Players · S · Pitcher · 2026 regular season

Shane Smith

Chicago White Sox American League Central

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 240 lb
Number: #64

Born: April 4, 2000 in Danvers, MA, United States
MLB debut: April 1, 2025
College: Wake Forest
High school: Governor's Academy

Compare with…vs Adrian Houser vs Robbie Ray vs Grant Taylor

dbWAR: 1.8
IP: 8.1
ERA: 10.80
FIP: 5.62
K/9: 11.9
FIP−: 134

Shane Smith is a starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2026 he struck out 11 batters over 8.1 innings across 3 appearances, 3 of them starts, going 0-2. His ERA of 10.80 was 158.3% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 5.62 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 26.0% of swings (11.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 18.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.4%. His -0.0 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.

FIP5.62

K/911.9

WHIP2.52

WAR-.0

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2026	CWS	3	3	8.1	0	2	0	12	10	11	9	10.80	5.62	2.52	11.9	9.7	258	134	-0.0
2025	CWS	29	29	146.1	7	8	0	117	62	145	58	3.81	4.10	1.20	8.9	3.6	92	99	1.9

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. 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	26	21	7	1	4	8	.333	.440	.571	.440	30.8%
vs RHB	23	17	5	0	5	3	.294	.478	.412	.415	13.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Shane Smith throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

ShowBatter

Four-seamCurveballChangeupSinkerSlider

Select a count to see exactly what Shane Smith throws in it.

Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	32.9%	74	95.3	2,233	48.6%	26.9%	7	—	—
Curveball	23.6%	53	82.4	2,122	58.5%	42.3%	9	—	—
Changeup	18.2%	41	90.3	1,571	43.9%	28.6%	10	—	—
Sinker	14.2%	32	96.4	2,123	53.1%	0.0%	4	—	—
Slider	11.1%	25	90.5	2,134	36.0%	7.7%	8	—	—

Shane 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.

Compare Shane Smith with…

Side by side with up to three others.

Compare with… add up to 3 more players

Shane Smith

Or read one already written — Shane Smith against:

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.