Pitcher · 2018

Carson Smith

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #39

Born: October 19, 1989 in Midland, TX, USA
MLB debut: September 1, 2014

dbWAR: 2.3
IP: 14.1
ERA: 3.77
FIP: 3.72
K/9: 11.3
FIP−: 90

Carson Smith is a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2018 he struck out 18 batters over 14.1 innings across 18 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 3.77 was 9.2% lower than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 3.72 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 29.6% of swings (12.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 28.1%. 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, 2018.

FIP3.72

K/911.3

WHIP1.40

WAR.1

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	18	14.1	1	1	0	14	6	18	6	3.77	3.72	1.40	11.3	3.8	91	90	0.1
2017	8	6.2	0	0	1	7	1	7	2	1.35	1.96	1.35	9.4	2.7	31	45	0.2
2016	3	2.2	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0.00	2.77	1.13	6.8	3.4	0	66	0.1
2015	70	70.0	2	5	13	49	18	92	22	2.31	2.12	1.01	11.8	2.8	58	53	1.9

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	23	20	2	0	3	9	.100	.217	.200	.205	39.1%
vs RHB	41	38	12	2	3	9	.316	.366	.553	.396	22.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Carson 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, and how often it misses in 2018.


Sinker	47.1%	124	91.9	2,217	41.9%	18.0%
Slider	43.7%	115	85.1	2,787	52.2%	39.1%
Changeup	6.5%	17	88.9	1,632	47.1%	37.5%

Carson 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.

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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.