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Fred Goldsmith

Fredrick Ernest Goldsmith

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 15, 1852 in New Haven, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: October 23, 1875
Teams (by GP): WhiteStockings/Trojans/Orioles/ElmCitys 1875-1884

Final Game: September 10, 1884
Died: March 28, 1939 in Berkley, MI
Buried: Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, MI
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Apr 30, 2011, 3:38AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #637. Bob Porterfield… #638. Ugueth Urbina… #639. Rip Collins… #640. FRED GOLDSMITH… #641. Harry Gumbert… #642. Jason Isringhausen… #643. Joey Jay… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1879 27 TRO NL 2 4 .333 1.57 8 7 1 7 0 0 63.0 61 38 11 0 1 31 3 258 160 0.984 8.7 0.0 0.1 4.4 31.00
1880 28 CHC NL 21 3 .875 1.75 26 24 1 22 4 1 210.1 189 80 41 2 18 90 10 837 138 0.984 8.1 0.1 0.8 3.9 5.00
1881 29 CHC NL 24 13 .649 2.59 39 39 0 37 5 0 330.0 328 166 95 4 44 76 1 10 1373 106 1.127 8.9 0.1 1.2 2.1 1.73
1882 30 CHC NL 28 17 .622 2.42 45 45 0 45 4 0 405.0 377 192 109 7 38 109 0 13 1637 118 1.025 8.4 0.2 0.8 2.4 2.87
1883 31 CHC NL 25 19 .568 3.15 46 45 1 40 2 0 383.1 456 256 134 14 39 82 1 11 1683 105 1.291 10.7 0.3 0.9 1.9 2.10
1884 32 TOT MLB 12 12 .500 4.05 25 25 0 23 1 0 218.0 274 152 98 11 31 45 1 0 10 977 79 1.399 11.3 0.5 1.3 1.9 1.45
1884 32 CHC NL 9 11 .450 4.26 21 21 0 20 1 0 188.0 245 140 89 11 29 34 0 10 852 74 1.457 11.7 0.5 1.4 1.6 1.17
1884 32 BAL AA 3 1 .750 2.70 4 4 0 3 0 0 30.0 29 12 9 0 2 11 1 0 0 125 130 1.033 8.7 0.0 0.6 3.3 5.50
6 Seasons 112 68 .622 2.73 189 185 3 174 16 1 1609.2 1685 884 488 38 171 433 1 2 57 6765 107 1.153 9.4 0.2 1.0 2.4 2.53
162 Game Avg. 20 12 .622 2.73 34 34 1 32 3 0 293 306 161 89 7 31 79 0 10 1230 107 1.153 9.4 0.2 1.0 2.4 2.53
CHC (5 yrs) 107 63 .629 2.78 177 174 2 164 16 1 1516.2 1595 834 468 38 168 391 2 54 6382 105 1.162 9.5 0.2 1.0 2.3 2.33
TRO (1 yr) 2 4 .333 1.57 8 7 1 7 0 0 63.0 61 38 11 0 1 31 3 258 160 0.984 8.7 0.0 0.1 4.4 31.00
BAL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 2.70 4 4 0 3 0 0 30.0 29 12 9 0 2 11 1 0 0 125 130 1.033 8.7 0.0 0.6 3.3 5.50
NL (6 yrs) NL 109 67 .619 2.73 185 181 3 171 16 1 1579.2 1656 872 479 38 169 422 2 57 6640 106 1.155 9.4 0.2 1.0 2.4 2.50
AA (1 yr) AA 3 1 .750 2.70 4 4 0 3 0 0 30.0 29 12 9 0 2 11 1 0 0 125 130 1.033 8.7 0.0 0.6 3.3 5.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1879 27 TRO NL 63.0 7 38 41 -2 1.0 3 0.4 $
1880 28 CHC NL 210.1 24 80 123 8 1.0 43 3.6 $
1881 29 CHC NL 330.0 39 166 208 16 1.0 42 2.2 $
1882 30 CHC NL 405.0 45 192 273 18 1.0 81 5.6 $
1883 31 CHC NL 383.1 45 256 281 5 1.0 25 2.1 $
1884 32 CHC NL 188.0 21 141 136 3 1.0 -5 -0.1 $
1884 32 BAL AA 30.0 4 12 20 0 1.0 8 0.8 $
6 Seasons 1609.2 185 885 1082 48 1.0 197 14.6 $
CHC (5 yrs) 1516.2 174 835 1021 50 1.0 186 13.4 $
TRO (1 yr) 63.0 7 38 41 -2 1.0 3 0.4 $
BAL (1 yr) 30.0 4 12 20 0 1.0 8 0.8 $

