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Joe Smith

Joseph Michael Smith (twitter: @thethree8)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 22, 1984 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Amelia HS (Batavia, OH)
School: Wright State University (Dayton, OH)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 2007 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mets 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.15M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.091, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Meister Sports Mgmt, previously: Rick Oliver [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2007 23 NYM NL 3 2 .600 3.45 54 0 14 0 0 0 44.1 48 18 17 3 21 4 45 7 0 2 205 126 1.556 9.7 0.6 4.3 9.1 2.14
2008 24 NYM NL 6 3 .667 3.55 82 0 12 0 0 0 63.1 51 28 25 4 31 4 52 4 0 1 271 119 1.295 7.2 0.6 4.4 7.4 1.68
2009 25 CLE AL 0 0 3.44 37 0 5 0 0 0 34.0 30 16 13 4 13 0 30 0 0 2 142 125 1.265 7.9 1.1 3.4 7.9 2.31
2010 26 CLE AL 2 2 .500 3.83 53 0 7 0 0 0 40.0 30 18 17 4 24 2 32 1 1 0 170 104 1.350 6.8 0.9 5.4 7.2 1.33
2011 27 CLE AL 3 3 .500 2.01 71 0 13 0 0 0 67.0 52 16 15 1 21 1 45 2 0 2 267 196 1.090 7.0 0.1 2.8 6.0 2.14
2012 28 CLE AL 7 4 .636 2.96 72 0 12 0 0 0 67.0 53 27 22 4 25 4 53 2 1 1 278 132 1.164 7.1 0.5 3.4 7.1 2.12
2013 29 CLE AL 3 0 1.000 1.48 27 0 12 0 0 1 24.1 16 4 4 3 8 0 26 1 0 2 95 262 0.986 5.9 1.1 3.0 9.6 3.25
7 Yrs 24 14 .632 2.99 396 0 75 0 0 1 340.0 280 127 113 23 143 15 283 17 2 10 1428 136 1.244 7.4 0.6 3.8 7.5 1.98
162 Game Avg. 4 2 .632 2.99 68 0 13 0 0 0 58 48 22 19 4 25 3 49 3 0 2 245 136 1.244 7.4 0.6 3.8 7.5 1.98
CLE (5 yrs) 15 9 .625 2.75 260 0 49 0 0 1 232.1 181 81 71 16 91 7 186 6 2 7 952 145 1.171 7.0 0.6 3.5 7.2 2.04
NYM (2 yrs) 9 5 .643 3.51 136 0 26 0 0 0 107.2 99 46 42 7 52 8 97 11 0 3 476 122 1.402 8.3 0.6 4.3 8.1 1.87
AL (5 yrs) 15 9 .625 2.75 260 0 49 0 0 1 232.1 181 81 71 16 91 7 186 6 2 7 952 145 1.171 7.0 0.6 3.5 7.2 2.04
NL (2 yrs) 9 5 .643 3.51 136 0 26 0 0 0 107.2 99 46 42 7 52 8 97 11 0 3 476 122 1.402 8.3 0.6 4.3 8.1 1.87

