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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	22-20 / in Starts: 18-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games

RBI Opportunities

1908 Batting Game Log

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1908 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	132	2 (1)	Apr 16	CHW		DET	L,2-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9			P
2	133	6 (3)	Apr 20	CHW		SLB	W,7-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.286	.286	.286	.571	9			P
3	134	10 (3)	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.182	.182	.182	.364	9			P
4	135	12 (1)	Apr 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.182	.182	.182	.364	9			P
5	136	13	Apr 28	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.313	.313	.375	.688	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	137	15 (1)	May 1	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.294	.294	.353	.647	9			P
7	138	17 (1)	May 9 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-2	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.294	.294	.353	.647	9			P
8	139	20 (2)	May 10 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.263	.300	.316	.616	9			P
9	140	23 (2)	May 14	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.238	.304	.286	.590	9			P
10	141	25 (1)	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.238	.304	.286	.590	9			P
11	142	28 (2)	May 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.217	.308	.261	.569	9			P
12	143	31 (2)	May 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.231	.310	.308	.618	9			P
13	144	34 (2)	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.233	.303	.333	.636	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
14	145	37 (2)	Jun 1	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.226	.294	.323	.617	9			PH
15	146	39 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0				0		.200	.263	.286	.549	9			P
16	147	41 (1)	Jun 6	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.194	.256	.278	.534	9			PH
17	148	46 (4)	Jun 11	CHW		PHA	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.200	.256	.275	.531	9			P
18	149	49 (2)	Jun 14	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.195	.250	.268	.518	9			P
19	150	53 (3)	Jun 18	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.195	.267	.268	.535	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
20	151	91 (37)	Jul 27	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	0-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.182	.250	.250	.500	9			P
21	152	94 (2)	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.170	.250	.234	.484	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
22	153	96 (1)	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.157	.232	.216	.448	9			P
23	154	98 (1)	Aug 5	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.148	.220	.204	.424	9			P
24	155	102 (3)	Aug 9	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	1				0		.140	.210	.193	.403	9			P
25	156	106 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.133	.200	.183	.383	9			P
26	157	109 (2)	Aug 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-7	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.129	.194	.177	.371	9			P
27	158	112 (2)	Aug 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.129	.194	.177	.371	9			P
28	159	113	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-0	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.138	.211	.185	.396	9			P
29	160	116 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.149	.219	.194	.413	9			P
30	161	119 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.155	.221	.197	.418	9			P
Sep/Oct		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
31	162	121 (1)	Sep 1	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-3	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	4	1		1	0	0				0		.173	.244	.227	.471	9			P
32	163	123 (1)	Sep 3	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.167	.235	.218	.453	9			P
33	164	126 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.173	.247	.235	.482	9			P
34	165	129 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.179	.250	.250	.500	9			P
35	166	131 (1)	Sep 9	CHW	@	DET	L,6-7	0-GF(12)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.174	.245	.244	.489	9			P
36	167	134 (2)	Sep 12	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.178	.245	.244	.489	9			P
37	168	135	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.183	.248	.247	.495	9			P
38	169	143 (7)	Sep 20	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.177	.240	.240	.480	9			P
39	170	145 (1)	Sep 23	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	2				0		.184	.245	.255	.500	9			P
40	171	147 (1)	Sep 26	CHW		NYY	W,12-0	GS-0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0		1		0	1	0				0		.190	.264	.260	.524	9			P
41	172	149 (1)	Sep 28	CHW		BOS	T,2-2	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.188	.261	.257	.519	9			P
42	173	153 (3)	Oct 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.183	.254	.250	.504	9			P
43	174	156 (2)	Oct 6	CHW		DET	L,0-7	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.189	.259	.255	.513	9			P
							22-20		122	106	15	20	7	0	0	9	9		35	1	6		0		1		.189	.259	.255	.513

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