Phenomenal Smith Stats

Phenomenal Smith was born on Monday, December 12, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Smith was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1884, with the Philadelphia Athletics. 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 Phenomenal Smith baseball stats page.

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Phenomenal Smith



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Birth Name:   John Francis Gammon
Nickname:   Phenom or Phenomenal
Born On:   12-12-1864  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-03-1952 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Manchester, New Hampshire
Cemetery:   New St. Joseph Cemetery, Bedford, New Hampshire
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-06½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   161
First Game:   04-18-1884 (Age 19)
Last Game:   06-15-1891
Draft:   Not Applicable

Phenomenal Smith

Phenomenal Smith Pitching Stats

1884 20 Athletics 1 1 0 0 1 .000 4.00 1 0 0 9.0 39 14 4 6 0 1 - 3 1 0 0 0
1884 20 Alleghenys 1 1 0 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 0 8.0 39 11 8 10 0 2 - 4 1 1 0 0
1885 21 Trolley Dodgers 1 1 0 0 1 .000 12.38 1 0 0 8.0 47 12 11 18 0 6 - 2 3 1 0 0
1885 21 Athletics 1 1 0 0 1 .000 9.00 0 0 0 4.0 24 7 4 9 0 4 - 7 3 1 0 0
1886 22 Wolverines 3 3 0 1 1 .500 2.16 3 0 0 25.0 100 16 6 9 0 8 - 15 2 0 0 0
1887 23 Orioles 58 55 3 25 30 .455 3.79 54 1 0 491.1 2,204 526 207 369 7 176 - 206 0 14 0 -
1888 24 Orioles 35 32 2 14 19 .424 3.61 31 0 0 292.0 1,259 249 117 170 5 137 - 152 0 0 0 -
1888 24 Athletics 3 3 0 2 1 .667 2.86 3 0 0 22.0 101 21 7 15 0 10 - 19 4 0 0 0
1889 25 Athletics 5 5 0 2 3 .400 4.40 5 0 0 43.0 205 53 21 31 2 25 - 12 1 1 0 0
1890 26 Phillies 24 20 4 8 12 .400 4.28 19 1 0 204.0 0 209 97 125 5 89 - 81 7 0 0 -
1890 26 Alleghenys 5 5 0 1 3 .250 3.07 5 0 0 44.0 185 39 15 25 0 13 - 15 4 2 0 0
1891 27 Phillies 3 2 1 1 1 .500 4.26 0 0 0 19.0 0 20 9 15 1 8 - 3 0 0 0 -
8 Years 140 129 10 54 74 .422 3.89 123 2 0 1,169.1 4,203 1,177 506 802 20 479 - 519 26 20 0 0

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Phenomenal Smith Hitting Stats

1884 20 Athletics 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - .250 .250 .250
1884 20 Alleghenys 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1885 21 Trolley Dodgers 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - .333 .333 .333
1885 21 Athletics 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1886 22 Wolverines 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - - - 0 - .111 .111 .111
1887 23 Orioles 64 205 37 48 7 6 1 0 18 26 - - - - 1 - .234 .323 .215
1888 24 Orioles 35 109 16 27 3 4 1 0 12 11 - - - - 1 - .248 .322 .376
1888 24 Athletics 3 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 - - - - 0 - .333 .400 .444
1889 25 Athletics 5 16 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 - 0 0 - .188 .316 .250
1890 26 Phillies 26 86 19 24 4 0 0 0 9 10 - 5 - - 1 - .279 .361 .326
1890 26 Alleghenys 5 17 3 7 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 2 - - 1 - .412 .474 .412
1891 27 Phillies 3 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 0 - - 0 - .375 .500 .375
8 Years 148 472 80 118 16 10 2 0 47 54 0 10 - 0 4 - .250 .332 .339

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Phenomenal Smith Fielding Stats

1884 Athletics P 1 1 27 4 4.0 3 0 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 3.00
1884 Alleghenys P 1 1 24 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1885 Trolley Dodgers P 1 1 24 5 5.0 4 2 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 4.50
1885 Athletics P 1 1 12 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1886 Wolverines P 3 3 75 3 1.0 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.08
1887 Orioles LF 7 - - 11 1.6 7 7 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .636 0.00
1887 Orioles P 58 55 1,474 128 2.2 108 9 99 20 1 n/a n/a n/a .844 1.98
1888 Orioles LF 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Orioles P 35 32 876 75 2.1 58 8 50 17 1 n/a n/a n/a .773 1.79
1888 Athletics P 3 3 66 3 1.0 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.23
1889 Athletics P 5 5 129 5 1.0 4 0 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.84
1890 Phillies OF 3 - - 2 0.7 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
1890 Phillies P 24 20 612 34 1.4 33 5 28 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.46
1890 Alleghenys P 5 5 132 12 2.4 10 4 6 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 2.05
1891 Phillies P 3 2 57 2 0.7 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.47
P Totals 140 129 3,508 275 2.0 231 32 199 44 8 n/a n/a n/a .840 1.78
LF Totals 8 0 0 12 1.5 8 8 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
OF Totals 3 0 0 2 0.7 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
8 Years 151 129 3,508 289 1.9 240 41 199 49 8 n/a n/a n/a .830 1.85

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Phenomenal Smith Miscellaneous Stats

1884 Athletics - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.00 3.00 1.00
1884 Alleghenys - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 4.50 2.25
1885 Trolley Dodgers - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.33 2.25 6.75
1885 Athletics - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.75 15.75 9.00
1886 Wolverines 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 9.0 1.88 5.40 2.88
1887 Orioles 7 - - 0 0 n/a 205.0 0.0 11.4 1.17 3.77 3.22
1888 Orioles 2 - - 0 0 n/a 109.0 0.0 9.1 1.11 4.68 4.22
1888 Athletics 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 4.5 1.90 7.77 4.09
1889 Athletics 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.3 0.0 0.48 2.51 5.23
1890 Phillies 6 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 17.2 9.6 0.91 3.57 3.93
1890 Alleghenys 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.5 5.7 1.15 3.07 2.66
1891 Phillies 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.38 1.42 3.79
8 Years 17 - - 0 0 n/a 236.0 47.2 10.0 1.08 3.99 3.69

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Phenomenal Smith Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1884 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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