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Clay Smith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: September 11, 1914 in Cambridge, KS us

Died: March 5, 2002 in Winfield, KS

Buried: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, KS

School: Southwestern College (Winfield, KS)

Debut: September 13, 1938 (Age 24-002d, 8,524th in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 22, 1940 (Age 26-011d)
vs. CLE 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Full Name: Clay Jamieson Smith

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

ERA

5.49

39.1

WHIP

1.653

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-12 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 6

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	5	74	Jul 13(1)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	7-9	W(1-0)	99	2.2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	6.37	11	2	4	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	0.211	12.29	0.62%	1.20	7b --- 0 out d2	9b --3 2 out a1
2	6	81	Jul 17(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS-2	L(1-1)	3	1.1	5	6	6	1	1	1	0	13.50	8.75	10	2	1	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.322	6.09	-1.34%	-4.58	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d5
3	7	90	Jul 26	DET		PHA	L,4-7	9-GF		8	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	10.80	8.40	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.012	1.02	0.04%	0.61	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
4	8	94	Jul 29	DET		PHA	L,7-9			2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.00	7.16	4												4					0
5	9	95	Jul 30	DET		NYY	L,6-8	7-7		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.53	6.94	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.001	.29	0.01%	0.50	7t 12- 2 out d8	7t 3 out d8
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	10	98	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,9-12			2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.36	6.41	4												4					0
7	11	110	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	1-6		9	5.1	8	5	5	1	3	1	1	7.82	6.00	26	6	7	0	0	8		1	0	1	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	.37	-0.055	4.58	-0.41%	-1.90	1b -2- 2 out d3	6b 3 out d6
8	12	114	Aug 16	DET		CHW	L,4-13	9-GF		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.90	5.78	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.39	9t --- 0 out d11	9t end d12
9	13	119	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	5-8		4	4.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.11	5.09	16	3	7	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.073	1.44	0.20%	2.16	5b --- 0 out d3	8b 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	14	130	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	1-7		12	6.1	7	3	1	3	2	0	0	4.88	4.75	28	12	4	0	0	7		3	0	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.08	0.013	.47	0.04%	1.22	1b 123 2 out d7	7b 3 out d10
11	15	140	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-16	8-GF		10	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.50	4.46	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.22	8t --- 0 out d11	9t end d 9
12	16	145	Sep 18(2)	DET		PHA	L,6-13	9-GF		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.44	4.36	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.000	.22	0.00%	0.50	9t 12- 2 out d7	9t end d 7
13	17	148	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,6-5	6-7		1	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.23	4.41	5	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.055	12.59	0.85%	1.11	6t 12- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
14	18	150	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,5-10	2-3		1	0.2	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	5.08	4.87	5	1	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.074	15.14	-1.02%	-1.58	2t -2- 1 out d3	3t 1-3 0 out d4
							2-12		W-L:1-1	3.3	28.1	32	18	16	13	14	3	1	5.08	4.87	128	1.25		2%	2%	30	20	11	0%	2	0	0	113	7	0	1	2	0	0	.49	-0.086	4.04	-1.00%	0.05

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