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Frank Smith
Frank Thomas Smith

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 18, 1950
Final Game May 13, 1956
Born April 4, 1928 in Pierrepont Manor, NY
Died September 24, 2005 in Malone, FL

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 22 CIN NL   2   7  38   4   0   0  19  3   90.7   73   43   39  12   39   55   8   1   392       2  3.87  4.22  109 1.235
 1951 23 CIN NL   5   5  50   0   0   0  35 11   76.0   65   33   27   7   22   34   4   1   315       0  3.20  4.08  127 1.145
 1952 24 CIN NL  12  11  53   2   1   0  37  7  122.3  109   56   51  13   41   77   7   1   513       0  3.75  3.77  100 1.226
 1953 25 CIN NL   8   1  50   1   0   0  27  2   83.7   89   64   51  15   25   42   3   4   364       0  5.49  4.32   79 1.363
 1954 26 CIN NL   5   8  50   0   0   0  43 20   81.0   60   29   24  15   29   51   3   0   328       0  2.67  4.19  157 1.099
 1955 27 STL NL   3   1  28   0   0   0  14  1   39.0   27   18   14   3   23   17   5   2   168   3   0  3.23  4.08  126 1.282
 1956 28 CIN NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    3.0    3    4    4   2    2    1   0   0    13   0   0 12.00  3.92   33 1.667
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .515  35  33 271   7   1   0 175 44  495.7  426  247  210  67  181  277  30   9  2093   3   2  3.81  4.09  107 1.225
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   8  66   1   0   0  42 10  121.0  104   60   51  16   44   67   7   2   511   0   0  3.81  4.09  107 1.225
 Career High     12  11  53   4   1   0  43 20  122.3  109   64   51  15   41   77   8   4   513   3   2  2.67  4.32  157 1.099

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 22 CIN NL  38   21    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   9  .095  .095  .095  -50    2   0           0   1
 1951 23 CIN NL  50   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   1
 1952 24 CIN NL  53   29    2    5   2  0   0    0   0  0   0  12  .172  .172  .241   14    7   1           0   0
 1953 25 CIN NL  50   13    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .154  .154  .154  -19    2   2           0   0
 1954 26 CIN NL  50   10    2    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   3   7  .100  .357  .200   49    2   2   0       1   0
 1955 27 STL NL  28    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      271   87    5   10   3  0   0    3   0  0   3  39  .115  .154  .149  -19   13   7   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         52    3    6   2  0   0    2   0  0   2  23  .115  .154  .149  -19    8   4   0   0   1   1
 Career High     53   29    2    5   2  0   0    2   0  0   3  12                           7   2   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 22 CIN NL   21   20    0   0.0   108| .095  .270| .095  .346| .095  .418| .190  .764| -50  .000  -4.6  -0.5     
 1951 23 CIN NL   11   12    0   0.0   105| .000  .270| .000  .344| .000  .409| .000  .753|-100  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1952 24 CIN NL   30   25    1   1.1    97| .172  .262| .172  .334| .241  .389| .413  .724|  14  .077  -3.4  -0.4   0%
 1953 25 CIN NL   15   13    0   0.0   110| .154  .274| .154  .345| .154  .427| .308  .773| -19  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1954 26 CIN NL   16   11    1   2.4   111| .100  .276| .357  .348| .200  .427| .557  .775|  49  .225  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1955 27 STL NL    5    5    0   0.0   106| .000  .266| .000  .336| .000  .420| .000  .757|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons        98   86    2   0.6   105| .115  .268| .154  .342| .149  .410| .303  .752| -19  .025 -14.9  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 22 CIN NL P 38 0 14 2 0 .875 .959 0.37 0.97 1.39 2.12 4 90.7 1951 23 CIN NL P 50 3 17 1 0 .952 .962 0.40 0.96 2.37 2.14 0 76.0 1952 24 CIN NL P 53 1 16 3 2 .850 .955 0.32 0.98 1.25 2.18 2 122.3 1953 25 CIN NL P 50 1 19 2 2 .909 .957 0.40 0.87 2.15 2.06 1 83.7 1954 26 CIN NL P 50 1 15 0 0 1.000 .958 0.32 0.87 1.78 2.07 0 81.0 1955 27 STL NL P 28 1 7 1 0 .889 .952 0.29 0.83 1.85 2.03 0 39.0 1956 28 CIN NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.10 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 22 CIN NL P 38 0 14 2 0 .875 .959 0.37 0.97 1.39 2.12 4 90.7 1951 23 CIN NL P 50 3 17 1 0 .952 .962 0.40 0.96 2.37 2.14 0 76.0 1952 24 CIN NL P 53 1 16 3 2 .850 .955 0.32 0.98 1.25 2.18 2 122.3 1953 25 CIN NL P 50 1 19 2 2 .909 .957 0.40 0.87 2.15 2.06 1 83.7 1954 26 CIN NL P 50 1 15 0 0 1.000 .958 0.32 0.87 1.78 2.07 0 81.0 1955 27 STL NL P 28 1 7 1 0 .889 .952 0.29 0.83 1.85 2.03 0 39.0 1956 28 CIN NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.10 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 271 7 88 9 4 .913 .958 0.35 0.92 1.72 2.11 7 495.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 271 7 88 9 4 .913 .958 0.35 0.92 1.72 2.11 7 496
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.

Games
1951 NL-50-6
1952 NL-53-4
1953 NL-50-4
1954 NL-50-6

Saves
1950 NL-3-10
1951 NL-11-2
1952 NL-7-5
1954 NL-20-2

Wild Pitches
1953 NL-4-10

Hit Batsmen
1950 NL-8-3
1952 NL-7-1
1955 NL-5-9

Games Finished
1950 NL-19-6
1951 NL-35-3
1952 NL-37-2
1953 NL-27-4
1954 NL-43-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 16 (1175) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (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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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

Before 1948 Season: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago Cubs in the 1948 minor league draft.

December 8, 1954: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Jablonski and Jerry Staley.

April 10, 1956: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the St. Louis Cardinals.


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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