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Seth Smith

Garry Seth Smith (Seth)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 30, 1982 in Jackson, MS
High School: Hillcrest Christian HS (Jackson, MS)
School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 2007
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Athletics 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.42M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.119, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2004	21	COL-min	Rk,A-	65	289	260	52	93	22	4	11	66	9	1	26	50	.358	.412	.600	1.012		156	8	0	0	3	1		CAS,TRI · PION,NORW
2005	22	COL-min	A+	129	585	533	87	160	45	6	9	72	5	3	44	115	.300	.353	.458	.811		244	16	1	4	3	1		MOD · CALL
2006	23	COL-min	AA	130	582	524	79	154	46	4	15	71	4	4	51	74	.294	.361	.483	.844		253	7	4	3	0	1		TUL · TL
2007	24	COL-min	AAA	129	505	451	68	143	32	6	17	82	7	3	39	73	.317	.381	.528	.909		238	10	10	1	4	0		CSP · PCL
2007	24	COL	NL	7	8	8	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.625	.625	.875	1.500	273	7	0	0	0	0	0	/9
2008	25	COL-min	AAA	68	303	248	55	80	16	2	10	53	11	0	46	46	.323	.426	.524	.950		130	8	3	0	6	0		CSP · PCL
2008	25	COL	NL	67	123	108	13	28	7	0	4	15	1	0	15	23	.259	.350	.435	.785	98	47	0	0	0	0	0	9/87
2009	26	COL	NL	133	387	335	61	98	20	4	15	55	4	1	46	67	.293	.378	.510	.889	122	171	5	2	1	3	3	7/D
2010	27	COL	NL	133	398	358	55	88	19	5	17	52	2	1	35	67	.246	.314	.469	.783	96	168	5	2	0	3	1	79
2011	28	COL	NL	147	533	476	67	135	32	9	15	59	10	2	46	93	.284	.347	.483	.830	112	230	9	4	0	7	7	*97
2012	29	OAK	AL	46	158	131	18	30	4	0	4	12	1	1	23	33	.229	.354	.351	.706	98	46	0	3	0	1	2	7D/9
6 Yrs				533	1607	1416	218	384	82	19	55	193	18	5	165	284	.271	.349	.472	.821	109	669	19	11	1	14	13
162 Game Avg.				162	488	430	66	117	25	6	17	59	5	2	50	86	.271	.349	.472	.821	109	203	6	3	0	4	4

COL (5 yrs)				487	1449	1285	200	354	78	19	51	181	17	4	142	251	.275	.348	.485	.833	110	623	19	8	1	13	11
OAK (1 yr)				46	158	131	18	30	4	0	4	12	1	1	23	33	.229	.354	.351	.706	98	46	0	3	0	1	2

NL (5 yrs)				487	1449	1285	200	354	78	19	51	181	17	4	142	251	.275	.348	.485	.833	110	623	19	8	1	13	11
AL (1 yr)				46	158	131	18	30	4	0	4	12	1	1	23	33	.229	.354	.351	.706	98	46	0	3	0	1	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2007	24	COL	NL	7	8	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.528	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/9
2008	25	COL	NL	67	123	1	-0	0	-7	-1	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.490	.496	0.4	-0.8	3	$	9/87
2009	26	COL	NL	133	387	10	1	0	3	-4	11	1.1	10	22	2.2	.509	.507	1.9	-0.1	19	$403,000	7/D
2010	27	COL	NL	133	398	-1	1	0	-3	-5	-8	-0.8	11	3	0.3	.494	.495	0.6	-0.8	6	$407,000	79
2011	28	COL	NL	147	533	4	-0	0	-8	-6	-10	-1.0	15	5	0.4	.493	.493	1.2	-1.5	13	$429,000	*97
2012	29	OAK	AL	46	158	2	0	0	-4	-3	-5	-0.5	5	0	0.0	.489	.497	0.5	-0.8	5	$	7D/9
6 Seasons				533	1607	19	2	1	-19	-19	-16	-1.8	45	29	2.7	.497	.498	4.8	-3.9	48	$1,239,000

COL (5 yrs)				487	1449	17	1	1	-15	-16	-11	-1.2	40	28	2.7	.497	.498	4.3	-3.2	43	$1,239,000
OAK (1 yr)				46	158	2	0	0	-4	-3	-5	-0.5	5	0	0.0	.489	.497	0.5	-0.8	5	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2007	24	COL	NL	8	3	4	35.8	117	.714	.625	.281	.625	.351	.875	.449	1.500	.800	273	.973	1.9	0.2	2.333	.250	.250
2008	25	COL	NL	123	80	18	6.0	115	.296	.259	.278	.350	.351	.435	.443	.785	.794	98	.594	-0.4	-0.0	.788	.324	.176	1.6
2009	26	COL	NL	387	247	68	7.4	117	.324	.293	.279	.378	.354	.510	.444	.889	.798	122	.687	11.0	1.1	.914	.364	.218	6.3
2010	27	COL	NL	398	279	54	5.2	114	.256	.246	.278	.314	.351	.469	.439	.783	.790	96	.555	-3.4	-0.3	.746	.324	.223	3.6
2011	28	COL	NL	533	359	82	6.2	112	.320	.284	.278	.347	.348	.483	.432	.830	.780	112	.645	7.9	0.8	.818	.313	.200	12.0
2012	29	OAK	AL	158	103	19	5.0	96	.274	.229	.251	.354	.318	.351	.407	.706	.724	98	.533	0.6	0.1	.706	.298	.122	1.6
6 Yrs				1607	1071	245	6.1	112	.302	.271	.276	.349	.347	.472	.435	.821	.782	109	.627	17.7	1.7	.813	.327	.201	27.1
162 Game Avg.				488	326	74	6.1	112	.302	.271	.276	.349	.347	.472	.435	.821	.782	109	.627	5	1	.813	.327	.201	8

