Frank Smith
1950–1956 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals
271G
.115AVG
.154OBP
.149SLG
More career statistics
10H
0HR
3RBI
0SB
35–33W–L
495.2IP
277K
3.81ERA
7GS
44SV
1Rare feat
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,093 | 2,094 |
| Pitching · p k | 277 | 278 |
| Pitching · p w | 181 | 180 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 271 | 98 | 87 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .115 | .154 | .149 | .303 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 495.7 | 271 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 33 | 44 | 426 | 247 | 210 | 67 | 181 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 3.81 | 1.225 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1953-05-27 to 1953-06-08
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Two Balks | 1950-06-15 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1953-05-17 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 18 | 6 walks allowed | 1952-05-21 | 1 in 74 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Cincinnati Reds | 38 | 21 | 2 | – | – | – | .095 | 90 | 56 |
| 1951 | Cincinnati Reds | 50 | 10 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 76 | 34 |
| 1952 | Cincinnati Reds | 53 | 29 | 5 | – | – | – | .172 | 122 | 77 |
| 1953 | Cincinnati Reds | 50 | 13 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .154 | 83 | 42 |
| 1954 | Cincinnati Reds | 50 | 10 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .100 | 81 | 51 |
| 1955 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 28 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 39 | 17 |
| 1956 | Cincinnati Reds | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 |