Will Smith
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Will Smith

6' 5", 255 lbs·Lived to 37·Bats R / Throws L
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2015–2024 · 7,492 pitches · 92.6 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.55
Best ERA · 2018
7
Most W · 2015
96
Most K · 2019
0.981
Best WHIP · 2018
Career Arc · ERA
12 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

12 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2012KC1689.7695.3275591.606
2013KC1933.3213.24119430.930
2014MIL7865.7133.70101861.416
2015MIL7663.3722.70146911.200
2016MIL5340.3243.35125481.215
2018SF5453.0232.55162710.981
2019SF6365.3602.76163961.026
2020ATL1816.0224.5099180.938
2021ATL7168.0373.44124871.132
2022ATL6559.0033.97100651.407
2023TEX6057.3274.4098551.064
2024KC4541.3046.5362291.452
Career618652.23345748
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

LHP · 7,415 pitches · 2015–2024
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLCUCHSI
FF · 4-Seam Fastball43.9% · 92.7 mph
SL · Slider43.7% · 81.5 mph
CU · Curveball9.8% · 77.1 mph
CH · Changeup2.0% · 86.2 mph
SI · Sinker0.5% · 90.2 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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