He and his wife, Kristin, have two daughters, Sutton and Berkleigh... Graduated from Stratford (SC) High School, where he was teammates with fellow future Major League player Matt Wieters... Played three seasons at the University of South Carolina, where he established school records for HR (62), RBI (207), walks (151) and total bases (485)... Played for the 2007 USA Baseball National Team...Was named top prospect in the Cape Cod League in 2006...Enjoys hunting, fishing and golf.
2019
Batted .208 with 22 HR and 61 RBI in 121 games with Toronto... Made 118 starts (88g at 1B, 30g at DH)... Hit .202 (57-for-282, 19hr) left-handed and .220 (29-for-132, 3hr) right-handed... Produced 20+ HR for the fourth time and for the third consecutive season... Was a Gold Glove Award finalist along with the Athletics' Matt Olson (winner) and Astros' Yuli Gurriel... Tied his career high (3x) with 4 hits on 4/21 at Oakland (4-for-5, 1hr, 2rbi)... Had 2 HR and 5 RBI in a 10-1 win on 5/26 vs. San Diego.....was his fifth career game of at least 5 RBI... Was on the 10-day injured list from 6/18-6/27 with a left quad strain... Signed as a free agent with Milwaukee on 12/20.
2018
Hit six home runs in the 9th inning, tied for the most in the Majors... Has 16 9th-inning homers over the last two seasons, seven more than any other player ... Tied Randal Grichuk for the team lead with 25 home runs... Reached the 25-HR mark for the 2nd time in his career, doing so in each of the last two seasons (38 in 2017) ... Led the club with 77 RBI, 231 total bases and had the most 3+ hit games (10) ... Topped the AL with a .352 OBP and an .805 OPS as a first baseman ... Led all MLB first basemen with a .999 fielding percentage, which was also the highest all-time by a Toronto first baseman... Was nominated for a Gold Glove at the end of the season ... Walked 83 times to set a new career high (73 in 2017) and ranked 6th in the AL ... Homered in four straight games from Aug. 28-Sept. 1 for a career-best streak ... Won AL Player of the week for March 29-April 1 (7-for-15, 2HR, 8RBI) ... Hit his 2nd career grand slam to put the Jays ahead, 7-4, on April 1 vs. NYY…Earlier in the game, hit his 1st home run of 2018, a two-run homer…Marked his 7th career multi-HR game (last: July 20, 2017 at BOS)…His 6-RBI day tied a career best (also May 30, 2012 at TEX)…Became the 3rd Toronto player all-time with 6+ RBI against the Yankees (Roy Howell: Sept. 10, 1977 - 9, Ernie Whitt: Sept. 12, 1987 - 6) ... Walked in seven consecutive games from April 10-19, the longest such streak of his career... Put together another 7G streak from May 12-20 ... Hit his 3rd home run of the season on April 26 vs. BOS... Had gone 18 games without a HR, his longest homerless stretch within a season since Aug. 19-Sept. 13, 2012 (19G) ... On April 27 vs. TEX, went 4-for-4 with an RBI for his 2nd career four-hit game (4-for-5 on April 17, 2012 vs. CLE) ... Reached base safely in 19 consecutive games from April 3-27, tying the longest of his career (also July 16-Aug. 4, 2017)... Was the longest such streak by a Blue Jay in 2018 ... Notched his 8th homer of the season and his 6th home run with two strikes on May 29 at BOS... Marked his 4th career HR vs. Rick Porcello, his most vs. any pitcher... Was his 9th HR vs. BOS since 2017, the most in MLB over that time ... Won the game with a solo shot to lead off the 9th inning on June 30 vs. DET... Was his 2nd career walk-off HR (also May 3, 2016 vs. TEX) and his 3rd career walk-off hit (also June 17, 2012 vs. SF)...Homered in back-to-back games for the first time since July 31-Aug. 1, 2017 at CWS ... Recorded his 14th home run and the 5th of his last 10 games on July 11 at ATL... Homered in back-to-back games for the 2nd time of the year (also June 29-30 vs. DET) ... Homered from both sides of the plate on July 13 at BOS (10th time in team history)... Became one of two Blue Jays all-time with two such games, also doing so on July 1, 2015 vs. BOS to join