Theolic Smith

Theolic Smith
(Fireball)

Born: May 19, 1913 in Wabbesika, AR
Died: November 3, 1981 in Compton, CA
(68 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 170

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Notes:

• High School: Vashon HS (St. Louis, MO)
• Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park (Compton, CA)

Pitching

Glossary

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+
1935	SAS	NSA	22	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	8	6.75	59
1936	PC	NN2	23	SP	4	6	.400	19	12		5	2	2	94.0	86	72	116	6	46	38	1	0	3	445	6.89	74
1937	NAS/PC	IND/NN2	24	SP	5	6	.455	13	11		5	0	0	64.2	60	46	88	7	26	32	2	0	1	309	6.40	83
1938	PC	NN2	25	SP	1	5	.167	12	5		3	0	1	43.1	40	34	65	7	14	18	0	0	2	208	7.06	75
1939	SL3/WES	MULT	26	SP	3	8	.273	12	11		8	1	0	80.0	44	32	87	1	24	41	0	1	4	350	3.60	111
1940	ROM	MEX	27	RF	19	9	.679	30	24		21	2		219.0	110	97	193		88	111			2	919	3.99	118
1941	ROM	MEX	28	LF	16	8	.667	32	22		17	1		207.0	134	115	209		131	73				942	5.00	100
1942	ROM	MEX	29	CF	13	11	.542	26	24		19	1		198.2	114	92	210		111	77	0		0	899	4.17	113
1943	CBE/WES	EWA/NAL	30	CF	5	5	.500	13	11		9	2	0	100.2	39	31	93	1	25	44	1	0	0	410	2.77	132
1944	ROM	MEX	31	LF	16	15	.516	43	33		17	3		255.2	153	118	281		136	86	0	0	0	1143	4.15	105
1945	ROM	MEX	32	SP	15	16	.484	38	32		19	3		235.0	163	125	247		123	69	5	1	3	1053	4.79	97
1946	DRM	MEX	33	LF	11	10	.524	28	23		13	1		179.0	97	75	172		93	83	0		0		3.77	100
12	7			SP	108	99	.522	267	208		136	16	3	1678.1	1041	838	1762	22	819	674	9	2	15	6686	4.49	101
162 Game Average					15	14	.522	38	30		19	2	2	240.1	149	120	252	12	117	96	2	1	2	1072	4.49	101

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+
6	vs Latin Leagues				90	69	.566	197	158		106	11		1294.1	771	622	1312		682	499	5	1	5	4956	4.33	105
6	Negro Leagues				18	30	.375	70	50		30	5	3	384.0	270	216	450	22	137	175	4	1	10	1730	5.06	91

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+
1	South All Stars			-	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	8	6.75	59
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	10	16	.385	43	27		13	2	3	201.0	183	150	264	20	86	85	3	0	6	953	6.72	78
1	NNL All Stars II			-	0	1	.000	1	1		0	0	0	1.0	3	2	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	18.00	18
1	St. Louis-New Orleans-Harrisburg Stars			SP	3	8	.273	11	10		8	1	0	77.0	42	30	83	1	23	40	0	1	4	337	3.51	111
2	West All Stars			RP	0	0		2	1		0	0	0	5.2	3	3	7	1	2	2	0	0	0	25	4.76	41
6	Diablos Rojos del México			SP	90	69	.566	197	158		106	11		1294.1	771	622	1312		682	499	5	1	5	4956	4.33	105
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	5	5	.500	12	11		9	2	0	98.0	38	30	90	0	24	43	1	0	0	398	2.76	135

