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Josh A. Smith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: August 7, 1987 in Margate, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 21st round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN).

High School: Grandview Prep (Boca Raton, FL)

School: Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: June 23, 2015 (Age 27-320d, 20,938th in major league history)
vs. PIT 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 6 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2021 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 2.148 • Arb Eligible: 2022 • Free Agent: 2025

Full Name: Joshua Allen Smith

Nicknames: Smitty

Twitter: @J_A_Smitty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

5.60

101

184.2

150

WHIP

1.538

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2010	22	CIN-min	Rk,A	2	3	.400	2.14	19	0	10	0	0	1	33.2	24	9	8	2	16	1	43	5	0	0	145			1.188	6.4	0.5	4.3	11.5	2.69	BIL,DAY PION,MIDW
2011	23	CIN-min	A	14	7	.667	2.97	26	26	0	0	0	0	142.1	122	57	47	10	33	0	166	8	0	5	579			1.089	7.7	0.6	2.1	10.5	5.03	DAY MIDW
2012	24	CIN-min	A+	9	8	.529	3.80	27	27	0	1	0	0	147.0	143	71	62	15	46	0	140	9	0	8	626			1.286	8.8	0.9	2.8	8.6	3.04	BAK CALL
2013	25	CIN-min	AA	11	9	.550	3.26	28	28	0	0	0	0	160.0	148	65	58	16	50	2	139	7	0	5	674			1.238	8.3	0.9	2.8	7.8	2.78	PEN SOUL
2014	26	CIN-min	AAA	10	7	.588	4.70	28	24	1	1	0	0	159.0	174	90	83	8	66	1	123	7	1	2	719			1.509	9.8	0.5	3.7	7.0	1.86	LOU IL
2015	27	CIN-min	AAA,AA,A	8	9	.471	3.45	25	22	1	1	0	0	143.1	135	60	55	7	33	1	123	8	0	1	594			1.172	8.5	0.4	2.1	7.7	3.73	LOU,PEN,DAY IL,SOUL,MIDW
2015	27	CIN	NL	0	4	.000	6.89	9	7	0	0	0	0	32.2	42	27	25	5	21	3	30	5	0	0	161	58	5.67	1.929	11.6	1.4	5.8	8.3	1.43
2016	28	CIN-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.80	9	8	0	0	0	0	45.0	44	20	19	5	13	0	38	1	0	2	184			1.267	8.8	1.0	2.6	7.6	2.92	LOU IL
2016	28	CIN	NL	3	3	.500	4.68	32	2	8	0	0	0	59.2	57	32	31	11	26	1	48	1	0	1	260	92	5.29	1.391	8.6	1.7	3.9	7.2	1.85
2017	29	OAK-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.70	19	2	8	0	0	1	41.1	33	17	17	4	11	1	44	3	0	2	167			1.065	7.2	0.9	2.4	9.6	4.00	NVL PCL
2017	29	OAK	AL	2	1	.667	4.89	26	0	15	0	0	0	35.0	35	20	19	3	15	1	25	0	0	1	151	86	4.13	1.429	9.0	0.8	3.9	6.4	1.67

2018	30	BOS-SEA-min	AAA	5	8	.385	4.38	22	11	4	0	0	1	84.1	92	52	41	8	19	1	90	3	0	2	365			1.316	9.8	0.9	2.0	9.6	4.74	PAW,TAC IL,PCL
2019	31	BOS-min	AAA	5	3	.625	5.48	13	12	0	1	0	0	67.1	82	44	41	9	20	0	70	3	0	2	296			1.515	11.0	1.2	2.7	9.4	3.50	PAW IL
2019	31	BOS	AL	0	3	.000	5.81	18	2	13	0	0	1	31.0	36	22	20	10	8	1	29	3	0	0	139	84	6.60	1.419	10.5	2.9	2.3	8.4	3.63
2020	32	MIA	NL	1	1	.500	6.84	16	1	2	0	0	1	26.1	33	21	20	3	11	2	18	1	0	0	121	67	4.67	1.671	11.3	1.0	3.8	6.2	1.64
2021	33	MIA-min	AAA,Rk	2	0	1.000	2.60	9	7	0	0	0	0	34.2	25	10	10	1	13	0	33	1	0	2	143			1.096	6.5	0.3	3.4	8.6	2.54	JCK,JUM AAAE,FCL
5 Yrs				6	12	.333	5.60	101	12	38	0	0	2	184.2	203	122	115	32	81	8	150	10	0	2	832	78	5.27	1.538	9.9	1.6	3.9	7.3	1.85
162 Game Avg.				4	7	.333	5.60	61	7	23	0	0	1	111	122	73	69	19	49	5	90	6	0	1	501	78	5.27	1.538	9.9	1.6	3.9	7.3	1.85

CIN (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	5.46	41	9	8	0	0	0	92.1	99	59	56	16	47	4	78	6	0	1	421	77	5.43	1.581	9.6	1.6	4.6	7.6	1.66
BOS (1 yr)				0	3	.000	5.81	18	2	13	0	0	1	31.0	36	22	20	10	8	1	29	3	0	0	139	84	6.60	1.419	10.5	2.9	2.3	8.4	3.63
OAK (1 yr)				2	1	.667	4.89	26	0	15	0	0	0	35.0	35	20	19	3	15	1	25	0	0	1	151	86	4.13	1.429	9.0	0.8	3.9	6.4	1.67
MIA (1 yr)				1	1	.500	6.84	16	1	2	0	0	1	26.1	33	21	20	3	11	2	18	1	0	0	121	67	4.67	1.671	11.3	1.0	3.8	6.2	1.64

NL (3 yrs)				4	8	.333	5.76	57	10	10	0	0	1	118.2	132	80	76	19	58	6	96	7	0	1	542	74	5.26	1.601	10.0	1.4	4.4	7.3	1.66
AL (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	5.32	44	2	28	0	0	1	66.0	71	42	39	13	23	2	54	3	0	1	290	85	5.29	1.424	9.7	1.8	3.1	7.4	2.35