Joe Smith stats

Last played for the Minnesota Twins, 2022

Relief Pitcher · #38

Age 42 · 6' 2"

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Joe Smith played 15 MLB seasons, 2007 to 2022.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
866
W
55
L
34
ERA
3.14
IP
762.1
K
666
BB
254
WHIP
1.19
Standard by season
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.
2007NYM54323.4544.145211.56
2008NYM82633.5563.152311.29
2009CLE37003.4434.030131.26
2010CLE53223.8340.032241.35
2011CLE71332.0167.045211.09
2012CLE72742.9667.053251.16
2013CLE70622.2963.054231.22
2014LAA76721.8174.268150.80
2015LAA70553.5865.157191.27
2016LAA/CHC54253.4652.040181.25
2017TOR/CLE59303.3354.071101.04
2018HOU56513.7445.246121.01
2019HOU28101.8025.02250.96
2021HOU/SEA50444.9939.23481.39
2022MIN34114.6127.11791.54

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
18
W
0
L
1
ERA
2.57
IP
14.0
K
13
BB
3
WHIP
0.79

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
0
SHO
0
K/9
7.9
GB
1,223
FB
964
G/F
1.30
WP
19

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
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.
2007NYM0009.184481.82
2008NYM0007.4118661.81
2009CLE0007.955441.32
2010CLE0007.264491.30
2011CLE0006.0115831.42
2012CLE0007.1118801.51
2013CLE0007.792851.13
2014LAA0008.2120761.64
2015LAA0007.9105881.21
2016LAA/CHC0006.980731.10
2017TOR/CLE00011.8666610
2018HOU0009.154660.81
2019HOU0007.9343510
2021HOU/SEA0007.7646412
2022MIN0005.654411.30

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
42 yearsMar 22, 1984
Height
6' 2"
Debut
2007
Birthplace
Cincinnati, KY
Draft
2006Rd 3, Pk 94
College
Wright State

Latest performance

Joe Smith

Aug 02 · vs DET · L 5-3

IP
1.0
H
0
R
0
ER
0
BB
0
K
2
HR
0
ERA
4.61

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Tue, Aug 02vsDETL 5-310002
Mon, Aug 01vsDETW 5-3 F/100.10000
Tue, Jul 26atMILL 7-611112
Sun, Jul 24atDETW 9-110000
Sun, Jul 17vsCHWL 11-00.15660
Thu, Jul 14vsCHWL 12-212200

What were Joe Smith's career stats?

Joe Smith played 15 seasons for the Mets, the Guardians, the Angels, the Astros and the Twins. He had 55 wins and 666 strikeouts with a 3.14 ERA over 762.1 innings. His best season was 2012: 7 wins, a 2.96 ERA and 53 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

15 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2007 to 2022

Championships

More on Joe Smith

Playoff series

Joe Smith played 18 games across 5 MLB postseasons in 7 series — 1 won, 6 lost.

Joe Smith's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2019TBLost 0-221.2000
2019NYYWon 4-043.2213
2019WSHLost 2-243.1424
2018BOSLost 0-110.1110
2017NYYLost 1-342.1003
2014KCLost 0-222.0002
2013TBLost 0-110.2101

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Joe Smith’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.