Roberto Alomar (May 10, 1991 vs. CWS and May 3, 1995 vs. CWS)... Had extra-base hits in a career-best seven consecutive games, the longest such streak by a Blue Jay since Edwin Encarnacion's nine-game streak in 2015 ... Had a season-best 13-game hitting streak from July 25-Aug. 9, the longest by a Blue Jay in 2018 and then the longest active streak in MLB...Batted .382 (21-for-55) with five doubles, two home runs and six RBI over that stretch ... Had back-to-back three-hit games on Aug. 8-9, doing so for the 2nd time in his career (also March 31-April 1, 2018) ... Reached the 20-HR mark for the 3rd time (2013-20; 2017-38) with a two-run shot on Aug. 28 at BAL ... Homered in back-to-back games for the 3rd time of the season on Aug. 29 at BAL ... Hit a 9th-inning pinch-hit grand slam to put the Jays up, 6-5, on Aug. 31 at MIA... Was the 4th PH slam in team history and 1st as a go-ahead blast... Was MLB's 3rd pinch-hit grand slam in the 9th inning while down three runs with two out in the last 40 years (Andre Dawson - April 19, 1991; David Bote - Aug. 12, 2018)... Marked his 1st career pinch-hit home run ... On Sept. 1 at MIA, became the 16th player (22nd time) in Blue Jays history to homer in four consecutive games ... Extended his team lead in home runs at the time to 24 with a two-run blast on Sept. 9 vs. CLE...Finished with his 7th 3+ RBI game of the year ... Recorded his 3rd career walk-off home run on Sept. 20 vs. TB...Followed up a two-run homer from Lourdes Gurriel Jr., forming the 3rd set of back-to-back, game-tying and walk-off home runs in team history... The winning shot completed a seven-run inning, tying Toronto's largest 9th-inning comeback in team history (also July 30, 2017 vs. LAA)... His three walkoff homers are one shy of the franchise record (Edwin Encarnacion-4).
2017
Set an MLB record with 11 home runs in the 9th inning or later (four more than any other player in 2017) ... His career-high 38 home runs were the most all-time by a Toronto switch-hitter and the most by any switch-hitter since Mark Teixeira hit 39 HR in 2011 ... Also set career marks in games played (158), hits (151), runs (85), doubles (29), RBI (90), walks (73), average (.270), OBP (.355), SLG (.529) and OPS (.883) ... Among AL batters, ranked T-5th in HR (38)…His 33-HR since May 11 ranked T-2nd in the AL (A. Judge-39, K. Davis-33, E. Encarnacion-33) ... His 37 homers as a first baseman led the Majors, which was also the most by a TOR-1B since Carlos Delgado hit 40 HR in 2003…Became the 3rd different TOR-1B to hit 35+ HR in a season (Delgado-5x, McGriff-1x) ... Hit eight home runs in close-and-late-situations which tied with four others for the most in the Majors and tied for the 3rd most all-time by a Blue Jay (Bautista-10 in 2011, Delgado-9 in 1999, Morales-8 in 2017) ... Hit .331 vs. LHP (41-for-124, 10th in AL) with seven home runs…Ranked 7th in the AL with a .977 OPS and 8th with a .413 OBP vs. lefties ... Led the Blue Jays with 39 multi-hit games ... Led the AL with 1,244 putouts…Ranked 2nd among all first basemen with a .998 fielding percentage (M.Cabrera-.999) ... Hit his 2nd career triple on April 16 vs. BAL (other was June 12, 2015 at BOS) ... Drove in four runs on May 11 vs. SEA for his 8th career 4+ RBI game (last: Aug. 8, 2015 at NYY) ... Collected four RBI again on May 29 vs. CIN and scored three times in a game for the first time since March 31, 2014 ... Homered in back-to-back games on May 14 and 15, doing so for the first time since June 10 and 12, 2015 ... Had a string of 40 straight plate appearances without a strikeout vs. a left-handed pitcher come to an end on June 1 vs. NYY (Sabathia) ... On June 7 at OAK, recorded his first multi-HR game since May 3, 2016 vs. TEX (5th career)…Marked the 2nd time in his career to have a multi-HR game with one in extra-innings (the only other Toronto player to have two was Jose Cruz Jr. in 1997 and 2007 - courtesy Elias) ... Hit his 20th HR of the season on June 19 at