Bob Smith Stats

Bob Smith was born on Sunday, February 1, 1931, in Woodsville, New Hampshire. Smith was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 29, 1955, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bob Smith baseball stats page.
"Bob Smith is not an uncommon name and back in the mid 1950s the Boston Red Sox had two of them in their farm system. To make matters more confusing, they were both pitchers. Still even more confusing, they were both pitchers. Still even more confusing they were both southpaws. And in 1956, they were both assigned to the Seals. So they became known by their initials. Robert Gilchrist Smith was R.G., Robert Walkup Smith was R.W. And this was how they were presented in the box scores." - Author Brent P. Kelley in The San Francisco Seals, 1946-1957: Interviews With 25 Former Baseballers (Mcfarland Publishers, 04/2002, 'Riverboat Smith', Page 247)

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Bob Smith

Bob Smith Autograph on a 1959 Topps (#83)

Bob Smith Autograph on a 1959 Topps (#83)
 

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Birth Name:   Robert Gilchrist Smith
Nickname:   Bob or R.G.
Born On:   02-01-1931  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Woodsville, New Hampshire
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-01-2013 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Augusta, Georgia
Cemetery:   North Monroe Cemetery, Monroe, New Hampshire
High School:   Woodsville High School (Woodsville, NH)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   04-29-1955 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-23-1959
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bob Smith

Bob Smith Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1955 24 Red Sox 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.2 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -
1957 26 Cardinals 6 0 3 0 0 .000 4.66 0 0 1 9.2 53 12 5 10 0 6 1 11 0 1 0 -
1957 26 Pirates 20 4 4 2 4 .333 3.11 2 0 0 55.0 237 48 19 22 2 25 3 35 2 1 0 -
1958 27 Pirates 35 4 9 2 2 .500 4.43 0 0 1 61.0 274 61 30 39 6 31 7 24 3 2 0 -
1959 28 Pirates 20 0 6 0 0 .000 3.49 0 0 0 28.1 130 32 11 16 1 17 0 12 0 0 0 -
1959 28 Tigers 9 0 6 0 3 .000 8.18 0 0 0 11.0 53 20 10 15 5 3 1 10 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
4 Years 91 8 28 4 9 .308 4.05 2 0 2 166.2 753 174 75 102 14 83 12 93 5 4 0 -
Bob Smith

Bob Smith Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1955 24 Red Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1957 26 Cardinals 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1957 26 Pirates 20 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077
1958 27 Pirates 35 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 .091 .083 .091
1959 28 Pirates 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1959 28 Tigers 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
4 Years 91 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 1 1 0 0 .069 .067 .069
Bob Smith

Bob Smith Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1955 Red Sox P 1 0 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1957 Cardinals P 6 0 29 2 0.3 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.86
1957 Pirates P 20 4 165 9 0.5 8 3 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 1.31
1958 Pirates P 35 4 183 21 0.6 19 5 14 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .905 2.80
1959 Pirates P 20 0 85 4 0.2 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.27
1959 Tigers P 9 0 33 4 0.4 3 0 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 2.45
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 91 8 500 40 0.4 36 9 27 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.94
4 Years 91 8 500 40 0.4 36 9 27 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.94
Bob Smith

Bob Smith Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1955 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 5.40 5.40
1957 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.83 10.24 5.59
1957 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.40 5.73 4.09
1958 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.2 11.0 0.77 3.54 4.57
1959 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.71 3.81 5.40
1959 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 3.33 8.18 2.45
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
4 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 29.0 1.12 5.02 4.48
Bob Smith

Bob Smith Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1955 Boston Red Sox 39 Undetermined - -
1957 St. Louis Cardinals 45 Undetermined - -
1957 Pittsburgh Pirates 37 Undetermined - -
1958 Pittsburgh Pirates 37 Undetermined - -
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates 37 Undetermined - -
1959 Detroit Tigers 26 Undetermined - -




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