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Mark
Smolen		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 230
 
Born: January 4, 1973 in USA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Most Valuable Pitcher 2001    2005   
All-Star Selections 2001    2002    2005    2006    2007    2009   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 28 SAC GL $ 7,560,000   7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
2002 29 SAC GL $ 7,560,000   7 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
2003 30 HOL GL $ 7,560,000   7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
2004 31 HOL GL $ 7,560,000   7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
2005 32 HOL GL $ 9,600,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
2006 33 HOL GL $ 9,600,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
2007 34 HOL GL $ 9,600,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
2008 35 HOL GL $ 14,000,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
2009 36 SAC GL $ 14,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4
2010 37 SAC GL $ 8,800,000   6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
2011 38 SAC GL $ 5,280,000   1 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3
2012 39 SAC GL $ 110,000   0 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 1 1 1 2 2 2
Min Ratings $ 110,000   0 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 1 1 1 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 14,000,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 28 SAC GL $ 7,560,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2002 29 SAC GL $ 7,560,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 30 HOL GL $ 7,560,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 31 HOL GL $ 7,560,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 32 HOL GL $ 9,600,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 33 HOL GL $ 9,600,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 34 HOL GL $ 9,600,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 35 HOL GL $ 14,000,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2009 36 SAC GL $ 14,000,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2010 37 SAC GL $ 8,800,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2011 38 SAC GL $ 5,280,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2012 39 SAC GL $ 110,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
Min Ratings $ 110,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
Max Ratings $ 14,000,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2001 28 SAC GL 21 5 .808 33 33 2 2 0 230.0 169 77 19 82 150 3.01 .205 .276 .327 .604 27.3
2002 29 SAC GL 12 5 .706 28 28 4 1 0 212.7 168 87 25 92 137 3.68 .216 .299 .350 .649 19.0
2003 30 HOL GL 14 12 .538 33 33 7 3 0 248.0 201 98 26 120 120 3.56 .221 .314 .359 .672 16.8
    AAA   2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 11 3 1 7 12 2.08 .220 .316 .300 .616  
2004 31 HOL GL 18 12 .600 35 35 6 1 0 251.7 212 140 30 121 155 5.01 .224 .313 .363 .676 14.8
2005 32 HOL GL 22 4 .846 34 34 12 4 0 261.0 152 67 21 79 108 2.31 .165 .233 .274 .507 26.5
2006 33 HOL GL 22 8 .733 36 36 8 4 0 275.3 196 94 21 93 127 3.07 .198 .268 .306 .575 23.0
2007 34 HOL GL 20 5 .800 34 34 5 1 0 252.0 208 84 21 99 119 3.00 .220 .300 .346 .646 22.7
2008 35 HOL GL 17 7 .708 30 30 6 3 0 210.7 153 73 11 83 100 3.12 .203 .280 .281 .561 15.8
2009 36 SAC GL 13 4 .765 23 23 5 1 0 171.3 122 56 14 48 72 2.94 .195 .257 .313 .570 15.8
  HOL GL 2 2 .500 6 6 1 0 0 45.3 34 14 4 12 27 2.78 .204 .258 .323 .582 3.7
  TOT   15 6 .714 29 29 6 1 0 216.7 156 70 18 60 99 2.91 .197 .257 .315 .572 19.5
2010 37 SAC GL 18 13 .581 35 35 7 3 0 261.7 207 100 17 99 89 3.44 .215 .290 .327 .618 19.2
