Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2001
- Draft
- 1996Rd 23, Pk 682
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2001
- Draft
- 1996Rd 23, Pk 682
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 278
- AB
- 576
- R
- 65
- H
- 122
- HR
- 17
- RBI
- 60
- SB
- 9
- AVG
- .212
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | CHC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2002 | TB | 26 | 65 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .200 |
| 2003 | TB | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 2004 | DET | 61 | 155 | 20 | 37 | 5 | 19 | 1 | .239 |
| 2005 | DET | 27 | 58 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .190 |
| 2006 | COL | 49 | 99 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 13 | 3 | .263 |
| 2007 |  TOR/ARI/KC | 69 | 141 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 18 | 0 | .199 |
| 2008 | KC | 22 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 |
| 2009 | HOU | 21 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 618
- TB
- 208
- XBH
- 42
- HBP
- 5
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 4
- P/PA
- 3.51
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | CHC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | TB | 69 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| 2003 | TB | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 |
| 2004 | DET | 169 | 67 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | DET | 63 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
| 2006 | COL | 108 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.6 |
| 2007 | TOR/ARI/KC | 149 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 2008 | KC | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | HOU | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.0
- RC
- 50.7
- RC/27
- 2.90
- ISOP
- .149
- SECA
- .198
- BB/K
- 0.13
- AB/HR
- 33.9
- GO/FO
- 0.80
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | CHC | 0.0 | -0.1 | -2.9 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | TB | -0.3 | 5 | 2.5 | .123 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 65 | 0 |
| 2003 | TB | -0.1 | 0.2 | 2.1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | DET | 0.4 | 18.9 | 4.1 | .194 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 31 | 0.8 |
| 2005 | DET | -0.3 | 2.9 | 1.5 | .086 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | COL | 0.0 | 14.2 | 5.2 | .162 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 19.8 | 0.8 |
| 2007 | TOR/ARI/KC | 0.0 | 11.8 | 2.7 | .177 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 23.5 | 0.6 |
| 2008 | KC | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | .071 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | HOU | -0.7 | -2.8 | -2.7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Jason Smith's career stats?
Jason Smith played 9 seasons for the Cubs, the Rays, the Tigers, the Rockies, the Royals and the Astros. He was a career .212 hitter with 122 hits, 17 home runs and 60 RBI. His best season was 2006: a .263 batting average, 5 home runs and 13 RBI.
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