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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-25 / in Starts: 22-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	48 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games

RBI Opportunities

1909 Batting Game Log

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1909 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	175	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9			P
2	176	4 (2)	Apr 17	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.167	.167	.500	.667	9			P
3	177	6 (1)	Apr 22	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.300	.300	.500	.800	9			P
4	178	8 (1)	Apr 24	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.385	.385	.615	1.000	9			P
5	179	10 (1)	Apr 26	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.313	.313	.500	.813	9			P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
6	180	12 (1)	May 2	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.300	.300	.450	.750	9			P
7	181	14 (1)	May 4	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.318	.348	.455	.802	9			P
8	182	17 (2)	May 8	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.292	.320	.417	.737	9			P
9	183	21 (3)	May 11	CHW		WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		3	0	0				0		.259	.310	.370	.681	9			P
10	184	24 (2)	May 15	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.276	.344	.414	.758	9			P
11	185	29 (4)	May 20	CHW		BOS	W,12-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	1				0		.273	.333	.394	.727	9			P
12	186	31 (1)	May 22	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.257	.333	.371	.705	9			P
13	187	33 (1)	May 24	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.257	.333	.371	.705	9			P
14	188	34	May 27	CHW		NYY	T,2-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.231	.302	.333	.636	9			P
15	189	37 (2)	May 30	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.214	.283	.310	.592	9			P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
16	190	40 (2)	Jun 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.222	.286	.311	.597	9			P
17	191	41	Jun 3	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-6	0-GF	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.239	.314	.370	.683	9			P
18	192	44 (2)	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.240	.309	.380	.689	9			P
19	193	46 (1)	Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.222	.288	.352	.640	9			P
20	194	49 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.211	.274	.333	.608	9			P
21	195	50	Jun 19	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	0-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.220	.281	.356	.637	9			P
22	196	52 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.217	.277	.350	.627	9			P
23	197	54 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.222	.279	.349	.629	9			P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
24	198	65 (10)	Jul 3	CHW		SLB	L,0-4	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.222	.279	.349	.629	9			P
25	199	72 (6)	Jul 9	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.222	.279	.349	.629	9			P
26	200	75 (2)	Jul 12	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.219	.275	.344	.619	9			P
27	201	77 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.224	.278	.343	.621	9			P
28	202	80 (2)	Jul 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1		1	0	0				0		.229	.289	.343	.632	9			P
29	203	82 (1)	Jul 17	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.225	.286	.338	.624	9			P
30	204	83	Jul 18	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.216	.275	.324	.599	9			P
31	205	84	Jul 19	CHW		WSH	W,12-2	0-0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.224	.280	.329	.609	9			P
32	206	87 (2)	Jul 22	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.215	.271	.316	.587	9			P
33	207	90 (2)	Jul 25	CHW		PHA	W,3-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.210	.273	.309	.581	9			P
34	208	92 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.205	.275	.301	.576	9			P
35	209	96 (3)	Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.198	.274	.291	.564	9			P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
36	210	99 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.202	.276	.292	.568	9			P
37	211	102 (2)	Aug 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.196	.267	.283	.550	9			P
38	212	105 (2)	Aug 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.189	.267	.274	.540	9			P
39	213	108 (2)	Aug 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.204	.284	.296	.580	9			P
40	214	112 (3)	Aug 19	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.198	.277	.287	.564	9			P
41	215	113	Aug 21	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	0-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.194	.272	.282	.553	9			P
42	216	114	Aug 22	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.194	.278	.282	.560	9			P
43	217	115	Aug 23	CHW		NYY	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.189	.271	.274	.545	9			P
44	218	121 (5)	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.185	.267	.269	.535	9			P
45	219	124 (2)	Aug 31	CHW		PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.180	.260	.261	.521	9			P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
46	220	126 (1)	Sep 2	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.186	.270	.274	.544	9			P
47	221	128 (1)	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.184	.268	.272	.540	9			PH
48	222	129	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L,1-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.179	.267	.265	.532	9			P
49	223	134 (4)	Sep 9	CHW	@	SLB	T,1-1	CG(7)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.176	.263	.261	.524	9			P
50	224	135	Sep 10 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-7	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.176	.269	.261	.529	9			PH
51	225	139 (3)	Sep 12	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.180	.270	.279	.549	9			P
52	226	144 (4)	Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.176	.264	.272	.536	9			P
53	227	145	Sep 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.175	.262	.270	.532	9			P
							26-25		145	126	11	22	6	3	0	19	13		32	2	4		0		0		.175	.262	.270	.532

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