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Justin Smoak

Justin Kyle Smoak

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: December 5, 1986 in Goose Creek, SC
High School: Stratford HS (Goose Creek, SC)
School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 2010
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Rangers 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$495k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.116, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Dustin Bledsoe [*]
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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
2008	21	TEX-min	A	14	62	56	9	17	3	0	3	6	0	0	5	10	.304	.355	.518	.873		29	3	0	0	1	0		CLI · MIDW
2009	22	TEX-min	AAA,AA,Rk	106	471	386	58	112	21	1	12	57	0	0	75	81	.290	.410	.443	.853		171	14	6	0	4	2		OKC,FRI,RGS · PCL,TL,ARIZ
2010	23	SEA-TEX-min	AAA	50	225	183	33	51	13	0	9	30	0	0	39	40	.279	.404	.497	.902		91	6	1	0	2	0		TAC,OKC · PCL
2010	23	TOT	AL	100	397	348	40	76	14	0	13	48	1	0	46	91	.218	.307	.371	.678	82	129	9	0	0	3	4	3/D
2010	23	TEX	AL	70	275	235	29	49	10	0	8	34	1	0	38	57	.209	.316	.353	.670	77	83	6	0	0	2	4	3
2010	23	SEA	AL	30	122	113	11	27	4	0	5	14	0	0	8	34	.239	.287	.407	.694	93	46	3	0	0	1	0	3/D
2011	24	SEA-min	AAA	4	15	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.267	.000	.267		0	2	1	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
2011	24	SEA	AL	123	489	427	38	100	24	0	15	55	0	0	55	105	.234	.323	.396	.719	105	169	10	3	0	4	4	3D
2012	25	SEA	AL	47	194	182	18	42	3	0	9	27	1	0	12	44	.231	.278	.396	.674	91	72	6	0	0	0	0	*3/D
3 Yrs				270	1080	957	96	218	41	0	37	130	2	0	113	240	.228	.309	.387	.696	94	370	25	3	0	7	8
162 Game Avg.				162	648	574	58	131	25	0	22	78	1	0	68	144	.228	.309	.387	.696	94	222	15	2	0	4	5

SEA (3 yrs)				200	805	722	67	169	31	0	29	96	1	0	75	183	.234	.307	.398	.704	100	287	19	3	0	5	4
TEX (1 yr)				70	275	235	29	49	10	0	8	34	1	0	38	57	.209	.316	.353	.670	77	83	6	0	0	2	4

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
2010	23	TEX	AL	70	275	-8	-1	1	-1	-4	-13	-1.3	9	-4	-0.5	.480	.491	-0.4	-0.5	-3	$	3
2010	23	SEA	AL	30	122	-2	0	-0	-2	-2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.480	.496	0.0	-0.4	0	$	3/D
2011	24	SEA	AL	123	489	1	-2	-1	-1	-8	-10	-0.9	17	6	0.6	.491	.493	0.7	-0.9	8	$419,000	3D
2012	25	SEA	AL	47	194	-3	-2	-1	3	-3	-6	-0.6	6	1	0.0	.487	.496	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	*3/D
3 Seasons				270	1080	-11	-4	-1	-1	-17	-35	-3.4	37	2	-0.1	.486	.494	0.1	-1.8	3	$419,000

SEA (3 yrs)				200	805	-3	-3	-2	0	-13	-21	-2.1	27	6	0.4	.489	.495	0.5	-1.3	6	$419,000
TEX (1 yr)				70	275	-8	-1	1	-1	-4	-13	-1.3	9	-4	-0.5	.480	.491	-0.4	-0.5	-3	$

