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Jason Smith

Jason William Smith

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 24, 1977 in Meridian, MS
High School: Demopolis HS (Demopolis, AL)
School: Meridian Community College (Meridian, MS)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 23rd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed May 25, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 2001
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Royals/Rockies/DevilRays/BlueJays/... 2001-2009

Final Game: May 21, 2009
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 CHC NL 23 SS 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 18.00 2.00 .970 4.50 4.40
2002 TBD AL 24 3B 12 9 9 84.0 26 7 18 1 3 .962 1 9 2.68 2.08 .951 2.68 2.65
2002 TBD AL 24 SS 9 7 4 65.0 37 15 17 5 4 .865 -3 -50 4.43 3.56 .975 4.56 4.51
2002 TBD AL 24 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.80
2002 TBD AL 24 DH 1 0
2003 TBD AL 25 3B 1 1 1 8.0 4 0 2 2 1 .500 -0 -1 -75 -150 2.25 2.00 .955 2.70 2.60
2004 DET AL 26 2B 34 30 23 255.0 157 68 87 2 21 .987 -1 -1 -5 -5 5.47 4.56 .982 4.95 4.91
2004 DET AL 26 SS 20 8 6 100.0 52 16 35 1 5 .981 -1 -2 -11 -24 4.59 2.55 .972 4.56 4.53
2004 DET AL 26 3B 5 2 2 20.2 12 5 5 2 2 .833 -1 1 -58 58 4.35 2.00 .951 2.66 2.62
2004 DET AL 26 DH 2 0
2005 DET AL 27 SS 15 5 5 62.2 41 14 27 0 6 1.000 1 3 27 57 5.89 2.73 .972 4.60 4.55
2005 DET AL 27 2B 6 6 6 51.0 25 8 16 1 4 .960 -0 -3 -12 -71 4.24 4.00 .983 4.96 4.90
2005 DET AL 27 3B 3 1 0 17.0 11 5 6 0 2 1.000 1 0 64 0 5.82 3.67 .957 2.75 2.73
2005 DET AL 27 1B 1 0 0 8.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 45 0 12.38 11.00 .994 9.56 9.50
2005 DET AL 27 DH 1 0
2006 COL NL 28 2B 18 12 8 115.2 80 32 46 2 13 .975 -0 -1 -2 -10 6.07 4.33 .982 5.05 5.01
2006 COL NL 28 1B 6 5 3 43.0 37 34 3 0 1 1.000 1 -1 20 -28 7.74 6.17 .994 9.44 9.37
2006 COL NL 28 3B 3 2 1 18.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0 1 7 67 3.00 2.00 .953 2.70 2.67
2006 COL NL 28 SS 1 0 0 3.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 65 0 2.45 1.00 .970 4.42 4.40
2007 TOT MLB 29 SS 24 16 10 139.0 74 23 47 4 8 .946 -1 0 -9 0 4.53 2.92 .970 4.47 4.42
2007 TOT AL 29 SS 23 15 10 132.0 72 23 45 4 8 .944 -2 0 -14 0 4.64 2.96 .970 4.47 4.42
2007 TOT AL 29 3B 19 10 10 115.2 44 13 30 1 5 .977 3 4 32 41 3.35 2.26 .957 2.63 2.60
2007 TOT AL 29 DH 6 0
2007 TOR AL 29 3B 15 9 9 101.1 40 12 28 0 5 1.000 3 4 39 47 3.55 2.67 .957 2.63 2.60
2007 TOR AL 29 DH 4 0
2007 TOR AL 29 SS 3 1 1 12.0 8 1 6 1 2 .875 -0 1 -40 100 5.25 2.33 .970 4.50 4.43
2007 ARI NL 29 SS 1 1 0 7.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 69 0 2.57 2.00 .975 4.50 4.40
2007 KCR AL 29 SS 20 14 9 120.0 64 22 39 3 6 .953 -1 -1 -11 -10 4.58 3.05 .970 4.47 4.42
2007 KCR AL 29 2B 7 4 3 41.0 19 9 9 1 5 .947 -2 -1 -44 -29 3.95 2.57 .985 4.98 4.91
2007 KCR AL 29 3B 4 1 1 14.1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -0 0 -17 0 1.88 0.75 .958 2.64 2.60
2007 KCR AL 29 1B 3 1 1 11.1 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 9.53 4.00 .995 9.37 9.27
2007 KCR AL 29 DH 2 0
2008 KCR AL 30 2B 9 3 3 41.0 21 5 16 0 2 1.000 2 2 53 59 4.61 2.33 .987 5.00 4.96
2008 KCR AL 30 DH 6 0
2008 KCR AL 30 3B 5 1 0 19.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 13 0 2.84 1.20 .958 2.75 2.72
2008 KCR AL 30 1B 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 120 600 9.00 2.00 .995 9.45 9.20
2008 KCR AL 30 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
2008 KCR AL 30 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
2009 HOU NL 31 2B 5 3 2 31.0 12 4 8 0 5 1.000 0 0 8 0 3.48 2.40 .984 4.85 4.82
