Jason Smith
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 24, 1977 in Meridian, MS
High School: Demopolis (Demopolis, AL)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 23rd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed May 25, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 2001
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 CHC NL 23 SS 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 .950 4.50 3.90
2002 TBD AL 24 3B 12 9 84.0 26 7 18 1 3 .962 0.6 8.6 0.6 1.1 -0.5 0 2.68 2.08 .950 2.68 2.40
2002 TBD AL 24 SS 9 7 65.0 37 15 17 5 4 .865 -2.7 -49.8 -2.7 -1.0 -1.7 0 4.43 3.56 .978 4.56 4.16
2002 TBD AL 24 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.40
2002 TBD AL 24 DH 1
2003 TBD AL 25 3B 1 1 8.0 4 0 2 2 1 .500 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .975 2.70 2.40
2004 DET AL 26 2B 34 30 255.0 157 68 87 2 21 .987 -1.0 -4.7 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 0 5.47 4.56 .982 4.95 4.35
2004 DET AL 26 SS 20 8 100.0 52 16 35 1 5 .981 -0.9 -10.8 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 0 4.59 2.55 .971 4.56 4.12
2004 DET AL 26 3B 5 2 20.2 12 5 5 2 2 .833 -1.0 -58.1 -1.0 -0.9 -0.1 0 4.35 2.00 .958 2.66 2.34
2004 DET AL 26 DH 2
2005 DET AL 27 SS 15 5 62.2 41 14 27 0 6 1.000 1.4 26.8 1.4 0.2 1.2 0 5.89 2.73 .971 4.60 4.17
2005 DET AL 27 2B 6 6 51.0 25 8 16 1 4 .960 -0.5 -11.8 -0.5 -1.3 0.8 0 4.24 4.00 .984 4.96 4.48
2005 DET AL 27 3B 3 1 17.0 11 5 6 0 2 1.000 0.9 63.5 0.9 -0.2 1.1 0 5.82 3.67 .955 2.75 2.50
2005 DET AL 27 1B 1 0 8.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 12.38 11.00 .991 9.56 8.10
2005 DET AL 27 DH 1
2006 COL NL 28 2B 18 12 115.2 80 32 46 2 12 .975 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0 6.07 4.33 .982 5.05 4.37
2006 COL NL 28 1B 6 5 43.0 37 34 3 0 1 1.000 0.7 19.5 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 7.74 6.17 .995 9.42 8.05
2006 COL NL 28 3B 3 2 18.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.7 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 3.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.37
2006 COL NL 28 SS 1 0 3.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 65.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.45 1.00 1.000 4.42 4.00
2007 TOT MLB 29 SS 24 16 139.0 74 23 47 4 8 .946 -1.1 -9.5 -1.1 -3.1 2.0 0 4.53 2.92 .970 4.47 3.97
2007 TOT AL 29 SS 23 15 132.0 72 23 45 4 8 .944 -1.5 -13.6 -1.5 -3.5 2.0 0 4.64 2.96 .971 4.47 3.97
2007 TOT AL 29 3B 19 10 115.2 44 13 30 1 5 .977 3.1 32.2 3.1 -0.1 3.2 0 3.35 2.26 .957 2.63 2.34
2007 TOR AL 29 3B 15 9 101.1 40 12 28 0 5 1.000 3.3 39.1 3.3 -0.1 3.4 0 3.55 2.67 .955 2.63 2.34
2007 TOR AL 29 SS 3 1 12.0 8 1 6 1 2 .875 -0.4 -40.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 5.25 2.33 .975 4.50 3.97
2007 ARI NL 29 SS 1 1 7.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 68.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .950 4.50 4.00
2007 KCR AL 29 SS 20 14 120.0 64 22 39 3 6 .953 -1.1 -11.0 -1.1 -3.3 2.2 0 4.58 3.05 .970 4.47 3.97
2007 KCR AL 29 2B 7 4 41.0 19 9 9 1 5 .947 -1.5 -43.9 -1.5 0.1 -1.6 0 3.95 2.57 .984 4.98 4.54
2007 KCR AL 29 3B 4 1 14.1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -0.2 -16.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.88 0.75 .975 2.64 2.35
2007 KCR AL 29 1B 3 1 11.1 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.53 4.00 .992 9.37 7.93
2008 KCR AL 30 2B 9 3 41.0 21 5 16 0 2 1.000 1.8 52.7 1.8 0.7 1.1 0 4.61 2.33 .986 5.00 4.51
2008 KCR AL 30 3B 5 1 19.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 12.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.84 1.20 .950 2.75 2.38
2008 KCR AL 30 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.00
2008 KCR AL 30 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
2008 KCR AL 30 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
2009 HOU NL 31 2B 5 3 31.0 12 4 8 0 5 1.000 3.48 2.40 .983 4.85 4.16
2009 HOU NL 31 3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.20
2009 HOU NL 31 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00
7 Seasons 2B 80 58 535.2 314 126 182 6 49 .981 -1.4 -3.1 -1.4 -0.8 -0.6 0 5.17 3.85 .983 4.97 4.39
7 Seasons SS 71 36 373.1 207 70 127 10 23 .952 -3.2 -10.3 -3.2 -4.3 1.1 0 4.75 2.77 .972 4.53 4.08
8 Seasons 3B 49 26 283.1 110 37 67 6 13 .945 3.4 14.4 3.4 -0.5 3.9 0 3.30 2.12 .955 2.67 2.37
4 Seasons 1B 11 6 64.1 62 58 4 0 2 1.000 1.2 22.4 1.2 1.2 0.0 0 8.67 5.64 .994 9.43 8.02
3 Seasons DH 4
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
9 Seasons TOT 212 126 1257.2 693 291 380 22 87 .968 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -4.4 4.4 0 4.80 3.17 .944 4.55 3.99
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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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 0 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 0 7 4
2005 DET AL 27 27 12 27 24 0 0 1 6 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 10 3
2007 TOR AL 29 27 10 27 18 0 0 0 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 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 0 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 24 312 66% 74% 23% 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 26 476 61% 78% 31% 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 27 263 54% 78% 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 16 44% 81% 38% 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 29 552 49% 75% 29% 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 53 60% 74% 26% 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 1713 57% 76% 29% 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 56% 74% 30% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 1185 57% 77% 33% 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 27 230 53% 77% 36% 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 28 518 54% 77% 37% 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 29 177 51% 75% 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 30 182 43% 70% 26% 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 31 125 64% 66% 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 2422 55% 76% 33% 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 56% 74% 30% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 24 379 49% 78% 27% 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 26 100 60% 74% 28% 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 74 47% 74% 38% 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 89 56% 79% 28% 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 29 436 55% 73% 32% 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 57 46% 74% 35% 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 96 42% 68% 23% 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 1272 52% 75% 30% 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 56% 74% 30% 89% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 28 189 58% 69% 29% 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 46 65% 89% 37% 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 13 38% 77% 15% 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 276 61% 74% 31% 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 56% 74% 30% 94% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 62.5% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

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