Josh Smoker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 232lb (185cm, 105kg)

Born: November 26, 1988 in Calhoun, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 1st round (31st) of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Calhoun HS (Calhoun, GA).

High School: Calhoun HS (Calhoun, GA)

Debut: August 19, 2016 (Age 27-267d, 21,234th in major league history)
vs. SFG 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 26, 2018 (Age 29-273d)
vs. CHW 1.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

Agents: Ballengee Group

Full Name: Joshua Michael Smoker

Nicknames: Brown Bear

Twitter: @Josh_Smoker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

ERA

5.35

79.0

WHIP

1.696

Summary of 16 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead

2 Tms
NYM	14
PIT	2

Platoon
vs RHB	10
vs LHB	6

Home/Road
Home	10
Away	6

Outs
0	9
2	4
1	3

8 Opps
WSN	3
CHC	3
PHI	2
STL	2
LAD	2
SDP	2
PIT	1
MIA	1

14 Batters
Ian Happ	2
Matt Wieters	2
Ryan Zimmerman	1
Randal Grichuk	1
Jason Heyward	1
Ryan Schimpf	1
Andrew McCutchen	1
Cody Bellinger	1
Chase Utley	1
Darin Ruf	1
Brandon Moss	1
Christian Yelich	1
Hunter Renfroe	1
Andrew Knapp	1

5 Parks
Citi Field (NYC)	9
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Nationals Pk (WAS)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	1

Where Hit
7	6
78	5
89	2
9	2
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	5
2	4
1	2
5	2
6	1
3	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	14
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	6
1--	5
12-	4
-2-	1

30 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	6
1 on	6
2 on	4
Any on	10

Inning
6	6
7	5
8	4
9	1

4-6	6
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	1
+2	1
+1	1
Tied	1
-3	1
-4..	3

Ahead	11
Tied	1
Behind	4

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	3
2-1	3
3-2	2
1-2	2
0-0	2
1-1	1
3-1	1
0-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	4
C	3
1B	2
PH	2
RF	2
2B	1
LF	1
3B	1

OrderPos
4th	5
8th	3
7th	2
5th	2
9th	2
6th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	11

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2016-08-23	Randal Grichuk	STL		NYM	behind 3-6	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	8	10%	25%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	2016-08-25	Brandon Moss	STL		NYM	behind 2-8	b 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	3	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
3	3	3	1	2016-09-01	Christian Yelich	MIA	@	NYM	ahead 3-1	t 7	0	12-	4,(1-2) FS*BX	3	4	8	9%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); I. Suzuki Scores; M. Prado Scores
4	4	4	1	2016-09-23	Darin Ruf	PHI	@	NYM	behind 3-7	t 6	0	1--	7,(3-2) .CSBFB*BX	2	9	PH	11%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Asche Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2017-04-23	Ryan Zimmerman	WSN	@	NYM	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	1--	4,(1-2) CFBX	2	4	3	20%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Harper Scores
6	6	2	1	2017-04-30	Matt Wieters	WSN		NYM	ahead 13-5	b 6	0	---	4,(2-1) .BSBX	1	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
7	7	3	2	2017-04-30	Matt Wieters	WSN		NYM	ahead 16-5	b 7	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Rendon Scores/unER; M. Taylor Scores
8	8	4	1	2017-05-23	Ryan Schimpf	SDP	@	NYM	behind 2-8	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) ...X	1	4	5	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
9	9	5	1	2017-05-24	Hunter Renfroe	SDP	@	NYM	tied 5-5	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) .BBBCX	1	5	9	25%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	6	1	2017-06-04	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	@	NYM	ahead 8-1	t 9	1	12-	5,(2-2) B*BCCX	3	6	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Jaso Scores; D. Freese Scores
11	11	7	1	2017-06-13	Jason Heyward	CHC	@	NYM	ahead 9-1	t 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Bryant Scores
12	12	8	1	2017-08-04	Chase Utley	LAD	@	NYM	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	1--	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	7	4	8%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Y. Grandal Scores
13	13	9	1	2017-08-06	Cody Bellinger	LAD	@	NYM	ahead 5-0	t 8	2	-2-	3,(1-1) BSX	2	4	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); J. Turner Scores
14	14	10	1	2017-09-12	Ian Happ	CHC		NYM	ahead 6-2	b 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	8	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2018-04-11	Ian Happ	CHC		PIT	ahead 9-4	b 7	1	1--	4,(2-1) .BBCX	2	9	PH	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Heyward Scores
16	16	2	1	2018-07-06	Andrew Knapp	PHI	@	PIT	ahead 11-4	t 7	2	12-	6,(3-2) BCF*BB>X	3	7	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Santana Scores; S. Kingery Scores