Burch Smith stats
Last played for the Detroit Tigers, 2026
Relief Pitcher · #65
6' 4"
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Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 165
- W
- 9
- L
- 14
- ERA
- 5.62
- IP
- 264.1
- K
- 250
- BB
- 106
- WHIP
- 1.51
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | SD | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6.44 | 36.1 | 46 | 21 | 1.65 |
| 2018 | KC | 38 | 1 | 6 | 6.92 | 78.0 | 77 | 40 | 1.67 |
| 2019 |  MIL/SF | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5.48 | 21.1 | 20 | 14 | 1.88 |
| 2020 | ATH | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 | 12.0 | 13 | 1 | 0.67 |
| 2021 | ATH | 31 | 1 | 1 | 5.40 | 43.1 | 28 | 11 | 1.38 |
| 2024 |  MIA/BAL | 50 | 4 | 1 | 4.95 | 56.1 | 46 | 12 | 1.35 |
| 2026 | DET | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3.18 | 17.0 | 20 | 7 | 1.47 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 3
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 8.5
- GB
- 319
- FB
- 493
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 6
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | SD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 27 | 72 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2018 | KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 98 | 139 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2019 | MIL/SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 24 | 47 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2020 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 9 | 21 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2021 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 56 | 92 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2024 | MIA/BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 81 | 100 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2026 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 24 | 22 | 1.1 | 0 |
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2013
Latest performance
Burch Smith
May 21 · vs CLE · L 3-1
- IP
- 0.2
- H
- 2
- R
- 1
- ER
- 1
- BB
- 1
- K
- 1
- HR
- 1
- ERA
- 3.18
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, May 21 | vs CLEL 3-1 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tue, May 19 | vsCLEL 4-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, May 17 | vs TORL 4-1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fri, May 15 | vsTORW 3-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tue, May 12 | at NYML 10-2 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Sat, May 09 | at KCL 5-1 | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
What were Burch Smith's career stats?
Burch Smith played 7 seasons for the Padres, the Royals, the Athletics and the Tigers. He had 9 wins and 250 strikeouts with a 5.62 ERA over 264.1 innings. His best season was 2024: 4 wins, a 4.95 ERA and 46 strikeouts.
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