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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
- .8 7 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 is 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.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| 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 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | MIL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -120 | -0.0 | — |
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.