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Josh A. Smith

Age: 33
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 210 lb

Born: August 7, 1987 in Margate, FL, United States
MLB debut: June 23, 2015

dbWAR: -.6
IP: 26.1
ERA: 6.84
FIP: 4.67
K/9: 6.2
FIP−: 105

Josh A. Smith was a relief pitcher for the Miami Marlins. In 2020 he struck out 18 batters over 26.1 innings across 16 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 6.84 was 53.5% higher than the league average of 4.45 — the worst on his team, and 298th of 323 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.67 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.5% of swings (11.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.9%. 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, 2020.

FIP4.67

K/96.2

WHIP1.67

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2020	MIA	16	1	26.1	1	1	1	33	20	18	11	6.84	4.67	1.67	6.2	3.8	153	105	0.1
2019	BOS	18	2	31.0	0	3	1	36	20	29	8	5.81	6.60	1.42	8.4	2.3	129	147	-0.5
2017	OAK	26	0	35.0	2	1	0	35	19	25	15	4.89	4.13	1.43	6.4	3.9	112	95	0.3
2016	CIN	32	2	59.2	3	3	0	57	31	48	26	4.68	5.29	1.39	7.2	3.9	112	126	-0.4
2015	CIN	9	7	32.2	0	4	0	42	25	30	21	6.89	5.67	1.93	8.3	5.8	174	143	-0.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2016	CIN	10	11	2	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.273	.091	.286	0.0%	36.4%	.195	-1.1	14	0.0
2015	CIN	8	10	2	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.444	.222	.400	0.0%	40.0%	.279	-0.3	71	0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2020. 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	51	41	12	0	8	8	.293	.400	.390	.341	15.7%
vs RHB	70	64	21	3	3	10	.328	.357	.563	.384	14.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Josh A. 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.

Season


Slider	34.5%	148	86.6	2,562	48.6%	25.6%	29	.345	1.061
Curveball	28.0%	120	77.6	2,871	35.0%	20.0%	36	.361	.912
Four-Seam Fastball	19.3%	83	90.4	2,326	54.2%	20.0%	19	.158	.396
Sinker	15.6%	67	90.1	2,301	38.8%	23.3%	17	.294	.893
Changeup	2.6%	11	82.7	1,810	36.4%	16.7%	4	—	—

Josh A. 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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Similar players

Nearest 2020 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Jimmy CorderoCWS

ERA: 6.07
FIP: 3.87
SO: 22
WAR: 0.4

Luke JacksonATL

ERA: 6.84
FIP: 4.37
SO: 20
WAR: 0.2

Jonathan HolderNYY

ERA: 4.98
FIP: 5.22
SO: 14
WAR: -0.0

Ty ButtreyLAA

ERA: 5.81
FIP: 4.94
SO: 18
WAR: 0.0

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.