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Ford Smith

John Ford Smith
(Geronimo; Teniente)

Born: January 19, 1919 in Phoenix, AZ
Died: February 26, 1983 in Phoenix, AZ
(64 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 198

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Notes:

• College: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
• Buried: Greenwood Memorial Lawn Cemetery (Phoenix, AZ)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1941	KCM	NAL	22	SP	3	0	1.000	5	2	3	0	0	0	33.0	9	8	28	0	6	17	0	0	0	129	2.18	158
1946	KCM	NAL/WS	27	CF	1	2	.333	8	4	4	3	0	1	44.2	18	15	37	2	19	23	0	0	1	187	3.02	131
1947	KCM/WES	EWA/NAL	28	SP	7	3	.700	10	8	2	5	2	0	66.0	20	17	51	2	29	34	0	0	1	271	2.32	200
1948	KCM	ALC/NAL	29	SP	4	3	.571	12	8	4	7	1	2	70.1	33	22	68	1	19	51	4	0	5	295	2.82	151
4	2			SP	15	8	.652	35	22	13	15	3	3	214.0	80	62	184	5	73	125	4	0	7	882	2.61	151
162 Game Average					18	10	.652	42	26	16	18	4	4	255.1	95	74	220	6	87	149	5	0	8	1052	2.61	151

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
4	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	14	8	.636	34	21	13	15	3	3	211.0	78	60	180	5	71	123	4	0	7	867	2.56	157
1	West All Stars			RP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	15	6.00	45

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1941	KCM	NAL	22	SP	33.0		1.03	1.24		13.2%	15.5%		4.7%	7.4%		2.83	2.08		0.0%	0.6%
1946	KCM	NAL/WS	27	CF	44.2		1.25	1.40		12.3%	16.1%		10.2%	9.0%		1.21	1.73		1.1%	1.4%
1947	KCM/WES	EWA/NAL	28	SP	66.0		1.21	1.53		12.5%	13.2%		10.7%	9.4%		1.17	1.30		0.7%	0.5%
1948	KCM	ALC/NAL	29	SP	70.1		1.24	1.48		17.3%	16.6%		6.4%	9.9%		2.68	1.54		0.3%	1.2%
4	2			SP	214.0		1.20	1.44		14.2%	14.3%		8.3%	9.1%		1.71	1.59		0.6%	0.9%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
4	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	211.0		1.19	1.44		14.2%	14.3%		8.2%	9.1%		1.73	1.59		0.6%	1.0%
1	West All Stars			RP	3.0		2.00	1.16		13.3%	14.0%		13.3%	9.1%		1.00	1.53		0.0%	0.0%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1941	KCM	NAL	22	SP	5	129	122	9	28	1	1	0	4		6	17	0	0	1		5	.230	.266	.254	.520
1946	KCM	NAL/WS	27	CF	8	187	162	18	37	3	0	2	2		19	23	0	1	5		4	.228	.313	.284	.597
1947	KCM/WES	EWA/NAL	28	SP	10	271	237	20	51	7	1	2	1		29	34	0	1	4		6	.215	.303	.278	.582
1948	KCM	ALC/NAL	29	SP	12	295	264	33	68	15	3	1	3		19	51	0	5	7		11	.258	.319	.348	.668
4	2			SP	35	882	785	80	184	26	5	5	10		73	125	0	7	17		26	.234	.305	.299	.605

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
4	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	34	867	773	78	180	25	5	5	9		71	123	0	7	16		26	.233	.303	.298	.601
1	West All Stars			RP	1	15	12	2	4	1	0	0	1		2	2		0	1		0	.333	.429	.417	.845

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