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Burch Smith
- Age
- 36
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #65
- Born
- April 12, 1990 in San Antonio, TX, United States
- MLB debut
- May 11, 2013
- Drafted
- 2009, round 49
- College
- Oklahoma
- High school
- Robert E. Lee
- dbWAR
- .4 Regular season, 9 season(s)
- IP
- 17.0
- ERA
- 3.18
- FIP
- 3.51
- K/9
- 10.6
- FIP−
- 84 100 = avg
Burch Smith is a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2026 he struck out 20 batters over 17.0 innings across 13 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 3.18 was 24.0% lower than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 3.51 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 22.7% of swings (10.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.4%. His 0.2 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, 2026 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DET | 13 | 1 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 3.18 | 3.51 | 1.47 | 10.6 | 3.7 | 76 | 84 | 0.2 | |
| 2024 | BAL/MIA | 50 | 0 | 56.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 31 | 46 | 12 | 4.95 | 3.66 | 1.35 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 121 | 90 | 0.6 | |
| 2021 | OAK | 31 | 0 | 43.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 5.40 | 4.21 | 1.38 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 127 | 99 | 0.3 | |
| 2020 | OAK | 6 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2.25 | 2.36 | 0.67 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 51 | 53 | 0.4 | |
| 2019 | SF/MIL | 17 | 0 | 21.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 5.48 | 5.28 | 1.88 | 8.4 | 5.9 | 122 | 117 | -0.1 | |
| 2018 | KC | 38 | 6 | 78.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 90 | 60 | 77 | 40 | 6.92 | 5.38 | 1.67 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 167 | 130 | -0.5 | |
| 2013 | SD | 10 | 7 | 36.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 26 | 46 | 21 | 6.44 | 5.47 | 1.65 | 11.4 | 5.2 | 167 | 141 | -0.4 |
Batting 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 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .406 | .472 | .594 | .465 | 21.6% |
| vs RHB | 36 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | .152 | .222 | .333 | .246 | 33.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What Burch 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 | 125 | 93.8 | 2,338 | 52.8% | 23.7% | 26 | .231 | .833 | |
| Curveball | 73 | 82.2 | 2,466 | 52.1% | 27.0% | 18 | .278 | .611 | |
| Cutter | 60 | 87.7 | 2,385 | 43.3% | 16.0% | 17 | .412 | 1.147 | |
| Changeup | 27 | 84.3 | 1,709 | 33.3% | 18.2% | 4 | — | — |
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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.