Chris Smith Pitcher

     
 

Born: April 9, 1981
Apple Valley CA
 Height: 6-2
Weight: 200
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
 Drafted: 4th Round, 2002
 How Acquired: Draft
 College: Cal-Riverside
 High School:  Hesperia HS (CA)

Photo: redsox.com

Signed with Milwaukee (Dec. 2008)

Scouting Report: Average 89-93 mph fastball with a power 82 mph breaking curve and a pretty good changeup.  Good knowledge of pitching.  Missed most of 2002 season after an ATV accident, from which he took a couple years to recover fully.  Great preparation skills.  Throws off-speed pitches for strikes, often at unexpected counts.  Pounds the strike zone with great command, doesn't walk many batters.  Works quickly on the mound.  Similar style to Mike Mussina. Converted to a reliever in 2007 where he demonstrated some very good success.
 

  
   
    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs cg sh sv ip h r er hr bb so k/bb
  2002 Lowell NYPL A Bos 21 3 3 0.500 4.13 14 14 0 0 0 56.2 54 29 26 3 14 50 3.57
  2003 GCL Red Sox GCL Rk Bos 21 0 2 0.000 6.48 3 2 0 0 0 8.1 11 8 6 0 4 3 0.75
  2003 Augusta SAL A Bos 22 3 3 0.500 4.27 8 8 0 0 0 46.1 48 22 22 4 5 25 5.00
  2003 Sarasota FSL A Bos 22 2 0 0.500 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 8 2 0 0 2 9 4.50
  2004 Portland East AA Bos 23 5 2 0.714 3.75 14 14 0 0 0 74.1 77 34 31 10 21 85 4.05
  2005 GCL Red Sox GCL Rk Bos 24 0 0 --- 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 ---
  2005 Portland East AA Bos 24 4 4 0.500 5.23 15 15 0 0 0 75.2 95 46 44 13 15 49 3.27
  2005 Peoria AFL Fall Bos 24 0 3 0.000 8.44 7 7 0 0 0 21.1 32 23 20 2 8 13 1.63
  2006 Portland East AA Bos 25 9 6 0.600 4.05 20 20 1 1 0 115.2 114 57 52 9 29 78 2.69
  2006 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 25 1 1 0.500 3.21 7 6 0 0 0 33.2 33 16 12 2 9 23 2.56
  2007 Portland East AA Bos 26 6 9 0.400 4.41 30 14 0 0 1 104.0 126 57 51 10 42 80 1.90
  2007 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 26 0 0 --- 1.80 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 12 5 1 1 0 2 ---
2008 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 27 1 5 0.167 3.19 37 4 0 0 15 59.1 54 23 21 6 11 52 4.73
2008 Boston AL MLB Bos 27 1 0 1.000 7.85 12 0 0 0 0 18.1 18 16 16 6 7 13 1.86
2009 Nashville PCL AAA Mil 28 2 0 1.000 1.27 28 0 0 0 17 42.2 31 7 6 3 6 49 8.17
2009 Milwaukee NL MLB Mil 28 0 0 --- 4.11 35 0 0 0 0 46.0 41 21 21 11 19 35 1.84
2010 Nashville PCL AAA Mil 29 4 3 0.571 3.56 47 0 0 0 26 48.0 47 23 19 7 21 62 2.95
2010 Milwaukee NL MLB Mil 29 3 1 0.750 3.12 18 0 0 0 0 26.0 22 10 9 2 18 30 1.67
  2011 Tacoma PCL AAA Sea 30 1 1 0.500 6.75 13 0 0 0 2 18.2 30 14 14 3 12 22 1.83
  2012 DNP - Out of Baseball --- --- --- 31 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
  2013 Wichita AA Ind --- 32 8 4 0.667 3.55 20 20 2 0 0 132.0 119 69 52 9 35 112 3.20
  2014 Sugar Land Atl Ind --- 33 6 0 1.000 2.15 12 8 0 0 0 50.1 40 13 12 2 10 55 5.50
  2014 El Paso PCL AAA SD 33 2 1 0.333 5.61 14 6 0 0 0 43.1 44 29 27 5 19 46 2.42
  2015 San Antonio Tex AA SD 34 0 0 --- 0.90 2 2 0 0 0 10.0 5 1 1 0 2 11 5.50
  2015 El Paso PCL AAA SD 34 5 7 0.417 3.60 22 22 0 0 0 127.2 121 54 51 11 42 121 2.88
  2016 Nashville PCL AAA Oak 35 6 8 0.429 3.93 22 22 0 0 0 130.2 120 64 57 11 45 121 2.69
  2016 Oakland AL MLB Oak 35 0 0 --- 2.92 13 0 0 0 0 24.2 14 9 8 2 13 29 2.23
  2017 Nashville PCL AAA Oak 36 4 3 0.571 3.16 15 12 0 0 0 74.0 76 27 26 5 20 64 3.20
  2016 Oakland AL MLB Oak 36 0 4 0.000 6.79 14 9 0 0 0 55.2 50 45 42 16 22 31 1.41
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: June 10, 2002 by Steve Flores
Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: June 2002 (Lowell)		 Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: June 21, 2008 (Boston)
     
  Awards
Eastern League Pitcher of the Week - 05.03.04
2006 Eastern League All-Star		 SoxProspects.com Awards
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