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Josh Smith

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 172lb (178cm, 78kg)

Born: August 7, 1997 in Baton Rouge, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 38th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from Catholic HS (Baton Rouge, LA) and the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 2019 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

High School: Catholic HS (Baton Rouge, LA)

School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: May 30, 2022 (Age 24-296d, 22,674th in major league history)
vs. TBR 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2022 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.129 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Full Name: Josh Harris Smith

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2023 World Series

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

2.0

3.0

141

549

118

.284

.215

RBI

OBP

.373

.322

SLG

.426

.322

OPS

.798

.645

OPS+

129

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 30	TEX		PHI	W,11-7	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 1	TEX		PHI	W,16-3	GS	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 3	TEX		BAL	L,0-2	GS	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	7 (2)	Apr 7	TEX	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	8	Apr 8	TEX	@	CHC	L,3-10	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	9	Apr 9	TEX	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	10	Apr 10	TEX		KCR	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	11	Apr 11	TEX		KCR	W,8-5	GF	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
9	12	Apr 12	TEX		KCR	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	13	Apr 14	TEX	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
11	14	Apr 15	TEX	@	HOU	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
12	15	Apr 16	TEX	@	HOU	W,9-1	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	16	Apr 17	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
14	17	Apr 18	TEX	@	KCR	W,12-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	18	Apr 19	TEX	@	KCR	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
16	20 (1)	Apr 22	TEX		OAK	W,18-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
17	21	Apr 23	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	23 (1)	Apr 25	TEX	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
19	24	Apr 26	TEX	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
20	25	Apr 27	TEX		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
21	28 (2)	Apr 30	TEX		NYY	W,15-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	33 (4)	May 7	TEX	@	LAA	W,16-8	GF	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	35 (1)	May 9	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	39 (3)	May 13	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-0	GS	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	43 (3)	May 17	TEX		ATL	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
26	45 (1)	May 20	TEX		COL	W,11-5	GF	17	3.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	46	May 21	TEX		COL	W,13-3	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	49 (2)	May 24	TEX	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	2
29	50	May 26	TEX	@	BAL	W,12-2	GS	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
30	51	May 27	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	24	7.0	7	1	0	8	1
31	55 (3)	May 31	TEX	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	57 (1)	Jun 3	TEX		SEA	W,16-6	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	58	Jun 4	TEX		SEA	W,12-3	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	1
34	61 (2)	Jun 7	TEX		STL	L,0-1	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
35	68 (6)	Jun 15	TEX		LAA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	74 (5)	Jun 21	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	79 (4)	Jun 27	TEX		DET	W,8-3	GS	23	6.0	0	4	0	4	1
38	80	Jun 28	TEX		DET	W,10-2	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	81	Jun 29	TEX		DET	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	97 (15)	Jul 19	TEX		TBR	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	98	Jul 21	TEX		LAD	L,5-11	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	99	Jul 22	TEX		LAD	L,3-16	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	100	Jul 23	TEX		LAD	W,8-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	101	Jul 24	TEX	@	HOU	L,9-10	CG	42	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
45	103 (1)	Jul 26	TEX	@	HOU	W,13-5	GF	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	105 (1)	Jul 29	TEX	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	108 (2)	Aug 2	TEX		CHW	W,11-1	GF	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	1
48	109	Aug 3	TEX		CHW	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
49	112 (2)	Aug 6	TEX		MIA	W,6-0	GS	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
50	114 (1)	Aug 8	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	115	Aug 9	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-2	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	116	Aug 11	TEX	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
53	117	Aug 12	TEX	@	SFG	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	118	Aug 13	TEX	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	0	2	0	2	0
55	119	Aug 14	TEX		LAA	W,12-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	122 (2)	Aug 18	TEX		MIL	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
57	128 (5)	Aug 25	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-12	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	130 (1)	Aug 27	TEX	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	136 (5)	Sep 3	TEX		MIN	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	137	Sep 4	TEX		HOU	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	138	Sep 5	TEX		HOU	L,1-14	GF	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	2
62	139	Sep 6	TEX		HOU	L,3-12	CG	47	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
63	140	Sep 8	TEX		OAK	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	141	Sep 9	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	142	Sep 10	TEX		OAK	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
66	143	Sep 11	TEX	@	TOR	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
67	144	Sep 12	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	145	Sep 13	TEX	@	TOR	W,10-0	GF	13	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	146	Sep 14	TEX	@	TOR	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
70	147	Sep 15	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	148	Sep 16	TEX	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
72	149	Sep 17	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	152 (2)	Sep 20	TEX		BOS	W,15-5	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	157 (4)	Sep 26	TEX	@	LAA	L,3-9	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	160 (2)	Sep 29	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-8	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
							81gm		475.0	53	100	7	160	20