Ford Smith

Positions: Pitcher, First Baseman and Centerfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 198lb (185cm, 89kg)

Born: January 19, 1919 in Phoenix, AZ us

Died: February 26, 1983 in Phoenix, AZ

Buried: Greenwood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: John Ford Smith

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.6

ERA

2.25

175.2

106

WHIP

1.104

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1941	22	-5.9	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	3	0	1.000	1.69	2.03	4	1	3	0	0	0	26.2	20	6	5	0	5	0	14	0	0	0	102	0.938	6.8	0.0	1.7	4.7	2.80

1946	27	-2.6	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	1	1	.500	2.97	3.26	6	2	4	2	0	1	30.1	26	11	10	1	7	0	19	1	0	0	123	1.088	7.7	0.3	2.1	5.6	2.71
1947	28	-1.9	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	6	3	.667	2.00	2.57	9	7	2	5	2	0	63.0	47	18	14	2	27	0	32	1	0	0	256	1.175	6.7	0.3	3.9	4.6	1.19
1948	29	0.3	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	4	2	.667	2.43	3.88	8	7	1	6	1	1	55.2	49	24	15	0	13	0	41	5	0	3	229	1.114	7.9	0.0	2.1	6.6	3.15
1949	30	3.3	Jersey City	IL	AAA	NYG	10	8	.556	4.15	4.91	31	19		9	2		154.0	142	84	71		106		76	1	0	8		1.610	8.3		6.2	4.4	0.72
1950	31	4.6	Jersey City	IL	AAA	NYG	2	3	.400	3.40	4.40	12	5		1	0		45.0	41	22	17		40		20	0	1	3		1.800	8.2		8.0	4.0	0.50
1951	32	4.6	Drummondville	PROV	C		16	8	.667	2.97	3.37	29	21		16	4		179.0	153	67	59		67		104	3	0	3		1.229	7.7		3.4	5.2	1.55
1952	33	5.4	Phoenix	AZTX	C		13	4	.765	3.91	5.15	20	18		12	4		152.0	154	87	66		70		97	4	0	6		1.474	9.1		4.1	5.7	1.39
1953	34	8.1	Phoenix	AZTX	C		11	14	.440	5.65	6.92	33	25		17	1		199.0	255	153	125	9	84		141	8	2	10		1.704	11.5	0.4	3.8	6.4	1.68
1954	35	10.5	El Paso	AZTX	C		9	3	.750	3.56	4.22	16	7		5	0		81.0	73	38	32	3	54		61	2	0	4		1.568	8.1	0.3	6.0	6.8	1.13
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		14	6	.700	2.25	3.02	27	17	10	13	3	2	175.2	142	59	44	3	52	0	106	7	0	3	710	1.104	7.3	0.2	2.7	5.4	2.04
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		61	40	.604	4.11	5.01	141	95		60	11		810.0	818	451	370	12	421		499	18	3	34		1.530	9.1		4.7	5.5	1.19
All Levels (10 Seasons)							75	46	.620	3.78	4.66	168	112	10	73	14	2	985.2	960	510	414	15	473	0	605	25	3	37	710	1.454	8.8		4.3	5.5	1.28

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		12	11	.522	3.98	4.79	43	24		10	2		199.0	183	106	88		146		96	1	1	11		1.653	8.3		6.6	4.3	0.66
C (4 seasons)					Minors		49	29	.628	4.15	5.08	98	71		50	9		611.0	635	345	282	12	275		403	17	2	23		1.489	9.4		4.1	5.9	1.47