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Josh Smith
Josh Smith
Texas Rangers • Second Base
Age 28 • 5' 9" • 172 lb
Bats: L • Throws: R
MLB Debut: 2022-05-30
Born: Baton Rouge , LA • USA
Draft: 2019
2026 Stats
G
31
AB
92
H
20
HR
0
RBI
6
R
6
SB
2
AVG
.217
OBP
.324
SLG
.239
OPS
.563
Career Stats
G
487
AB
1518
H
357
HR
31
RBI
134
R
195
SB
30
AVG
.235
OBP
.327
SLG
.347
OPS
.674
Year-by-Year Hitting
Year Team GPAABH HRRBISB AVGOBPSLGOPSAwards
2022 TEX 73 253 213 42 2 16 4 .197 .307 .249 .556
2023 TEX 90 232 195 36 6 15 1 .185 .304 .328 .632 WS
2024 TEX 149 592 523 135 13 62 11 .258 .337 .394 .731 SS
2025 TEX 144 563 495 124 10 35 12 .251 .335 .366 .701
2026 TEX 31 108 92 20 — 6 2 .217 .324 .239 .563
Spring Training
Hitting
YearTeamGPAABHHRRBISBAVGOBPSLGOPS
2020 NYY 2——— ——— .000.000.000.000
2022 TEX 714106 251 .600.7141.3002.014
2023 TEX 18534617 19— .370.453.522.975
2024 TEX 19493510 —41 .286.469.429.898
2025 TEX 17534810 13— .208.283.375.658
2026 TEX 19604716 4153 .340.467.6601.127
Postseason
Hitting
YearTeamGPAABHHRRBISBAVGOBPSLGOPS
2023 TEX 3——— ——— .000.000.000.000
Game Logs
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Hitting
Date Opponent AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB SO
2026-05-03 @ DET 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2026-05-02 @ DET 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-05-01 @ DET 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2026-04-28 vs NYY 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2026-04-27 vs NYY 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-04-26 vs ATH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2026-04-24 vs ATH 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2026-04-23 vs PIT 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
2026-04-22 vs PIT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-04-21 vs PIT 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
2026-04-19 @ SEA 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-04-18 @ SEA 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2026-04-17 @ SEA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2026-04-16 @ ATH 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2
2026-04-15 @ ATH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2026-04-14 @ ATH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-04-13 @ ATH 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
2026-04-12 @ LAD 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2026-04-11 @ LAD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-04-10 @ LAD 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2026-04-08 vs SEA 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2026-04-07 vs SEA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-04-06 vs SEA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026-04-05 vs CIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2026-04-04 vs CIN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2026-04-03 vs CIN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-04-01 @ BAL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-03-31 @ BAL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026-03-30 @ BAL 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
2026-03-28 @ PHI 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2026-03-26 @ PHI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Transactions
Entire history • newest first.
2026-05-05
Texas Rangers placed 2B Josh Smith on the 10-day injured list retroactive to May 4, 2026. Right glute strain.
2026-04-16
SS Josh Smith changed number to 8.
2026-04-15
SS Josh Smith changed number to 42.
2025-09-29
Texas Rangers activated SS Josh Smith from the paternity list.
2025-09-26
Texas Rangers placed SS Josh Smith on the paternity list.
2025-04-16
3B Josh Smith changed number to 8.
2025-04-15
3B Josh Smith changed number to 42.
2024-02-09
2B Josh H. Smith changed number to 8.
2024-02-09
Texas Rangers activated 3B Josh Smith.
2022-09-08
Texas Rangers recalled 2B Josh H. Smith, , and from Round Rock Express.
2022-08-21
Texas Rangers optioned 2B Josh H. Smith to Round Rock Express.
2022-06-21
Texas Rangers activated 2B Josh H. Smith.
2022-06-15
Texas Rangers sent 2B Josh H. Smith on a rehab assignment to Round Rock Express.
2022-06-15
Texas Rangers sent 2B Josh H. Smith on a rehab assignment to Round Rock Express.
2022-06-04
Texas Rangers placed 2B Josh H. Smith on the 10-day injured list. Left shoulder sprain.
2022-05-30
Texas Rangers selected the contract of 2B Josh H. Smith from Round Rock Express.
2022-03-18
2B Josh H. Smith and assigned to Texas Rangers.
2021-07-29
New York Yankees traded RHP Glenn Otto, 2B Josh H. Smith, SS Ezequiel Duran and 2B Trevor Hauver to Texas Rangers for LHP Joely Rodriguez, LF Joey Gallo and cash.
2020-02-28
2B Josh Smith assigned to New York Yankees.
2019-07-12
New York Yankees signed 2B Josh Smith.
Scouting Report
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Season 2026
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Spray Chart
Hits only • Stadium overlay
1B 2B 3B HR
MLBAM-style coords scaled into stadium viewBox. Home plate baseline ≈ (125, 199). Stadium SVG: rangers.svg.
Results by Pitch Type
Pitch # Usage% Zone% Whiff% AVG HardHit%
4-Seam Fastball 126 30.1% 60.3% 7.8% .207 40.7%
Sinker 68 16.3% 51.5% 17.6% .214 58.3%
Slider 55 13.2% 38.2% 29.6% .125 33.3%
Changeup 52 12.4% 40.4% 20.0% .143 36.4%
Cutter 41 9.8% 51.2% 35.3% .429 0.0%
Curveball 36 8.6% 27.8% 41.7% .333 25.0%
Sweeper 29 6.9% 44.8% 28.6% .286 0.0%
Splitter 9 2.2% 33.3% 14.3% .200 25.0%
Knuckle Curve 1 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% .000 0.0%
Slurve 1 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% .000 0.0%
Total 418 100.0% 47.8% 20.0% .222 35.6%
Results by Pitch Category
Category # Usage% Zone% Whiff% AVG HardHit%
Fastball 235 56.2% 56.2% 14.8% .240 40.0%
Breaking 122 29.2% 36.1% 32.1% .238 23.1%
Offspeed 61 14.6% 39.3% 18.8% .158 33.3%
Total 418 100.0% 47.8% 20.0% .222 35.6%
MLB Avg - - 50.6% 25.3% .245 41.0%
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