   12   2     11      .248  .322  .376  125   41               1    
         PHA AA   3    9    1    3   1  0   0    2   1      1      .333  .400  .444  170    4               0    
 1889 24 PHA AA   5   16    3    3   1  0   0    0   0      3   3  .188  .316  .250   63    4               0    
 1890 25 TOT NL  31  103   22   31   4  0   0   12   6     11   7  .301  .379  .340  109   35               2    
         PHI NL  26   86   19   24   4  0   0    9   6     10   5  .279  .361  .326   98   28               1    
         PIT NL   5   17    3    7   0  0   0    3   0      1   2  .412  .474  .412  173    7               1    
 1891 26 PHI NL   3    8    0    3   0  0   0    2   1      2   0  .375  .500  .375  153    3               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      148  472   80  118  16 10   2   47  17  0  54  13  .250  .332  .339   99  160   0   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        517   88  129  18 11   2   51  19  0  59  14  .250  .332  .339   99  175   0   0   0   4   0
 Career High     64  205   37   48   7  6   1   18   7  0  26   7  .234  .323  .341   89   70   0   0   0   2   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 19 TOT AA    8    7    0   0.0    69| .125  .246| .125  .285| .125  .336| .250  .621| -19  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
         PHA AA    4    3    0   0.0    73| .250  .252| .250  .291| .250  .343| .500  .634|  59  .000  -0.2   0.0     
         PIT AA    4    4    0   0.0    66| .000  .241| .000  .280| .000  .328| .000  .608|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1885 20 TOT AA    5    4    0   0.0    75| .200  .254| .200  .300| .200  .341| .400  .641|  25  .000  -0.4  -0.1     
         BRO AA    3    2    0   0.0    73| .333  .251| .333  .297| .333  .337| .666  .634| 111  .000   0.0   0.0     
         PHA AA    2    2    0   0.0    77| .000  .258| .000  .304| .000  .346| .000  .650|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1886 21 DTN NL    9    8    0   0.0    82| .111  .261| .111  .311| .111  .358| .222  .668| -33  .000  -1.5  -0.2     
 1887 22 BAL AA  232  157   22   3.6    92| .234  .272| .323  .336| .341  .368| .664  .703|  89  .412  -2.6  -0.3     
 1888 23 TOT AA  131   88   15   4.5    70| .254  .242| .328  .300| .381  .320| .709  .620| 129  .649   3.7   0.4     
         BAL AA  121   82   13   4.2    69| .248  .242| .322  .300| .376  .320| .698  .620| 125  .618   2.9   0.3     
         PHA AA   10    6    2   8.8    71| .333  .244| .400  .302| .444  .323| .844  .625| 170  .863   0.8   0.1     
 1889 24 PHA AA   19   13    1   2.0    91| .188  .265| .316  .337| .250  .360| .566  .698|  63  .210  -0.6  -0.1     
 1890 25 TOT NL  116   72   13   4.8    88| .301  .260| .379  .337| .340  .352| .719  .688| 109  .585   1.9   0.2     
         PHI NL   97   62   10   4.3    90| .279  .262| .361  .340| .326  .356| .687  .696|  98  .535   0.2   0.0     
         PIT NL   19   10    3   7.9    78| .412  .245| .474  .319| .412  .331| .886  .651| 173  .781   1.7   0.2     
 1891 26 PHI NL   10    5    2  10.6    90| .375  .263| .500  .338| .375  .358| .875  .696| 153  .859   0.8   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       530  354   53   3.9    85| .250  .261| .332  .326| .339  .351| .671  .676|  99  .495   0.2  -0.1     