TEX...Became the 4th quickest Toronto player to reach 20-HR (227 AB) in a season (Jose Bautista, 153 AB in 2011; Carlos Delgado, 210 AB in 2000; George Bell, 211 AB in 1987) ... Put together a season-high 10-game hit streak from June 16-25, the 2nd longest streak of his career (11G in 2011) ... On June 28 vs. BAL, hit his 21st HR which set a new career high (20-HR in 2013) ... Reached base in 24 of his 26 games in June (.333 AVG, .406 OBP, .677 SLG - 4th in AL, 1.083 OPS - 4th in AL) ... His 10 home runs in June (T-2nd in AL) were the the most HR he ever hit in a month…Were the most by any switch-hitter in MLB for any month since Chase Headley hit 12-HR in August, 2012…Became the 9th different switch-hitter to hit 10+ HR in June in MLB history (last: Ruben Sierra in 2001, 10 HR)…Is the 2nd Toronto switch-hitter with 10+ HR in any month, joining Jose Cruz who belted 12 homers in August, 2001 ... His 23-HR were the most by a switch-hitter prior to the break in team history and the most in MLB since 2011 (Teixeira-25, Berkman-24) ... Was selected to his 1st All-Star team, finishing 1st among AL first basemen in All-Star voting...He garnered 2,566,181 votes, surpassing Eric Hosmer by more than half a million votes in the final week…Marked the 22nd time in team history to have a player earn a start in the Mid-Summer Classic ... Became the 4th Toronto first baseman to be selected to an All-Star game, joining Edwin Encarnacion in 2014 (did not play due to injury), Carlos Delgado in 2003 (starter) and John Olerud in 1993...Went 1-for-1 with a walk to become just the 3rd Toronto player to reach base more than once in an ASG, joining Joe Carter (2-for-3 in 1992) and Josh Donaldson (0-for-0 with 2-BB in 2015) ... On July 20 at BOS, hit multiple home runs in a game for the 6th time in his career and 2nd time in 2017 (June 7 at OAK) ... Tied the game with a two-run shot in the 9th inning on July 25 vs. OAK, the 5th time in his career to either tie the game or give his team a lead from the 9th inning on ... Reached base safely in a career-high 19 straight games from July 16-Aug 4 (.357 AVG, .470 OBP) ... On Aug 13 vs. PIT, doubled in his first at-bat, which was his 1000th AB as a Blue Jay…Recorded his 33rd multi-hit game ... Broke the club record for the most single-season home runs by a switch-hitter on Aug 25 vs. MIN with his 35th HR (Jose Cruz-34 in 2001)…Became 15th player in club history to reach the 35+ HR mark...Collected three hits in a game for the 7th time in 2017 (had two three-hit games in 2016) ... Hit his 38th home run on Sept. 14 at MIN...Was his MLB-record 11th HR in the 9th inning or later and his 17th in the 7th inning or later (2nd in MLB, Cody Bellinger-18).
2016
Went 3-for-5 with a HR & 5-RBI on Aug. 26 vs. MIN…His 3R-HR in the 2nd inning snapped a 0-for-29 slump with RISP…
Was one AB shy of tying the club's all-time mark for longest hitless streak with RISP (Rico Carty-1979)…Had three hits
in 3-AB with RISP, matching his total output for his previous 43-AB in those situations …The 5-RBI were his most since a career-high 6-RBI on May 30, 2012 at TEX & 3rd of his career...Agreed to terms with the Blue Jays on a two year contract extension for the 2017 & 2018 seasons with a club option for the 2019 season on July 16...Snapped a 0-for-16 hitless streak with a home run vs. CLE on July 1...Hit his first career walkoff home run, May 3 vs. TEX…Became the 1st player in club history to hit a game-tying HR in 9th inning & hit a walkoff HR in extra innings…The last player on any team to achieve that feat was Tyler Flowers, who had solo shots in the 9th & 12th innings for the White Sox on Sept. 8, 2014 vs. the A's…Joe Crede was the last ML player prior to Smoak to swat a walkoff HR in the 10th inning after tying the game with a HR in the bottom of the 9th…Crede did that for the White Sox on Aug. 27, 2002 vs. the Blue Jays... Recorded his first stolen base since May 27, 2012 at SEA on April 5 at TB, a span of 433 games.
