Phenomenal Smith

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Full Name: John Francis Smith	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 6.5"/161	First Game: August 14, 1884
Birthdate: December 12, 1864	Final Game: June 15, 1891
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: April 3, 1952
Deathplace: Manchester, New Hampshire
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on December 12, 1864 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Phenomenal Smith (John Francis Smith) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, Detroit Wolverines, Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 8 year career. Smith broke into the bigs on August 14, 1884 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.79 ERA in 491.1 innings pitched in 1887, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Phenomenal Smith's best season was 1887, when he posted a 3.79 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 206 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1884	PIT	a	1	1	0	1	9.00	4	10	8	1	0	0	8	11	0	2	0	1	1
1884	PHI	a	1	1	0	1	4.00	3	6	4	1	0	0	9	14	0	1	0	1	0
1884	TOT	a	2	2	0	2	6.35	7	16	12	2	0	0	17	25	0	3	0	2	1
1885	PHI	a	1	1	0	1	9.00	7	9	4	0	0	0	4	7	0	4	0	3	1
1885	BRO	a	1	1	0	1	12.38	2	18	11	1	0	0	8	12	0	6	0	3	1
1885	TOT	a	2	2	0	2	11.25	9	27	15	1	0	0	12	19	0	10	0	6	2
1886	DET	N	3	3	1	1	2.16	15	9	6	3	0	0	25	16	0	8	0	2	0
1887	BAL	a	58	55	25	30	3.79	206	369	207	54	1	0	491.1	526	7	176	0	0	14
1888	PHI	a	3	3	2	1	2.86	19	15	7	3	0	0	22	21	0	10	0	4	0
1888	BAL	a	35	32	14	19	3.61	152	170	117	31	0	0	292	249	5	137	0	0	0
1888	TOT	a	38	35	16	20	3.55	171	185	124	34	0	0	314	270	5	147	0	4	0
1889	PHI	a	5	5	2	3	4.40	12	31	21	5	0	0	43	53	2	25	0	1	1
1890	PIT	N	5	5	1	3	3.07	15	25	15	5	0	0	44	39	0	13	0	4	2
1890	PHI	N	24	20	8	12	4.28	81	125	97	19	1	0	204	209	5	89	0	7	0
1890	TOT	N	29	25	9	15	4.06	96	150	112	24	1	0	248	248	5	102	0	11	2
1891	PHI	N	3	2	1	1	4.26	3	15	9	0	0	0	19	20	1	8	0	0	0
Total	NL		35	30	11	17	3.91	114	174	127	27	1	0	292	284	6	118	0	13	2
Total	AA		105	99	43	57	3.89	405	628	379	96	1	0	877.1	893	14	361	0	13	18
Total			140	129	54	74	3.89	519	802	506	123	2	0	1169.1	1177	20	479	0	26	20

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1884	PIT	a	P	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1884	PHI	a	P	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1884	TOT	a	P	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1885	PHI	a	P	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1885	BRO	a	P	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1885	TOT	a	P	2	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1886	DET	N	P	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1887	BAL	a	OF	7	0	0	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.636
1887	BAL	a	P	58	0	0	9	99	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.844
1888	PHI	a	P	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1888	BAL	a	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1888	BAL	a	P	35	0	0	8	50	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.773
1888	TOT	a	P	38	0	0	8	53	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.782
1889	PHI	a	P	5	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1890	PIT	N	P	5	0	0	4	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1890	PHI	N	P	24	0	0	5	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1890	PHI	N	OF	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1890	TOT	N	P	29	0	0	9	34	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1891	PHI	N	P	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Total			OF	11	0	0	9	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.643
Total			P	140	0	0	32	199	44	8	0	0	0	0	0	.840

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1884	PIT	a	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1884	PHI	a	1	4	1	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1884	TOT	a	2	8	1	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1885	PHI	a	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1885	BRO	a	1	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1885	TOT	a	2	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1886	DET	N	3	9	0	1	0	1	.111	.111	.111	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1887	BAL	a	64	205	37	48	1	18	.234	.323	.341	7	6	26	0	1	0	7	0	0
1888	PHI	a	3	9	1	3	0	2	.333	.400	.444	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1888	BAL	a	35	109	16	27	1	12	.248	.322	.376	3	4	11	0	1	0	2	0	0
1888	TOT	a	38	118	17	30	1	14	.254	.328	.381	4	4	12	0	1	0	3	0	0
1889	PHI	a	5	16	3	3	0	0	.188	.316	.250	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
1890	PIT	N	5	17	3	7	0	3	.412	.474	.412	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
1890	PHI	N	26	86	19	24	0	9	.279	.361	.326	4	0	10	5	1	0	6	0	0
1890	TOT	N	31	103	22	31	0	12	.301	.379	.340	4	0	11	7	2	0	6	0	0
1891	PHI	N	3	8	0	3	0	2	.375	.500	.375	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	NL		37	120	22	35	0	15	.292	.370	.325	4	0	13	10	2	0	7	0	0
Total	AA		111	352	58	83	2	32	.236	.319	.344	12	10	41	3	2	0	10	0	0
Total			148	472	80	118	2	47	.250	.332	.339	16	10	54	13	4	0	17	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Philadelphia Athletics for $1000 or $1500 (October 5, 1888).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (May, 1891).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (May, 1891).

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