Will Smith stats

Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 2024

Relief Pitcher · #31

Age 37 · 6' 5"

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Will Smith played 12 MLB seasons, 2012 to 2024.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
618
W
33
L
45
ERA
3.85
IP
652.1
K
748
BB
238
WHIP
1.24
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.
2012KC16695.3289.259331.61
2013KC19213.2433.14370.93
2014MIL78133.7065.286311.42
2015MIL76722.7063.191241.20
2016MIL/SF53243.3540.148181.21
2018SF54232.5553.071150.98
2019SF63602.7665.196211.03
2020ATL18224.5016.01840.94
2021ATL71373.4468.087281.13
2022ATL/HOU65033.9759.065251.41
2023TEX60274.4057.155171.06
2024KC45046.5341.129151.45

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

Career Postseason

GP
25
W
4
L
2
ERA
2.91
IP
21.2
K
20
BB
9
WHIP
0.92

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
8
CG
0
SHO
0
K/9
10.3
GB
670
FB
1,010
G/F
0.70
WP
30

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.
2012KC8005.91311720.84
2013KC00011.635450.80
2014MIL00011.876900.87
2015MIL00012.972760.95
2016MIL/SF00010.741590.73
2018SF00012.151730.72
2019SF00013.250441.13
2020ATL00010.112280.40
2021ATL00011.5511120.53
2022ATL/HOU0009.9611080.62
2023TEX0008.6471070.41
2024KC0006.343960.40

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

Bio

Age
37 yearsJul 10, 1989
Height
6' 5"
Debut
2012
Birthplace
Newnan, GA
Draft
2008Rd 7, Pk 229
College
Gulf Coast State

Latest performance

Will Smith

Aug 25 · vs PHI · L 11-3

IP
1.0
H
4
R
5
ER
5
BB
0
K
1
HR
1
ERA
6.53

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Sun, Aug 25vsPHIL 11-314551
Sat, Aug 24vsPHIL 11-213222
Tue, Aug 20vsLAAL 9-511221
Tue, Aug 13atMINL 13-31.13331
Fri, Aug 09vsSTLL 8-50.11220
Wed, Aug 07vsBOSW 8-410000

What were Will Smith's career stats?

Will Smith played 12 seasons for the Royals, the Brewers, the Giants, the Braves and the Rangers. He had 33 wins and 748 strikeouts with a 3.85 ERA over 652.1 innings. His best season was 2015: 7 wins, a 2.70 ERA and 91 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

12 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2012 to 2024

Will Smith finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

Championships ×3

All-time career rank

  • 143rd in saves (114)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Will Smith

Playoff series

Will Smith played 25 games across 4 MLB postseasons in 10 series — 8 won, 2 lost.

Will 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.
2023BALWon 1-010.1001
2023HOULost 0-221.2221
2023ARIWon 2-021.1122
2021MILWon 3-033.0203
2021LADWon 4-044.0104
2021HOUWon 4-044.0201
2020CINWon 2-022.1005
2020MIAWon 2-022.0001
2020LADWon 2-131.2231
2016CHCLost 1-121.1101

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

Will Smith’s playoff series, round by round

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