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Josh Smoker

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 30
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 232 lb

Born: November 26, 1988 in Calhoun, GA, United States
MLB debut: August 19, 2016

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 7.1
ERA: 8.59
FIP: 8.48
K/9: 4.9
FIP−: 204

Josh Smoker was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2018 he struck out 4 batters over 7.1 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 8.59 was 107.0% higher than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 8.48 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 7.7% of swings (3.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 18.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.5%. 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, 2018.

FIP8.48

K/94.9

WHIP2.45

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	PIT/DET	8	7.1	0	0	11	7	4	7	8.59	8.48	2.45	4.9	8.6	207	204	-0.3
2017	NYM	54	56.1	1	2	64	32	68	32	5.11	4.92	1.70	10.9	5.1	117	113	-0.1
2016	NYM	20	15.1	3	0	16	8	25	4	4.70	4.26	1.30	14.7	2.3	112	102	0.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2017	NYM	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	66.7%	.000	-0.8	-127	-0.0
2016	NYM	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-118	-0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	12	9	2	0	3	2	.222	.417	.333	.356	16.7%
vs RHB	26	22	9	2	4	2	.409	.500	.909	.579	7.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Josh Smoker throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	61.2%	101	92.7	2,172	39.6%	2.4%	19	.316	1.112
Splitter	18.8%	31	83.6	1,564	35.5%	8.3%	7	—	—
Slider	17.6%	29	80.3	2,089	48.3%	30.0%	5	—	—

Josh Smoker's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

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.