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Frank Smith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 194lb (178cm, 87kg)

Born: October 28, 1879 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: November 3, 1952 in Pittsburgh, PA

Buried: Minersville Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

School: Grove City College (Grove City, PA)

Debut: April 22, 1904 (Age 24-177d, 2,621st in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 13, 1915 (Age 35-320d)
vs. PBS 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1904 season

Full Name: Frank Elmer Smith

Nicknames: Piano Mover or Nig

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1906 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.0

139

111

ERA

2.59

354

255

2274.0

1051

WHIP

1.166

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	8	0	8	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 17	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	10.0	1	6	0	7	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 22	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
4	8 (1)	Apr 24	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
5	10 (1)	Apr 26	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	12 (1)	May 2	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	0	9	0	9	0
7	14 (1)	May 4	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	17 (2)	May 8	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	21 (3)	May 11	CHW		WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
10	24 (2)	May 15	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
11	29 (4)	May 20	CHW		BOS	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	31 (1)	May 22	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	33 (1)	May 24	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	34	May 27	CHW		NYY	T,2-2	CG	0	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
15	37 (2)	May 30	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	40 (2)	Jun 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	41	Jun 3	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-6	GF	0	5.0	0	3	0	3	1
18	44 (2)	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
19	46 (1)	Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	49 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	50	Jun 19	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	0	3.2	0	4	0	4	0
22	52 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	GF	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	54 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	65 (10)	Jul 3	CHW		SLB	L,0-4	GS	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	72 (6)	Jul 9	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	GF	0	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	75 (2)	Jul 12	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GF	0	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
27	77 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	80 (2)	Jul 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	82 (1)	Jul 17	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	GF	0	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
30	83	Jul 18	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	84	Jul 19	CHW		WSH	W,12-2		0	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
32	87 (2)	Jul 22	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
33	90 (2)	Jul 25	CHW		PHA	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
34	92 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	96 (3)	Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	99 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	GS	0	7.0	0	1	1	2	1
37	102 (2)	Aug 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
38	105 (2)	Aug 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
39	108 (2)	Aug 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
40	112 (3)	Aug 19	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
41	113	Aug 21	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GF	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	114	Aug 22	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
43	115	Aug 23	CHW		NYY	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
44	121 (5)	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
45	124 (2)	Aug 31	CHW		PHA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	126 (1)	Sep 2	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
47	129 (2)	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
48	134 (4)	Sep 9	CHW	@	SLB	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
49	139 (4)	Sep 12	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
50	144 (4)	Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	145	Sep 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	0	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
							51gm		365.0	26	154	4	184	3