{"sport":"mlb","slug":"jason-smith","bio":{"fullName":"Jason Smith","position":"2B","team":"HOU","heightInches":75,"weightLbs":195,"birthDate":"1977-07-24","rookieSeason":2001,"lastSeason":2009,"status":"RET","externalIds":{"mlbam":"400136","chadwick":"0ffad124","retro":"smitj001","wikidata":"Q6163505"}},"draft":{"year":1996,"round":null,"pick":null,"team":null,"undrafted":false},"statTables":[{"id":"batting","label":"Batting","columns":[{"key":"g"},{"key":"ab"},{"key":"r"},{"key":"h"},{"key":"doubles"},{"key":"triples"},{"key":"hr"},{"key":"rbi"},{"key":"sb"},{"key":"bb"},{"key":"so"},{"key":"avg"},{"key":"obp"},{"key":"slg"},{"key":"ops"}],"rows":[{"season":2001,"seasonType":"REG","team":"CHC","gamesPlayed":2,"values":{"g":2,"ab":1,"r":0,"h":0,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":0,"sb":0,"bb":0,"so":1,"avg":0,"obp":0,"slg":0,"ops":0},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2002,"seasonType":"REG","team":"TB","gamesPlayed":26,"values":{"g":26,"ab":65,"r":9,"h":13,"doubles":1,"triples":2,"hr":1,"rbi":6,"sb":3,"bb":2,"so":24,"avg":0.2,"obp":0.224,"slg":0.323,"ops":0.547},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"REG","team":"TB","gamesPlayed":1,"values":{"g":1,"ab":4,"r":0,"h":1,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":0,"sb":0,"bb":0,"so":0,"avg":0.25,"obp":0.25,"slg":0.25,"ops":0.5},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2004,"seasonType":"REG","team":"DET","gamesPlayed":61,"values":{"g":61,"ab":155,"r":20,"h":37,"doubles":7,"triples":4,"hr":5,"rbi":19,"sb":1,"bb":8,"so":37,"avg":0.239,"obp":0.28,"slg":0.432,"ops":0.712},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2005,"seasonType":"REG","team":"DET","gamesPlayed":27,"values":{"g":27,"ab":58,"r":4,"h":11,"doubles":1,"triples":2,"hr":0,"rbi":2,"sb":2,"bb":0,"so":16,"avg":0.19,"obp":0.203,"slg":0.276,"ops":0.479},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2006,"seasonType":"REG","team":"COL","gamesPlayed":49,"values":{"g":49,"ab":99,"r":9,"h":26,"doubles":1,"triples":0,"hr":5,"rbi":13,"sb":3,"bb":7,"so":29,"avg":0.263,"obp":0.324,"slg":0.424,"ops":0.748},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2007,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":69,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"g":69,"ab":141,"r":16,"h":28,"doubles":3,"triples":2,"hr":6,"rbi":18,"sb":0,"bb":6,"so":53,"avg":0.199,"slg":0.376,"obp":null,"ops":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":2007,"seasonType":"REG","team":"AZ","gamesPlayed":2,"values":{"g":2,"ab":4,"r":0,"h":1,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":0,"sb":0,"bb":0,"so":2,"avg":0.25,"obp":0.25,"slg":0.25,"ops":0.5},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2007,"seasonType":"REG","team":"KC","gamesPlayed":40,"values":{"g":40,"ab":85,"r":9,"h":16,"doubles":2,"triples":1,"hr":6,"rbi":14,"sb":0,"bb":3,"so":29,"avg":0.188,"obp":0.213,"slg":0.447,"ops":0.66},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2007,"seasonType":"REG","team":"TOR","gamesPlayed":27,"values":{"g":27,"ab":52,"r":7,"h":11,"doubles":1,"triples":1,"hr":0,"rbi":4,"sb":0,"bb":3,"so":22,"avg":0.212,"obp":0.268,"slg":0.269,"ops":0.537},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2008,"seasonType":"REG","team":"KC","gamesPlayed":22,"values":{"g":22,"ab":28,"r":6,"h":6,"doubles":2,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":1,"sb":0,"bb":0,"so":12,"avg":0.214,"obp":0.214,"slg":0.286,"ops":0.5},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2009,"seasonType":"REG","team":"HOU","gamesPlayed":21,"values":{"g":21,"ab":25,"r":1,"h":0,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":1,"sb":0,"bb":0,"so":9,"avg":0,"obp":0,"slg":0,"ops":0},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"g":278,"ab":576,"r":65,"h":122,"doubles":15,"triples":10,"hr":17,"rbi":60,"sb":9,"bb":23,"so":181,"avg":0.212,"obp":0.248,"slg":0.361,"ops":0.609}}},{"id":"advanced","label":"Advanced (League-Relative)","columns":[{"key":"ops_plus","label":"OPS+","description":"On-base plus slugging vs the player's own season+league (100 = league average). Park-unadjusted; OBP uses a consistent (H+BB)/(AB+BB) rate. Higher is better.","format":"int","higherIsBetter":true},{"key":"era_plus","label":"ERA+","description":"Earned-run average vs the player's own season+league (100 = league average). Park-unadjusted. Higher is better.","format":"int","higherIsBetter":true}],"rows":[{"season":2001,"seasonType":"REG","team":"CHC","values":{"ops_plus":-100,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2002,"seasonType":"REG","team":"TB","values":{"ops_plus":44,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"REG","team":"TB","values":{"ops_plus":34,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2004,"seasonType":"REG","team":"DET","values":{"ops_plus":83,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2005,"seasonType":"REG","team":"DET","values":{"ops_plus":24,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2006,"seasonType":"REG","team":"COL","values":{"ops_plus":94,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2007,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":null,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"ops_plus":null,"era_plus":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":2007,"seasonType":"REG","team":"AZ","values":{"ops_plus":35,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2007,"seasonType":"REG","team":"KC","values":{"ops_plus":71,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2007,"seasonType":"REG","team":"TOR","values":{"ops_plus":40,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2008,"seasonType":"REG","team":"KC","values":{"ops_plus":32,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2009,"seasonType":"REG","team":"HOU","values":{"ops_plus":-100,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"ops_plus":57,"era_plus":null}},"advancedMeta":{"method":"computed in-house from MLB StatsAPI season batting/pitching lines, normalized to each player's own (season, league) baseline","formulas":{"era_plus":"100 * lgERA / playerERA (league ERA = 9 * ΣER / ΣIP over the season+league)","ops_plus":"100 * (OBP/lgOBP + SLG/lgSLG - 1)","career_era_plus":"innings-weighted league ERA / career ERA (B-Ref method)","career_ops_plus":"AB-weighted OBP & SLG against AB-weighted league rates"},"caveats":["PARK-UNADJUSTED: no park-factor data exists in the corpus, so these are league-relative but not park-adjusted (true B-Ref ERA+/OPS+ also divide by a park factor)","OBP baseline uses a consistent (H+BB)/(AB+BB) reached-base rate for BOTH player and league — the source feed carries no HBP or SF, so this is not the full (H+BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+HBP+SF) OBP; SLG is exact from the hit-type columns","league resolved from team code + season (most-recently-founded franchise existing by that season); the same resolver builds the baseline and looks up the player, so ratios stay internally coherent","a (season, league) bucket below the sample floor (3000 AB batting / 1000 IP pitching) yields null — no noisy baselines","regular season only; postseason lines are excluded from league baselines and metrics","AL and NL and each historical/Negro league are normalized separately — never blended across leagues or eras"]}}],"dataSources":["MLB StatsAPI (statsapi.mlb.com — official public league API; facts only, raw payloads not republished)"],"generatedAt":"2026-07-03T02:05:56.096Z"}