Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2008Rd 7, Pk 229
- College
- Gulf Coast State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2008Rd 7, Pk 229
- College
- Gulf Coast State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 618
- W
- 33
- L
- 45
- ERA
- 3.85
- IP
- 652.1
- K
- 748
- BB
- 238
- WHIP
- 1.24
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | KC | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5.32 | 89.2 | 59 | 33 | 1.61 |
| 2013 | KC | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3.24 | 33.1 | 43 | 7 | 0.93 |
| 2014 | MIL | 78 | 1 | 3 | 3.70 | 65.2 | 86 | 31 | 1.42 |
| 2015 | MIL | 76 | 7 | 2 | 2.70 | 63.1 | 91 | 24 | 1.20 |
| 2016 |  MIL/SF | 53 | 2 | 4 | 3.35 | 40.1 | 48 | 18 | 1.21 |
| 2018 | SF | 54 | 2 | 3 | 2.55 | 53.0 | 71 | 15 | 0.98 |
| 2019 | SF | 63 | 6 | 0 | 2.76 | 65.1 | 96 | 21 | 1.03 |
| 2020 | ATL | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4.50 | 16.0 | 18 | 4 | 0.94 |
| 2021 | ATL | 71 | 3 | 7 | 3.44 | 68.0 | 87 | 28 | 1.13 |
| 2022 |  ATL/HOU | 65 | 0 | 3 | 3.97 | 59.0 | 65 | 25 | 1.41 |
| 2023 | TEX | 60 | 2 | 7 | 4.40 | 57.1 | 55 | 17 | 1.06 |
| 2024 | KC | 45 | 0 | 4 | 6.53 | 41.1 | 29 | 15 | 1.45 |
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
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | KC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 131 | 172 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2013 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 35 | 45 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2014 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 76 | 90 | 0.8 | 7 |
| 2015 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.9 | 72 | 76 | 0.9 | 5 |
| 2016 | MIL/SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 41 | 59 | 0.7 | 3 |
| 2018 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 51 | 73 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2019 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 50 | 44 | 1.1 | 3 |
| 2020 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 12 | 28 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2021 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 51 | 112 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 2022 | ATL/HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 61 | 108 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2023 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 47 | 107 | 0.4 | 1 |
| 2024 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 43 | 96 | 0.4 | 0 |
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| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Aug 25 | vs PHIL 11-3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Sat, Aug 24 | vsPHIL 11-2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Tue, Aug 20 | vs LAAL 9-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Tue, Aug 13 | at MINL 13-3 | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Fri, Aug 09 | vs STLL 8-5 | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Wed, Aug 07 | vs BOSW 8-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 2021 World Series with the Atlanta Braves
- 2022 World Series with the Houston Astros
- 2023 World Series with the Texas Rangers
All-time career rank
- 143rd in saves (114)
Among the 8,943 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 5 games across 1 MLB postseason in 3 series — 2 won, 1 lost.
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  BAL | Won 1-0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | HOU | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 |  ARI | Won 2-0 | 2 | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Will Smith against each club
- vs Athletics (12)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (12)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (11)
- vs Chicago White Sox (9)
- vs Minnesota Twins (9)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (8)
- vs Boston Red Sox (8)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (8)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (8)
- vs Seattle Mariners (7)
- vs Detroit Tigers (6)
- vs Houston Astros (6)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (6)
- vs San Diego Padres (6)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (6)
- vs Texas Rangers (6)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (5)
- vs San Francisco Giants (5)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (5)
- vs Chicago Cubs (4)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (4)
- vs Miami Marlins (4)
- vs New York Mets (4)
- vs Washington Nationals (4)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (3)
- vs Atlanta Braves (2)
- vs Colorado Rockies (2)
- vs New York Yankees (2)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (2)
- vs Kansas City Royals (1)
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