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Burch Smith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 225lb (193cm, 102kg)

Team: Detroit Tigers (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: April 12, 1990 in San Antonio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 49th round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Howard College (Big Spring, TX), the Cleveland Indians in the 20th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Howard College (Big Spring, TX) and the San Diego Padres in the 14th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK).

High School: Robert E. Lee HS (Tyler, TX)

Schools: Howard College (Big Spring, TX), University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2026 Contract Status: Not Updated

Agents: Truth Sports • Previously: The Legacy Agency

Full Name: Burch Taylor Smith

Nicknames: Smitty

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

0.2

-1.5

ERA

3.18

5.62

165

17.0

264.1

250

WHIP

1.471

1.509

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2011	21		Oklahoma	B12	NCAA					3.83	4.33		16			0		89.1	85	43	38		32		90					1.310	8.6		3.2	9.1	2.81
2011	21	0.1	Padres	ARIZ	Rk	SDP	0	0		4.50	9.00	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	3	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	11	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	18.0	4.00
2012	22	-1.2	Lake Elsinore	CALL	A+	SDP	9	6	.600	3.85	4.34	26	26	0	0	0	0	128.2	127	62	55	11	27	1	137	7	0	4	534	1.197	8.9	0.8	1.9	9.6	5.07
2013	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	SDP	6	3	.667	2.63	3.12	18	18	0	0	0	0	92.1	73	32	27	5	23	0	102	3	0	4	365	1.040	7.1	0.5	2.2	9.9	4.43
2013	23	-3.6	Tucson	PCL	AAA	SDP	5	1	.833	3.39	3.54	12	12	0	0	0	0	61.0	56	24	23	4	17	0	65	1	0	3	247	1.197	8.3	0.6	2.5	9.6	3.82
2013	23	-1.5	San Antonio	TL	AA	SDP	1	2	.333	1.15	2.30	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.1	17	8	4	1	6	0	37	2	0	1	118	0.734	4.9	0.3	1.7	10.6	6.17
2013	23	-5.1	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	1	3	.250	6.44	6.44	10	7	3	0	0	0	36.1	39	26	26	9	21	1	46	0	0	0	167	1.651	9.7	2.2	5.2	11.4	2.19
2014	24	-2.8	El Paso	PCL	AAA	SDP	0	2	.000	18.56	18.56	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	13	11	11	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	32	3.375	21.9	3.4	8.4	5.1	0.60
2014	24	1.0	Surprise	AZFL	Fal		3	0	1.000	5.52	5.52	9	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	18	9	9	1	5	0	9	1	0	1	63	1.568	11.0	0.6	3.1	5.5	1.80

