Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2007
- Draft
- 2006Rd 3, Pk 94
- College
- Wright State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2007
- Draft
- 2006Rd 3, Pk 94
- College
- Wright State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 866
- W
- 55
- L
- 34
- ERA
- 3.14
- IP
- 762.1
- K
- 666
- BB
- 254
- WHIP
- 1.19
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | NYM | 54 | 3 | 2 | 3.45 | 44.1 | 45 | 21 | 1.56 |
| 2008 | NYM | 82 | 6 | 3 | 3.55 | 63.1 | 52 | 31 | 1.29 |
| 2009 | CLE | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3.44 | 34.0 | 30 | 13 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | CLE | 53 | 2 | 2 | 3.83 | 40.0 | 32 | 24 | 1.35 |
| 2011 | CLE | 71 | 3 | 3 | 2.01 | 67.0 | 45 | 21 | 1.09 |
| 2012 | CLE | 72 | 7 | 4 | 2.96 | 67.0 | 53 | 25 | 1.16 |
| 2013 | CLE | 70 | 6 | 2 | 2.29 | 63.0 | 54 | 23 | 1.22 |
| 2014 | LAA | 76 | 7 | 2 | 1.81 | 74.2 | 68 | 15 | 0.80 |
| 2015 | LAA | 70 | 5 | 5 | 3.58 | 65.1 | 57 | 19 | 1.27 |
| 2016 |  LAA/CHC | 54 | 2 | 5 | 3.46 | 52.0 | 40 | 18 | 1.25 |
| 2017 |  TOR/CLE | 59 | 3 | 0 | 3.33 | 54.0 | 71 | 10 | 1.04 |
| 2018 | HOU | 56 | 5 | 1 | 3.74 | 45.2 | 46 | 12 | 1.01 |
| 2019 | HOU | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 25.0 | 22 | 5 | 0.96 |
| 2021 |  HOU/SEA | 50 | 4 | 4 | 4.99 | 39.2 | 34 | 8 | 1.39 |
| 2022 | MIN | 34 | 1 | 1 | 4.61 | 27.1 | 17 | 9 | 1.54 |
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
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 84 | 48 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 2008 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 118 | 66 | 1.8 | 1 |
| 2009 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 55 | 44 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 2010 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 64 | 49 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2011 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 115 | 83 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 2012 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 118 | 80 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2013 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 92 | 85 | 1.1 | 3 |
| 2014 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 120 | 76 | 1.6 | 4 |
| 2015 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 105 | 88 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2016 | LAA/CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 80 | 73 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2017 | TOR/CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 66 | 66 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 54 | 66 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2019 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 34 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | HOU/SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 64 | 64 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 54 | 41 | 1.3 | 0 |
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| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Aug 02 | vs DETL 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mon, Aug 01 | vsDETW 5-3 F/10 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Jul 26 | at MILL 7-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sun, Jul 24 | atDETW 9-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jul 17 | vs CHWL 11-0 | 0.1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Thu, Jul 14 | vsCHWL 12-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 2016 World Series with the Chicago Cubs
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