Ford Smith
1939–1948 · bats B / throws R · ASW, Kansas City Monarchs, SSA
66G
.236AVG
.290OBP
.325SLG
More career statistics
37H
1HR
29RBI
0SB
14–6W–L
182.0IP
109K
2.37ERA
18GS
2SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 66 | 80 |
| Batting · At bats | 157 | 153 |
| Batting · Doubles | 9 | 11 |
| Batting · Hits | 37 | 43 |
| Batting · Home runs | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 172 | 171 |
| Batting · Runs | 23 | 25 |
| Batting · RBI | 29 | 32 |
| Batting · Walks | 11 | 17 |
| Pitching · Games | 28 | 48 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 737 | 763 |
| Pitching · p cg | 13 | 29 |
| Pitching · p er | 48 | 27 |
| Pitching · p gs | 18 | 33 |
| Pitching · p h | 150 | 280 |
| Pitching · p hr | 3 | 5 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 546 | 972 |
| Pitching · p k | 109 | 105 |
| Pitching · p r | 62 | 124 |
| Pitching · p w | 53 | 64 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 172 | 157 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | .236 | .290 | .325 | .615 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182.0 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 150 | 62 | 48 | 3 | 53 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 2.37 | 1.115 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1947-07-13 to 1947-08-04
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1947-08-04 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | 1947-08-17 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 18 | 6 walks allowed | 1947-06-03 | 1 in 74 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 8 | 14 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .286 | 23 | 12 |
| 1946 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 30 | 71 | 15 | – | 13 | – | .211 | 70 | 13 |
| 1947 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 18 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 12 | – | .400 | 86 | 32 |
| 1948 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 24 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 5 | – | .303 | 144 | 48 |