Frank Smith Stats

Frank Smith was born on Wednesday, April 4, 1928, in Pierrepont Manor, New York. Smith was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1950, with the Cincinnati Reds. 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 Frank Smith baseball stats page.

"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)

Birth Name:	Frank Thomas Smith
Nickname:	Fireball
Born On:	04-04-1928 (Aries)
Born In:	Pierrepont Manor, New York
Died On:	09-24-2005 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Malone, Florida
Cemetery:	Pinecrest Memorial Gardens, Marianna, Florida

High School:	LaFargeville Central School (LaFargeville, NY)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-03	Weight:	200
First Game:	04-18-1950 (Age 22)
Last Game:	05-13-1956
Draft:	Not Applicable

Frank Smith Frank Smith Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1950	22	Reds	38	4	19	2	7	.222	3.87	0	0	3	90.2	392	73	39	43	12	39	2	55	1	8	2	-
1951	23	Reds	50	0	35	5	5	.500	3.20	0	0	11	76.0	315	65	27	33	7	22	4	34	1	4	0	-
1952	24	Reds	53	2	37	12	11	.522	3.75	1	0	7	122.1	513	109	51	56	13	41	5	77	1	7	0	-
1953	25	Redlegs	50	1	27	8	1	.889	5.49	0	0	2	83.2	364	89	51	64	15	25	4	42	4	3	0	-
1954	26	Redlegs	50	0	43	5	8	.385	2.67	0	0	20	81.0	328	60	24	29	15	29	2	51	0	3	0	-
1955	27	Cardinals	28	0	14	3	1	.750	3.23	0	0	1	39.0	168	27	14	18	3	23	3	17	2	5	0	-
1956	28	Redlegs	2	0	0	0	0	.000	12.00	0	0	0	3.0	13	3	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
7 Years			271	7	175	35	33	.515	3.81	1	0	44	495.2	2,093	426	210	247	67	181	20	277	9	30	2	-

Frank Smith Frank Smith Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1950	22	Reds	38	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	.095	.095	.095
1951	23	Reds	50	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
1952	24	Reds	53	29	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	.172	.172	.241
1953	25	Redlegs	50	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154
1954	26	Redlegs	50	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	7	2	0	1	0	.100	.357	.200
1955	27	Cardinals	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1956	28	Redlegs	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
7 Years			271	87	5	10	3	0	0	0	3	3	0	39	7	0	1	2	.115	.154	.149

Frank Smith Frank Smith Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1950 Reds	P	38	4	272	16	0.4	14	0	14	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.875	1.39
1951 Reds	P	50	0	228	21	0.4	20	3	17	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.952	2.37
1952 Reds	P	53	2	367	20	0.4	17	1	16	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.850	1.25
1953 Redlegs	P	50	1	251	22	0.4	20	1	19	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.909	2.15
1954 Redlegs	P	50	0	243	16	0.3	16	1	15	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.78
1955 Cardinals	P	28	0	117	9	0.3	8	1	7	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.85
1956 Redlegs	P	2	0	9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		271	7	1,487	104	0.4	95	7	88	9	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.913	1.72
7 Years		271	7	1,487	104	0.4	95	7	88	9	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.913	1.72

Frank Smith Frank Smith Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1950 Reds	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.3	0.0	1.41	5.46	3.87
1951 Reds	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.3	0.0	1.55	4.03	2.61
1952 Reds	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.4	0.0	1.88	5.66	3.02
1953 Redlegs	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.2	13.0	1.68	4.52	2.69
1954 Redlegs	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.4	5.0	1.76	5.67	3.22
1955 Cardinals	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.74	3.92	5.31
1956 Redlegs	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.50	3.00	6.00
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
7 Years	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.2	29.0	1.53	5.03	3.29

Frank Smith Frank Smith Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1950 Cincinnati Reds	32	$3,600.00	-	-
1951 Cincinnati Reds	32	$5,600.00	-	-
1952 Cincinnati Reds	32	$7,500.00	-	-
1953 Cincinnati Redlegs	32	$9,500.00	-	-
1954 Cincinnati Redlegs	32	$10,000.00	-	-
1955 St. Louis Cardinals	25	$12,000.00	-	-
1956 Cincinnati Redlegs	32	$9,000.00	-	-
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