#34 Frank Smith, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, Cincinnati Red Legs Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Frank Smith
4/4/1928 29 USA,NY,PIERREPONT MA 6"3 200
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 4 / 6 (Popular) Good Suffers Normal 5.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 10,500,000 1961 7 Year(s), 138 Days (1342 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 46 Days (1594 total Days) 9 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 9 | 9 | 10 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 9 | 9 | 10 | |
Talent | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 69 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .923 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/23 | @PHI | W 3-2 | * | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
8/27 | PIT | W 5-2 | * | 7.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | W | PoG | | | |
8/31 | @MIL | W 7-6 | * | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | W | | | | |
9/5 | CHN | W 14-2 | * | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | W | | | | |
9/9 | PHI | W 2-0 | * | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/13 | @MIL | W 5-4 | * | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | W | PoG | | | |
9/17 | PIT | L 0-7 | * | 7 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/21 | @BRO | W 7-4 | * | 7.1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | W | | | | |
9/27 | @NYY | L 4-11 | * | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | L | | | | |
10/1 | NYY | W 5-2 | * | 7.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | W | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 42 | 42 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2.23 | 323.1 | 243 | 85 | 80 | 67 | 271 | 11 | 26.2 | 5 | 36 | 85.7 |
Projected | 44 | 44 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 2.23 | 340.0 | 256 | 89 | 84 | 70 | 285 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 1.74 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 468 | 99 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 40 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .212 | .281 | .278 | .559 |
vs. RHB | 699 | 144 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 56 | 27 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .206 | .236 | .270 | .506 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 20 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1.97 | 151.0 | 109 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 125 |
Road | 22 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 172.1 | 134 | 49 | 47 | 35 | 146 |
Postseason | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 | 13.2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 | 13.2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.92 | 51.2 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 43 |
May | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.11 | 63.2 | 52 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 46 |
June | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | 55.0 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 45 |
July | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 56.0 | 44 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 35 |
August | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | 58.2 | 43 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 67 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.58 | 38.1 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 35 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1950 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.04 | 28.1 | 31 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.66 | .284 | CIN |
1951 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 | 32.2 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.47 | .336 | CIN |
1952 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 12.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | .270 | CIN |
1953 | 51 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8.57 | 48.1 | 69 | 49 | 46 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.97 | .349 | CIN |
1955 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 3.96 | 311.0 | 306 | 161 | 137 | 29 | 112 | 206 | 10 | 2 | 1.34 | .293 | CIN |
1956 | 41 | 41 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2.65 | 313.0 | 268 | 105 | 92 | 14 | 93 | 225 | 6 | 2 | 1.15 | .279 | CIN,NL |
1957 | 42 | 42 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2.23 | 323.1 | 243 | 85 | 80 | 6 | 67 | 271 | 11 | 5 | 0.96 | .266 | CIN,NL |
Total | 229 | 124 | 80 | 36 | 1 | 3.33 | 1068.2 | 967 | 445 | 396 | 66 | 325 | 770 | 27 | 9 | 1.21 | .285 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1952, AA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | .000 |
1952, AAA | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6.66 | 25.2 | 35 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1.79 | .432 |
1954, AA | 18 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2.99 | 129.1 | 107 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 45 | 163 | 4 | 2 | 1.18 | .324 |
1954, AAA | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2.59 | 66.0 | 59 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 27 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 1.30 | .292 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1957 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 | 13.2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 | 13.2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1950 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | CIN |
1951 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | CIN |
1952 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | CIN |
1953 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CIN |
1955 | 41 | 105 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .076 | .093 | .095 | .189 | CIN |
1956 | 41 | 107 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .191 | .206 | .397 | CIN,NL |
1957 | 42 | 116 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .126 | .112 | .238 | CIN,NL |
Total | 229 | 340 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 117 | 0 | 0 | .112 | .144 | .144 | .288 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 42 | 42 | 18 | 57 | 2 | 77 | 2 | .974 | 323.1 | 2.14 | | | | |
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Milestones Had first career hit on 7/29/1950, off Paul Minner (CHN)... Earned first career win on 5/14/1951... Injured on 6/5/1954 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days... Injured on 8/29/1954 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Pitched NO-HITTER against Chicago (N) on 8/13/1955, striking out 6... Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1956, off Frank Hiller (PIT)... 5/21/1956: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $10,500,000 per year, for 5 years. Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1956, going 6-0, 1.23... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1956, going 3-1, 1.67... Won Cy Young Award in 1956, going 24-9, 2.65 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1957, going 5-0, 1.92... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1957, going 6-0, 1.64... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1957, going 8-0, 1.84... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1957, going 4-1, 2.58... Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 1957... Won Cy Young Award in 1957, going 31-4, 2.23 ERA...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1955 - 3.96 - 4th 1956 - 2.65 - 1st
| WHIP 1955 - 1.34 - 9th 1956 - 1.15 - 2nd
| Wins 1956 - 24 - 2nd
| Losses 1955 - 17 - 6th
| IP 1955 - 311.0 - 6th 1956 - 313.0 - 6th
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K's 1955 - 206 - 2nd 1956 - 225 - 4th
| SHO 1955 - 2 - 3rd 1956 - 2 - 6th
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