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Justin Smoak

Justin Kyle Smoak

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Rangers 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$514k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.113, 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
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 AL 123 489 427 38 100 24 0 15 55 0 0 55 105 .234 .323 .396 .719 106 169 10 3 0 4 4 3D
2012 25 SEA AL 132 535 483 49 105 14 0 19 51 1 0 49 111 .217 .290 .364 .654 87 176 12 1 0 2 2 *3/D
2013 26 SEA AL 43 172 146 15 35 7 0 3 8 0 0 25 39 .240 .355 .349 .704 103 51 5 1 0 0 0 *3/D
4 Yrs 398 1593 1404 142 316 59 0 50 162 2 0 175 346 .225 .311 .374 .685 93 525 36 5 0 9 10
162 Game Avg. 162 648 571 58 129 24 0 20 66 1 0 71 141 .225 .311 .374 .685 93 214 15 2 0 4 4
SEA (4 yrs) 328 1318 1169 113 267 49 0 42 128 1 0 137 289 .228 .310 .378 .688 97 442 30 5 0 7 6
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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
2010 23 TEX AL 70 275 -7 -1 1 -1 -4 -12 -1.2 10 -2 -0.2 .482 .492 -0.1 -0.5 -0 3
2010 23 SEA AL 30 122 -2 0 -0 -2 -2 -6 -0.6 5 -1 -0.1 .480 .496 0.1 -0.4 1 3/D
2011 24 SEA AL 123 489 1 -2 -1 -1 -7 -10 -0.9 18 9 0.8 .492 .494 0.9 -0.9 10 $419,000 3D
2012 25 SEA AL 132 535 -9 -3 -1 0 -8 -20 -2.2 20 -0 -0.2 .484 .487 -0.1 -0.8 -0 $495,100 *3/D
2013 26 SEA AL 43 172 1 -1 -1 -2 -3 -6 -0.5 6 0 0.1 .486 .496 0.2 -0.4 2 $514,000 *3/D
4 Seasons 398 1593 -15 -7 -2 -6 -23 -53 -5.4 59 7 0.4 .486 .493 1.1 -3.0 13 $1,428,100
SEA (4 yrs) 328 1318 -8 -6 -3 -5 -20 -41 -4.2 49 8 0.6 .487 .493 1.2 -2.5 13 $1,428,100
TEX (1 yr) 70 275 -7 -1 1 -1 -4 -12 -1.2 10 -2 -0.2 .482 .492 -0.1 -0.5 -0

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 90 .273 .234 .247 .323 .310 .396 .390 .719 .700 106 .479 5.6 0.6 .674 .290 .162 .0
2012 25 SEA AL 535 392 51 3.5 90 .242 .217 .244 .290 .307 .364 .393 .654 .700 87 .377 -7.8 -0.8 .582 .251 .147 1.9
2013 26 SEA AL 172 116 19 4.4 91 .308 .240 .244 .355 .309 .349 .396 .704 .705 103 .469 1.9 0.2 .664 .281 .110 .0
4 Yrs 1593 1133 167 4.0 93 .262 .225 .250 .311 .315 .374 .398 .685 .712 93 .428 -9.3 -0.9 .629 .275 .149 3.8
162 Game Avg. 648 461 68 4.0 93 .262 .225 .250 .311 .315 .374 .398 .685 .712 93 .428 -9.3 -0.9 .629 .275 .149 2
SEA (4 yrs) 1318 939 139 4.0 90 .266 .228 .246 .310 .309 .378 .393 .688 .702 97 .431 -1.5 -0.2 .628 .268 .150 2.0
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 535 3.6% 20.8% 9.2% 6.2% 31% 2.27 4.4 25.4 9.5 0.69 0.91 66% 18% 10.8% 20%
2013 26 SEA AL 172 1.7% 22.7% 14.5% 5.8% 29% 1.56 3.7 48.7 18.3 0.73 0.84 60% 21% 6.0% 19%
4 Yrs 1593 3.1% 21.7% 11.0% 6.8% 35% 1.98 4.1 28.1 8.7 0.70 0.94 64% 19% 9.8% 18%
MLB Averages 2.6% 19.1% 8.2% 7.6% 33% 2.32 4.7 35.0 8.3 0.82 1.10 69% 19% 7.6% 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 5.6 0.6 495 1.1 9.8 -8.8 1.05 0.0 1.0 1.7 0.2 0.94 0.9 2.11 1
2012 25 SEA AL -7.8 -0.8 540 -1.9 8.1 -10.0 1.02 -1.3 -0.6 -15.9 -1.7 0.94 -12.5 0
2013 26 SEA AL 1.9 0.2 172 -0.2 2.5 -2.7 .89 -0.0 -0.2 -9.3 -1.0 0.94 -1.7 4.65 1
4 Yrs -9.3 -0.9 1609 -2.6 26.6 -29.2 1.01 -2.0 -0.6 -29.8 -3.1 0.95 -18.1 2.42 5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2010 23 TOT AL 3 0 25% 143 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 7 41% 17 11 6 7 5 2 10 3 6
2010 23 TEX AL 3 0 27% 106 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 3 46% 11 6 5 5 4 1 8 2 5
2010 23 SEA AL 0 0 20% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 30% 6 5 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
2011 24 SEA AL 2 0 16% 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 2 7 29% 19 14 5 8 7 1 7 2 4
2012 25 SEA AL 2 0 22% 159 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 7 18% 25 22 3 7 5 1 13 8 4
2013 26 SEA AL 0 0 21% 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 11% 13 12 1 2 1 0 4 2 1
4 Yrs 7 0 21% 540 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 1 2 3 7 22 26% 74 59 15 24 18 4 34 15 15