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1875 23 NHV NA 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 269 2 0 0 /4
1879 27 TRO NL 9 39 38 6 9 1 0 0 2 1 3 .237 .256 .263 .520 77 10 0 /1O3
1880 28 CHC NL 35 144 142 24 37 4 2 0 15 2 15 .261 .271 .317 .588 93 45 0 1O/3
1881 29 CHC NL 42 164 158 24 38 3 4 0 16 6 17 .241 .268 .310 .578 77 49 0 1/O
1882 30 CHC NL 45 187 183 23 42 11 1 0 19 4 29 .230 .246 .301 .547 71 55 0 1/3
1883 31 CHC NL 60 239 235 38 52 12 3 1 16 4 35 .221 .234 .311 .545 58 73 0 1O/3
1884 32 TOT MLB 26 104 95 13 13 2 0 2 6 9 .137 .212 .221 .433 33 21 0 1/O3
1884 32 CHC NL 22 88 81 11 11 2 0 2 6 7 26 .136 .205 .235 .439 34 19 0 1/O
1884 32 BAL AA 4 16 14 2 2 0 0 0 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 29 2 0 /13
7 Seasons 218 881 855 128 193 33 10 3 75 0 0 26 99 .226 .249 .298 .547 68 255 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 655 635 95 143 25 7 2 56 19 .226 .249 .298 .547 68 189 0
CHC (5 yrs) 204 822 799 120 180 32 10 3 72 23 122 .225 .247 .302 .549 68 241 0
TRO (1 yr) 9 39 38 6 9 1 0 0 2 1 3 .237 .256 .263 .520 77 10 0
NHV (1 yr) 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 269 2 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 4 16 14 2 2 0 0 0 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 29 2 0
NL (6 yrs) 213 861 837 126 189 33 10 3 74 24 125 .226 .247 .300 .547 68 251 0
AA (1 yr) 4 16 14 2 2 0 0 0 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 29 2 0
NA (1 yr) 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 269 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1875 23 NHV NA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /4
1879 27 TRO NL 39 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1O3
1880 28 CHC NL 144 -1 1 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1O/3
1881 29 CHC NL 164 -5 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1/O
1882 30 CHC NL 187 -7 0 0 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1/3
1883 31 CHC NL 239 -13 1 0 0 0 0 8 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1O/3
1884 32 CHC NL 88 -9 0 0 0 0 0 3 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ 1/O
1884 32 BAL AA 16 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /13
7 Seasons 881 -37 3 0 0 0 0 27 -8 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $
CHC (5 yrs) 822 -35 3 0 0 0 0 26 -7 -0.4 -6 -0.6 0.2 $
TRO (1 yr) 39 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
NHV (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
BAL (1 yr) 16 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1875 NHV NA 23 2B 1 10 4 3 3 0 .700 7.00 .860 5.90
1879 TRO NL 27 P 8 63.0 18 2 13 3 0 .833 2.14 1.88 .911 2.30 2.30
1879 TRO NL 27 OF 2 6 3 1 2 1 .667 2.00 .867 1.90 0-2-0
1879 TRO NL 27 1B 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 11.10
1880 CHC NL 28 P 26 210.1 62 11 49 2 0 .968 2.57 2.31 .906 2.27 2.23
1880 CHC NL 28 OF 10 20 10 4 6 0 .700 1.40 .880 1.85 0-10-0
1880 CHC NL 28 1B 4 37 34 0 3 0 .919 8.50 .959 10.55
1881 CHC NL 29 P 39 330.0 131 18 95 18 2 .863 3.08 2.90 .900 2.25 2.22
1881 CHC NL 29 OF 3 8 3 2 3 0 .625 1.67 .912 2.07 0-1-2
1882 CHC NL 30 P 45 405.0 99 26 67 6 0 .939 2.07 2.07 .903 2.18 2.16
1882 CHC NL 30 1B 1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 7.00 .962 10.40
1883 CHC NL 31 P 46 383.1 126 23 86 17 3 .865 2.56 2.37 .895 2.20 2.15
1883 CHC NL 31 OF 16 38 28 3 7 0 .816 1.94 .855 1.96 10-3-3
1883 CHC NL 31 1B 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 10.60
1884 TOT MLB 32 P 25 218.0 71 16 41 14 0 .803 2.35 2.28 .883 2.29 2.23
1884 CHC NL 32 P 21 188.0 53 7 34 12 0 .774 1.96 1.95 .906 2.29 2.24
1884 CHC NL 32 OF 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .850 1.80 1-0-1
1884 BAL AA 32 P 4 30.0 18 9 7 2 0 .889 4.80 4.00 .817 2.28 2.20
1884 BAL AA 32 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.60
6 Seasons P 189 1609.2 507 96 351 60 5 .882 2.50 2.37 .898 2.23 2.20
5 Seasons OF 33 74 45 11 18 1 .757 1.70 .869 1.92 11-16-6
5 Seasons 1B 9 53 49 0 4 0 .925 5.44 .958 10.61
1 Season 2B 1 10 4 3 3 0 .700 7.00 .860 5.90
7 Seasons TOT 232 1609.2 644 194 365 85 6 .868 2.50 2.41 .899 2.23 2.50 11-16-6
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1880 NL  3.9 (10th)
1882 NL  5.5 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1880 NL  3.6 (7th)
1881 NL  2.2 (9th)
1882 NL  5.6 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1880 NL  1.75 (4th)
1881 NL  2.59 (9th)
1882 NL  2.42 (4th)
Career  2.73 (84th)

