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Blake Smith

Chicago White Sox American League Central

Age: 29
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 220 lb

Born: December 9, 1987 in Modesto, CA, United States
MLB debut: September 10, 2016

dbWAR: -.1
IP: 4.1
ERA: 6.23
FIP: 6.38
K/9: 2.1
FIP−: 152

Blake Smith was a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2016 he struck out 1 batter over 4.1 innings across 5 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 6.23 was 48.7% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 6.38 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 10.0% of swings (5.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 0.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 4.8%. His -0.1 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, 2016 regular season.

FIP6.38

K/92.1

WHIP1.62

WAR-.1

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																				Trend
2016	CWS	5	0	4.1	0	0	0	7	3	1	0	6.23	6.38	1.62	2.1	0.0	149	152	-0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. 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	9	8	3	0	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.373	0.0%
vs RHB	12	12	4	1	0	1	.333	.333	.667	.425	8.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Blake Smith 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.


Four-Seam Fastball	68.4%	52	92.8	2,002	40.4%	10.0%	15	.400	1.104
Curveball	22.4%	17	74.5	1,608	29.4%	0.0%	2	—	—

Blake Smith'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.