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 % DPopp DPs 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 2.11 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 535 100% 105 8 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 8 12 7 4 15 0 0 0 100 12 12% 57 12 21% 322 33 10% 27 13 48% 19 7 37% 0
2013 26 SEA AL 172 100% 35 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.65 3 0 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 5 24% 14 3 21% 99 5 5% 4 0 0% 7 3 43% 0
4 Yrs 1593 100% 316 24 0 5 1 0 3 2.42 50 0 28 35 15 18 32 0 0 0 280 36 13% 154 37 24% 954 115 12% 80 33 41% 57 25 44% 0
MLB Averages 55% 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 536 2012 3.75 1228 61% 30% 16% 24% 30% 70% 1% 43% 78% 26% 5% 28 1 17% 92 35 8% 42 21 24% -1 0 0
2013 26 SEA AL 172 690 4.01 408 59% 30% 17% 27% 26% 70% 0% 41% 76% 20% 7% 12 0 16% 28 12 12% 21 10 15% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1595 6190 3.88 3720 60% 29% 17% 25% 29% 71% 2% 43% 76% 26% 7% 109 3 18% 281 91 10% 161 86 21% -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 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 23 100 397 348 40 76 14 0 13 48 1 0 46 91 .218 .307 .371 .678 82 129 9 0 0 3 4
2011 24 223 886 775 78 176 38 0 28 103 1 0 101 196 .227 .316 .385 .701 95 298 19 3 0 7 8
2012 25 355 1421 1258 127 281 52 0 47 154 2 0 150 307 .223 .306 .377 .683 92 474 31 4 0 9 10
2013 26 398 1593 1404 142 316 59 0 50 162 2 0 175 346 .225 .311 .374 .685 93 525 36 5 0 9 10

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2010 23 100 397 348 40 76 14 0 13 48 1 46 91 .218 .307 .371 .678 40 100
2011 24 123 505 437 45 110 26 0 16 65 0 61 105 .252 .345 .421 .766 64 123
2012 25 132 551 494 58 116 15 0 21 60 1 54 111 .235 .310 .393 .703 60 132
2013 26 43 179 150 18 39 8 0 3 9 0 28 39 .260 .380 .373 .753 21 43
4 Yrs 398 1632 1429 161 341 63 0 53 182 2 189 346 .239 .328 .394 .722 185 398
162 Game Avg. 162 664 582 66 139 26 0 22 74 1 77 141 .239 .328 .394 .722 75 398

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2013 AL  25 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2175), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2387), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (501st), 0.1 career WAR/0.1 7yr-peak WAR/0.1 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  3. Mark Johnson (954)
  4. Bob Lemon (952) *
  5. Sam Bowens (946)
  6. Kevin Maas (942)
  7. Dan Johnson (942)
  8. Gail Harris (941)
  9. Matt LaPorta (941)
  10. Joe Hague (939)
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  1. Eric Anthony (944)
  2. Eric Karros (940)
  3. Tino Martinez (935)
  4. Ed Stevens (933)
  5. Mike Jorgensen (930)
  6. Nick Johnson (930)
  7. Travis Lee (930)
  8. Jim Spencer (929)
  9. Steve Bilko (928)
  10. Willie Upshaw (928)
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  2. Eric Anthony (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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