* 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 ------+

 1884 19 TOT AA   P    2      1    4    1    0  .833  .833  2.50  2.10  2.65  2.28    2   17.0
         PHA AA   P    1      0    3    1    0  .750  .833  3.00  2.10  3.00  2.30    1    9.0
         PIT AA   P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .833  2.00  2.10  2.25  2.25    1    8.0
 1885 20 TOT AA   P    2      3    3    1    0  .857  .870  3.00  1.80  4.50  1.88    2   12.0
         BRO AA   P    1      2    2    1    0  .800  .870  4.00  1.80  4.50  1.91    1    8.0
         PHA AA   P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .870  2.00  1.80  4.50  1.80    1    4.0
 1886 21 DTN NL   P    3      1    2    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.07  1.08  2.27    3   25.0
 1887 22 BAL AA   P   58      9   99   20    1  .844  .883  1.86  2.09  1.98  2.27   55  491.3
                 OF    7      7    0    4    0  .636  .897  1.00  2.01                            7    0    0
 1888 23 TOT AA   P   38      8   53   17    1  .782  .891  1.61  2.32  1.75  2.45   35  314.0
         BAL AA   P   35      8   50   17    1  .773  .891  1.66  2.32  1.79  2.45   32  292.0
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.80                            1    0    0
         PHA AA   P    3      0    3    0    0 1.000  .882  1.00  2.33  1.23  2.45    3   22.0
 1889 24 PHA AA   P    5      0    4    1    1  .800  .909  0.80  1.84  0.84  2.13    5   43.0
 1890 25 TOT NL   P   29      9   34    3    5  .935  .900  1.48  2.01  1.56  2.24   25  248.0
         PHI NL   P   24      5   28    1    5  .971  .899  1.38  2.01  1.46  2.24   20  204.0
                 OF    3      1    0    1    0  .500  .909  0.33  1.90                            3    0    0
         PIT NL   P    5      4    6    2    0  .833  .901  2.00  2.00  2.05  2.25    5   44.0
 1891 26 PHI NL   P    3      1    0    1    0  .500  .909  0.33  1.97  0.47  2.27    2   19.0

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

 1887 22 BAL AA  OF    7      7    0    4    0  .636  .897  1.00  2.01                            7    0    0
 1888 23 BAL AA  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.80                            1    0    0
 1890 25 PHI NL  OF    3      1    0    1    0  .500  .909  0.33  1.90                            3    0    0

 1884 19 TOT AA   P    2      1    4    1    0  .833  .833  2.50  2.10  2.65  2.28    2   17.0
         PHA AA   P    1      0    3    1    0  .750  .833  3.00  2.10  3.00  2.30    1    9.0
         PIT AA   P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .833  2.00  2.10  2.25  2.25    1    8.0
 1885 20 TOT AA   P    2      3    3    1    0  .857  .870  3.00  1.80  4.50  1.88    2   12.0
         BRO AA   P    1      2    2    1    0  .800  .870  4.00  1.80  4.50  1.91    1    8.0
         PHA AA   P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .870  2.00  1.80  4.50  1.80    1    4.0
 1886 21 DTN NL   P    3      1    2    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.07  1.08  2.27    3   25.0
 1887 22 BAL AA   P   58      9   99   20    1  .844  .883  1.86  2.09  1.98  2.27   55  491.3
 1888 23 TOT AA   P   38      8   53   17    1  .782  .891  1.61  2.32  1.75  2.45   35  314.0
         BAL AA   P   35      8   50   17    1  .773  .891  1.66  2.32  1.79  2.45   32  292.0
         PHA AA   P    3      0    3    0    0 1.000  .882  1.00  2.33  1.23  2.45    3   22.0
 1889 24 PHA AA   P    5      0    4    1    1  .800  .909  0.80  1.84  0.84  2.13    5   43.0
 1890 25 TOT NL   P   29      9   34    3    5  .935  .900  1.48  2.01  1.56  2.24   25  248.0
         PHI NL   P   24      5   28    1    5  .971  .899  1.38  2.01  1.46  2.24   20  204.0
         PIT NL   P    5      4    6    2    0  .833  .901  2.00  2.00  2.05  2.25    5   44.0
 1891 26 PHI NL   P    3      1    0    1    0  .500  .909  0.33  1.97  0.47  2.27    2   19.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 140     32  199   44    8  .840  .887  1.65  2.12              129 1169.3
                 OF   11      9    0    5    0  .643  .900  0.82  1.96                           11    0    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       151     41  199   49    8  .830  .888  1.59  2.11
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
1887 AA-3.79-8

Wins
1887 AA-25-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1888 AA-7.74-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1887 AA-3.77-4
1888 AA-4.90-4

Games
1887 AA-58-3

Innings
1887 AA-491.3-3

Strikeouts
1887 AA-206-3
1888 AA-171-9

Games Started
1887 AA-55-3

Comp. Games
1887 AA-54-3

Shutouts
1887 AA-1-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1887 AA-176-2
1888 AA-147-2

Hits Allowed
1887 AA-526-5

SO to Walk
1887 AA-1.17-7

Losses
1887 AA-30-3
1888 AA-20-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1887 AA-207-6
1888 AA-124-6
1890 NL-112-10

Wild Pitches
1884 AA-2-6
1888 AA-4-5

Hit Batsmen
1889 AA-1-2
1890 NL-2-10

Batters Faced
1887 AA-2204-3

Games Finished
1887 AA-3-3
1888 AA-2-4
1890 NL-4-6

Adjusted ERA+
1887 AA-108-10

Youngest Player
1884 AA-19-8

      

Gray Ink: Pitching - 26 (873) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 14.0 (750) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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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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