#34 Frank Smith, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, Cincinnati Reds Thursday, 10/5/1960 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Frank Smith
4/4/1928 32 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 10 Year(s), 138 Days (1858 total Days) 172 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 46 Days (2110 total Days) 12 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 | | | | |
8/25 | @SF | W 13-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | W | | | | |
8/29 | @CHN | W 5-4 | * | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | W | | | | |
9/2 | @PHI | W 3-0 | * | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
9/6 | MIL | W 3-2 | * | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
9/10 | @SF | L 4-13 | * | 5.1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | L | | | | |
9/14 | MIL | W 7-1 | * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
9/18 | LA | W 4-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
9/22 | @PIT | L 3-4 | * | 7.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | L | | | | |
9/30 | CHA | W 2-0 | * | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | W | PoG | | | |
10/4 | @CHA | W 5-2 | * | 8.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
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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 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2.73 | 329.2 | 280 | 108 | 100 | 49 | 281 | 14 | 33.3 | 5 | 31 | 73.8 |
Projected | 44 | 44 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2.73 | 349.0 | 296 | 114 | 106 | 52 | 298 | | | | | |
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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 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.30 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 565 | 146 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 54 | 60 | 21 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .258 | .295 | .382 | .677 |
vs. RHB | 674 | 134 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 48 | 28 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .199 | .242 | .270 | .512 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 22 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 | 171.2 | 139 | 52 | 51 | 27 | 152 |
Road | 20 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2.79 | 158.0 | 141 | 56 | 49 | 22 | 129 |
Postseason | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.51 | 17.2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
This Week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 8.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Last Week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.61 | 52.1 | 46 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
May | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3.50 | 61.2 | 56 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 61 |
June | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.05 | 48.1 | 39 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 40 |
July | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.96 | 56.0 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 44 |
August | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.89 | 62.1 | 52 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 51 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.31 | 49.0 | 43 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 40 |
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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 |
1958 | 38 | 38 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2.15 | 297.2 | 230 | 83 | 71 | 9 | 64 | 249 | 9 | 2 | 0.99 | .268 | CIN,NL |
1959 | 42 | 42 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 1.93 | 345.2 | 239 | 84 | 74 | 6 | 65 | 274 | 19 | 12 | 0.88 | .242 | CIN,NL |
1960 | 42 | 42 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2.73 | 329.2 | 280 | 108 | 100 | 19 | 49 | 281 | 14 | 5 | 1.00 | .278 | CIN,NL |
Total | 351 | 246 | 161 | 56 | 1 | 2.83 | 2041.2 | 1716 | 720 | 641 | 100 | 503 | 1574 | 69 | 28 | 1.09 | .275 | |
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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 |
1959 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 14.2 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.51 | 17.2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.15 | 46.0 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 1 | 1 |
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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 |
1958 | 38 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 1 | .081 | .139 | .101 | .240 | CIN,NL |
1959 | 42 | 124 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 1 | .097 | .109 | .113 | .222 | CIN,NL |
1960 | 42 | 121 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .099 | .121 | .149 | .270 | CIN,NL |
Total | 351 | 684 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 45 | 17 | 224 | 2 | 3 | .102 | .133 | .133 | .266 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 42 | 42 | 21 | 55 | 1 | 78 | 2 | .974 | 329.2 | 2.13 | | | | |
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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... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1958, going 5-1, 1.71... Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1958, going 5-1, 1.51... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1958, going 3-0, 0.68... Won Cy Young Award in 1958, going 25-6, 2.15 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1959, going 4-1, 1.41... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1959, going 5-3, 1.50... Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1959, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1959, going 4-1, 1.45... Won Cy Young Award in 1959, going 27-10, 1.93 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1960, going 6-1, 3.50... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1960, going 4-0, 2.05... Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1960, going 4-0, 0.96... Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 1960... Won Cy Young Award in 1960, going 29-4, 2.73 ERA...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1955 - 3.96 - 4th 1956 - 2.65 - 1st 1957 - 2.23 - 1st 1958 - 2.15 - 1st 1959 - 1.93 - 1st
| WHIP 1955 - 1.34 - 9th 1956 - 1.15 - 2nd 1957 - 0.96 - 1st 1958 - 0.99 - 1st 1959 - 0.88 - 1st
| Wins 1956 - 24 - 2nd 1957 - 31 - 1st 1958 - 25 - 4th 1959 - 27 - 1st
| Losses 1955 - 17 - 6th
| IP 1955 - 311.0 - 6th 1956 - 313.0 - 6th 1957 - 323.1 - 5th 1958 - 297.2 - 4th 1959 - 345.2 - 1st
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K's 1955 - 206 - 2nd 1956 - 225 - 4th 1957 - 271 - 2nd 1958 - 249 - 3rd 1959 - 274 - 2nd
| CG 1959 - 19 - 4th
| SHO 1955 - 2 - 3rd 1956 - 2 - 6th 1957 - 5 - 1st 1958 - 2 - 9th 1959 - 12 - 1st
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