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
2010	23	TOT	AL	397	284	41	3.9	103	.255	.218	.265	.307	.333	.371	.414	.678	.747	82	.413	-9.1	-0.9	.626	.287	.152	1.9
2010	23	TEX	AL	275	194	28	3.9	107	.238	.209	.271	.316	.340	.353	.423	.670	.763	77	.413	-7.7	-0.8	.635	.311	.145	1.8
2010	23	SEA	AL	122	90	13	3.9	94	.293	.239	.252	.287	.319	.407	.395	.694	.713	93	.413	-1.3	-0.1	.607	.239	.168	.0
2011	24	SEA	AL	489	341	56	4.4	91	.273	.234	.248	.323	.311	.396	.392	.719	.703	105	.479	4.9	0.5	.674	.290	.162	.0
2012	25	SEA	AL	194	146	19	3.5	90	.256	.231	.243	.278	.308	.396	.393	.674	.701	91	.376	-2.8	-0.3	.582	.236	.165	1.8
3 Yrs				1080	771	116	4.0	95	.263	.228	.253	.309	.319	.387	.400	.696	.719	94	.436	-7.0	-0.7	.639	.279	.159	3.8
162 Game Avg.				648	463	70	4.0	95	.263	.228	.253	.309	.319	.387	.400	.696	.719	94	.436	-7.0	-0.7	.639	.279	.159	2

SEA (3 yrs)				805	577	88	4.1	91	.272	.234	.247	.307	.312	.398	.393	.704	.704	100	.444	0.8	0.1	.640	.269	.163	1.9
TEX (1 yr)				275	194	28	3.9	107	.238	.209	.271	.316	.340	.353	.423	.670	.763	77	.413	-7.7	-0.8	.635	.311	.145	1.8

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
2010	23	TOT	AL	397	3.3%	22.9%	11.6%	6.8%	36%	1.98	3.8	26.8	7.3	0.60	0.90	62%	23%	10.1%	20%
2010	23	TEX	AL	275	2.9%	20.7%	13.8%	6.6%	37%	1.50	4.1	29.4	6.9	0.62	0.93	63%	24%	9.0%	20%
2010	23	SEA	AL	122	4.1%	27.9%	6.6%	7.4%	33%	4.25	3.3	22.6	8.1	0.57	0.84	61%	21%	12.5%	22%
2011	24	SEA	AL	489	3.1%	21.5%	11.3%	8.0%	39%	1.91	4.1	28.5	7.8	0.79	1.05	64%	17%	9.6%	14%
2012	25	SEA	AL	194	4.6%	22.7%	6.2%	6.2%	29%	3.67	4.1	20.2	6.7	0.82	1.17	66%	18%	14.3%	17%
3 Yrs				1080	3.4%	22.2%	10.5%	7.2%	36%	2.12	4.0	25.9	7.4	0.72	1.02	64%	19%	10.6%	17%
MLB Averages					2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	2.25	4.8	35.9	8.3	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2010	23	TOT	AL	-9.1	-0.9	402	-1.6	6.1	-7.7	1.00	-0.7	-0.9	-6.3	-0.6	0.98	-4.8	1.79	3
2010	23	TEX	AL	-7.7	-0.8	276	-1.2	4.0	-5.2	.98	-0.6	-0.7	-3.8	-0.4	0.98	-4.1	1.79	3
2010	23	SEA	AL	-1.3	-0.1	126	-0.3	2.2	-2.5	1.07	-0.1	-0.3	-2.5	-0.3	0.96	-0.6		0
2011	24	SEA	AL	4.2	0.4	495	1.0	9.8	-8.8	1.05	-0.0	1.0	1.1	0.1	0.99	0.1	2.12	1
2012	25	SEA	AL	-2.8	-0.3	195	-1.0	2.7	-3.7	.99	-0.4	-0.6	-3.3	-0.3	0.94	-2.9		0
3 Yrs				-7.6	-0.8	1092	-1.5	18.7	-20.2	1.02	-1.1	-0.4	-8.5	-0.8	0.98	-7.5	1.87	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2010	23	TOT	AL	3	25%	143	1	100%	1	0	3	7	41%	17	11	6	7	5	2	10	3	6
2010	23	TEX	AL	3	27%	106	1	100%	1	0	3	3	46%	11	6	5	5	4	1	8	2	5
2010	23	SEA	AL	0	20%	37	0		0	0	0	4	30%	6	5	1	2	1	1	2	1	1
2011	24	SEA	AL	2	16%	157	0		0	1	4	7	29%	19	14	5	8	7	1	7	2	4
2012	25	SEA	AL	0	20%	50	1	100%	1	0	1	2	18%	9	8	1	2	1	0	6	4	2
3 Yrs				5	20%	350	2	100%	2	1	8	16	32%	45	33	12	17	13	3	23	9	12

