Standard Pitching
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | 19 | TOT | AA | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 55 | 3.16 | 1.647 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 2.33 | ||
| 1884 | 19 | PHA | AA | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 89 | 2.94 | 1.667 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | ||
| 1884 | 19 | PIT | AA | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 39 | 3.40 | 1.625 | 12.4 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 2.00 | ||
| 1885 | 20 | TOT | AA | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 32 | 4.38 | 2.417 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 0.90 | ||
| 1885 | 20 | BRO | AA | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 29 | 5.01 | 2.250 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 0.33 | ||
| 1885 | 20 | PHA | AA | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 42 | 3.13 | 2.750 | 15.8 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 15.8 | 1.75 | ||
| 1886 | 21 | DTN | NL | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 152 | 2.86 | 0.960 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 1.88 | |||
| 1887 | 22 | BAL | AA | 25 | 30 | .455 | 3.79 | 58 | 55 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 491.1 | 526 | 369 | 207 | 7 | 176 | 206 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 2204 | 108 | 3.78 | 1.429 | 9.6 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.17 | ||
| 1888 | 23 | TOT | AA | 16 | 20 | .444 | 3.55 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 314.0 | 270 | 185 | 124 | 5 | 147 | 171 | 24 | 0 | 29 | 1378 | 82 | 3.34 | 1.328 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 1.16 | ||
| 1888 | 23 | BAL | AA | 14 | 19 | .424 | 3.61 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 292.0 | 249 | 170 | 117 | 5 | 137 | 152 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 1281 | 81 | 3.42 | 1.322 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 1.11 | ||
| 1888 | 23 | PHA | AA | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.86 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 105 | 2.22 | 1.409 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 1.90 | ||
| 1889 | 24 | PHA | AA | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 53 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 208 | 87 | 5.01 | 1.814 | 11.1 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 0.48 | ||
| 1890 | 25 | TOT | NL | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.06 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 248.0 | 248 | 150 | 112 | 5 | 102 | 96 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1095 | 89 | 3.75 | 1.411 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 0.94 | ||
| 1890 | 25 | PHI | NL | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.28 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 204.0 | 209 | 125 | 97 | 5 | 89 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 911 | 86 | 3.87 | 1.461 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 0.91 | ||
| 1890 | 25 | PIT | NL | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.07 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 39 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 184 | 109 | 3.19 | 1.182 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 1.15 | ||
| 1891 | 26 | PHI | NL | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 80 | 4.16 | 1.474 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.38 | ||
| 8 Yrs | 54 | 74 | .422 | 3.89 | 140 | 129 | 11 | 123 | 2 | 0 | 1169.1 | 1177 | 802 | 506 | 20 | 479 | 519 | 53 | 0 | 62 | 5219 | 93 | 3.68 | 1.416 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 1.08 | |||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 14 | 19 | .422 | 3.89 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 296 | 298 | 203 | 128 | 5 | 121 | 131 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 1319 | 93 | 3.68 | 1.416 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 1.08 | |||||
| PHA (4 yrs) | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 95 | 61 | 36 | 2 | 40 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 368 | 86 | 3.89 | 1.731 | 11.0 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 1.03 | |||||
| PIT (2 yrs) | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.98 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 50 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 223 | 85 | 3.22 | 1.250 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.27 | |||||
