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Smyly 18 FRONT OFFICE

LEFT-HANDED PITCHER
Full Name: Todd Andrew Smyly
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 MANAGER & STAFF
DOB: June 13, 1989 Opening Day Age: 31
Born: Little Rock, AR Resides: Scottsdale, AZ
MLB Debut: April 12, 2012 MLB Service Time: 8.143
Acquired: Signed as a free agent, November 16, 2020
Contract Status: Signed through 2021

2020 CAREER HIGHS DREW SMYLY
• Pitched in seven games and made five starts
for San Francisco, going 0-1 with a 3.42 ERA
(10 ER/26.1 IP) and 42 strikeouts…Allowed Most Innings Pitched
opponents to bat just .198 (20-for-101) and 9.0, 8/22/14, TB at TOR
struck out 38% of batters he faced.
Most Runs
• Established career bests in opposing 8, 2x, last: 6/26/16, TB at BAL SEASON IN REVIEW
average (.198), OBP (.261), slugging (.297),
OPS (.558), strikeouts-per-nine (14.35) and Most Earned Runs
strikeout percentage (37.8)...His 1.10 WHIP 8, 2x, last: 6/26/16, TB at BAL
was his lowest since the 2013 season with
Detroit (1.04), while his 3.42 ERA was his Most Hits Allowed
best since 2015 with Tampa Bay (3.11). 12, 5/31/16, TB at KC
• Missed 35 games with a left index finger sprain… Most Home Runs Allowed
Was placed on the injured list August 2 and was 4, 5/26/14, DET at OAK PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
reinstated on September 10.
• Led San Francisco in strikeouts per nine (14.35) Most Walks
and percentage of pitches put in play (12.4)...The 5, 5/19/14, DET at CLE
Giants won four of his five starts
Most Strikeouts
• Smyly struck out 42 batters over 26.1 12, 6/15/16, TB vs. SEA
innings...His 14.35 strikeouts-per-nine
average led the majors among pitchers Longest winning streak BRAVES HISTORY
with at least five starts. 9 games, 7/1/12-4/9/14
• Left-handers managed just three hits in 36 at bats
against him...His .083 opposing average vs. lefties Longest losing streak
was best in the majors among pitchers with at 7 games, 5/21-7/18/16
least five starts.
major league notes • Has pitched in 10 postseason games, all in relief,

• Has complied a 35-35 record and a 4.13 ERA and has gone 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA (2 ER/7.0 IP) in OPPONENTS
(326 ER/710.2 IP) over 188 games and 111 starts the playoffs…Pitched in two games of the 2012
in seven major league seasons…Has tallied three World Series with the Tigers.
saves in relief.
• Has made eight trips to the injured list
• Was drafted by Detroit in 2010 and throughout his career, including three stints on
debuted with the Tigers in 2012…Has also the 60-day IL.
pitched for Tampa Bay, Texas, Philadelphia
and San Francisco. MISCELLANEOUS

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