Frank Smith
1904–1915 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Terrapins, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Tip-Tops, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds
373G
.204AVG
.276OBP
.289SLG
More career statistics
156H
2HR
85RBI
3SB
139–111W–L
2,273.0IP
1,051K
2.59ERA
255GS
6SV
14Rare feats
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 · At bats | 766 | 768 |
| Batting · Doubles | 41 | 43 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 13 | 14 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 48 | 207 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 879 | 899 |
| Batting · RBI | 85 | 76 |
| Batting · Walks | 64 | 82 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,062 | 8,760 |
| Pitching · p er | 655 | 548 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,975 | 2,008 |
| Pitching · p hr | 27 | 25 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,819 | 6,800 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,051 | 1,066 |
| Pitching · p r | 891 | 898 |
| Pitching · p w | 676 | 690 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 373 | 879 | 766 | 81 | 156 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 85 | 64 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 221 | .204 | .276 | .289 | .565 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,273.0 | 354 | 255 | 184 | 139 | 111 | 6 | 1,975 | 891 | 655 | 27 | 676 | 1,051 | 0 | 0 | 2.59 | 1.166 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1904-06-03 to 1904-07-20
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Four Wild Pitches | 1905-10-07 | 1 in 2,630 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1905-09-06 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1905-05-13 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 186 | 434 | 64 | 2 | 44 | 36 | 98 | .171 | .230 | .257 |
| Away | 187 | 465 | 92 | 0 | 32 | 46 | 109 | .234 | .297 | .322 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 94 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 20 | .253 | .277 | .391 |
| May | 73 | 181 | 31 | 0 | 23 | 24 | 38 | .205 | .304 | .298 |
| June | 62 | 152 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 45 | .167 | .204 | .265 |
| July | 63 | 139 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 32 | .180 | .281 | .243 |
| August | 60 | 157 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 36 | .200 | .248 | .252 |
| September | 64 | 147 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 27 | .232 | .286 | .320 |
| October | 12 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .185 | .207 | .296 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 48 | 134 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 38 | .174 | .276 | .248 |
| cleveland-guardians | 42 | 120 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 19 | .263 | .333 | .354 |
| new-york-yankees | 41 | 122 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 25 | .227 | .311 | .268 |
| st-louis-browns | 35 | 95 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 24 | .163 | .189 | .233 |
| detroit-tigers | 32 | 96 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 15 | .282 | .302 | .412 |
| boston-red-sox | 29 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | .136 | .209 | .203 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 28 | 68 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | .153 | .206 | .237 |
| buffalo-blues | 15 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .182 | .240 | .364 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |  Chicago White Sox | 26 | 72 | 18 | – | 6 | – | .250 | 203 | 108 |
| 1905 | Chicago White Sox | 41 | 109 | 24 | 1 | 7 | – | .220 | 289 | 177 |
| 1906 | Chicago White Sox | 22 | 41 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .293 | 122 | 52 |
| 1907 | Chicago White Sox | 42 | 92 | 18 | – | 11 | 2 | .196 | 308 | 144 |
| 1908 | Chicago White Sox | 43 | 106 | 20 | – | 10 | 1 | .189 | 291 | 129 |
| 1909 | Chicago White Sox | 53 | 126 | 22 | – | 18 | – | .175 | 364 | 177 |
| 1910 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox | 29 | 53 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .170 | 154 | 59 |
| 1911 | Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds | 36 | 56 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .214 | 177 | 68 |
| 1912 |  Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 22 | 5 |
| 1914 | BTBaltimore Terrapins | 41 | 58 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .207 | 181 | 83 |
| 1915 | Baltimore Terrapins, Brooklyn Tip-Tops | 32 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 7 | – | .184 | 151 | 64 |