Fred Goldsmith

Full Name: Fredrick Ernest Goldsmith	Primary Position: P,OF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195	First Game: October 23, 1875
Birthdate: May 15, 1852	Final Game: September 10, 1884
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: March 28, 1939
Deathplace: Berkley, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on May 15, 1852 in New Haven, Connecticut, Fred Goldsmith (Fredrick Ernest Goldsmith) played for the New Haven Elm Citys, Troy Trojans, Chicago White Stockings and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 7 year career. Goldsmith broke into the bigs on October 23, 1875 with the New Haven Elm Citys, and put up a 1.57 ERA in 63 innings pitched in 1879, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Fred Goldsmith's best season was 1882, when he posted a 2.42 ERA, won 28 games and struck out 109 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1879	TRO	N	8	7	2	4	1.57	31	38	11	7	0	0	63	61	0	1	3	0
1880	CHI	N	26	24	21	3	1.75	90	80	41	22	4	1	210.1	189	2	18	10	0
1881	CHI	N	39	39	24	13	2.59	76	166	95	37	5	0	330	328	4	44	10	0
1882	CHI	N	45	45	28	17	2.42	109	192	109	45	4	0	405	377	7	38	13	0
1883	CHI	N	46	45	25	19	3.15	82	256	134	40	2	0	383.1	456	14	39	11	0
1884	CHI	N	21	21	9	11	4.26	34	141	89	20	1	0	188	245	11	29	10	0
1884	BAL	a	4	4	3	1	2.70	11	12	9	3	0	0	30	29	0	2	0	1
1884	Total		25	25	12	12	4.05	45	153	98	23	1	0	218	274	11	31	10	1
Total	NL		185	181	109	67	2.73	422	873	479	171	16	1	1579.2	1656	38	169	57	0
Total	AA		4	4	3	1	2.70	11	12	9	3	0	0	30	29	0	2	0	1
Total			189	185	112	68	2.73	433	885	488	174	16	1	1609.2	1685	38	171	57	1

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1875	NH	n	2B	1	4	3	3	0	.700
1879	TRO	N	OF	2	3	1	2	1	.667
1879	TRO	N	1B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000
1879	TRO	N	P	8	2	13	3	0	.833
1880	CHI	N	OF	10	10	4	6	0	.700
1880	CHI	N	1B	4	34	0	3	0	.919
1880	CHI	N	P	26	11	49	2	0	.968
1881	CHI	N	OF	3	3	2	3	0	.625
1881	CHI	N	P	39	18	95	18	2	.863
1882	CHI	N	1B	1	7	0	1	0	.875
1882	CHI	N	P	45	26	67	6	0	.939
1883	CHI	N	1B	2	4	0	0	0	1.000
1883	CHI	N	P	46	23	86	17	3	.865
1883	CHI	N	OF	16	28	3	7	0	.816
1884	CHI	N	P	21	7	34	12	0	.774
1884	CHI	N	OF	2	1	1	0	0	1.000
1884	BAL	a	P	4	9	7	2	0	.889
1884	BAL	a	1B	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1884	Total		P	25	16	41	14	0	.803
Total			2B	1	4	3	3	0	.700
Total			OF	33	45	11	18	1	.757
Total			1B	9	49	0	4	0	.925
Total			P	189	96	351	60	5	.882

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO
1875	NH	n	1	4	0	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0
1879	TRO	N	9	38	6	9	0	2	.237	.256	.263	1	0	1	3
1880	CHI	N	35	142	24	37	0	15	.261	.271	.317	4	2	2	15
1881	CHI	N	42	158	24	38	0	16	.241	.268	.310	3	4	6	17
1882	CHI	N	45	183	23	42	0	19	.230	.246	.301	11	1	4	29
1883	CHI	N	60	235	38	52	1	16	.221	.234	.311	12	3	4	35
1884	CHI	N	22	81	11	11	2	6	.136	.205	.235	2	0	7	26
1884	BAL	a	4	14	2	2	0	0	.143	.250	.143	0	0	2	0
1884	Total		26	95	13	13	2	6	.137	.212	.221	2	0	9	26
Total	NL		213	837	126	189	3	74	.226	.247	.300	33	10	24	125
Total	NA		1	4	0	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0
Total	AA		4	14	2	2	0	0	.143	.250	.143	0	0	2	0
Total			218	855	128	193	3	75	.226	.249	.298	33	10	26	125

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Sold by Chicago White Stockings to Baltimore Orioles (August 7, 1884).

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