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Hal Goldsmith
	Harold Eugene Goldsmith


	Born: August 18, 1898 in Peconic, NY
	Died: October 20, 1985 - 87 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 6'0"	Wt: 174

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Notes:
- Purchased by the Boston Braves from Worcester in 1926
- College/Univ: St. Lawrence University (1917-1920)

Comparison

Starting Pitchers				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	NgLg	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Pete Alexander	1911 - 1930	SP	120.1	Pl	WW1		3.3	-0.2	117.0	0.0
2	Lefty Grove	1925 - 1941	SP	103.6	Pl			-6.3	0.1	109.9	0.1
3	Ted Lyons	1923 - 1946	SP	71.5	Pl	WW2		4.4	0.1	67.2	0.1
4	Red Ruffing	1924 - 1947	SP	70.3	Pl	WW2		15.0	0.1	55.3	0.1
5	Red Faber	1914 - 1933	SP	64.9	Pl	WW1		-3.5	0.0	68.4	0.0
6	Wes Ferrell	1927 - 1941	SP	61.6				12.7	0.1	48.8	0.0
7	Stan Coveleski	1912 - 1928	SP	60.2	Pl			-5.0	0.0	65.2	0.0
8	Dazzy Vance	1915 - 1935	SP	59.9	Pl			-2.5	-0.1	62.5	0.1
9	Urban Shocker	1916 - 1928	SP	58.7				3.8	0.0	54.8	0.0
10	Jack Quinn	1909 - 1933	SP	58.1				-1.0	0.1	59.1	-0.0
11	George Uhle	1919 - 1936	SP	56.0				11.5	0.1	44.4	0.0
12	Eppa Rixey	1912 - 1933	SP	55.4	Pl	WW1		-1.3	-0.1	56.8	0.0
13	Burleigh Grimes	1916 - 1934	SP	52.9	Pl	WW1		6.2	-0.1	46.9	0.0
14	Waite Hoyt	1918 - 1938	SP	51.8	Pl	WW1		-1.6	0.0	53.3	-0.0
15	Carl Mays	1915 - 1929	SP	50.2				7.7	-0.0	42.5	-0.0
16	Eddie Rommel	1920 - 1932	SP	50.0				-0.4	0.0	50.4	0.0
17	Dolf Luque	1914 - 1935	SP	47.6			Y	4.6	-0.2	43.1	-0.1
18	Red Lucas	1923 - 1938	SP	46.1				14.1	0.0	32.0	0.0
19	Herb Pennock	1912 - 1934	SP	44.9	Pl	WW1		0.8	0.0	44.1	0.0
20	Sam Jones	1914 - 1935	SP	43.7				3.2	0.0	40.4	-0.0
21	Tom Zachary	1918 - 1936	SP	41.2				2.7	0.0	38.6	0.0
22	Howard Ehmke	1915 - 1930	SP	38.3		WW1		-0.6	0.0	38.9	0.0
23	Charley Root	1923 - 1941	SP	37.8				-0.0	-0.2	38.0	-0.1
24	Joe Bush	1912 - 1928	SP	37.7				6.2	-0.1	31.5	-0.1
25	Earl Whitehill	1923 - 1939	SP	37.5				1.1	0.0	36.3	0.0
26	Rube Walberg	1923 - 1937	SP	36.3				-2.1	0.0	38.3	-0.0
27	Freddie Fitzsimmons	1925 - 1943	SP	35.8				2.3	-0.1	33.5	-0.0
28	Bump Hadley	1926 - 1941	SP	35.7				0.1	0.1	35.6	0.1
