#34 Frank Smith, Starting Pitcher, 30 yrs, Cincinnati Red Legs Friday, 10/6/1958 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Frank Smith
4/4/1928 30 USA,NY,PIERREPONT MA 6"3 200
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 5 / 6 (Very Popular) Good Suffers Normal 5.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 10,500,000 1961 8 Year(s), 138 Days (1514 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 46 Days (1766 total Days) 10 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 9 | 9 | 10 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 9 | 9 | 10 | |
Talent | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 69 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .923 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
7/30 | @MIL | W 10-6 | * | 6.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | W | | | | |
8/3 | @PHI | W 10-4 | * | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | W | | | | |
8/7 | @STL | W 8-2 | * | 7.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | W | | | | |
8/11 | SF | W 2-0 | * | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | W | PoG | | | |
8/19 | CHN | L 3-7 | * | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | L | | | | |
8/25 | MIL | W 9-2 | * | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | W | | | | |
8/31 | @SF | W 6-3 | * | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/6 | PIT | W 5-2 | * | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
9/11 | @SF | W 5-2 | * | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/17 | MIL | W 4-1 | * | 8.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 38 | 38 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2.15 | 297.2 | 230 | 83 | 71 | 64 | 249 | 9 | 23.7 | 2 | 34 | 89.5 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2.15 | 281.0 | 218 | 79 | 67 | 61 | 236 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 1.93 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 461 | 89 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 27 | 37 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .193 | .255 | .271 | .527 |
vs. RHB | 623 | 141 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 56 | 27 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .226 | .265 | .305 | .570 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2.16 | 141.2 | 105 | 41 | 34 | 31 | 122 |
Road | 20 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2.13 | 156.0 | 125 | 42 | 37 | 33 | 127 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.73 | 50.2 | 53 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 46 |
May | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.71 | 63.0 | 39 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 56 |
June | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 | 57.1 | 46 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 50 |
July | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.51 | 53.2 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 43 |
August | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.93 | 46.2 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
Sept./Oct. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.68 | 26.1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1950 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.04 | 28.1 | 31 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.66 | .284 | CIN |
1951 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 | 32.2 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.47 | .336 | CIN |
1952 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 12.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | .270 | CIN |
1953 | 51 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8.57 | 48.1 | 69 | 49 | 46 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.97 | .349 | CIN |
1955 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 3.96 | 311.0 | 306 | 161 | 137 | 29 | 112 | 206 | 10 | 2 | 1.34 | .293 | CIN |
1956 | 41 | 41 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2.65 | 313.0 | 268 | 105 | 92 | 14 | 93 | 225 | 6 | 2 | 1.15 | .279 | CIN,NL |
1957 | 42 | 42 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2.23 | 323.1 | 243 | 85 | 80 | 6 | 67 | 271 | 11 | 5 | 0.96 | .266 | CIN,NL |
1958 | 38 | 38 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2.15 | 297.2 | 230 | 83 | 71 | 9 | 64 | 249 | 9 | 2 | 0.99 | .268 | CIN,NL |
Total | 267 | 162 | 105 | 42 | 1 | 3.08 | 1366.1 | 1197 | 528 | 467 | 75 | 389 | 1019 | 36 | 11 | 1.16 | .282 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1952, AA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | .000 |
1952, AAA | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6.66 | 25.2 | 35 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1.79 | .432 |
1954, AA | 18 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2.99 | 129.1 | 107 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 45 | 163 | 4 | 2 | 1.18 | .324 |
1954, AAA | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2.59 | 66.0 | 59 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 27 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 1.30 | .292 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1957 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 | 13.2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 | 13.2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1950 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | CIN |
1951 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | CIN |
1952 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | CIN |
1953 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CIN |
1955 | 41 | 105 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .076 | .093 | .095 | .189 | CIN |
1956 | 41 | 107 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .191 | .206 | .397 | CIN,NL |
1957 | 42 | 116 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .126 | .112 | .238 | CIN,NL |
1958 | 38 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 1 | .081 | .139 | .101 | .240 | CIN,NL |
Total | 267 | 439 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 33 | 15 | 146 | 0 | 1 | .105 | .143 | .134 | .277 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 38 | 38 | 18 | 53 | 3 | 72 | 1 | .986 | 297.2 | 2.18 | | | | |
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Milestones Had first career hit on 7/29/1950, off Paul Minner (CHN)... Earned first career win on 5/14/1951... Injured on 6/5/1954 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days... Injured on 8/29/1954 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Pitched NO-HITTER against Chicago (N) on 8/13/1955, striking out 6... Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1956, off Frank Hiller (PIT)... 5/21/1956: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $10,500,000 per year, for 5 years. Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1956, going 6-0, 1.23... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1956, going 3-1, 1.67... Won Cy Young Award in 1956, going 24-9, 2.65 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1957, going 5-0, 1.92... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1957, going 6-0, 1.64... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1957, going 8-0, 1.84... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1957, going 4-1, 2.58... Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 1957... Won Cy Young Award in 1957, going 31-4, 2.23 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1958, going 5-1, 1.71... Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1958, going 5-1, 1.51... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1958, going 3-0, 0.68... Won Cy Young Award in 1958, going 25-6, 2.15 ERA...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1955 - 3.96 - 4th 1956 - 2.65 - 1st 1957 - 2.23 - 1st
| WHIP 1955 - 1.34 - 9th 1956 - 1.15 - 2nd 1957 - 0.96 - 1st
| Wins 1956 - 24 - 2nd 1957 - 31 - 1st
| Losses 1955 - 17 - 6th
| IP 1955 - 311.0 - 6th 1956 - 313.0 - 6th 1957 - 323.1 - 5th
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K's 1955 - 206 - 2nd 1956 - 225 - 4th 1957 - 271 - 2nd
| SHO 1955 - 2 - 3rd 1956 - 2 - 6th 1957 - 5 - 1st
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