2017	27		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AAA-Rk	TBR	5	3	.625	2.40	2.72	13	12	0	0	0	0	56.1	39	17	15	3	24	0	56	4	0	3	227	1.118	6.2	0.5	3.8	8.9	2.33
2017	27	0.6	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	2	1	.667	1.65	1.65	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.1	9	3	3	2	4	0	19	0	0	2	60	0.796	5.0	1.1	2.2	10.5	4.75
2017	27	3.9	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	3	1	.750	2.43	2.92	9	8	0	0	0	0	37.0	26	12	10	1	20	0	33	4	0	1	156	1.243	6.3	0.2	4.9	8.0	1.65
2017	27	6.6	Rays	GULF	Rk	TBR	0	1	.000	6.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
2017	27	3.5	Surprise	AZFL	Fal		1	2	.333	3.98	3.98	6	6	0	0	0	0	20.1	12	9	9	0	11	0	29	2	0	0	82	1.131	5.3	0.0	4.9	12.8	2.64
2018	28	-0.6	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	1	6	.143	6.92	6.92	38	6	16	0	0	0	78.0	90	60	60	15	40	2	77	4	1	0	358	1.667	10.4	1.7	4.6	8.9	1.93
2019	29		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	MIL-SFG	7	4	.636	2.63	3.31	18	17	1	0	0	0	92.1	65	34	27	7	46	0	103	8	1	3	384	1.202	6.3	0.7	4.5	10.0	2.24
2019	29		2 Teams	NL	Maj	MIL-SFG	0	1	.000	5.48	5.91	17	0	6	0	0	0	21.1	26	14	13	3	14	2	20	1	0	1	106	1.875	11.0	1.3	5.9	8.4	1.43
2019	29	2.3	San Antonio	PCL	AAA	MIL	6	3	.667	2.33	2.56	15	15	0	0	0	0	77.1	49	22	20	6	37	0	85	6	1	2	314	1.112	5.7	0.7	4.3	9.9	2.30
2019	29	2.3	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	SFG	1	1	.500	4.20	7.20	3	2	1	0	0	0	15.0	16	12	7	1	9	0	18	2	0	1	70	1.667	9.6	0.6	5.4	10.8	2.00
2019	29	0.7	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	1	.000	7.82	7.82	7	0	4	0	0	0	12.2	16	11	11	3	10	2	14	1	0	1	65	2.053	11.4	2.1	7.1	9.9	1.40
2019	29	0.7	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	0	0		2.08	3.12	10	0	2	0	0	0	8.2	10	3	2	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	41	1.615	10.4	0.0	4.2	6.2	1.50
2020	30	1.8	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	2	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	6	0	3	0	0	1	12.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	44	0.667	5.3	0.8	0.8	9.8	13.00
2021	31	3.6	Las Vegas	AAAW	AAA	OAK	0	0		10.13	10.13	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	9	6	6	3	4	0	7	0	0	0	29	2.438	15.2	5.1	6.8	11.8	1.75
2021	31	2.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	1	.500	5.40	5.61	31	0	10	0	0	0	43.1	49	27	26	5	11	0	28	1	0	2	188	1.385	10.2	1.0	2.3	5.8	2.55
2022	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		2	3	.400	3.76	4.18	26			0	0	1	64.2	51	30	27	3	22	0	62	3	0	0	262	1.129	7.1	0.4	3.1	8.6	2.82
2022	32	4.4	Seibu	JPPL	Fgn		1	0	1.000	3.29	3.76	20			0	0	1	38.1	30	16	14	0	14	0	37	1	0	0	156	1.148	7.0	0.0	3.3	8.7	2.64
2022	32	7.0	Seibu	JPEL	Fgn		1	3	.250	4.44	4.78	6			0	0	0	26.1	21	14	13	3	8	0	25	2	0	0	106	1.101	7.2	1.0	2.7	8.5	3.13
2023	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW-Fgn		0	1	.000	3.18	3.18	13	1	0	0	0	0	17.0	15	6	6	1	3	0	22	1	0	1	71	1.059	7.9	0.5	1.6	11.6	7.33
2023	33	5.3	Hanwha	KBO	Fgn		0	0		6.75	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12	1.125	10.1	0.0	0.0	6.8
2023-24	33	3.0	Gigantes	DOWL	FgW		0	1	.000	2.51	2.51	12	0	0	0	0	0	14.1	12	4	4	1	3	0	20	0	0	1	59	1.047	7.5	0.6	1.9	12.6	6.67
2024	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BAL	4	1	.800	4.95	5.43	50	0	13	0	0	0	56.1	64	34	31	6	12	0	46	2	1	3	241	1.349	10.2	1.0	1.9	7.3	3.83
2024	34	7.0	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
2024	34	4.9	MIA	NL	Maj	MIA	2	0	1.000	4.25	4.55	25	0	8	0	0	0	29.2	39	15	14	1	9	0	23	1	1	3	135	1.618	11.8	0.3	2.7	7.0	2.56
2024	34	5.0	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	2	1	.667	5.74	6.41	25	0	5	0	0	0	26.2	25	19	17	5	3	0	23	1	0	0	106	1.050	8.4	1.7	1.0	7.8	7.67
2025	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	PIT	2	0	1.000	6.75	7.59	20	0	2	0	0	0	21.1	22	18	16	4	13	0	28	1	1	0	102	1.641	9.3	1.7	5.5	11.8	2.15
2025	35	7.7	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	2	0	1.000	7.08	7.97	19	0	2	0	0	0	20.1	22	18	16	4	12	0	26	1	1	0	98	1.672	9.7	1.8	5.3	11.5	2.17
2025	35	13.0	Bradenton	FLOR	A	PIT	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00
2025-26	35	4.9	Aguilas	DOWL	FgW		0	1	.000	1.76	1.76	18	0	10	0	0	6	15.1	9	3	3	0	6	0	20	1	0	2	63	0.978	5.3	0.0	3.5	11.7	3.33
2026	36	8.7	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	0	0		1.80	1.80	8	0	2	0	0	1	10.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	36	0.400	3.6	0.9	0.0	14.4
2026	36	6.7	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	2	.000	3.18	4.24	13	1	4	0	0	0	17.0	18	8	6	2	7	0	20	0	0	0	73	1.471	9.5	1.1	3.7	10.6	2.86
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		9	14	.391	5.62	5.86	165	14	55	0	0	1	264.1	293	172	165	41	106	5	250	8	2	6	1177	1.509	10.0	1.4	3.6	8.5	2.36
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		29	18	.617	3.46	3.98	113	75	6	0	0	2	415.2	356	184	160	36	143	1	458	24	2	15	1727	1.200	7.7	0.8	3.1	9.9	3.20
Foreign (3 seasons)					Foreign		2	5	.286	3.34	3.62	57	1	10	0	0	7	97.0	75	39	36	4	31	0	104	5	0	3	396	1.093	7.0	0.4	2.9	9.6	3.35
College (1 season)					College					3.83	4.33		16			0		89.1	85	43	38		32		90					1.310	8.6		3.2	9.1	2.81
Other (2 seasons)					Other		4	2	.667	4.63	4.63	15	6	0	0	0	0	35.0	30	18	18	1	16	0	38	3	0	1	145	1.314	7.7	0.3	4.1	9.8	2.38
All Levels (14 Seasons)							44	39		4.16	4.55	350	112	71	0	0	10	901.1	839	456	417	82	328	6	940	40	4	25	3445	1.295	8.4		3.3	9.4	2.87

AAA (8 seasons)					Minors		16	8	.667	3.72	4.15	68	34	5	0	0	1	212.2	179	98	88	23	88	0	241	11	2	8	893	1.255	7.6	1.0	3.7	10.2	2.74
AA (1 season)					Minors		1	2	.333	1.15	2.30	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.1	17	8	4	1	6	0	37	2	0	1	118	0.734	4.9	0.3	1.7	10.6	6.17
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		12	7	.632	3.53	4.02	35	34	0	0	0	0	165.2	153	74	65	12	47	1	170	11	0	5	690	1.207	8.3	0.7	2.6	9.2	3.62
A (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	5.40	7.20	3	1	1	0	0	1	5.0	7	4	3	0	1	0	8	0	0	1	22	1.600	12.6	0.0	1.8	14.4	8.00
Fgn (2 seasons)					Foreign		2	3	.400	3.88	4.28	27	1	0	0	0	1	67.1	54	32	29	3	22	0	64	4	0	0	274	1.129	7.2	0.4	2.9	8.6	2.91
FgW (2 seasons)					Foreign		0	2	.000	2.12	2.12	30	0	10	0	0	6	29.2	21	7	7	1	9	0	40	1	0	3	122	1.011	6.4	0.3	2.7	12.1	4.44