2015
35 of his 67 hits went for extra bases (16-2B, 1-3B, 18-HR). Set a career-high with 59 RBI...13 of his 18 HR this year came with runners aboard. His four defensive runs saved ranked 2nd behind Mark Teixeira (5 DRS) among AL 1B. Club posted a 47-24 (.662) record in games he started. Posted a .994 fielding percentage, 8th best among AL first baseman…Made four errors in 714 total chances…His 9.35 TC/9 was 4th highest among 1B in the AL. Hit his 1st career grand slam at NYY on August 8…It marked the first grand slam hit in New York in Blue Jays franchise history. Hit his 8th home run of the campaign in his 120th at-bat on July 5 at DET...Surpassed his entire HR total from 2014 with the Mariners in less than half the AB (7-HR in 248-AB with SEA). Had his 3rd career multi-HR game, July 1 vs. BOS…It marked the 2nd time in his career to hit a HR from both sides of the plate in the same game…Became the 6th different TOR player & 7th time in club history to do so (last: Melky Cabrera, July 28, 2014 vs. BOS). June 12 at BOS marked the 1st triple of his career, coming in his 2,047th AB, and ended his "pursuit" of the major league record for the most career at bats without hitting a triple, coming just 32 shy of 2,079 at-bats by Johnny Estrada, a catcher with five National League teams from 2001 to 2008. Recorded his 1st RBI as a Blue Jay on April 15 vs. TB…Marked his first multi-RBI game since May 12, 2014, span of 50 games. • Made his Blue Jays debut appearing in the 8th inning as a defensive replacement at NYY, April 6. Made just one start for the Blue Jays, while appearing in eight games…Marked his first ever postseason appearance. Failed to record a hit in his eight at-bats.
2014
Appeared in 80 games, making 66 starts (all at first base)...Played in the first 63 games (58 starts) before appearing in just 19 of the final 99 games due to injury, rehab assignment option to AAA...In his first 37 games hit .248 with 18 runs, nine doubles, five home runs and 24 RBI... Over his final 43 games batted .148 with four doubles & two home runs...Hit .323 with three doubles, two home runs and 19 RBI with runners in scoring position in his first 22 games while batting .097 (3-31) in his final 25 games...Was recalled from his rehab assignment, removed from the disabled list and optioned to AAA Tacoma on July 4...Placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left quad from June 11 (retro to June 10) through July 11...Went 2-for-4 with three runs, double, a home run & three RBI on Opening Night March 31 at Los Angeles-AL... Is the only Mariners player in club history with 3+ runs & RBI in an Opening Day...Batted .337 (69-205) with 29 runs, 13 doubles, seven home runs, 40 RBI, .422 on-base percentage and .502 slugging in 56 games with AAA Tacoma.
2013
Hit a career-high 20 home runs, continuing his trend of increasing his HR total in each of the last 4 seasons (2010 - 13, 2011 - 15, 2012 - 19). Appeared in 131 games, making 124 starts (1B-125 G/121 GS, DH-3 GS). Led the team with 30 two-out RBI. Hit 18 of 20 home runs as a lefthanded batter…first RH home run came Sept. 22 at LAA. 20 home runs rank 2nd-most by a switch hitter in club history (Morales - 23). Hit 17 of 20 home runs after coming off the disabled list, June 18-end of season (85 G). Season-high 9-game hitting streak July 30-Aug. 9 (.394/13x33, 9 R, 3 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI). Batted .305 (18x59) with 22 RBI with runners in scoring position, July 1-end of season (.122/5x41 from April 1-June 30 with RISP). Ranked 5th among AL first basemen with a .995 fielding percentage (5 E, 1,100 TC). On 15-day disabled list June 2-17 with a right oblique strain (retro to 5/30)…appeared in 5 games (.238/5x21) on rehab at AAA Tacoma. Made third career Opening Day start April 1 at Oakland…tied for 4th in club history for Opening Day starts at first base (3).