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1935	SAS	NSA	22	RP	1.1	2.25	1.56	25.0%	14.5%	25.0%	18.4%	1.00	0.79	0.0%	1.3%
1936	PC	NN2	23	SP	94.0	1.72	1.50	8.5%	11.9%	10.3%	8.8%	0.83	1.36	1.3%	1.5%
1937	NAS/PC	IND/NN2	24	SP	64.2	1.76	1.52	10.4%	15.3%	8.4%	7.0%	1.23	1.45	2.3%	1.2%
1938	PC	NN2	25	SP	43.1	1.82	1.52	8.7%	11.2%	6.7%	9.2%	1.29	1.22	3.4%	1.4%
1939	SL3/WES	MULT	26	SP	80.0	1.39	1.38	11.7%	15.4%	6.9%	9.3%	1.71	1.70	0.3%	1.0%
1940	ROM	MEX	27	RF	219.0	1.28	1.54	12.1%	12.4%	9.6%	9.9%	1.26	1.25
1941	ROM	MEX	28	LF	207.0	1.64	1.70	7.7%	9.5%	13.9%	11.7%	0.56	0.81
1942	ROM	MEX	29	CF	198.2	1.62	1.70	8.6%	9.5%	12.3%	12.3%	0.69	0.78
1943	CBE/WES	EWA/NAL	30	CF	100.2	1.17	1.30	10.7%	14.2%	6.1%	6.7%	1.76	1.63	0.2%	1.2%
1944	ROM	MEX	31	LF	255.2	1.63	1.61	7.5%	8.2%	11.9%	12.3%	0.63	0.67
1945	ROM	MEX	32	SP	235.0	1.57	1.63	6.6%	7.4%	11.7%	11.8%	0.56	0.63
1946	DRM	MEX	33	LF	179.0	1.48	1.49	10.5%	9.9%	11.8%	10.2%	0.89	0.98
12	7			SP	1678.1	1.54	1.57	9.0%	10.1%	11.0%	10.7%	0.82	0.99	1.3%	1.1%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
6	vs Latin Leagues				1294.1	1.54	1.61	8.7%	9.4%	11.9%	11.4%	0.73	0.84
6	Negro Leagues				384.0	1.53	1.43	10.1%	12.4%	7.9%	8.4%	1.28	1.50	1.3%	1.1%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	South All Stars			-	1.1	2.25	1.56	25.0%	14.5%	25.0%	18.4%	1.00	0.79	0.0%	1.3%
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	201.0	1.74	1.51	8.9%	11.8%	9.0%	8.8%	0.99	1.35	2.1%	1.5%
1	NNL All Stars II			-	1.0	5.00	1.18	33.3%	18.7%	0.0%	5.6%	0.00	3.33	0.0%	0.9%
1	St. Louis-New Orleans-Harrisburg Stars			SP	77.0	1.38	1.38	11.9%	13.9%	6.8%	8.2%	1.74	1.73	0.3%	0.8%
2	West All Stars			RP	5.2	1.59	1.04	8.0%	15.0%	8.0%	9.5%	1.00	1.92	4.0%	1.7%
6	Diablos Rojos del México			SP	1294.1	1.54	1.61	8.7%	9.4%	11.9%	11.4%	0.73	0.84
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	98.0	1.16	1.32	10.8%	12.3%	6.0%	7.7%	1.79	1.60	0.0%	0.5%

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
1935	SAS	NSA	22	RP	1	8	6	1	1	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0		0	.167	.375	.333	.708
1936	PC	NN2	23	SP	19	445	383	86	116	24	11	6	12		46	38		3	13		8	.303	.382	.470	.852
1937	NAS/PC	IND/NN2	24	SP	13	309	272	60	88	14	5	7	8		26	32	0	1	10		4	.324	.385	.489	.874
1938	PC	NN2	25	SP	12	208	188	40	65	9	3	7	1		14	18		2	4		2	.346	.397	.537	.934
1939	SL3/WES	MULT	26	SP	12	350	311	44	87	12	5	1	11	0	24	41	1	4	9	0	8	.280	.339	.360	.699
1940	ROM	MEX	27	RF	30	919	0	110	193						88	111		2					3.144
1941	ROM	MEX	28	LF	32	942	0	134	209						131	73							2.595
1942	ROM	MEX	29	CF	26	899	0	114	210						111	77		0					2.892
1943	CBE/WES	EWA/NAL	30	CF	13	410	380	39	93	15	3	1	4		25	44		0	5		1	.245	.291	.308	.599
1944	ROM	MEX	31	LF	43	1143	1007	153	281						136	86		0				.279	.365
1945	ROM	MEX	32	SP	38	1053	923	163	247						123	69		3				.268	.356
1946	DRM	MEX	33	LF	28			97	172						93	83		0
12	7			SP	267	6686	3470	1041	1762	75	27	22	36	0	819	674	1	15	41	0	23	.458	.554	.419	.972

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
6	vs Latin Leagues				197	4956	1930	771	1312						682	499		5				.591	.687	.000	.000
6	Negro Leagues				70	1730	1540	270	450	75	27	22	36	0	137	175	1	10	41	0	23	.292	.354	.419	.773

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
1	South All Stars			-	1	8	6	1	1	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0		0	.167	.375	.333	.708
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	43	953	834	183	264	45	19	20	21		86	85		6	27		14	.317	.384	.488	.872
1	NNL All Stars II			-	1	9	9	3	5	2	0	0	0		0	3	0	0	0		0	.556	.556	.778	1.333
1	St. Louis-New Orleans-Harrisburg Stars			SP	11	337	299	42	83	12	5	1	10		23	40	0	4	9		7	.278	.337	.361	.699
2	West All Stars			RP	2	25	23	3	7	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	.304	.360	.435	.795
6	Diablos Rojos del México			SP	197	4956	1930	771	1312						682	499		5				.591	.687	.000	.000
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	12	398	369	38	90	15	3	0	4		24	43		0	5		1	.244	.290	.301	.591

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