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Matt Smith
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #40
- Born
- June 15, 1979 in Las Vegas, NV, United States
- MLB debut
- April 14, 2006
- dbWAR
- .2 Regular season, 2 season(s)
- IP
- 4.0
- ERA
- 11.25
- FIP
- 10.99
- K/9
- 2.3
- FIP−
- 246 100 = avg
Matt Smith was a relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2007 he struck out 1 batter over 4.0 innings across 9 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 11.25 was 151.5% higher than the league average of 4.47. Stripping out defence, his 10.99 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 27.0% of swings (8.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 40.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 3.7%. His -0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2007 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .400 | .727 | .400 | .559 | 9.1% |
| vs RHB | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .182 | .438 | .273 | .339 | 0.0% |
Not in the 2007 data: pitch types, recorded in every park from 2008. The play-by-play goes back to 2005, but the measurements on each pitch and batted ball arrived later, so the panels built from them are left off this season.
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.