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2007 23 NYM NL 44.1 54 0 18 3.65 5.03 0.19 -0.36 96.3 4.31 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.7 7 .506 .502 $380,000
2008 24 NYM NL 63.1 82 0 28 3.98 4.63 0.09 -0.34 99.5 4.18 2 0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.7 7 .502 .501 $398,000
2009 25 CLE AL 34.0 37 0 16 4.24 4.80 -0.12 -0.35 94.9 4.33 0 0.0 1.3 -0.1 0.3 4 .500 .500 $427,500
2010 26 CLE AL 40.0 53 0 18 4.05 4.72 -0.10 -0.36 95.2 4.25 1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.4 5 .501 .500 $427,500
2011 27 CLE AL 67.0 71 0 16 2.15 4.56 -0.10 -0.35 97.9 4.21 15 1.6 1.2 -0.1 2.3 22 .523 .510 $870,000
2012 28 CLE AL 67.0 72 0 27 3.63 4.46 -0.22 -0.33 96.2 4.19 4 0.4 1.3 -0.1 1.1 11 .506 .503 $1,750,000
2013 29 CLE AL 24.1 27 0 4 1.48 4.35 -0.04 -0.32 98.9 4.02 6 0.7 1.4 0.1 1.0 9 .526 .504 $3,150,000
7 Seasons 340.0 396 0 127 3.36 4.64 -0.05 -0.34 97.1 4.22 32 3.3 1.3 -0.4 6.4 66 .508 .503 $7,403,000
CLE (5 yrs) 232.1 260 0 81 3.14 4.57 -0.13 -0.34 96.6 4.21 26 2.8 1.3 -0.2 5.1 51 .511 .504 $6,625,000
NYM (2 yrs) 107.2 136 0 46 3.85 4.79 0.13 -0.35 98.2 4.23 5 0.5 1.2 -0.2 1.3 14 .504 .502 $778,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2007 23 NYM NL 54 205 175 18 48 10 0 3 5 1 21 45 .274 .374 .383 .757 .354 67 5 7 2 0 4 2
2008 24 NYM NL 82 271 232 28 51 9 3 4 6 2 31 52 .220 .322 .336 .658 .267 78 5 4 4 0 4 3
2009 25 CLE AL 37 142 127 16 30 7 1 4 1 0 13 30 .236 .305 .402 .707 .277 51 4 0 1 1 0 2
2010 26 CLE AL 53 170 144 18 30 4 1 4 6 1 24 32 .208 .325 .333 .659 .241 48 5 1 1 0 2 2
2011 27 CLE AL 71 267 240 16 52 7 0 1 4 3 21 45 .217 .283 .258 .541 .260 62 5 2 2 2 1 1
2012 28 CLE AL 72 278 249 27 53 11 0 4 2 2 25 53 .213 .289 .305 .594 .254 76 6 2 1 1 4 7
2013 29 CLE AL 27 95 84 4 16 5 0 3 0 0 8 26 .190 .269 .357 .626 .236 30 4 1 2 0 0 1
7 Yrs 396 1428 1251 127 280 53 5 23 24 9 143 283 .224 .311 .329 .640 .271 412 34 17 13 4 15 18
162 Game Avg. 68 245 215 22 48 9 1 4 4 2 25 49 .224 .311 .329 .640 .271 71 6 3 2 1 3 3
MLB Averages .260 .327 .410 .737 .298

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 23 NYM NL 4.7 0.5 214 -0.1 2.9 -3.0 .93 -0.4 0.3 -7.1 -0.7 0.93 -1.3 18 19 13
2008 24 NYM NL 4.5 0.4 281 1.1 5.8 -4.7 1.18 0.4 0.5 9.7 1.0 1.18 7.1 25 18 36
2009 25 CLE AL 2.4 0.2 145 0.5 2.6 -2.1 1.00 -0.1 0.7 4.0 0.4 1.00 2.3 14 7 14
2010 26 CLE AL 0.8 0.1 179 1.0 3.3 -2.3 1.05 0.6 0.4 2.4 0.2 1.05 3.6 23 12 16
2011 27 CLE AL 15.1 1.5 281 0.7 5.1 -4.4 1.04 1.3 -0.7 11.7 1.2 1.04 15.7 27 14 26
2012 28 CLE AL 5.9 0.6 284 0.1 6.0 -5.9 1.19 0.5 -0.4 7.6 0.8 1.19 7.0 29 21 19
2013 29 CLE AL 7.0 0.7 97 -0.0 2.2 -2.2 1.15 0.0 -0.0 7.1 0.8 1.15 1.7 10 3 13
7 Yrs 40.4 4.1 1481 3.3 27.8 -24.5 1.08 2.3 0.8 35.3 3.7 1.08 36.0 146 94 137