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
2010	23	TOT	AL	397	100%	76	6	0	3	1	0	2	1.79	13	0	5	9	4	4	9	0	0	0		77	9	12%	52	16	31%	253	37	15%	27	9	33%	22	10	45%	0
2010	23	TEX	AL	275	100%	49	4	0	3	1	0	2	1.79	8	0	3	6	2	4	4	0	0	0		55	6	11%	39	13	33%	186	28	15%	21	7	33%	18	8	44%	0
2010	23	SEA	AL	122	100%	27	2	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	2	3	2	0	5	0	0	0		22	3	14%	13	3	23%	67	9	13%	6	2	33%	4	2	50%	0
2011	24	SEA	AL	489	99%	100	6	0	1	0	0	1	2.12	15	0	9	11	4	10	5	0	0	0		82	10	12%	31	6	19%	280	40	14%	22	11	50%	9	5	56%	0
2012	25	SEA	AL	194	100%	42	3	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	4	8	1	3	6	0	0	0		36	6	17%	21	5	24%	124	18	15%	14	7	50%	9	4	44%	0
3 Yrs				1080	100%	218	15	0	4	1	0	3	1.87	37	0	18	28	9	17	20	0	0	0		195	25	13%	104	27	26%	657	95	14%	63	27	43%	40	19	48%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2010	23	TOT	AL	397	1548	3.90	924	60%	30%	17%	25%	28%	70%	3%	42%	76%	25%	8%	33	1	20%	81	20	10%	41	23	32%	0	0	0
2010	23	TEX	AL	275	1095	3.98	635	58%	31%	15%	26%	28%	69%	3%	40%	78%	24%	9%	24	0	21%	58	15	10%	28	16	35%	0	0	0
2010	23	SEA	AL	122	453	3.71	289	64%	29%	20%	23%	28%	71%	0%	45%	72%	26%	7%	9	1	19%	23	5	11%	13	7	26%	0	0	0
2011	24	SEA	AL	490	1940	3.96	1160	60%	26%	19%	27%	28%	74%	2%	44%	74%	29%	7%	36	1	16%	80	24	12%	57	32	10%	-1	0	0
2012	25	SEA	AL	195	722	3.70	447	62%	31%	16%	22%	31%	69%	0%	43%	77%	26%	6%	11	1	18%	36	11	9%	17	11	16%	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				1082	4210	3.89	2531	60%	28%	18%	25%	29%	72%	2%	43%	75%	27%	7%	80	3	18%	197	55	11%	115	66	20%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			14%			9%			24%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2010	23	100	397	348	40	76	14	13	48	1	46	91	.218	.307	.371	.678	82	129	9	0	3	4
2011	24	223	886	775	78	176	38	28	103	1	101	196	.227	.316	.385	.701	94	298	19	3	7	8
2012	25	270	1080	957	96	218	41	37	130	2	113	240	.228	.309	.387	.696	94	370	25	3	7	8

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2010	23	100	397	348	40	76	14	13	48	1	46	91	.218	.307	.371	.678	40	100
2011	24	123	503	436	44	109	26	16	64	0	60	105	.250	.342	.420	.762	63	123
2012	25	47	199	186	21	46	3	10	31	1	13	44	.247	.296	.425	.721	23	47
3 Yrs		270	1099	970	105	231	43	39	143	2	119	240	.238	.321	.403	.724	126	270
162 Game Avg.		162	659	582	63	139	26	23	86	1	71	144	.238	.321	.403	.724	76	270

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