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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 B 
Power vs. R D+ Power vs. L C+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR F 
Speed C  Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL F 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B- WS Rings 1
1B A- (77.4%) LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF D- (6.7%)   Health B  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 R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
2001 Away 15 69 11 10 4 0 0 2 8 9 1 0 1 .437 .234 .203 .058 .145
2001 Home 18 75 8 17 4 1 1 7 7 18 0 2 3 .636 .289 .347 .120 .227
2002 Away 76 298 28 72 9 2 2 31 37 58 8 3 8 .629 .323 .305 .064 .242
2002 Home 77 288 41 68 12 0 6 31 34 47 6 6 7 .657 .317 .340 .104 .236
2003 Away 77 297 44 80 11 7 8 49 30 41 11 5 18 .771 .336 .434 .165 .269
2003 Home 76 279 35 66 8 6 6 39 35 49 15 4 5 .694 .322 .373 .136 .237
2004 Away 81 306 34 83 23 4 1 31 30 48 8 4 6 .723 .340 .382 .111 .271
2004 Home 72 270 34 81 14 2 9 42 24 52 14 4 9 .824 .357 .467 .167 .300
2005 Away 73 268 36 65 8 3 4 41 39 45 9 2 5 .681 .342 .340 .097 .243
2005 Home 80 292 45 86 15 3 10 44 33 47 4 3 5 .833 .364 .469 .175 .295
2006 Away 72 306 67 99 16 6 12 47 36 52 5 2 6 .928 .395 .533 .209 .324
2006 Home 81 327 60 103 15 7 9 53 29 44 12 2 11 .856 .370 .486 .171 .315
2007 Away 72 297 51 86 18 5 3 36 39 53 15 3 12 .787 .373 .414 .125 .290
2007 Home 81 306 73 107 17 9 12 48 50 43 16 5 8 1.023 .441 .582 .232 .350
2008 Away 77 325 48 106 15 9 7 51 33 49 13 9 8 .878 .386 .492 .166 .326
2008 Home 76 307 61 88 19 5 11 49 33 45 14 1 5 .842 .354 .489 .202 .287
2009 Away 77 340 68 109 17 8 9 47 33 51 11 3 6 .877 .380 .497 .176 .321
2009 Home 76 300 49 100 16 3 7 37 32 39 11 6 5 .873 .396 .477 .143 .333
2010 Away 78 289 50 86 10 2 11 50 38 48 11 1 8 .836 .376 .460 .163 .298
2010 Home 76 282 38 74 14 7 7 48 26 53 9 3 5 .759 .323 .436 .174 .262
2011 Away 77 311 66 100 17 10 7 47 52 44 14 2 13 .934 .425 .508 .186 .322
2011 Home 76 307 57 85 20 4 5 48 34 47 7 2 5 .766 .349 .417 .140 .277
2012 Away 81 327 45 86 13 3 6 44 40 65 9 3 4 .722 .346 .376 .113 .263
2012 Home 72 266 51 77 11 2 9 42 38 39 10 5 4 .826 .379 .447 .158 .289
2013 Away 73 303 51 90 16 3 6 41 41 32 14 6 6 .810 .381 .429 .132 .297
2013 Home 80 316 51 93 13 3 7 46 43 54 13 4 12 .798 .377 .421 .127 .294
2014 Away 74 331 52 100 19 4 8 45 25 45 3 1 8 .806 .350 .456 .154 .302
2014 Home 78 314 55 94 14 2 10 55 29 50 6 0 5 .813 .360 .452 .153 .299
2015 Away 75 303 38 85 11 5 7 38 33 57 0 0 8 .774 .355 .419 .139 .281
2015 Home 78 293 41 75 16 3 6 54 34 52 0 0 3 .727 .334 .392 .137 .256
2016 Away 73 284 31 61 11 3 5 26 29 49 0 0 7 .616 .289 .327 .113 .215
2016 Home 79 290 36 84 5 3 10 41 33 51 0 0 8 .799 .368 .431 .141 .290
2017 Away 77 312 42 88 10 4 9 41 28 57 0 0 6 .773 .347 .426 .144 .282
2017 Home 74 270 40 76 13 1 7 42 45 48 0 0 7 .801 .386 .415 .133 .281
2018 Away 74 292 30 68 8 3 0 22 35 59 0 0 11 .598 .317 .281 .048 .233
2018 Home 77 290 36 84 20 1 4 34 35 51 0 0 8 .774 .367 .407 .117 .290
2019 Away 67 198 20 46 6 2 3 24 24 36 0 0 2 .644 .315 .328 .096 .232
2019 Home 59 183 14 39 8 1 2 21 11 39 0 0 3 .562 .262 .301 .087 .213
2020 Away 74 232 21 52 6 0 3 24 23 43 0 0 10 .582 .293 .289 .065 .224
2020 Home 75 242 35 58 5 2 3 22 35 41 0 0 7 .650 .336 .314 .074 .240
2021 Away 74 257 21 53 5 0 2 23 27 48 0 0 6 .532 .283 .249 .043 .206
2021 Home 75 253 25 67 7 1 1 18 23 45 0 0 6 .640 .327 .312 .047 .265
2022 Away 79 298 23 73 16 4 2 29 30 44 0 0 4 .659 .313 .346 .101 .245
2022 Home 69 245 23 56 10 0 3 28 27 40 0 0 10 .614 .308 .306 .078 .229
2023 Away 37 98 6 24 2 0 1 6 7 17 0 0 0 .588 .292 .296 .051 .245
2023 Home 41 107 11 18 4 0 0 7 9 24 0 0 4 .438 .233 .206 .037 .168
2024 Away 52 165 13 43 7 1 2 14 10 35 0 0 4 .653 .301 .352 .091 .261
2024 Home 52 122 12 27 7 2 1 18 14 23 0 0 7 .638 .301 .336 .115 .221
2025 Away 9 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 1 .297 .167 .130 .000 .130
2025 Home 10 32 3 9 0 0 1 3 2 6 0 0 1 .699 .324 .375 .094 .281
Total Away 1694 6529 898 1768 278 88 118 809 728 1094 132 44 168 .739 .345 .395 .124 .271
Total Home 1708 6256 934 1732 287 68 147 877 715 1047 137 47 153 .766 .351 .415 .138 .277
Total 3402 12785 1832 3500 565 156 265 1686 1443 2141 269 91 321 .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).