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Matt Smith

Matthew Joel Smith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: June 15, 1979 in Las Vegas, NV
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 2006
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Yankees 2006-2007
Agents: SFX [*]
Final Game: April 25, 2007
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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
2000	21	NYY-min	A-	5	4	.556	2.38	14	14	0	0	0	0	75.2	74	32	20	1	20	0	59	2	0	4	308		1.242	8.8	0.1	2.4	7.0	2.95	STI · NYPL
2001	22	NYY-min	A,A+	11	5	.688	2.44	27	27	0	1	1	0	165.2	123	58	45	3	54	0	187	4	4	12	665		1.068	6.7	0.2	2.9	10.2	3.46	GBO,TAM · SALL,FLOR
2002	23	NYY-min	AA,A+	3	12	.200	5.71	25	23	1	0	0	0	116.2	149	86	74	9	54	0	90	9	0	13	552		1.740	11.5	0.7	4.2	6.9	1.67	NCH,TAM · EL,FLOR
2003	24	NYY-min	AA,A+	4	6	.400	3.47	15	15	0	0	0	0	83.0	77	40	32	6	36	0	61	3	0	1	357		1.361	8.3	0.7	3.9	6.6	1.69	TRE,TAM · EL,FLOR
2004	25	NYY-min	AA	4	4	.500	4.96	14	11	0	0	0	0	61.2	67	34	34	5	31	1	56	1	0	3	271		1.589	9.8	0.7	4.5	8.2	1.81	TRE · EL
2005	26	NYY-min	AA,AAA	5	4	.556	2.73	47	4	12	0	0	3	82.1	70	33	25	5	36	1	92	3	1	3	351		1.287	7.7	0.5	3.9	10.1	2.56	TRE,CLB · EL,IL
2006	27	NYY-PHI-min	AAA,A+	0	1	.000	1.95	35	0	12	0	0	4	37.0	32	11	8	4	14	1	34	2	0	1	157		1.243	7.8	1.0	3.4	8.3	2.43	SWB,CLB,CLW · IL,FLOR
2006	27	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	0.87	26	0	9	0	0	0	20.2	7	2	2	0	12	1	21	0	0	0	77	543	0.919	3.0	0.0	5.2	9.1	1.75
2006	27	NYY	AL	0	0		0.00	12	0	6	0	0	0	12.0	4	0	0	0	8	1	9	0	0	0	46		1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	6.8	1.13
2006	27	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	2.08	14	0	3	0	0	0	8.2	3	2	2	0	4	0	12	0	0	0	31	234	0.808	3.1	0.0	4.2	12.5	3.00
2007	28	PHI-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.60	16	0	5	0	0	1	17.1	13	5	5	2	7	0	16	0	0	0	71		1.154	6.8	1.0	3.6	8.3	2.29	OTT · IL
2007	28	PHI	NL	0	0		11.25	9	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	5	5	0	11	1	1	0	0	1	27	44	3.750	9.0	0.0	24.8	2.3	0.09
2008	29	PHI-min	A+,Rk	1	1	.500	4.60	14	6	5	0	0	1	15.2	18	9	8	1	7	1	17	0	0	3	72		1.596	10.3	0.6	4.0	9.8	2.43	CLW,CLR · FLOR,GULF
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	2.55	35	0	9	0	0	0	24.2	11	7	7	0	23	2	22	0	0	1	104	187	1.378	4.0	0.0	8.4	8.0	0.96
162 Game Avg.				0	2	.000	2.55	68	0	17	0	0	0	48	21	14	14	0	45	4	43	0	0	2	202	187	1.378	4.0	0.0	8.4	8.0	0.96

PHI (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	4.97	23	0	3	0	0	0	12.2	7	7	7	0	15	1	13	0	0	1	58	98	1.737	5.0	0.0	10.7	9.2	0.87
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	12	0	6	0	0	0	12.0	4	0	0	0	8	1	9	0	0	0	46		1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	6.8	1.13

NL (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	4.97	23	0	3	0	0	0	12.2	7	7	7	0	15	1	13	0	0	1	58	98	1.737	5.0	0.0	10.7	9.2	0.87
AL (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	12	0	6	0	0	0	12.0	4	0	0	0	8	1	9	0	0	0	46		1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	6.8	1.13

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2006	27	NYY	AL	12.0	12	0	0	0.00	5.29	-0.26	-0.39	97.4	5.02	7	0.7	.3	-0.3	0.5	8	.555	.504	$
2006	27	PHI	NL	8.2	14	0	2	2.08	5.01	-0.06	-0.37	98.1	4.62	2	0.2	1.3	0.0	0.3	3	.518	.502	$
2007	28	PHI	NL	4.0	9	0	5	11.25	5.57	0.29	-0.40	101.8	4.97	-3	-0.3	1.4	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.470	.498	$380,000
2 Seasons				24.2	35	0	7	2.55	5.24	-0.10	-0.38	98.4	4.87	6	0.6	1.0	-0.3	0.5	9	.518	.501	$380,000

