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

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+
1936	PC	NN2	23	SP	3	5	.375	17	10	1	4	2	2	80.2	74	61	98	5	40	28	1	3	382	6.81	76
1937	PC / NAS	NN2 / IND	24	SP	5	6	.455	13	11	1	5	0	0	64.2	60	46	88	7	26	32	2	0	1	309	6.40	81
1938	PC	NN2	25	SP	1	5	.167	12	5	5	3	0	1	43.1	40	34	65	7	14	18	0	0	2	208	7.06	75
1939	SL3 / WES	NAL / EWA	26	SP	3	8	.273	12	11	1	8	1	0	80.0	44	32	87	1	24	41	0	1	4	350	3.60	112
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	NAL / EWA	30	CF	5	5	.500	13	11	1	9	2	0	106.0	39	31	93	1	25	44	1	0	0	410	2.63	130
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	98
10	6			SP	96	88	.522	236	183	9	122	15	3	1490.0	931	751	1571	21	718	579	9	2	15	6615	4.54	101
162 Game Average					16	14	.522	38	30	5	20	2	2	241.2	151	122	255	12	117	94	2	1	3	1074	4.54	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+
5	vs Latin Leagues				79	59	.572	169	135	93	10	1115.1	674	547	1140	589	416	5	1	5	4956	4.41	106
5	Negro Leagues				17	29	.370	67	48	9	29	5	3	374.2	257	204	431	21	129	163	4	1	10	1659	4.90	89

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+
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	9	15	.375	41	25	7	12	2	3	187.2	171	139	246	19	80	75	3	0	6	890	6.67	78
1	NNL All Stars II			-	0	1	.000	1	1	0	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	1	8	1	0	77.0	42	30	83	1	23	40	0	1	4	337	3.51	114
2	West All Stars			RP	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	11.0	3	3	7	1	2	2	0	0	0	25	2.45	32
5	Diablos Rojos del México			SP	79	59	.572	169	135	93	10	1115.1	674	547	1140	589	416	5	1	5	4956	4.41	106
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	5	5	.500	12	11	1	9	2	0	98.0	38	30	90	0	24	43	1	0	0	398	2.76	134

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1936	PC	NN2	23	SP	80.2	1.71	1.51	7.3%	11.6%	10.5%	8.9%	0.70	1.30	1.3%	1.5%
1937	PC / NAS	NN2 / IND	24	SP	64.2	1.76	1.51	10.4%	15.4%	8.4%	7.0%	1.23	1.42	2.3%	1.2%
1938	PC	NN2	25	SP	43.1	1.82	1.50	8.7%	11.2%	6.7%	9.2%	1.29	1.22	3.4%	1.4%
1939	SL3 / WES	NAL / EWA	26	SP	80.0	1.39	1.38	11.7%	13.8%	6.9%	10.7%	1.71	1.59	0.3%	1.1%
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%	12.2%	0.69	0.78
1943	CBE / WES	NAL / EWA	30	CF	106.0	1.11	1.22	10.7%	13.9%	6.1%	6.6%	1.76	1.70	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	1.64	6.6%	7.4%	11.7%	11.8%	0.56	0.63
10	6			SP	1490.0	1.54	1.58	8.8%	10.0%	10.9%	10.8%	0.81	0.99	1.3%	1.1%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
5	vs Latin Leagues				1115.1	1.55	1.63	8.4%	9.3%	11.9%	11.6%	0.71	0.82
5	Negro Leagues				374.2	1.49	1.40	9.8%	12.2%	7.8%	8.4%	1.26	1.49	1.3%	1.1%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	187.2	1.74	1.51	8.4%	11.5%	9.0%	8.8%	0.94	1.31	2.1%	1.5%
1	NNL All Stars II			-	1.0	5.00	1.17	33.3%	19.1%	0.0%	5.6%	0.00	3.40	0.0%	0.9%
1	St. Louis-New Orleans-Harrisburg Stars			SP	77.0	1.38	1.38	11.9%	13.5%	6.8%	8.4%	1.74	1.61	0.3%	0.8%
2	West All Stars			RP	11.0	0.82	0.54	8.0%	14.7%	8.0%	9.3%	1.00	2.37	4.0%	1.7%
5	Diablos Rojos del México			SP	1115.1	1.55	1.63	8.4%	9.3%	11.9%	11.6%	0.71	0.82
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	98.0	1.16	1.31	10.8%	12.4%	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
1936	PC	NN2	23	SP	17	382	326	74	98	19	10	5	10	40	28	3	13	8	.301	.382	.466	.848
1937	PC / NAS	NN2 / IND	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	187	40	65	9	3	7	1	14	18	2	5	2	.348	.399	.540	.939
1939	SL3 / WES	NAL / EWA	26	SP	12	350	311	44	87	12	5	1	11	0	24	41	2	4	9	2	8	.280	.337	.360	.697
1940	ROM	MEX	27	RF	30	919	110	193	88	111	2
1941	ROM	MEX	28	LF	32	942	134	209	131	73
1942	ROM	MEX	29	CF	26	899	114	210	111	77	0
1943	CBE / WES	NAL / EWA	30	CF	13	410	380	39	93	15	3	1	4	25	44	0	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
10	6			SP	236	6615	3406	931	1571	69	26	21	34	0	718	579	2	15	42	2	23	.282	.357	.417	.774

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
5	vs Latin Leagues				169	4956	1930	674	1140	589	416	5	.274	.360	.000	.000
5	Negro Leagues				67	1659	1476	257	431	69	26	21	34	0	129	163	2	10	42	2	23	.292	.353	.417	.769

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
3	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	41	890	776	171	246	40	18	19	19	80	75	0	6	28	14	.317	.385	.488	.874
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	1	4	9	2	7	.278	.335	.361	.697
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
5	Diablos Rojos del México			SP	169	4956	1930	674	1140	589	416	5	.274	.360	.000	.000
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	12	398	369	38	90	15	3	0	4	24	43	0	0	5	1	.244	.290	.301	.591

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