2009 HOU NL 31 3B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 240 0 9.00 1.00 .960 2.70 2.60
2009 HOU NL 31 SS 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.30
7 Seasons 2B 80 58 45 535.2 314 126 182 6 50 .981 -1 -4 -3 -8 5.17 3.85 .983 4.97 4.93
7 Seasons SS 71 36 25 373.1 207 70 127 10 23 .952 -3 1 -10 3 4.75 2.77 .972 4.53 4.49
8 Seasons 3B 49 26 23 283.1 110 37 67 6 13 .945 4 5 15 30 3.30 2.12 .955 2.67 2.64
4 Seasons 1B 11 6 4 64.1 62 58 4 0 2 1.000 1 0 22 0 8.67 5.64 .994 9.44 9.34
1 Season OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
9 Seasons TOT 212 126 97 1257.2 693 291 380 22 88 .968 0 2 0 2 4.80 3.17 .976 4.55 4.47
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2001 CHC NL 23 SS -0 -120 -0 0 -0 0
2002 TBD AL 24 3B 1 9 1 -0 1 0
2002 TBD AL 24 SS -3 -50 -3 -2 -1 0
2002 TBD AL 24 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TBD AL 25 3B -0 -75 -0 0 -0 0 -1 -150 -1
2004 DET AL 26 2B -1 -5 -1 -1 0 0 -1 -5 -2 0
2004 DET AL 26 SS -1 -11 -1 -0 -0 0 -2 -24 -1 0
2004 DET AL 26 3B -1 -58 -1 -0 -1 0 1 58 2 -2
2005 DET AL 27 SS 1 27 1 1 0 0 3 57 2 0
2005 DET AL 27 2B -0 -12 -0 1 -1 0 -3 -71 -3 0
2005 DET AL 27 3B 1 64 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0
2005 DET AL 27 1B 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 COL NL 28 2B -0 -2 -0 0 -0 0 -1 -10 -2 0
2006 COL NL 28 1B 1 20 1 0 1 0 -1 -28 -1 0
2006 COL NL 28 3B 0 7 0 0 -0 0 1 67 1 0
2006 COL NL 28 SS 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TOR AL 29 3B 3 39 3 3 -0 0 4 47 4
2007 TOR AL 29 SS -0 -40 -0 -0 -0 0 1 100 1 0
2007 ARI NL 29 SS 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 KCR AL 29 SS -1 -11 -1 2 -3 0 -1 -10 -1 0
2007 KCR AL 29 2B -2 -44 -2 -2 0 0 -1 -29 -1 0
2007 KCR AL 29 3B -0 -17 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 KCR AL 29 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 KCR AL 30 2B 2 53 2 1 1 0 2 59 2 0
2008 KCR AL 30 3B 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 KCR AL 30 1B 0 120 0 0 0 0 1 600 1
2008 KCR AL 30 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 HOU NL 31 2B 0 8 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 HOU NL 31 3B 0 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 HOU NL 31 SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2B -1 -3 -1 -0 -1 0 -4 -8 -6 0
7 Seasons SS -3 -10 -3 1 -4 0 1 3 1 0
8 Seasons 3B 4 15 4 4 -0 0 5 30 6 0 -2
4 Seasons 1B 1 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons TOT 1 1 1 12 -11 0 2 2 1 0 -2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2001 CHC NL 23 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 TBD AL 24 26 16 26 22 0 0 0 1 12 9 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
2003 TBD AL 25 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 DET AL 26 61 40 61 55 0 0 0 34 5 20 0 0 0 0 2 7 4
2005 DET AL 27 27 12 27 24 0 0 1 6 3 15 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
2006 COL NL 28 49 19 49 27 0 0 6 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 1
2007 KCR AL 29 40 20 40 32 0 0 3 7 4 20 0 0 0 0 2 10 3
2007 TOR AL 29 27 10 27 18 0 0 0 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 4 9 3
2007 ARI NL 29 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 KCR AL 30 22 4 22 16 0 0 1 9 5 0 1 0 0 1 6 5 11
2009 HOU NL 31 21 3 21 6 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 4
9 Seasons 278 126 278 203 0 0 11 80 49 71 1 0 0 1 16 81 31
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2001 CHC NL 23 4 50% 100% 75% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 TBD AL 24 301 68% 77% 24% 23 83% 0 15 4 9 2 17 10 7 0 0 5 0 1 4 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1