Wins s c a p y
1880 NL  21 (7th)
1881 NL  24 (8th)
1882 NL  28 (3rd)
1883 NL  25 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1880 NL  .875 (1st)
1881 NL  .649 (3rd)
1882 NL  .622 (3rd)
1883 NL  .568 (7th)
Career  .622 (66th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1880 NL  .984 (5th)
1881 NL  1.127 (3rd)
1882 NL  1.025 (3rd)
Career  1.153 (66th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  8.087 (7th)
1881 NL  8.945 (7th)
1882 NL  8.378 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  .770 (5th)
1881 NL  1.200 (3rd)
1882 NL  .844 (3rd)
1883 NL  .916 (5th)
1884 NL  1.388 (7th)
Career  .956 (12th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  3.851 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1881 NL  39 (10th)
1882 NL  45 (7th)
1883 NL  46 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1880 NL  1 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1880 NL  210.3 (10th)
1881 NL  330.0 (9th)
1882 NL  405.0 (7th)
1883 NL  383.3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1880 NL  90 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1880 NL  24 (10th)
1881 NL  39 (9th)
1882 NL  45 (6th)
1883 NL  45 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1880 NL  22 (9th)
1881 NL  37 (9th)
1882 NL  45 (5th)
1883 NL  40 (8th)
Career  174 (183rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1880 NL  4 (5th)
1881 NL  5 (3rd)
1882 NL  4 (3rd)
1883 NL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1880 NL  2 (9th)
1881 NL  4 (5th)
1882 NL  7 (6th)
1883 NL  14 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1881 NL  328 (9th)
1882 NL  377 (8th)
1883 NL  456 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1880 NL  5.000 (3rd)
1881 NL  1.727 (10th)
1882 NL  2.868 (6th)
Career  2.532 (81st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  .086 (8th)
1882 NL  .156 (5th)
Career  .213 (182nd)

Losses s c a p y
1882 NL  17 (9th)
1883 NL  19 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1881 NL  95 (9th)
1882 NL  109 (7th)
1883 NL  134 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1880 NL  10 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1882 NL  1637 (7th)
1883 NL  1683 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1879 NL  1 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1880 NL  138 (3rd)
1881 NL  106 (10th)
1882 NL  118 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1879 NL  3 (8th)
1880 NL  16 (7th)
1881 NL  9 (10th)
1882 NL  24 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1879 NL  .3 (8th)
1880 NL  1.6 (7th)
1881 NL  .8 (10th)
1882 NL  2.2 (4th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1882 NL  26 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1881 NL  95 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1881 NL  18 (3rd)
1883 NL  17 (3rd)
Career  60 (66th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1880 NL  2.57 (5th)
1881 NL  3.08 (1st)
1883 NL  2.56 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1880 NL  2.31 (5th)
1881 NL  2.90 (1st)
1883 NL  2.37 (3rd)
Career  2.37 (76th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1880 NL  .968 (2nd)
1882 NL  .939 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (558), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 94 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 43 (309), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 29 (155), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Doc Crandall (919)
  6. Russ Ford (912)
  7. Gary Nolan (909)
  8. Spud Chandler (908)
  9. Terry Larkin (904)
  10. Tex Hughson (900)
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  3. Tiny Bonham (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Deacon Phillippe (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Deacon Phillippe (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  4. Dizzy Dean (967) *
  5. George Earnshaw (966)
  6. Henry Boyle (966)
  7. Otto Hess (965)
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  3. Jack Taylor (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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