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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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-16 / in Starts: 25-12
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games

RBI Opportunities

1907 Batting Game Log

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1907 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	90	5 (4)	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.333	.500	.333	.833	9			P
2	91	9 (3)	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	L,1-9	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.333	.500	.333	.833	9			P
3	92	12 (2)	Apr 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.250	.400	.250	.650	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
4	93	17 (4)	May 3 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.500	.556	.500	1.056	9			P
5	94	20 (2)	May 6	CHW		CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	2		0	0	0				0		.600	.692	.700	1.392	9			P
6	95	24 (3)	May 11	CHW		PHA	W,7-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.462	.563	.538	1.101	9			P
7	96	27 (2)	May 16	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0				0		.438	.550	.500	1.050	9			P
8	97	31 (3)	May 20	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.421	.522	.526	1.048	9			P
9	98	33 (1)	May 25	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.364	.481	.455	.936	9			P
10	99	36 (2)	May 30 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				1		.320	.452	.400	.852	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
11	100	40 (3)	Jun 2	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0		.286	.429	.357	.786	9			P
12	101	45 (4)	Jun 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-8	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.276	.417	.345	.761	9			P
13	102	47 (1)	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	W,13-1	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	0		1		0	0	1				0		.313	.450	.406	.856	9			P
14	103	50 (2)	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.314	.442	.400	.842	9			P
15	104	53 (2)	Jun 20	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.289	.413	.368	.781	9			P
16	105	57 (3)	Jun 24	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.275	.408	.350	.758	9			P
17	106	61 (3)	Jun 28	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.279	.404	.372	.776	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
18	107	64 (2)	Jul 1	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1				0		.267	.400	.356	.756	9			P
19	108	67 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0				0		.255	.407	.340	.747	9			P
20	109	71 (3)	Jul 8	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.400	.333	.733	9			P
21	110	73 (1)	Jul 10	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.245	.393	.327	.720	2			PH
22	111	74	Jul 11	CHW		WSH	W,10-2	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0		2		0	0	1				0		.240	.406	.320	.726	9			P
23	112	77 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,3-1	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	0				0		.235	.418	.314	.732	9			P
24	113	78	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,3-5	GS-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.231	.412	.308	.719	9			P
25	114	81 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GS-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0		.226	.423	.302	.724	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
26	115	97 (15)	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.214	.413	.286	.699	9			P
27	116	100 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1		1	0	0				0		.220	.418	.288	.706	9			P
28	117	102 (1)	Aug 6	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	1				0		.217	.427	.283	.710	9			P
29	118	104 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.226	.435	.290	.726	9			P
30	119	109 (4)	Aug 13	CHW		BOS	L,4-7	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.215	.420	.277	.697	9			P
31	120	117 (7)	Aug 21	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.209	.418	.269	.686	9			P
32	121	120 (2)	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.217	.419	.275	.695	9			P
33	122	123 (2)	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.208	.406	.264	.670	9			P
34	123	124	Aug 31	CHW	@	CLE	T,2-2	0-GF(8)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.219	.412	.274	.686	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
35	124	126 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-6	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.216	.408	.270	.678	9			P
36	125	129 (2)	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.216	.408	.270	.678	9			P
37	126	130	Sep 5	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	0-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.208	.396	.260	.656	9			P
38	127	135 (4)	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.210	.390	.259	.650	9			P
39	128	138 (2)	Sep 14	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.212	.385	.259	.644	9			P
40	129	141 (2)	Sep 17	CHW	@	DET	L,1-9	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.207	.378	.253	.631	9			P
41	130	144 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.200	.374	.244	.618	9			P
42	131	148 (3)	Sep 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.196	.368	.239	.607	9			P
							25-16		124	92	11	18	4	0	0	10	23		26	2	7		0		2		.196	.368	.239	.607

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