Frank Smith Trades and Transactions

The Frank Smith trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Frank Smith has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I went 2-2 on him (Jackie Robinson) and I knocked him down. Nobody gets knocked down on that count. He didn't say anything. He brushed himself off. The next pitch he bunted. I figured something was up. I went to field it and he ran right over me. Left his cleat marks on my shoulder. We just looked at each other. Didn't say anything. We knew that's the way the game was played." - Frank Smith in the Watertown Daily Times (June 16, 2002, Gregory Gay)

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Frank "Fireball" Smith Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#116)
 

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Birth Name:   Frank Thomas Smith
Nickname:   Fireball
Born On:   04-04-1928  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Pierrepont Manor, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-24-2005
Place of Death Data Died In:   Malone, Florida
Cemetery:   Pinecrest Memorial Gardens, Marianna, Florida
High School:   LaFargeville Central School (LaFargeville, NY)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   04-18-1950 (Age 22)
Last Game:   05-13-1956
Draft:   Not Applicable
Frank Smith

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1946: Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs.
00-00-1948: Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Chicago Cubs in the minor league draft.
12-08-1954: Traded by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Jablonski and Jerry Staley.
04-10-1956: Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from St. Louis Cardinals.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Frank Smith trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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