| PHI (2 yrs) | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.28 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 223.0 | 229 | 140 | 106 | 6 | 97 | 84 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 996 | 85 | 3.89 | 1.462 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 0.87 | |||||
| BAL (2 yrs) | 39 | 49 | .443 | 3.72 | 93 | 87 | 6 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 783.1 | 775 | 539 | 324 | 12 | 313 | 358 | 38 | 0 | 37 | 3485 | 98 | 3.65 | 1.389 | 8.9 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 1.14 | |||||
| BRO (1 yr) | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 29 | 5.01 | 2.250 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 0.33 | |||||
| DTN (1 yr) | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 152 | 2.86 | 0.960 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 1.88 | ||||||
| AA (5 yrs) | 43 | 57 | .430 | 3.89 | 105 | 99 | 6 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 877.1 | 893 | 628 | 379 | 14 | 361 | 405 | 44 | 0 | 49 | 3939 | 93 | 3.68 | 1.429 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 1.12 | |||||
| NL (3 yrs) | 11 | 17 | .393 | 3.91 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 292.0 | 284 | 174 | 127 | 6 | 118 | 114 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1280 | 91 | 3.70 | 1.377 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 0.97 | |||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | WAR | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | TB | HBP | Pos | Awards | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 | 19 | 2TM | AA | -0.1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | -19 | .115 | 7 | 1 | 0 | /1 | ||||
| 1884 | 19 | PHA | AA | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 59 | .231 | 64 | 1 | 0 | /1 | ||||
| 1884 | 19 | PIT | AA | -0.1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -50 | 0 | 0 | /1 | ||||
| 1885 | 20 | 2TM | AA | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 25 | .188 | 39 | 1 | 0 | /1 | |||
| 1885 | 20 | BRO | AA | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 110 | .313 | 107 | 1 | 0 | /1 | |||
| 1885 | 20 | PHA | AA | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | .000 | -62 | 0 | 0 | /1 | |||
| 1886 | 21 | DTN | NL | -0.1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | -33 | .080 | -28 | 1 | /1 | ||
| 1887 | 22 | BAL | AA | 0.8 | 64 | 232 | 205 | 37 | 48 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 26 | 11 | .234 | .323 | .341 | .665 | 89 | .313 | 94 | 70 | 1 | 1/O | |
| 1888 | 23 | 2TM | AA | 1.1 | 38 | 131 | 118 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 8 | .254 | .328 | .381 | .710 | 131 | .330 | 124 | 45 | 1 | 1/O | |
| 1888 | 23 | BAL | AA | 1.0 | 35 | 121 | 109 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 7 | .248 | .322 | .376 | .698 | 127 | .324 | 121 | 41 | 1 | 1/O | |
| 1888 | 23 | PHA | AA | 0.1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .400 | .444 | .844 | 172 | .406 | 158 | 4 | 0 | /1 | |
| 1889 | 24 | PHA | AA | 0.1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .188 | .316 | .250 | .566 | 64 | .286 | 74 | 4 | 0 | /1 | |
| 1890 | 25 | 2TM | NL | 0.7 | 31 | 116 | 103 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 7 | .301 | .379 | .340 | .719 | 109 | .360 | 114 | 35 | 2 | 1/O | |
| 1890 | 25 | PHI | NL | 0.5 | 26 | 97 | 86 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | .279 | .361 | .326 | .686 | 98 | .345 | 103 | 28 | 1 | 1/O | |
| 1890 | 25 | PIT | NL | 0.3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .412 | .474 | .412 | .885 | 171 | .435 | 168 | 7 | 1 | /1 | |
| 1891 | 26 | PHI | NL | 0.1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .375 | .500 | .375 | .875 | 156 | .450 | 165 | 3 | 0 | /1 | |
| 8 Yrs | 2.6 | 148 | 530 | 472 | 80 | 118 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 54 | 32 | .250 | .332 | .339 | .671 | 99 | .321 | 102 | 160 | 4 | 1O | ||||
| 162 Game Avg | 2.8 | 162 | 580 | 517 | 88 | 129 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 59 | .250 | .332 | .339 | .671 | 99 | .321 | 102 | 175 | |||||||||
| PHA (4 Yrs) | 0.1 | 10 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .226 | .314 | .290 | .605 | 83 | .297 | 87 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| BAL (2 Yrs) | 1.7 | 99 | 353 | 314 | 53 | 75 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 37 | 18 | .239 | .323 | .354 | .676 | 101 | .317 | 102 | 111 | 2 | 1/O | ||||
| PHI (2 Yrs) | 0.6 | 29 | 107 | 94 | 19 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 5 | .287 | .374 | .330 | .704 | 103 | .355 | 109 | 31 | 1 | 1/O | ||||
| PIT (2 Yrs) | 0.2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .391 | .333 | .725 | 125 | .359 | 130 | 7 | 1 | /1 | ||||