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2007 23 NYM NL 54 54 14 3 2 0 0 0 12 10 51 25 49% 7 .929 18 19 13 19 9 26 28 26 9 25 10 13 2.5 15
2008 24 NYM NL 82 82 12 6 3 3 0 3 0% 23 18 63 11 17% 8 1.176 25 18 36 41 16 25 34 48 15 44 18 25 2.3 13
2009 25 CLE AL 37 37 5 0 0 1 0 1 0% 11 10 25 7 28% 8 .999 14 7 14 18 7 12 20 17 8 18 11 7 2.8 15
2010 26 CLE AL 53 53 7 2 2 1 0 1 0% 20 16 36 7 19% 8 1.053 23 12 16 26 9 18 24 29 6 26 6 13 2.3 12
2011 27 CLE AL 71 71 13 3 3 3 0 3 0% 20 16 37 14 38% 7 1.044 27 14 26 28 12 31 23 48 12 19 14 18 2.8 14
2012 28 CLE AL 72 72 12 7 4 3 0 3 0% 25 21 47 10 21% 7 1.190 29 21 19 29 19 24 28 44 13 23 20 17 2.8 15
2013 29 CLE AL 27 27 12 3 0 3 1 2 33% 8 5 13 3 23% 8 1.146 10 3 13 17 3 7 6 21 1 5 1 6 2.7 14
7 Yrs 396 396 75 24 14 14 1 13 7% 119 96 272 77 28% 1.084 146 94 137 178 75 143 163 233 64 160 80 99 2.6 14

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2007 23 NYM NL 205 72% 1.5% 22.0% 10.2% 6.3% 27% 1.69 3.58 62% 17% 6.7% 6% 42 5 12%
2008 24 NYM NL 271 77% 1.5% 19.2% 11.4% 5.9% 31% 1.71 2.61 65% 17% 6.8% 11% 42 5 12%
2009 25 CLE AL 142 76% 2.8% 21.1% 9.2% 8.5% 40% 1.23 1.77 66% 20% 9.8% 7% 32 4 13%
2010 26 CLE AL 170 72% 2.4% 18.8% 14.1% 5.3% 30% 1.29 2.11 64% 16% 9.3% 12% 32 5 16%
2011 27 CLE AL 267 66% 0.4% 16.9% 7.9% 3.0% 15% 1.33 1.90 73% 18% 1.4% 13% 46 5 11%
2012 28 CLE AL 278 60% 1.4% 19.1% 9.0% 5.4% 28% 1.41 1.86 69% 13% 5.3% 6% 53 6 11%
2013 29 CLE AL 95 49% 3.2% 27.4% 8.4% 8.4% 50% 0.93 1.47 58% 13% 11.1% 10% 19 4 21%
7 Yrs 1428 68% 1.6% 19.8% 10.0% 5.7% 29% 1.41 2.12 66% 16% 6.3% 9% 266 34 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.3% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 NYM NL 205 796 3.88 481 60% 30% 15% 27% 27% 70% 5% 42% 78% 54% 6% 12 7 22% 45 25 3 31% 8 1 0 0 0
2008 24 NYM NL 272 1031 3.79 624 61% 31% 16% 23% 29% 69% 4% 42% 77% 52% 6% 16 7 20% 54 29 4 37% 12 5 -1 0 0
2009 25 CLE AL 142 564 3.97 351 62% 30% 17% 25% 28% 70% 0% 43% 76% 58% 6% 9 7 22% 31 11 1 20% 2 2 0 0 0
2010 26 CLE AL 171 645 3.77 395 61% 33% 14% 25% 29% 67% 3% 41% 80% 56% 8% 13 6 27% 46 30 1 28% 11 5 -1 0 0
2011 27 CLE AL 268 1003 3.74 647 65% 33% 10% 26% 31% 67% 1% 43% 85% 59% 5% 13 6 26% 71 43 3 42% 11 6 -1 0 0
2012 28 CLE AL 279 1086 3.89 679 63% 30% 15% 25% 29% 70% 4% 44% 78% 57% 5% 14 7 25% 69 40 2 19% 7 3 -1 0 0
2013 29 CLE AL 95 376 3.96 235 63% 32% 17% 26% 26% 68% 0% 43% 76% 54% 6% 6 3 23% 22 9 2 27% 2 3 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1432 5501 3.84 3412 62% 31% 14% 25% 29% 69% 3% 43% 79% 56% 6% 83 43 24% 338 187 16 30% 53 25 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2007 23 NYM NL 205 48 7 0 3 2 17 2 1 1 2 21 11 4 52% 2 2 2 82 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2008 24 NYM NL 271 51 6 1 4 0 12 4 0 2 2 11 6 2 55% 3 1 0 104 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 25 CLE AL 142 30 3 0 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 8 3 2 38% 2 2 0 58 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2010 26 CLE AL 170 30 6 0 4 0 8 3 1 1 3 5 5 1 100% 2 0 0 73 6 1 86% 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
2011 27 CLE AL 267 52 11 0 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 19 13 0 68% 1 2 2 100 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 0
2012 28 CLE AL 278 53 5 0 4 0 9 3 1 4 0 16 5 4 31% 7 1 1 115 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2013 29 CLE AL 95 16 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0% 1 2 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Yrs 1428 280 39 1 23 2 61 15 8 12 11 81 43 13 53% 18 10 5 570 24 9 73% 23 7 1 2 0 0 3 1 26 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2007 23 3 2 .600 3.45 54 0 14 0 0 0 44.1 48 18 17 3 21 4 45 7 0 2 205 126 1.556 9.7 0.6 4.3 9.1 2.14 126
2008 24 9 5 .643 3.51 136 0 26 0 0 0 107.2 99 46 42 7 52 8 97 11 0 3 476 122 1.402 8.3 0.6 4.3 8.1 1.87 122
2009 25 9 5 .643 3.49 173 0 31 0 0 0 141.2 129 62 55 11 65 8 127 11 0 5 618 122 1.369 8.2 0.7 4.1 8.1 1.95 122
2010 26 11 7 .611 3.57 226 0 38 0 0 0 181.2 159 80 72 15 89 10 159 12 1 5 788 118 1.365 7.9 0.7 4.4 7.9 1.79 118
2011 27 14 10 .583 3.15 297 0 51 0 0 0 248.2 211 96 87 16 110 11 204 14 1 7 1055 131 1.291 7.6 0.6 4.0 7.4 1.85 131
2012 28 21 14 .600 3.11 369 0 63 0 0 0 315.2 264 123 109 20 135 15 257 16 2 8 1333 132 1.264 7.5 0.6 3.8 7.3 1.90 132
2013 29 24 14 .632 2.99 396 0 75 0 0 1 340.0 280 127 113 23 143 15 283 17 2 10 1428 136 1.244 7.4 0.6 3.8 7.5 1.98 136

