Frank Smith Notable

b. October 28, 1879 · Chicago White Sox 1904–1910, Boston Red Sox 1910–1911, Cincinnati Reds 1911–1912, Baltimore Terrapins 1914–1915, Brooklyn Tip-Tops 1915

Frank Smith played for five clubs across 12 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Chicago White Sox in 1904 and closing with the Brooklyn Tip-Tops in 1915.

He went 139 and 111 with a 2.59 earned run average, pitching 2,274 innings in 354 games. He struck out 1,051, completed 184 of his 255 starts and threw 27 shutouts. Across 369 games he batted .204, with 156 hits and 81 runs. He finished with 2 home runs, 41 doubles and 3 stolen bases.

He led the league in strikeouts once, in 1909, with 177.

He has two pages for his starting pitcher — 1905 and 1908.

He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, USA on October 28, 1879, and died on November 3, 1952. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1904	CHW	26	72	8	18	5	0	0	6	4	21	0	.250
1905	CHW	41	106	11	24	6	0	1	11	7	30	0	.226
1906	CHW	20	41	6	12	2	2	0	6	3	6	0	.293
1907	CHW	42	92	11	18	3	0	0	11	16	28	2	.196
1908	CHW	43	106	15	20	7	0	0	10	5	36	1	.189
1909	CHW	53	127	11	22	6	3	0	20	10	31	0	.173
1910	BOS/CHW	28	52	5	9	3	0	0	5	6	17	0	.173
1911	BOS/CIN	36	56	3	12	2	2	0	6	5	14	0	.214
1912	CIN	7	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	.000
1914	BAL	41	59	4	12	4	1	0	3	3	21	0	.203
1915	BAL/BTT	32	49	5	9	3	1	1	7	3	12	0	.184
Career	—	369	766	81	156	41	9	2	85	64	217	3	.204

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1904	CHW	16	9	26	23	0	203.1	157	47	58	107	2.08
1905	CHW	19	13	39	31	0	291.2	215	69	107	171	2.13
1906	CHW	5	5	20	13	1	122.0	124	46	37	53	3.39
1907	CHW	23	10	41	37	0	310.0	280	85	111	139	2.47
1908	CHW	16	17	41	35	1	297.2	213	67	73	129	2.03
1909	CHW	25	17	51	40	1	365.0	278	73	70	177	1.80
1910	BOS/CHW	5	11	23	18	0	156.2	113	44	51	58	2.53
1911	BOS/CIN	10	14	35	19	1	178.2	204	82	58	68	4.13
1912	CIN	1	1	7	3	0	22.2	34	16	15	5	6.35
1914	BAL	10	8	39	22	2	174.2	180	58	47	83	2.99
1915	BAL/BTT	9	6	32	14	0	151.2	177	68	49	61	4.04
Career	—	139	111	354	255	6	2274.0	1975	655	676	1051	2.59

On this day & linked events

1879

Born October 28, 1879

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

1952

Died November 3, 1952

1904

Major-league debut: Frank Smith

Frank Smith made a major-league debut on April 22, 1904.

1905

Frank Smith's No-Hitter

Frank Smith started as the Chicago White Sox held the Detroit Tigers without a hit on September 6, 1905, winning 15–0.

1908

Frank Smith's No-Hitter

Frank Smith started as the Chicago White Sox held the Philadelphia Athletics without a hit on September 20, 1908, winning 1–0.

1915

Final major-league game: Frank Smith

Frank Smith played a final major-league game on September 13, 1915.

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