PHI (2 yrs)				12.2	23	0	7	4.97	5.19	0.05	-0.38	99.3	4.73	-0	-0.0	1.3	-0.0	0.0	1	.499	.500	$380,000
NYY (1 yr)				12.0	12	0	0	0.00	5.29	-0.26	-0.39	97.4	5.02	7	0.7	.3	-0.3	0.5	8	.555	.504	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2006	27	NYY	AL	12	46	38	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	.105	.261	.105	.366	.138	4	2	0	0	0	1	0
2006	27	PHI	NL	14	31	27	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	12	.111	.226	.111	.337	.200	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2006	27	TOT	MLB	26	77	65	2	7	0	0	0	1	1	12	21	.108	.247	.108	.354	.159	7	3	0	0	0	1	0
2007	28	PHI	NL	9	27	16	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	11	1	.250	.556	.313	.868	.267	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				35	104	81	7	11	1	0	0	2	1	23	22	.136	.327	.148	.475	.186	12	3	0	0	0	2	0
162 Game Avg.				68	202	157	14	21	2	0	0	4	2	45	43	.136	.327	.148	.475	.186	23	6	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																.269	.336	.427	.763	.302

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2006	27	TOT	MLB	8.9	0.9	79	0.6	1.0	-0.3	.57	0.8	0.3	11.6	1.1	0.59	11.6	5	5	15
2006	27	NYY	AL	6.3	0.6	46	0.0	0.2	-0.1	.20	0.4	-0.2	5.7	0.6	0.20	6.1	1	1	9
2006	27	PHI	NL	2.6	0.3	33	0.6	0.8	-0.2	1.12	0.4	0.1	6.0	0.6	1.12	5.5	4	4	6
2007	28	PHI	NL	-2.5	-0.2	30	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.24	-0.3	0.1	-4.2	-0.4	1.24	-3.4	4	2	3
2 Yrs				6.4	0.6	109	0.5	1.4	-0.9	.77	0.5	0.1	7.4	0.7	0.77	8.3	9	7	18

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2006	27	TOT	MLB	26	26	9	1	6	6	12	2	17%		.572	5	5	15	8	3	15	9	17	3	14	3	3	2.4	13
2006	27	NYY	AL	12	12	6	0	0	0	3	2	67%	8	.204	1	1	9	2	1	9	2	10	3	4	3	0	3.0	17
2006	27	PHI	NL	14	14	3	1	6	6	9	0	0%	8	1.118	4	4	6	6	2	6	7	7	0	10	0	3	1.9	11
2007	28	PHI	NL	9	9	0	0	4	3	4	0	0%	6	1.242	4	2	3	5	1	3	2	7	0	8	0	2	1.3	14
2 Yrs				35	35	9	1	10	9	16	2	13%		.746	9	7	18	13	4	18	11	24	3	22	3	5	2.1	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%
2006	27	TOT	MLB	77	34%	0.0%	27.3%	15.6%	0.0%	0%	0.83	1.00	57%	11%	0.0%	13%	10	3	30%
2006	27	NYY	AL	46	35%	0.0%	19.6%	17.4%	0.0%	0%	0.71	0.80	63%	3%	0.0%	18%	6	2	33%
2006	27	PHI	NL	31	32%	0.0%	38.7%	12.9%	0.0%	0%	1.14	1.60	48%	27%	0.0%	0%	4	1	25%
2007	28	PHI	NL	27	41%	0.0%	3.7%	40.7%	3.7%	25%	1.33	1.75	56%	27%	0.0%	17%	8	0	0%
2 Yrs				104	36%	0.0%	21.2%	22.1%	1.0%	9%	0.93	1.13	57%	15%	0.0%	13%	18	3	17%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	17.0%	8.5%	8.1%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%			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
2006	27	TOT	MLB	78	350	4.49	203	58%	30%	18%	31%	22%	70%	3%	41%	75%	54%	5%	4	2	23%	18	7	0	29%	4	1	-1	0	0
2006	27	NYY	AL	46	198	4.30	112	57%	31%	13%	29%	26%	69%	5%	39%	81%	57%	4%	2	0	24%	11	3	0	22%	3	1	0	0	0
2006	27	PHI	NL	32	152	4.75	91	60%	29%	23%	32%	16%	71%	0%	43%	68%	50%	6%	2	2	22%	7	4	0	33%	1	0	-1	0	0
2007	28	PHI	NL	27	125	4.63	57	46%	35%	18%	21%	26%	65%	6%	30%	73%	33%	19%	5	1	4%	1	0	0	0%	0	3	0	0	0
2 Yrs				105	475	4.52	260	55%	31%	18%	28%	23%	69%	4%	38%	74%	49%	9%	9	3	18%	19	7	0	27%	4	4	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				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
2006	27	TOT	MLB	77	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50%	0	0	0	26	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	27	NYY	AL	46	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	27	PHI	NL	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	12	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	28	PHI	NL	27	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	20%	0	1	0	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				104	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	29%	0	1	0	36	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MLB Averages																		53%							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+
2006	27	0	1	.000	0.87	26	0	9	0	0	0	20.2	7	2	2	0	12	1	21	0	0	0	77	543	0.919	3.0	0.0	5.2	9.1	1.75	543
2007	28	0	1	.000	2.55	35	0	9	0	0	0	24.2	11	7	7	0	23	2	22	0	0	1	104	187	1.378	4.0	0.0	8.4	8.0	0.96	187

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Gact
2006	27	2	1.000	0.95	19.0	7	2	2	12	20	1.000	3.3	5.7	9.5	1.67	26
2007	28	0		11.25	4.0	4	6	5	11	1	3.750	9.0	24.8	2.3	0.09	9
2 Yrs		2	1.000	2.74	23.0	11	8	7	23	21	1.478	4.3		8.2	0.91	35

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