29	Jesse Haines	1918 - 1937	SP	32.7	Pl			-3.0	-0.1	35.8	0.0
30	Willis Hudlin	1926 - 1944	SP	31.7		WW2		0.5	0.0	31.2	0.0
31	Bill Sherdel	1918 - 1932	SP	31.4				3.6	-0.1	27.9	-0.0
32	Firpo Marberry	1923 - 1936	SP	30.8				-1.0	0.0	31.7	0.0
33	Art Nehf	1915 - 1929	SP	29.5				4.2	-0.1	25.4	-0.0
34	Alvin Crowder	1926 - 1936	SP	28.7		WW1		-0.9	0.0	29.6	0.0
35	Lee Meadows	1915 - 1929	SP	28.6				-2.3	-0.1	31.1	-0.0
36	Syl Johnson	1922 - 1940	SP	27.8				-1.6	-0.1	29.4	-0.1
37	Bob Smith	1923 - 1937	SP	27.0				2.3	1.6	24.5	1.5
38	Watty Clark	1924 - 1937	SP	26.3				0.2	-0.0	26.2	-0.0
39	Lefty Stewart	1921 - 1935	SP	26.1				1.3	0.0	24.8	-0.0
40	Tommy Thomas	1926 - 1937	SP	25.9				-0.4	0.0	26.3	0.0
41	Hal Carlson	1917 - 1930	SP	25.8		WW1		0.9	-0.1	25.0	-0.1
42	Clarence Mitchell	1911 - 1932	SP	24.8				5.1	-1.0	20.3	-0.5
43	Ray Kremer	1924 - 1933	SP	23.9				-1.5	-0.1	25.5	0.0
44	Dolly Gray	1924 - 1933	SP	23.7		WW1		-0.7	0.1	24.3	0.0
45	Bill Doak	1912 - 1929	SP	23.4				-5.8	-0.1	29.2	-0.1
46	Danny MacFayden	1926 - 1943	SP	22.5				-3.6	-0.0	26.1	-0.0
47	George Blaeholder	1925 - 1936	SP	22.3				-3.0	0.0	25.4	0.0
48	Guy Bush	1923 - 1945	SP	20.5				-2.7	-0.1	23.3	-0.0
49	Lloyd Brown	1925 - 1940	SP	20.3				0.4	-0.0	19.8	-0.0
50	Fred Frankhouse	1927 - 1939	SP	19.2		WW2		2.0	-0.1	17.2	-0.1
51	Johnny Morrison	1920 - 1930	SP	18.9				-2.5	-0.0	21.4	0.0
52	Pete Donohue	1921 - 1932	SP	18.4				2.4	-0.1	16.0	0.0
53	Jack Scott	1916 - 1929	SP	18.0				5.4	-0.1	12.6	-0.1
54	Joe Shaute	1922 - 1934	SP	17.8				3.3	-0.0	14.5	-0.0
55	Vic Aldridge	1917 - 1928	SP	17.4		WW1		0.6	-0.0	16.9	0.0
56	Milt Gaston	1924 - 1934	SP	17.2				-0.1	0.0	17.2	0.0
57	Sloppy Thurston	1923 - 1933	SP	17.1				4.3	-0.0	12.8	0.0
58	Larry Benton	1923 - 1935	SP	17.1				-2.1	-0.1	19.3	0.0
59	Rip Collins	1920 - 1931	SP	16.3		WW1		-2.5	0.0	18.7	0.0
60	Elam Vangilder	1919 - 1929	SP	16.3				2.0	0.0	14.2	0.0
61	Ben Cantwell	1927 - 1937	SP	15.0				1.3	-0.0	13.8	-0.0
62	Phil Collins	1923 - 1935	SP	14.9				-0.8	-0.0	15.7	-0.0
63	Ray Kolp	1921 - 1934	SP	14.6				-0.8	-0.0	15.5	0.0
64	Bill Hallahan	1925 - 1938	SP	14.3		WW2		-1.5	-0.0	15.8	-0.0