2004 DET AL 26 460 63% 81% 32% 48 88% 0 16 9 6 1 35 29 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
2005 DET AL 27 257 55% 79% 35% 29 97% 1 14 5 7 2 27 16 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 2 0 1 6 3 3 0 0 0
2006 COL NL 28 15 47% 87% 40% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 KCR AL 29 537 51% 77% 30% 59 85% 0 22 16 4 2 39 33 5 0 2 3 0 0 3 1 6 2 0 2 1 1 6 2 4 0 0 0
2007 TOR AL 29 52 62% 75% 27% 6 83% 0 1 0 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
2007 ARI NL 29 28 64% 79% 29% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 HOU NL 31 9 44% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1663 59% 79% 30% 168 88% 1 70 34 29 7 127 96 28 0 3 10 1 2 7 5 23 10 0 7 3 2 22 10 12 1 0 1
MLB Averages 58% 77% 31% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2002 TBD AL 24 5 60% 100% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 DET AL 26 1134 59% 80% 35% 95 93% 1 68 17 35 16 87 73 10 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 21 6 5 5 1 20 6 14 1 1 0
2005 DET AL 27 224 55% 79% 37% 20 95% 0 8 3 5 0 16 12 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0
2006 COL NL 28 497 56% 80% 38% 53 92% 1 32 10 15 7 46 40 5 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 13 6 0 5 0 12 5 6 1 1 0
2007 KCR AL 29 174 52% 76% 29% 10 90% 0 9 3 6 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 1 1 1 5 2 3 0 0 0
2008 KCR AL 30 175 45% 73% 27% 18 94% 0 5 2 2 1 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
2009 HOU NL 31 124 65% 67% 23% 7 100% 0 4 1 3 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2333 57% 79% 34% 203 93% 2 126 36 66 24 182 152 24 1 2 6 1 4 1 4 50 16 6 17 4 48 21 26 2 2 0
MLB Averages 58% 77% 31% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2002 TBD AL 24 363 51% 81% 28% 24 96% 0 7 4 1 2 18 14 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
2003 TBD AL 25 37 59% 84% 38% 4 50% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2004 DET AL 26 95 63% 78% 29% 12 83% 2 5 3 1 1 5 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0%
2005 DET AL 27 71 49% 77% 39% 10 100% 0 5 3 2 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
2006 COL NL 28 87 57% 80% 29% 6 83% 1 2 2 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2007 TOR AL 29 421 57% 75% 33% 34 97% 0 12 7 2 3 28 21 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 4 1 1 0 0
2007 KCR AL 29 56 46% 75% 36% 3 67% 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 KCR AL 30 93 43% 70% 24% 6 100% 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 HOU NL 31 4 75% 100% 50% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1227 54% 78% 31% 100 92% 3 37 25 6 6 67 49 13 1 2 6 0 2 4 4 13 8 1 10 2 2 0 3 33%
MLB Averages 58% 77% 31% 89% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2005 DET AL 27 28 86% 75% 46% 2 100% 0 10 1 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 COL NL 28 181 60% 72% 30% 9 100% 0 34 2 32 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2007 KCR AL 29 45 67% 91% 38% 1 100% 0 12 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 KCR AL 30 12 42% 83% 17% 2 100% 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 266 63% 76% 32% 14 100% 0 58 5 53 0 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 58% 77% 31% 94% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2008 KCR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 67% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 67% 0
MLB Averages 63.9% 2.4% 58% 77% 40% 46%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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