How Ford Smith's Starts as Fielder Compares to Similar Players

Ford Smith totaled 39 career Starts as Fielder, well below the league average of 83.5 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the Starts as Fielder arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Starts as Fielder arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts as Fielder profile — ranging from 3 to 18 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Ford Smith Lifetime Starts as Fielder and Similar Stats

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Ford Smith Starts as Fielder Per Season

Ford Smith's Starts as Fielder for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ford Smith Starts as Fielder per season line chart

Ford Smith Starts as Fielder by Team

Ford Smith's career Starts as Fielder totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ford Smith career Starts as Fielder by team bar chart

Ford Smith Cumulative Starts as Fielder — Career Progression

A running total of Ford Smith's career Starts as Fielder, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Ford Smith Starts as Fielder year-over-year waterfall chart

Ford Smith Starts as Fielder Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ford Smith's seasonal Starts as Fielder alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ford Smith Starts as Fielder distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ford Smith Starts as Fielder — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ford Smith's MLB career with Starts as Fielder alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Ford Smith Starts as Fielder season-by-season breakdown table