2012
Appeared in 132 games, making
130 starts (1B-129, DH-1) ... Set career-highs in games played
(132), at-bats (483), runs scored
(49), hits (105), home runs (19) and
total bases (176) ... Ranked 3rd in the Majors amongst
first basemen with a .997 fielding
percentage (4 E, 1168 TC) ... Hit .341 (31x91) with 14 runs, 6
doubles, 5 home runs, 11 RBI,
.423 OBP, .571 SLG over final 27
games (.189/74x392, 14 HR in first
105 G)...career .327 hitter (69x211) with 11 home runs and 31 RBI in his career in the final
month of the season (62 games in September/October) ... Homered from both sides of the plate Sept. 25 at LAA...2nd career multi-HR game...took
Zack Greinke deep from the left side in the 4th inning and hit a 2-run homer from the right
side off Scott Downs in the 7th inning...became just the 4th player in Mariners history to
homer from both sides of the plate (see chart) ... Named the American League Player of the Week for May 28-June 3...batted .348 (8x23)
with a double, 3 home runs, 8 RBI, 6 walks and 7 runs in 6 games vs. the Rangers and
White Sox...first Mariner to earn award since Ichiro for the week ending Sept. 26, 2010 ... Batted .326 (28x86) May 11-June 4 with 11 runs, 2 doubles, 7 home runs, 19 RBI, 9
walks, .389 OBP, .593 SLG in 22 games ... Recorded first career multi-home run game with a career-high 6 RBI on May 30 at Texas
(3x5, 3 R, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, BB, K).
2011
Played in career-high 123 games in first full season in the Major Leagues...missed games on the disabled list Aug. 13-Sept. 2 (nondisplaced nose fracture) and the bereavement list April 19-25...also sidelined with a groin strain and left thumb injury during the season...Led the Mariners with 24 doubles and tied for team lead with 39 extra base hits (2B - 24, HR - 15)...2nd with career-high 15 HR...10 of 15 home runs gave the Mariners a lead, including game-winning 3-run HR in bottom of 8th inning May 31 vs. Baltimore (Mariners trailed 2-0, won 3-2)...Hit team-high .324 (22x68) with 11 RBI in "Close and Late" situations (7th inning or later, ahead by one run, tied, or with the tying run on base, at bat or on deck)...also led team with 21 go-ahead RBI, 11 game-winning RBI and 27 2-out RBI...Hit .301 (22x73) with 3 home runs and 11 RBI in 22 games in September...is a.317 (59x123) hitter with 6 HR and 20 RBI in 36 career games in September/October...Season-high 11-game hitting streak April 11-29 (14x39/.359) with 2 doubles, 4 home runs, 16 RBI...also recorded a hit in first 4 games, extending career-high hitting streak to 14 games (.426/20x47), including final 10 games of 2010...10th time a Mariner has carried over a double-digit hitting streak into the following season...Hit 12 of 15 home runs in first 59 games (April 1-June 12)...hit 3 homers over last 64 games...HR #13 Sept. 8 vs. Kansas City, snapping 48-game homerless streak...Appeared in 4 games on rehab assignment with AAA Tacoma, Aug. 29-Sept. 1.
2010
Appeared in 100 games with
Seattle (30 G) and Texas (70 G).
...Combined to bat .218 (76x348)
with 14 doubles, 13 home runs and
48 RBI...hit .239 (27x113) with 11
runs, 4 doubles, 5 home runs and
14 RBI with the Mariners.
...Split minor league season between
AAA Tacoma (35 G) and AAA
Oklahoma City (15 G), batting .279
(51x183) with 13 doubles, 9 home
runs and 30 RBI in 50 games.
...Among AL rookies, ranked 2nd in
home runs (13), 2nd in RBI (48), 3rd in walks (46) and 3rd in extra base hits (27).
...Ended season with career-high 10-game hitting streak, Sept. 23-Oct. 3 (.441/15x34, 7 R,
3 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI).
...Hit .340 (17x50) with 3 2B, 3 HR and 9 RBI in 14 games following recall from AAA (9/18).
