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Steve Smyth

Steven Delton Smyth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 3, 1978 in Brawley, CA
High School: Valley HS (Temecula, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 2002
Team: Cubs 2002

Final Game: September 27, 2002
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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
1999	21	CHC-min	A,A-	6	4	.600	6.09	15	15	0	0	0	0	75.1	97	57	51	7	37	0	60	2	1	8	348		1.779	11.6	0.8	4.4	7.2	1.62	LNS,EUG · MIDW,NORW
2000	22	CHC-min	A+	8	8	.500	3.25	24	23	0	1	0	0	138.1	134	62	50	9	57	0	100	5	1	9	589		1.381	8.7	0.6	3.7	6.5	1.75	DYT · FLOR
2001	23	CHC-min	AA	9	3	.750	2.54	18	18	0	3	1	0	120.1	110	38	34	9	40	1	93	5	0	6	497		1.247	8.2	0.7	3.0	7.0	2.33	WTN · SOUL
2002	24	CHC-min	AA,AAA	7	6	.538	4.24	17	17	0	0	0	0	104.0	97	55	49	11	28	0	99	6	0	0	439		1.202	8.4	1.0	2.4	8.6	3.54	WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2002	24	CHC	NL	1	3	.250	9.35	8	7	0	0	0	0	26.0	34	28	27	9	10	0	16	1	0	2	122	44	1.692	11.8	3.1	3.5	5.5	1.60
2003	25	CHC-min	AAA	6	11	.353	5.23	25	24	1	0	0	0	130.2	143	85	76	16	72	6	98	5	0	6	591		1.645	9.8	1.1	5.0	6.8	1.36	IWA · PCL
2004	26	OAK-ATL-min	AA	6	5	.545	4.96	27	13	4	0	0	1	81.2	81	56	45	12	57	1	60	4	1	5	376		1.690	8.9	1.3	6.3	6.6	1.05	MDL,GRV · TL,SOUL
2005	27	OAK-min	A+,AAA	4	2	.667	7.40	19	13	2	0	0	0	65.2	89	63	54	7	41	1	52	1	0	3	325		1.980	12.2	1.0	5.6	7.1	1.27	STK,SAC · CALL,PCL
2007	29	TRR,ASC	AAA	5	4	.556	5.29	18	11	6	1	0	1	68.0	88	45	40	5	35	2	54	1	0	7	315		1.809	11.6	0.7	4.6	7.1	1.54	TRR,ASC · MEX
1 Yr				1	3	.250	9.35	8	7	0	0	0	0	26.0	34	28	27	9	10	0	16	1	0	2	122	44	1.692	11.8	3.1	3.5	5.5	1.60
162 Game Avg.				5	14	.250	9.35	36	32	0	0	0	0	118	154	127	122	41	45	0	73	5	0	9	553	44	1.692	11.8	3.1	3.5	5.5	1.60

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	Awards
2002	24	CHC	NL	26.0	8	7	28	9.69	4.48	-0.43	0.13	103.8	5.23	-13	-1.2	.0	0.0	-1.0	-10	.353	.493	$
1 Season				26.0	8	7	28	9.69	4.48	-0.43	0.13	103.8	5.23	-13	-1.2	.0	0.0	-1.0	-10	.353	.493	$

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
2002	24	CHC	NL	8	122	106	28	34	8	2	9	0	1	10	16	.321	.372	.689	1.061	.294	73	2	1	1	4	0	3
1 Yr				8	122	106	28	34	8	2	9	0	1	10	16	.321	.372	.689	1.061	.294	73	2	1	1	4	0	3
162 Game Avg.				36	553	481	127	154	36	9	41	0	5	45	73	.321	.372	.689	1.061	.294	331	9	5	5	18	0	14
MLB Averages																.261	.331	.417	.748	.293

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2002	24	CHC	NL	-14.8	-1.4	126	-1.4	1.7	-3.1	.93	-1.2	-0.3	-15.1	-1.4	0.93	-12.6	0	0	1
1 Yr				-14.8	-1.4	126	-1.4	1.7	-3.1	.93	-1.2	-0.3	-15.1	-1.4	0.93	-12.6	0	0	1

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2002	24	CHC	NL	8	7	1	3	3	0	1	1	6	.143	0	1	0	0	2	29%	37.1	64	16	2	0	0	3	5.8	9.4	3.4	62	6	1	0	0	93
1 Yr				8	7	1	3	3	0	1	1	6	.143	0	1	0	0	2	29%	37	64	16	2	0	0	3	5.8	9.4	3.4	62	6	1	0	0	93
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-7					4.7	4.7	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2002	24	CHC	NL	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.931	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	34
1 Yr				8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.931	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	34

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%
2002	24	CHC	NL	122	26%	7.4%	13.1%	8.2%	15.6%	56%	0.47	0.88	70%	31%	17.3%	9%	25	2	8%
1 Yr				122	26%	7.4%	13.1%	8.2%	15.6%	56%	0.47	0.88	70%	31%	17.3%	9%	25	2	8%
MLB Averages					47%	2.7%	16.8%	8.7%	7.9%	34%	0.74	1.06	70%	24%	8.0%	15%			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
2002	24	CHC	NL	123	471	3.83	286	61%	24%	14%	29%	33%	76%	0%	46%	82%	61%	7%	8	6	20%	24	8	2	31%	1	2	-1	0	0
1 Yr				123	471	3.83	286	61%	24%	14%	29%	33%	76%	0%	46%	82%	61%	7%	8	6	20%	24	8	2	31%	1	2	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				26%

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
2002	24	CHC	NL	122	34	1	1	9	0	2	7	2	3	6	8	7	0	88%	3	2	0	45	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1 Yr				122	34	1	1	9	0	2	7	2	3	6	8	7	0	88%	3	2	0	45	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		53%							68%

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+
2002	24	1	3	.250	9.35	8	7	0	0	0	0	26.0	34	28	27	9	10	0	16	1	0	2	122	44	1.692	11.8	3.1	3.5	5.5	1.60	44

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
2002	24	0	2	.000	9.35	26.0	34	30	27	9	10	16	1	1.692	11.8	3.5	5.5	1.60	3.1	8
1 Yr		0	2	.000	9.35	26.0	34	30	27	9	10	16	1	1.692	11.8		5.5	1.60	3.1	8

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