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Satchel Paige League
9-5-2046
Joe Smith Shortstop
Retired (2025, Age 46)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .274 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .753 Status Retired (2025) Option Years 0  
H 3500 Age 66 (OS 67) Date of Birth 09-14-1979
HR 265 Drafted Round 1, Pick 17
(1997)
Majors Svc Time 24 years
(4 games)
RBI 1686
SB 269
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R D+ Power vs. L C+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B- WS Rings 1
1B A- (77.4%) LF --- Arm WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF D- (6.7%)   Health LCS Appearances 6
3B D- (10.1%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 10
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
2001 LHP 16 31 3 1 0 0 2 5 7 .351 .222 .129 .032 .097
2001 RHP 30 113 24 7 1 1 7 10 20 .593 .274 .319 .106 .212
2002 LHP 72 171 39 4 0 2 10 21 33 .603 .316 .287 .058 .228
2002 RHP 137 415 101 17 2 6 52 50 72 .659 .322 .337 .094 .243
2003 LHP 74 166 42 3 5 2 16 27 23 .725 .358 .367 .114 .253
2003 RHP 136 410 104 16 8 12 72 38 67 .737 .317 .420 .166 .254
2004 LHP 82 169 47 10 0 6 19 15 31 .781 .337 .444 .166 .278
2004 RHP 144 407 117 27 6 4 54 39 69 .765 .353 .413 .125 .287
2005 LHP 87 166 49 4 3 4 26 18 27 .790 .362 .428 .133 .295
2005 RHP 138 394 102 19 3 10 59 54 65 .748 .350 .398 .140 .259
2006 LHP 100 204 63 15 6 4 35 17 30 .863 .363 .500 .191 .309
2006 RHP 144 429 139 16 7 17 65 48 66 .904 .392 .513 .189 .324
2007 LHP 94 201 74 16 5 6 28 29 30 1.033 .446 .587 .219 .368
2007 RHP 137 402 119 19 9 9 56 60 66 .844 .389 .455 .159 .296
2008 LHP 92 213 71 10 4 4 24 23 19 .871 .397 .474 .141 .333
2008 RHP 143 419 123 24 10 14 76 43 75 .856 .357 .499 .205 .294
2009 LHP 96 234 75 13 5 7 43 23 27 .888 .380 .509 .188 .321
2009 RHP 134 406 134 20 6 9 41 42 63 .867 .392 .475 .145 .330
2010 LHP 87 182 45 6 2 4 29 19 34 .681 .312 .368 .121 .247
2010 RHP 138 389 115 18 7 14 69 45 67 .854 .368 .486 .190 .296
2011 LHP 86 195 58 17 4 5 31 26 26 .888 .386 .503 .205 .297
2011 RHP 138 423 127 20 10 7 64 60 65 .835 .390 .444 .144 .300
2012 LHP 85 179 42 7 3 5 25 22 27 .710 .319 .391 .156 .235
2012 RHP 141 414 121 17 2 10 61 56 77 .794 .379 .415 .123 .292
2013 LHP 89 186 60 7 2 8 27 35 25 .939 .428 .511 .188 .323
2013 RHP 145 433 123 22 4 5 60 49 61 .744 .356 .388 .104 .284
2014 LHP 82 193 62 13 1 6 29 27 24 .899 .407 .492 .171 .321
2014 RHP 139 452 132 20 5 12 71 27 71 .769 .331 .438 .146 .292
2015 LHP 84 167 46 9 1 1 19 20 29 .714 .354 .359 .084 .275
2015 RHP 145 429 114 18 7 12 73 47 80 .765 .341 .424 .159 .266
2016 LHP 73 169 50 5 2 3 20 22 23 .787 .385 .402 .107 .296
2016 RHP 138 405 95 11 4 12 47 40 77 .675 .305 .370 .136 .235
2017 LHP 83 157 44 8 1 8 39 22 24 .870 .374 .497 .217 .280
2017 RHP 143 425 120 15 4 8 44 51 81 .755 .362 .393 .111 .282
2018 LHP 75 169 55 10 2 4 24 26 29 .901 .421 .479 .154 .325
2018 RHP 139 413 97 18 2 0 32 44 81 .596 .308 .288 .053 .235
2019 LHP 54 110 28 5 1 2 11 18 18 .732 .359 .373 .118 .255
2019 RHP 112 271 57 9 2 3 34 17 57 .551 .260 .292 .081 .210
2020 LHP 73 146 37 3 1 4 25 20 17 .711 .341 .370 .116 .253
2020 RHP 125 328 73 8 1 2 21 38 67 .575 .303 .271 .049 .223
2021 LHP 62 141 42 2 1 3 18 22 19 .782 .392 .390 .092 .298
2021 RHP 134 369 78 10 0 0 23 28 74 .507 .269 .238 .027 .211
2022 LHP 71 143 38 8 2 0 14 19 17 .703 .354 .350 .084 .266
2022 RHP 137 400 91 18 2 5 43 38 67 .615 .295 .320 .092 .228
2023 LHP 60 116 27 4 0 1 9 12 17 .598 .305 .293 .060 .233
2023 RHP 35 89 15 2 0 0 4 4 24 .393 .202 .191 .022 .169
2024 LHP 68 129 33 4 3 3 23 10 21 .712 .309 .403 .147 .256
2024 RHP 57 158 37 10 0 0 9 14 37 .592 .295 .297 .063 .234
2025 LHP 12 24 5 0 0 1 3 0 5 .542 .208 .333 .125 .208
2025 RHP 13 31 7 0 0 0 0 3 10 .520 .294 .226 .000 .226
Total LHP 1857 3961 1135 184 54 93 549 498 582 .798 .367 .431 .144 .287
Total RHP 3022 8824 2365 381 102 172 1137 945 1559 .732 .339 .393 .125 .268
Total 3402 12785 3500 565 156 265 1686 1443 2141 .753 .348 .405 .131 .274
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2025-11-01Joe Smith has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2025-05-24The Pittsburgh Porcupines have waived Joe Smith.
2025-05-12The Pittsburgh Porcupines have promoted Phil Howard to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Porcupines have designated Joe Smith for assignment.
2024-11-01Joe Smith now holds the league record for career games played.
2023-08-01Joe Smith of the Pittsburgh Porcupines is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
2019-08-29Joe Smith of the Pittsburgh Porcupines is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
2019-07-31Joe Smith collected his 3000th career hit.
2017-11-01Joe Smith now holds the league record for career triples.
2011-10-04Joe Smith of the Pittsburgh Porcupines is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
2001-08-25The Pittsburgh Porcupines have promoted Don Sandlock to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Porcupines have promoted Joe Smith to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Porcupines have sent Eddie Quinlan to the minors. The Pittsburgh Porcupines have sent Zaza Bravo to the minors.
1996-06-02Trade #1700172 has been completed between the Milwaukee Braves and the Atlanta Tomahawks. The Atlanta Tomahawks receive Draft Pick 1999 Round 3 MIL (Lou Jackson), Draft Pick 1998 Round 1 MIL (Rudy Brown), Draft Pick 1997 Round 1 MIL (Joe Smith) from the Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Ed Davis, Draft Pick - 1997 Round 3 (ATL), Draft Pick - 1998 Round 3 (ATL).