Will Smith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-5, 248lb (196cm, 112kg)

Born: July 10, 1989 in Newnan, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 40th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Northgate HS (Newnan, GA) and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 7th round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Gulf Coast Community College (Panama City, FL).

High School: Northgate HS (Newnan, GA)

School: Gulf Coast Community College (Panama City, FL)

Debut: May 23, 2012 (Age 22-318d, 17,799th in MLB history)
vs. NYY 3.1 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

2019 Contract Status: Signed thru 2019, 1 yr/$4.23M (19)

Service Time (01/2019): 5.155 • Free Agent: 2020

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: William Michael Smith

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2019

Career

WAR

2.2

4.5

W

L

ERA

2.76

3.53

G

359

GS

SV

IP

65.1

410.2

SO

494

WHIP

1.026

1.247

10/15 Not long ago, it would been almost impossible to imagine anyone but Kenley Jansen serving as the Dodgers’ closer. But after an uncharacteristically pedestrian 2019 season for the long-dominant right-hander,
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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
2008	18	LAA-min	Rk	8	2	.800	3.08	16	14	0	0	0	0	73.0	73	28	25	6	6	0	76	2	1	2	298			1.082	9.0	0.7	0.7	9.4	12.67	ORM PION
2009	19	LAA-min	A	10	5	.667	3.76	20	19	0	0	0	0	115.0	109	61	48	11	24	0	95	2	0	3	473			1.157	8.5	0.9	1.9	7.4	3.96	CDR MIDW
2010	20	KCR-LAA-min	AAA,A+,AA	9	9	.500	4.62	27	27	0	0	0	0	163.2	182	98	84	19	46	3	130	2	1	4	704			1.393	10.0	1.0	2.5	7.1	2.83	WMT,SLK,RCU,ARK CARL,PCL,CALL,TL
2011	21	KCR-min	AA	13	9	.591	3.85	27	27	0	2	1	0	161.1	171	78	69	13	45	2	108	6	0	4	678			1.339	9.5	0.7	2.5	6.0	2.40	NTA TL
2012	22	KCR-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.61	15	15	0	0	0	0	89.2	104	44	36	8	22	0	74	2	0	1	388			1.405	10.4	0.8	2.2	7.4	3.36	OMA PCL
2012	22	KCR	AL	6	9	.400	5.32	16	16	0	0	0	0	89.2	111	54	53	12	33	1	59	1	0	4	396	79	4.66	1.606	11.1	1.2	3.3	5.9	1.79
2013	23	KCR-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.03	28	10	9	0	0	4	89.0	81	32	30	7	24	0	100	3	0	4	362			1.180	8.2	0.7	2.4	10.1	4.17	OMA PCL
2013	23	KCR	AL	2	1	.667	3.24	19	1	4	0	0	0	33.1	24	16	12	6	7	0	43	1	0	0	131	128	3.53	0.930	6.5	1.6	1.9	11.6	6.14
2014	24	MIL	NL	1	3	.250	3.70	78	0	6	0	0	1	65.2	62	31	27	6	31	6	86	3	0	7	286	103	3.25	1.416	8.5	0.8	4.2	11.8	2.77
2015	25	MIL	NL	7	2	.778	2.70	76	0	11	0	0	0	63.1	52	23	19	5	24	1	91	1	0	5	264	147	2.47	1.200	7.4	0.7	3.4	12.9	3.79
2016	26	MIL-min	A+,AA	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	13			0.250	2.3	0.0	0.0	11.3		BRE,BIL FLOR,SOUL
2016	26	TOT	NL	2	4	.333	3.35	53	0	4	0	0	0	40.1	31	19	15	3	18	1	48	1	0	3	167	126	3.15	1.215	6.9	0.7	4.0	10.7	2.67
2016	26	MIL	NL	1	3	.250	3.68	27	0	3	0	0	0	22.0	18	13	9	3	9	1	22	1	0	3	92	117	4.28	1.227	7.4	1.2	3.7	9.0	2.44
2016	26	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	2.95	26	0	1	0	0	0	18.1	13	6	6	0	9	0	26	0	0	0	75	139	1.78	1.200	6.4	0.0	4.4	12.8	2.89

2018	28	SFG-min	AAA,A+	0	0		2.45	8	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	2	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	28			0.818	7.4	0.0	0.0	13.5		SAC,SJO PCL,CALL
2018	28	SFG	NL	2	3	.400	2.55	54	0	27	0	0	14	53.0	37	18	15	3	15	4	71	0	0	2	210	150	2.07	0.981	6.3	0.5	2.5	12.1	4.73
2019	29	SFG	NL	6	0	1.000	2.76	63	0	52	0	0	34	65.1	46	20	20	10	21	2	96	0	0	3	257	152	3.23	1.026	6.3	1.4	2.9	13.2	4.57	AS
7 Yrs				26	22	.542	3.53	359	17	104	0	0	49	410.2	363	181	161	45	149	15	494	7	0	24	1711	115	3.29	1.247	8.0	1.0	3.3	10.8	3.32
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.542	3.53	65	3	19	0	0	9	74	66	33	29	8	27	3	89	1	0	4	309	115	3.29	1.247	8.0	1.0	3.3	10.8	3.32

SFG (3 yrs)				9	4	.692	2.70	143	0	80	0	0	48	136.2	96	44	41	13	45	6	193	0	0	5	542	149	2.58	1.032	6.3	0.9	3.0	12.7	4.29
MIL (3 yrs)				9	8	.529	3.28	181	0	20	0	0	1	151.0	132	67	55	14	64	8	199	5	0	15	642	120	3.08	1.298	7.9	0.8	3.8	11.9	3.11
KCR (2 yrs)				8	10	.444	4.76	35	17	4	0	0	0	123.0	135	70	65	18	40	1	102	2	0	4	527	88	4.35	1.423	9.9	1.3	2.9	7.5	2.55

NL (5 yrs)				18	12	.600	3.00	324	0	100	0	0	49	287.2	228	111	96	27	109	14	392	5	0	20	1184	133	2.84	1.171	7.1	0.8	3.4	12.3	3.60
AL (2 yrs)				8	10	.444	4.76	35	17	4	0	0	0	123.0	135	70	65	18	40	1	102	2	0	4	527	88	4.35	1.423	9.9	1.3	2.9	7.5	2.55

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L

ERA

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GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

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