| DTN (1 Yr) | -0.1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | -33 | .080 | -28 | 1 | /1 | |||||
| BRO (1 Yr) | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 110 | .313 | 107 | 1 | 0 | /1 | ||||||
| AA (5 Yrs) | 1.8 | 111 | 395 | 352 | 58 | 83 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 41 | 22 | .236 | .319 | .344 | .663 | 98 | .312 | 99 | 121 | 2 | 1/O | ||||
| NL (3 Yrs) | 0.8 | 37 | 135 | 120 | 22 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 10 | .292 | .370 | .325 | .695 | 103 | .348 | 108 | 39 | 2 | 1/O | ||||
Player Value--Batting
- WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | lgFld% | RF/9 | lgRF9 | RF/G | lgRFG | WP | Awards |
| 1884 | 19 | 2TM | AA | P | 2 | 17.0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .830 | 2.65 | 2.28 | 2.50 | 2.20 | 2 | |
| 1884 | 19 | PHA | AA | P | 1 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .830 | 3.00 | 2.30 | 3.00 | 2.20 | 1 | |
| 1884 | 19 | PIT | AA | P | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .830 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.00 | 2.20 | 1 | |
| 1885 | 20 | 2TM | AA | P | 2 | 12.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .879 | 4.50 | 1.88 | 3.00 | 1.90 | 5 | |
| 1885 | 20 | BRO | AA | P | 1 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .878 | 4.50 | 1.91 | 4.00 | 1.90 | 3 | |
| 1885 | 20 | PHA | AA | P | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .880 | 4.50 | 1.80 | 2.00 | 1.90 | 2 | |
| 1886 | 21 | DTN | NL | P | 3 | 25.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .913 | 1.08 | 2.27 | 1.00 | 2.17 | 2 | |
| 1887 | 22 | BAL | AA | P | 58 | 491.0 | 128 | 9 | 99 | 20 | 1 | .844 | .883 | 1.98 | 2.27 | 1.86 | 2.18 | 12 | |
| 1887 | 22 | BAL | AA | OF | 7 | 50.0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .636 | .898 | 1.26 | 2.12 | 1.00 | 2.04 | ||
| 1888 | 23 | 2TM | AA | P | 38 | 314.0 | 78 | 8 | 53 | 17 | 1 | .782 | .891 | 1.75 | 2.45 | 1.61 | 2.41 | 29 | |
| 1888 | 23 | BAL | AA | P | 35 | 292.0 | 75 | 8 | 50 | 17 | 1 | .773 | .891 | 1.79 | 2.45 | 1.66 | 2.41 | 25 | |
| 1888 | 23 | PHA | AA | P | 3 | 22.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .890 | 1.23 | 2.45 | 1.00 | 2.40 | 4 | |
| 1888 | 23 | BAL | AA | OF | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .910 | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.00 | 1.80 | ||
| 1889 | 24 | PHA | AA | P | 5 | 43.0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .904 | 0.84 | 2.13 | 0.80 | 2.06 | 1 | |
| 1890 | 25 | 2TM | NL | P | 29 | 248.0 | 46 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 5 | .935 | .898 | 1.56 | 2.24 | 1.48 | 2.19 | 11 | |
| 1890 | 25 | PHI | NL | P | 24 | 204.0 | 34 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 5 | .971 | .898 | 1.46 | 2.24 | 1.38 | 2.19 | 7 | |
| 1890 | 25 | PIT | NL | P | 5 | 44.0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .898 | 2.05 | 2.25 | 2.00 | 2.20 | 4 | |
| 1890 | 25 | PHI | NL | OF | 3 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .915 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.33 | 1.90 | ||
| 1891 | 26 | PHI | NL | P | 3 | 19.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .915 | 0.47 | 2.27 | 0.33 | 2.27 | 0 | |
| 8 Yrs | 151 | 1233.0 | 289 | 41 | 199 | 49 | 8 | .830 | .888 | 1.75 | 2.29 | 1.59 | 2.22 | 62 | |||||
| P (8 Yrs) | P | 140 | 1169.0 | 275 | 32 | 199 | 44 | 8 | .840 | .887 | 1.78 | 2.30 | 1.65 | 2.24 | 62 | ||||
| OF (3 Yrs) | OF | 11 | 64.0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .643 | .901 | 1.27 | 2.08 | 0.82 | 1.98 | |||||
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Phenomenal Smith born?
Phenomenal Smith was born on December 12, 1864.
Where was Phenomenal Smith born?
Phenomenal Smith was born in Philadelphia, PA.
How tall was Phenomenal Smith?
Phenomenal Smith was 5-6 (168 cm) tall.
How much did Phenomenal Smith weigh when playing?
Phenomenal Smith weighed 161 lbs (73 kg) when playing.
How many seasons did Phenomenal Smith play?
Phenomenal Smith played 8 seasons.
Is Phenomenal Smith in the Hall of Fame?
Phenomenal Smith has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.
What position did Phenomenal Smith play?
Phenomenal Smith was a Pitcher and Leftfielder.
How many strikeouts did Phenomenal Smith have?
Phenomenal Smith had 519 strikeouts over his career.
How many teams has Phenomenal Smith played for?
Phenomenal Smith played for 7 teams; the Philadelphia Athletics, Allegheny City, Brooklyn, Detroit Wolverines, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies and Allegheny City.
When did Phenomenal Smith retire?
Phenomenal Smith last played in 1891.
Player Value--Pitching