COL (5 yrs)				1449	968	226	6.3	114	.304	.275	.278	.348	.351	.485	.438	.833	.789	110	.636	17.0	1.7	.824	.330	.209	25.5
OAK (1 yr)				158	103	19	5.0	96	.274	.229	.251	.354	.318	.351	.407	.706	.724	98	.533	0.6	0.1	.706	.298	.122	1.6

NL (5 yrs)				1449	968	226	6.3	114	.304	.275	.278	.348	.351	.485	.438	.833	.789	110	.636	17.0	1.7	.824	.330	.209	25.5
AL (1 yr)				158	103	19	5.0	96	.274	.229	.251	.354	.318	.351	.407	.706	.724	98	.533	0.6	0.1	.706	.298	.122	1.6

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2007	24	COL	NL	NLDS	PHI	W	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2007	24	COL	NL	NLCS	ARI	W	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
2007	24	COL	NL	WS	BOS	L	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

2009	26	COL	NL	NLDS	PHI	L	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	0	0	1
2 Yrs (4 Series)							9	12	11	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.364	.417	.455	.871	5	0	0	0	0	1
2 NLDS							5	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	0	0	1
1 NLCS							2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2007	24	COL	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	12.5%	20%		8.0			0.40	0.00	88%	43%	0.0%	20%
2008	25	COL	NL	123	3.3%	18.7%	12.2%	8.9%	39%	1.53	4.7	27.0	7.2	0.77	0.78	66%	21%	8.5%	2%
2009	26	COL	NL	387	3.9%	17.3%	11.9%	10.1%	40%	1.46	5.0	22.3	6.1	0.61	0.86	66%	21%	9.9%	10%
2010	27	COL	NL	398	4.3%	16.8%	8.8%	10.3%	47%	1.91	5.3	21.1	6.9	0.56	0.76	70%	20%	10.1%	10%
2011	28	COL	NL	533	2.8%	17.5%	8.6%	10.5%	42%	2.02	5.1	31.7	8.1	0.62	0.82	70%	22%	7.4%	15%
2012	29	OAK	AL	158	2.5%	20.9%	14.6%	5.1%	27%	1.43	4.0	32.8	10.9	0.80	0.89	60%	17%	8.9%	18%
6 Yrs				1607	3.4%	17.7%	10.3%	9.7%	41%	1.72	5.0	25.7	7.3	0.63	0.81	68%	21%	8.9%	12%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	2.11	4.9	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	24	COL	NL	1.9	0.2	8	0.2	0.3	-0.0	.72	0.3	0.1	2.0	0.2	1.01	2.3	0.82	7
2008	25	COL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	126	0.4	2.3	-1.8	.91	0.0	0.5	2.7	0.2	0.93	-0.5	1.05	35
2009	26	COL	NL	11.0	1.1	402	0.8	7.5	-6.7	1.00	1.6	-0.8	17.9	1.6	0.92	22.2	1.22	36
2010	27	COL	NL	-3.4	-0.3	408	-0.6	6.9	-7.4	1.02	0.1	-0.7	6.1	0.6	0.94	4.7	1.39	37
2011	28	COL	NL	7.9	0.8	551	1.3	10.6	-9.3	1.03	1.7	-0.4	13.2	1.2	1.03	16.3	1.31	22
2012	29	OAK	AL	0.6	0.1	162	-0.2	2.4	-2.6	.98	0.0	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.92	-0.3	2.14	6
6 Yrs				17.7	1.7	1657	2.0	29.9	-27.9	1.01	3.7	-1.7	41.1	3.7	0.96	44.7	1.25	143

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2007	24	COL	NL	0	80%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	COL	NL	2	23%	60	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	33%	5	4	0	2	0	2	5	2	2
2009	26	COL	NL	2	35%	180	4	1	80%	4	1	0	1	1	5	9	58%	20	12	7	7	1	6	13	3	10
2010	27	COL	NL	5	35%	150	2	1	67%	2	1	0	1	0	6	13	64%	16	8	8	7	2	5	10	2	8
2011	28	COL	NL	2	31%	193	10	2	83%	9	2	1	0	0	6	15	29%	26	19	6	4	4	0	11	5	6
2012	29	OAK	AL	3	27%	66	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	50%	7	5	2	3	1	2	4	1	3
6 Yrs				14	32%	655	18	5	78%	17	5	1	2	1	21	44	48%	74	48	23	23	8	15	43	13	29