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2007 23 2 2 .500 3.56 43.0 48 19 17 3 21 44 7 1.605 10.0 4.4 9.2 2.10 0.6 54
2008 24 3 3 .500 3.63 62.0 51 28 25 4 31 51 4 1.323 7.4 4.5 7.4 1.65 0.6 82
2009 25 2 1 .667 3.55 33.0 30 14 13 4 13 29 0 1.303 8.2 3.5 7.9 2.23 1.1 37
2010 26 2 2 .500 4.62 37.0 32 21 19 4 26 30 1 1.568 7.8 6.3 7.3 1.15 1.0 53
2011 27 4 2 .667 2.43 63.0 55 19 17 1 22 42 2 1.222 7.9 3.1 6.0 1.91 0.1 71
2012 28 4 3 .571 3.46 65.0 56 28 25 4 26 51 2 1.262 7.8 3.6 7.1 1.96 0.6 72
2013 29 2 0 1.000 1.57 23.0 17 4 4 3 8 25 1 1.087 6.7 3.1 9.8 3.13 1.2 27
7 Yrs 19 13 .594 3.31 326.0 289 133 120 23 147 272 17 1.337 8.0 7.5 1.85 0.6 396



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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2008 NL  82 (3rd)
2011 AL  71 (2nd)
2012 AL  72 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2153), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1722), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (444th), 6.5 career WAR/6.5 7yr-peak WAR/6.5 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/28.2 7yr-peak WAR/34.4 JAWS

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