...Homered in 3 consecutive games Sept. 27-28-29 at Texas...became the 4th Mariners
rookie (5th time), and first since Danny Tartabull homered in 4 straight in 1986...also
homered in back-to-back games June 18-19 at Houston (w/TEX) and July 16-17 at LAA
(w/SEA).
...Fell triple short of the cycle going 3-for-4 with 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI July 17 at LAA.
...Optioned to AAA Tacoma on July 31...part of PCL champion Rainiers.
...Hit .271 (36x133) with 23 runs, 7 doubles, 7 home runs and 25 RBI in 35 regular season
games with the Rainiers...also hit .423 (11x26) with 1 homer, 6 RBI and 11 walks (.595
OBP) in 8 playoff games.
...Acquired from Texas with RHP Josh Lueke, RHP Blake Beavan and INF Matt Lawson, in
exchange for LHP Cliff Lee and RHP Mark Lowe on July 9.
...Hit first Major League home run April 29 vs. Chicago (AL) (off Gavin Floyd).
...Made Major League debut April 23 vs. Detroit...recorded first hit April 26 vs. Detroit.
...Selected from Oklahoma City (AAA) April 23; hit .300 (15x50) with 2 HR, 5 RBI in 15
games with the RedHawks.
...Named by Baseball America as the No. 9 prospect in the Pacific Coast League.
2009
Combined to bat .290 (112-386) with 12 home runs, 21 doubles, and 57 RBI in 106 games for Arizona Rangers (Rookie), Frisco
(AA), and Oklahoma City (AAA)...had a .410 on-base figure and .443 slugging mark for a .853 OPS...drew 75 walks against just 81
strikeouts...did not go consecutive games without a hit all year until promotion to Oklahoma City in early July...was on-base via hit,
walk, or hit by pitch in 98-of-106 games for the year, going consecutive games without getting on base just once all year: July 18-
19...had 31 multi-hit games, including season-high 3 hits on 7 occasions...totaled 16 multi-RBI games, including season-high 4 RBI
during 2-homer game on June 21 vs. AZL Indians while on rehab assignment in Surprise...drew multiple walks 16 times, season-high
3 walks on Aug. 23 at Omaha (G2), contest in which he also had a hit...played 91 games at first base and 15 as DH.
2008
Played his first game of the year on Feb. 23 vs. East Carolina, and finished on Nov. 20 vs. Phoenix Desert Dogs in Arizona
Fall League...played his final collegiate game on June 1, was drafted on June 5, signed on Aug. 15, and made his professional debut
on Aug. 18...hit safely in 20 straight games spanning his time with Clinton (Low-A) and 2 clubs in the Arizona Fall League...was the
11th overall selection in the 2008 June draft...signed just before the deadline on Aug. 15, then visited Rangers Ballpark the next
day...had spent time working out in Atlanta in the interim between end of his college season and signing...made his professional
debut with Clinton (Low-A) on Aug. 18 at Peoria, going 1-for-3 with a double, RBI, and run scored as starting first baseman...hit safely
in 13 of his 14 games with the LumberKings after not playing for 2 1/2 months...hit safely in 11 straight to end regular season...went
9-for-22 (.409) in last 5 contests to raise final average from .235 to .304...also hit safely in both playoff games, when Clinton was
eliminated in 2 games against Cedar Rapids...went 3-for-8 (.375) with a double and RBI in postseason...combined to bat .353 (18-
51) with 2 homers, 4 doubles, one triple, and 3 RBI over 16 games with Surprise and Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall
League...had a .588 slugging mark and .468 OBP, adding 10 walks against just 11 strikeouts...played just 3 games for Surprise
before a lack of playing time led to a transfer to Peoria...hit safely in his first 7 games in the AFL before going 0-for-2 with a walk and
hit by pitch on Nov. 4 at Scottsdale, ending what was a 20-game hit streak dating to his time with Clinton...hit safely in final 11 regular
season games with Clinton, 2 playoff games in Midwest League, 3 games with Surprise, then first 4 games with Peoria...went 4-
for-4 on Nov. 7 at Peoria Saguaros...did not commit an error in 95 total chances at first base.