2011 38 SAC GL 11 9 .550 28 28 2 0 0 185.0 178 94 15 85 58 4.57 .250 .331 .393 .724 7.8
2012 39 SAC GL 1 1 .500 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 7 5 0 2 0 22.50 .583 .643 .833 1.476 0.0
    AAA   10 5 .667 20 20 0 0 0 119.7 98 51 18 60 62 3.84 .221 .313 .410 .723  
12 Years Sim 191 87 .687 357 356 65 23 0 2606.7 2007 989 224 1015 1262 3.41 .210 .288 .331 .619 212.4
2 Years AAA 12 5 .706 22 22 0 0 0 132.7 109 54 19 67 74 3.66 .221 .314 .399 .713  
Season Average 15 7 .682 29 29 5 1 0 217.2 167 82 18 84 105 3.41 .210 .288 .331 .619  
Career Highs 22 13 .846 36 36 12 4 0 275.3 212 140 30 121 155 22.50 .583 .643 .833 1.476  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1062 515 114 511 617   .211 .284 .331 .615
vs LH   945 474 110 504 645   .209 .288 .331 .619
Home 95 39 .709 181 181 25 11 0 1306.6 1035 495 116 519 627 3.41 .215 .292 .336 .627
Away 96 48 .667 176 175 40 12 0 1300.0 972 494 108 496 635 3.42 .205 .280 .327 .606
Mar/Apr 32 12 .727 60 60 13 6 0 444.3 312 145 28 160 213 2.94 .194 .267 .301 .568
May 31 13 .705 56 56 11 4 0 399.3 311 156 40 169 186 3.52 .212 .294 .341 .634
June 29 15 .659 58 58 12 4 0 417.0 367 186 46 152 212 4.01 .232 .299 .370 .670
July 23 14 .622 50 50 8 4 0 365.6 271 142 33 154 188 3.50 .204 .286 .327 .613
August 35 11 .761 55 55 9 3 0 414.0 290 132 31 175 201 2.87 .196 .281 .306 .586
Sep/Oct 41 22 .651 78 77 13 2 0 566.3 456 228 46 205 262 3.62 .218 .288 .338 .626
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 28 SAC GL 33 75 7 7 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 23 .093 .128 .173 .302 0.3 0.0
2012 39 AAA   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2  
1 Years Sim 33 75 7 7 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 23 .093 .128 .173 .302 0.3 0.0
1 Years AAA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2  
162 Game Average 368 34 34 14 0 4 19 0 0 14 112 .093 .128 .173 .302 1.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   45 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .067 .067 .111 .178 -2.1
vs LH   30 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 8 .133 .212 .267 .479 1.7
Home 16 29 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .034 .097 .138 .235 -0.6
Away 17 46 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .130 .149 .196 .345 0.2
RISP   16 0 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .375 .500 0.8
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4
May 6 16 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .188 .313 -0.1
June 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0
July 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
August 5 12 2 4 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 .333 .385 .750 1.135 3.0
Sep/Oct 8 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2001 28 SAC GL P 33 33 230.0 15 27 2 2 .955 1.64    
2002 29 SAC GL P 28 28 212.7 16 23 2 4 .951 1.65    
2003 30 HOL GL P 33 33 248.0 13 29 2 1 .955 1.52    
2004 31 HOL GL P 35 35 251.7 11 26 4 2 .902 1.32    
2005 32 HOL GL P 34 34 261.0 14 28 3 2 .933 1.45    
2006 33 HOL GL P 36 36 275.3 17 30 5 4 .904 1.54    
2007 34 HOL GL P 34 34 252.0 13 25 5 7 .884 1.36    
2008 35 HOL GL P 30 30 210.7 12 23 3 1 .921 1.50    
2009 36 SAC GL P 23 23 171.3 13 17 2 1 .938 1.58    
  HOL GL P 6 6 45.3 4 4 1 0 .889 1.59    
  TOT   P 29 29 216.7 17 21 3 1 .927 1.58    
2010 37 SAC GL P 35 35 261.7 7 31 5 2 .884 1.31    
2011 38 SAC GL P 28 28 185.0 11 18 3 0 .906 1.41    
2012 39 SAC GL P 2 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   357 356 2606.7 146 281 37 26 .920 1.47    
Career Highs   36 36 275.3 17 31 5 7 .955 1.65    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2005 32 HOL GL 0 3 .000 4 4 0 0 0 25.3 20 9 5 12 12 3.20 .217 .308 .413 .721