65	Jesse Petty	1921 - 1930	SP	14.2		WW1		-3.4	-0.0	17.6	-0.0
66	Bill Walker	1927 - 1936	SP	14.2				-3.5	-0.0	17.7	-0.0
67	Jake Miller	1924 - 1933	SP	13.8				-2.2	0.0	16.0	-0.0
68	Slim Harriss	1920 - 1928	SP	13.8				-4.9	0.0	18.7	-0.0
69	Huck Betts	1920 - 1935	SP	13.7		WW1		0.3	-0.1	13.5	-0.0
70	Ray Benge	1925 - 1938	SP	13.6		WW2		-1.5	-0.1	15.2	-0.0
71	Ted Blankenship	1922 - 1930	SP	12.7				0.6	-0.0	12.1	-0.0
72	Jimmy Ring	1917 - 1928	SP	11.6				-5.3	-0.1	17.0	-0.0
73	Sheriff Blake	1920 - 1937	SP	11.2				-0.9	-0.1	12.2	0.0
74	Carmen Hill	1915 - 1930	SP	11.0				-0.2	-0.0	11.3	-0.0
75	George Pipgras	1923 - 1935	SP	10.4				-1.7	0.0	12.0	-0.0
76	Nick Altrock	1898 - 1933	SP	10.2				0.5	-0.1	9.7	-0.0
77	Jumbo Elliott	1923 - 1934	SP	8.6				-1.2	-0.1	9.8	-0.0
78	Tony Kaufmann	1921 - 1935	SP	8.5				1.2	-0.2	7.4	-0.1
79	Garland Buckeye	1918 - 1928	SP	8.4		WW2		0.7	0.0	7.7	0.0
80	Joe Genewich	1922 - 1930	SP	8.4		WW1		-0.2	-0.1	8.7	-0.0
81	Fred Heimach	1920 - 1933	SP	7.6				1.7	-0.2	6.0	-0.1
82	Jakie May	1917 - 1932	SP	7.6				-0.6	-0.1	8.2	-0.1
83	Ed Morris	1922 - 1931	SP	7.4				-0.0	0.0	7.4	0.0
84	Bobby Burke	1927 - 1937	SP	7.3		WW2		-0.3	0.0	7.6	-0.0
85	Johnny Welch	1926 - 1936	SP	7.2				0.4	-0.0	6.9	0.0
86	Ed Wells	1923 - 1934	SP	7.2				0.1	0.0	7.1	0.0
87	Charlie Robertson	1919 - 1928	SP	6.9				0.2	-0.0	6.7	-0.0
88	Jing Johnson	1916 - 1928	SP	6.6		WW1		0.4	0.0	6.2	0.0
89	Doug McWeeny	1921 - 1930	SP	6.3				-2.1	0.0	8.4	0.0
90	Heinie Meine	1922 - 1934	SP	5.8				-1.5	-0.0	7.3	-0.0
91	Hod Lisenbee	1927 - 1945	SP	5.7				-1.1	0.0	6.8	0.0
92	Virgil Barnes	1919 - 1928	SP	5.6		WW1		-4.0	-0.0	9.6	0.0
93	Art Reinhart	1919 - 1928	SP	5.5				1.3	-0.0	4.2	-0.0
94	Hank Johnson	1925 - 1939	SP	4.9				1.0	0.0	3.9	-0.0
95	Socks Seibold	1915 - 1933	SP	4.8		WW1		0.0	-0.2	5.0	0.1
96	Ownie Carroll	1925 - 1934	SP	4.5				0.9	-0.1	3.7	-0.1
97	Ken Holloway	1922 - 1930	SP	4.5				-2.1	0.0	6.6	-0.0
98	Jack Ogden	1918 - 1932	SP	4.5				-0.0	0.0	4.5	-0.0
99	Johnny Miljus	1915 - 1929	SP	4.5		WW1		-0.1	-0.0	4.5	-0.0
100	Emil Yde	1924 - 1929	SP	4.3				0.9	-0.2	3.6	-0.0

	Hal Goldsmith	1926 - 1929	SP	0.8				0.1	-0.0	0.7	-0.0

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com