MLB / Players

Fred Goldsmith

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 195 lb
BornMay 15, 1856 · New Haven, CT, USA
MLB debutOctober 23, 1875
Final gameSeptember 10, 1884
Seasons7 (1875–1884)

New Haven Elm Citys 1875; Troy Trojans 1879; Chicago White Stockings 1880–1883; Baltimore Orioles 1884; Chicago White Stockings 1884

Percentile snapshot

1884 season — qualified pitchers

G
25
42
GS
25
42
W
12
45.7
L
12
63
SV
0
0
CG
23
42
SHO
1
33.3
H
274
50.6
ER
98
46.9
BB
31
65.4
SO
45
12.3
HR
11
17.3
IP
218.0
44.4
ERA
4.05
16
WHIP
1.399
14.8
K/9
1.86
0
FIP
3.60
16
FIP-
119.9
12.3
ERA+
74.5
13.6
sWAR
-0.3
18.5

of 82 qualified 1884 pitchers (min 112 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
104.7
56
sWAR
18.4
92.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
18751440200010000.500.500.5001.000186.2246.6.4570.1
1879939386910021300.237.256.263.52079.471.3.2371.2
18803514414224374201521500.261.271.317.58897.097.2.2653.8
18814216415824383401661700.241.268.310.57884.480.1.2674.2
188246187183234211101942900.230.246.301.54780.674.3.2455.6
188360239235385212311643500.221.234.311.54571.762.7.2413.8
188426104951313202692600.137.212.221.43357.736.9.207-0.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
187987240706111131063.01.57.9844.431.8072.2158.91.2
1880262421312241894118902210.31.75.9843.852.0686.6135.33.8
18813939241303753289544764330.02.591.1272.072.78100.3107.14.2
1882454528170454377109381097405.02.421.0252.422.8297.8119.15.6
1883464525190402456134398214383.33.151.2911.933.60114.899.63.8
188425251212023127498314511218.04.051.3991.863.60119.974.5-0.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
219
PA
881
AB
855
R
128
H
193
2B
33
3B
10
HR
3
RBI
75
BB
26
SO
125
SB
0
BA
.2257
OBP
.2486
SLG
.2982
OPS
.5468

Pitching

G (P)
189
GS
185
W
112
L
68
SV
1
CG
174
183rd-most career CG
SHO
16
354th-most career SHO
IP
1,610
SO (P)
433
BB allowed
171
ERA
2.729
88th-lowest career ERA
WHIP
1.1530
83rd-lowest career WHIP
K/9
2.42

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.