2006 33 HOL GL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 6 3 1 5 6 2.25 .146 .239 .220 .459
2007 34 HOL GL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .133 .133 .133 .267
2009 36 SAC GL 0 1 .000 2 2 1 0 0 18.0 7 3 3 4 6 1.50 .119 .175 .288 .463
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 5 .000 9 9 1 0 0 59.6 35 15 9 21 25 2.27 .169 .246 .319 .564
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2001-1-3.01
2002-3-3.68
2003-8-3.56
2005-2-2.31
2006-4-3.07
2007-5-3.00
2008-10-3.12
2009-3-2.91
 Wins
2001-1-21
2004-10-18
2005-2-22
2006-1-22
2007-4-20
2008-9-17
2010-8-18
CAR-39-191
 Winning Pct
2001-1-.808
2002-5-.706
2005-1-.846
2006-9-.733
2007-2-.800
2008-8-.708
CAR-13-.687
 Games Started
2006-3-36
 Complete Games
2002-9-4
2003-5-7
2004-7-6
2005-2-12
2006-4-8
2008-9-6
2009-7-6
2010-8-7
CAR-33-65
 Shutouts
2001-1-2
2002-4-1
2003-2-3
2004-8-1
2005-2-4
2006-1-4
2008-5-3
2010-3-3
CAR-14-23
Innings Pitched
2001-4-230.0
2004-9-251.7
2005-3-261.0
2006-1-275.3
2007-5-252.0
2010-6-261.7
 Walks Allowed
2003-2-120
2004-2-121
2006-2-93
2007-5-99
2010-5-99
CAR-39-1015
 Hits per 9IP
2001-1-6.6
2002-1-7.1
2003-9-7.3
2004-4-7.6
2005-1-5.2
2006-2-6.4
2007-10-7.4
2008-4-6.5
2009-1-6.5
2010-5-7.1
CAR-15-6.9
 WHiP
2001-1-1.09
2002-1-1.22
2005-1-0.89
2006-3-1.05
2009-5-1.00
 OAVG
2001-1-.205
2002-1-.216
2003-10-.221
2004-3-.224
2005-1-.165
2006-2-.198
2007-9-.220
2008-4-.203
2009-1-.197
2010-5-.215
CAR-15-.210
 OOBP
2001-1-.276
2002-1-.299
2004-9-.313
2005-1-.233
2006-2-.268
2009-4-.257
OSLG
2001-1-.327
2002-3-.350
2003-8-.359
2004-9-.363
2005-1-.274
2006-2-.306
2007-7-.346
2008-1-.281
2009-3-.315
2010-3-.327
CAR-23-.331
 OOPS
2001-1-.604
2002-3-.649
2003-10-.672
2004-8-.676
2005-1-.507
2006-2-.575
2008-1-.561
2009-2-.572
2010-6-.618
CAR-23-.619
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 31    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 141    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 52    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Santa Cruz in 2001
Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game
Won Gindin League Top Pitcher (as voted on by the OOTP AI) in 2001, with a record of 21-5 with an ERA of 3.01 and 2 shutouts
Was selected to the 2001 All-FOBL 1st Team
Won GL Platinum Pitcher in 2001, going 21-5, 3.01 ERA
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Injured on 9/7/2002 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for 6 weeks
Pitched NO-HITTER against Orlando on 5/11/2005, striking out 4
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2005, going 4-0, 1.80
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2005 All-FOBL 1st Team
Won Most Valuable Pitcher (as voted on by the OOTP AI) in 2005, going 22-4, 2.31 ERA
Won GL Platinum Pitcher in 2005, going 22-4, 2.31 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2006, going 4-1, 1.80
Was selected to the 2006 All-Star Team
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2007, going 6-0, 1.96
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Injured on 10/17/2007 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 7 weeks
Won Solecismic Series with Hollywood in 2007
Injured on 4/18/2008 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 6/20/2008 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Hollywood to Santa Cruz on 5/7/2009
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2009, going 5-0, 1.49
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2010, going 5-0, 0.70
Injured on 6/16/2011 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
 
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