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2007	24	COL	NL	8	100%	5	2	0	7	5	0	0	0.82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	25	COL	NL	123	90%	28	1	0	35	9	2	5	1.05	4	0	5	4	0	2	2	1	0	0		19	0	0%	8	3	38%	71	11	15%	8	3	38%	2	2	100%	0
2009	26	COL	NL	387	82%	98	10	0	36	17	1	10	1.22	15	0	7	12	3	8	7	0	3	1	33%	55	5	9%	34	15	44%	203	40	20%	17	10	59%	17	10	59%	0
2010	27	COL	NL	398	86%	88	5	0	37	7	2	9	1.39	17	0	8	17	0	12	5	0	0	0		74	5	7%	38	7	18%	219	37	17%	19	12	63%	10	4	40%	0
2011	28	COL	NL	533	81%	135	12	1	22	8	0	2	1.31	15	0	6	14	1	9	6	0	0	0		104	9	9%	45	15	33%	339	47	14%	27	15	56%	21	10	48%	0
2012	29	OAK	AL	158	85%	30	2	0	6	1	0	1	2.14	4	0	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0		18	0	0%	6	2	33%	87	10	11%	6	3	50%	3	2	67%	0
6 Yrs				1607	84%	384	32	1	143	47	5	27	1.25	55	0	30	51	4	34	21	1	3	1	33%	271	19	7%	131	42	32%	923	146	16%	77	43	56%	53	28	53%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2007	24	COL	NL	8	24	3.00	17	71%	35%	6%	18%	41%	65%	0%	46%	91%	25%	0%	0	0	13%	1	0	13%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
2008	25	COL	NL	123	481	3.91	310	64%	30%	16%	26%	27%	70%	0%	45%	77%	33%	1%	1	0	7%	9	5	6%	7	0	43%	0	0	0
2009	26	COL	NL	389	1554	3.99	937	60%	33%	14%	24%	29%	67%	2%	40%	79%	17%	6%	22	0	18%	71	18	11%	43	17	27%	-2	0	0
2010	27	COL	NL	398	1568	3.94	984	63%	30%	15%	25%	30%	70%	1%	44%	78%	20%	5%	18	0	13%	53	14	11%	44	23	21%	0	0	0
2011	28	COL	NL	535	2107	3.94	1323	63%	24%	18%	29%	29%	76%	3%	48%	76%	26%	6%	33	2	18%	95	31	9%	49	36	17%	-2	0	0
2012	29	OAK	AL	160	639	3.99	373	58%	32%	17%	25%	27%	68%	2%	40%	76%	19%	6%	10	0	19%	31	14	14%	22	10	30%	-2	0	0
6 Yrs				1613	6373	3.95	3944	62%	29%	16%	26%	29%	71%	2%	44%	77%	22%	5%	84	2	16%	260	82	10%	166	87	24%	-6	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2007	24	7	8	8	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.625	.625	.875	1.500	273	7	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	74	131	116	17	33	7	1	4	15	1	0	15	24	.284	.366	.466	.832	109	54	0	0	0	0	0
2009	26	207	518	451	78	131	27	5	19	70	5	1	61	91	.290	.375	.499	.874	119	225	5	2	1	3	3
2010	27	340	916	809	133	219	46	10	36	122	7	2	96	158	.271	.349	.486	.834	109	393	10	4	1	6	4
2011	28	487	1449	1285	200	354	78	19	51	181	17	4	142	251	.275	.348	.485	.833	110	623	19	8	1	13	11
2012	29	533	1607	1416	218	384	82	19	55	193	18	5	165	284	.271	.349	.472	.821	109	669	19	11	1	14	13

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	24	7	8	8	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.625	.625	.875	1.500	4	7
2008	25	67	121	107	12	27	7	0	4	14	1	14	23	.252	.339	.430	.769	15	67
2009	26	133	378	329	55	92	19	4	14	49	4	43	67	.280	.363	.489	.853	58	133
2010	27	133	390	352	49	82	18	5	16	46	2	33	67	.233	.300	.449	.749	47	133
2011	28	147	524	469	61	128	30	9	14	54	9	44	93	.273	.336	.465	.801	73	147
2012	29	46	160	132	19	31	4	0	4	13	1	24	33	.235	.363	.356	.719	17	46
6 Yrs		533	1581	1397	200	365	78	19	52	176	17	158	284	.261	.338	.456	.794	214	533
162 Game Avg.		162	481	425	61	111	24	6	16	53	5	48	86	.261	.338	.456	.794	65	533

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 2011 NL 9 (5th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2011 NL 7 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
2011 NL 9 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2011 NL 7 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1504), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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