Josh Smoker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 232lb (185cm, 105kg)

Born: November 26, 1988 in Calhoun, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 1st round (31st) of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Calhoun HS (Calhoun, GA).

High School: Calhoun HS (Calhoun, GA)

Debut: August 19, 2016 (Age 27-267d, 21,241st in major league history)
vs. SFG 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 26, 2018 (Age 29-273d)
vs. CHW 1.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

Agents: Ballengee Group

Full Name: Joshua Michael Smoker

Nicknames: Brown Bear

Twitter: @Josh_Smoker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

ERA

5.35

79.0

WHIP

1.696

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
2007	18	WSN-min	A-	0	0		4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	16			1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	11.3	1.67	VMT NYPL
2008	19	WSN-min	Rk,A	2	5	.286	5.48	11	11	0	0	0	0	44.1	51	38	27	5	22	0	37	2	0	4	208			1.647	10.4	1.0	4.5	7.5	1.68	NAT,HGR GULF,SALL
2009	20	WSN-min	Rk	4	2	.667	3.38	10	9	0	0	0	0	42.2	46	17	16	2	10	0	31	2	1	3	180			1.313	9.7	0.4	2.1	6.5	3.10	NAT GULF
2010	21	WSN-min	A	3	10	.231	6.50	30	19	5	0	0	3	91.1	106	73	66	15	56	1	92	4	1	8	426			1.774	10.4	1.5	5.5	9.1	1.64	HGR SALL
2011	22	WSN-min	A+	5	2	.714	2.31	46	0	18	0	0	2	50.2	32	16	13	4	37	3	56	3	0	6	221			1.362	5.7	0.7	6.6	9.9	1.51	POT CARL
2012	23	WSN-min	Rk,A,A+	1	1	.500	7.45	6	0	4	0	0	1	9.2	8	8	8	1	6	0	6	3	0	2	43			1.448	7.4	0.9	5.6	5.6	1.00	NAT,HGR,POT GULF,SALL,CARL
2015	26	NYM-min	A+,AA,A	3	0	1.000	3.12	41	0	19	0	0	6	49.0	39	19	17	1	19	1	60	0	1	3	206			1.184	7.2	0.2	3.5	11.0	3.16	SCE,BNG,SAV FLOR,EL,SALL
2016	27	NYM-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.11	52	0	11	0	0	3	57.0	66	32	26	5	18	1	81	0	0	7	253			1.474	10.4	0.8	2.8	12.8	4.50	LVG PCL
2016	27	NYM	NL	3	0	1.000	4.70	20	0	4	0	0	0	15.1	16	10	8	4	4	1	25	1	0	0	65	87	4.25	1.304	9.4	2.3	2.3	14.7	6.25
2017	28	NYM-min	AAA,A+,AA	0	1	.000	1.93	7	3	1	0	0	0	14.0	12	4	3	0	2	0	13	0	0	0	55			1.000	7.7	0.0	1.3	8.4	6.50	LVG,SCE,BNG PCL,FLOR,EL
2017	28	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	5.11	54	0	7	0	0	0	56.1	64	34	32	10	32	7	68	3	0	2	267	81	4.92	1.704	10.2	1.6	5.1	10.9	2.13
2018	29	PIT-DET-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.38	42	0	11	0	0	0	45.1	45	19	17	4	16	0	50	2	0	4	199			1.346	8.9	0.8	3.2	9.9	3.13	INA,TOL IL
2018	29	TOT	MLB	0	0		8.59	8	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	11	7	7	2	7	0	4	0	0	2	38	52	8.48	2.455	13.5	2.5	8.6	4.9	0.57
2018	29	PIT	NL	0	0		11.12	7	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	11	7	7	2	5	0	2	0	0	2	31	38	9.69	2.824	17.5	3.2	7.9	3.2	0.40
2018	29	DET	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	7		4.36	1.200	0.0	0.0	10.8	10.8	1.00
2019	30	LAD-min	AAA	1	2	.333	9.00	12	0	5	0	0	0	14.0	20	15	14	4	9	2	11	0	0	0	68			2.071	12.9	2.6	5.8	7.1	1.22	OKC PCL
3 Yrs				4	2	.667	5.35	82	0	12	0	0	0	79.0	91	51	47	16	43	8	97	4	0	4	370	78	5.12	1.696	10.4	1.8	4.9	11.1	2.26
162 Game Avg.				3	2	.667	5.35	68	0	10	0	0	0	66	75	42	39	13	36	7	80	3	0	3	307	78	5.12	1.696	10.4	1.8	4.9	11.1	2.26

NYM (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	5.02	74	0	11	0	0	0	71.2	80	44	40	14	36	8	93	4	0	2	332	82	4.77	1.619	10.0	1.8	4.5	11.7	2.58
PIT (1 yr)				0	0		11.12	7	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	11	7	7	2	5	0	2	0	0	2	31	38	9.69	2.824	17.5	3.2	7.9	3.2	0.40
DET (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	7		4.36	1.200	0.0	0.0	10.8	10.8	1.00

NL (3 yrs)				4	2	.667	5.47	81	0	12	0	0	0	77.1	91	51	47	16	41	8	95	4	0	4	363	76	5.13	1.707	10.6	1.9	4.8	11.1	2.32
AL (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	7		4.36	1.200	0.0	0.0	10.8	10.8	1.00

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