Jake Smith
Photo by Alan Malamut
Jacob Spencer Smith
6/5/83 in Greensboro, NC
6'2", 217, R/R
Southern Guilford HS (NC), East Carolina University

Selected by Oakland in the 21st round of the 2006 draft, signed by Neil Avent
Won the Johnny Bench award 2006 (Best College Catcher)
5/22/07-Day to Day with injured sore right shoulder
5/31/07-had MRI done on sore shoulder
Torn labrum in right shoulder, done for season
6/2/07-Placed on the disabled list
4/11/08 hit in head by pitch
4/22/08 out due to sore hamstring
6/25/08 Sent back to Kane County




Year Club League Level Age ORG AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB OBP SLG
2006 East Carolina NCAA 23 .344 54 218 41 75 16 1 13 65 12 21 0 .371 .606
Vancouver Northwest A 23 OAK .215 51 172 16 37 15 1 2 32 21 20 2 .302 .349
2007 Kane County Midwest A 24 OAK .293 37 133 14 39 10 0 1 6 16 23 0 .382 .391
2008 Kane County Midwest A 25 OAK .288 81 313 32 90 24 0 6 47 25 52 3 .357 .422
Athletics Arizona R 25 OAK .100 3 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .250 .200
.266 172 628 64 167 50 1 9 85 64 96 5

Year Club POS PCT G PO A E DP PB
2006 Vancouver C .944 49 297 36 2 5 8
2007 Kane County C .985 31 242 21 4 4 6

Playoffs
No Date H/A Opponent POS H/AB Notes
1 9/3/08 A Burlington DH 0-4 K
2 9/5/08 H Burlington DH 1-5 K, 2 Kc

No Date H/A Opponent POS H/AB Notes
1 4/5/07 A Burlington C 1-3 2B, R, BB
2 4/7/07 A Burlington C 1-3 2B
3 4/9/07 H Beloit C, E 0-4 R
4 4/10/07 H Beloit C 1-4 K
5 4/13/07 A Quad City C 2-3 BB, PiO
6 4/14/07 A Quad City DH 2-5 K, Kc
7 4/15/07 A Burlington C 0-3 G1
8 4/15/07 A Burlington DH 1-3 K G2
9 4/16/07 A Burlington C, PB 0-2 HBP, K
10 4/18/07 A Lansing C 2-4 2B
11 4/19/07 A Lansing C, PB 1-4 K
12 4/21/07 H Peoria C 0-4 BB, R, RBI
13 4/22/07 H Peoria C, PB 2-6 2B
14 4/26/07 H South Bend C 0-4
15 4/27/07 H South Bend C 2-5 2B, BB, K
16 4/28/07 H South Bend DH 3-4 RBI
17 4/29/07 H South Bend C 1-3 BB, K
18 5/1/07 H West Michigan C 1-4 K
19 5/2/07 H West Michigan C, E 1-3 R
20 5/4/07 A Dayton C 1-4 2B, R, K
21 5/5/07 A Dayton C 1-3 BB, R, Kc
22 5/6/07 A Dayton C 1-2 SACB, HBP
23 5/7/07 A Dayton C 3-6 2B, BB, K
24 5/8/07 A Fort Wayne C 1-3 2 BB, 2 R
25 5/10/07 A Fort Wayne C 1-5 HBP, GIDP, K
26 5/11/07 A Fort Wayne C 0-4 BB, R, Kc
27 5/12/07 A Beloit DH 1-4 BB, R, RBI, Kc
28 5/13/07 A Beloit C 1-4 GIDP, K G1
29 5/13/07 A Beloit PH 0-1 K G2
30 5/14/07 H Wisconsin C 2-4 HR, R, RBI
31 5/15/07 H Wisconsin C, PB, E 0-2 BB
32 5/17/07 H Great Lakes C 1-3 RBI, BB
33 5/18/07 H Great Lakes C 2-4 2B, K
34 5/19/07 H Great Lakes C, E 0-3 BB, GIDP, 2 K
35 5/20/07 H Great Lakes C 2-4 2B, R
36 5/22/07 A Wisconsin C 1-4 2B, RBI, R, BB, K, Kc
37 5/29/07 A Beloit DH 0-2 BB, K G2
1 4/4/08 A Beloit DH 0-5
2 4/5/08 A Beloit DH 1-2 RBI, HBP G1
3 4/5/08 A Beloit DH 1-3 GIDP G2
4 4/6/08 A Beloit DH 2-5 GIDP
5 4/7/08 H Burlington DH 1-3 2 R, BB, HBP
6 4/9/08 H Burlington DH 0-4 BB, RBI, K G1
7 4/11/08 A Peoria DH 0-1 HBP, RBI
8 4/14/08 H South Bend DH 2-4 RBI, K
9 4/15/08 H South Bend DH 2-3 2B, IBB, K
10 4/16/08 H South Bend DH 1-3 2B, SACF, RBI, K
11 4/17/08 A Lansing DH 3-4 2B, 3 RBI
12 4/18/08 A Lansing DH 2-2 2 2B, RBI, R, BB
13 5/10/08 A Quad City DH 0-3 BB
14 5/12/08 H Cedar Rapids DH 2-4 2B, R, BB, K
15 5/13/08 H Cedar Rapids DH 1-3
16 5/14/08 H Cedar Rapids DH 0-3 K
17 5/15/08 H Cedar Rapids DH 0-3 BB
18 5/16/08 A Wisconsin DH 0-3 2 BB
19 5/17/08 A Wisconsin DH 0-4 LIDP, Kc, K
20 5/18/08 A Burlington DH 0-5 K
21 5/22/08 A Burlington DH 1-4
22 5/23/08 H Quad City DH 3-3 2B G1
23 5/24/08 H Quad City DH 0-2 SACB, HBP
24 6/26/08 A Quad City C, PB 1-3 R, BB, Kc
25 6/27/08 A Peoria C 1-3 HR, 2 RBI, R, SACF, BB, K
26 6/28/08 A Peoria 1B 0-4 BB, GIDP, K
27 6/29/08 A Peoria C 1-5 GIDP
28 6/30/08 A Peoria C 2-3 2B, RBI, 2 BB
29 7/1/08 H Burlington C, PB 2-4 HR, 2 RBI, R, Kc
30 7/3/08 H Burlington C 1-4 2B, 2 RBI, K
31 7/4/08 H Burlington C 2-4 R
32 7/5/08 A Cedar Rapids C 0-3 GIDP, K
33 7/9/08 H Peoria C, E 0-3 SACF, RBI
34 7/10/08 H Peoria C 2-6 R, RBI, K
35 7/12/08 A South Bend 1B 1-4 HBP
36 7/13/08 A South Bend C 1-4 R, RBI, Kc
37 7/16/08 H Great Lakes C 1-4 BB
38 7/17/08 H Great Lakes C 1-4 2B, 2 K
39 7/18/08 H Great Lakes C 3-6 2B, 2 R, RBI, SB
40 7/19/08 H Lansing C 0-3 HBP, 2 K
41 7/20/08 H Lansing C 0-4 HBP, GIDP
42 7/21/08 H Lansing C 3-6 2B, R, K
43 7/23/08 A Fort Wayne C 0-4 2 K
44 7/24/08 A Fort Wayne C 2-3 HR, R, RBI, HBP, K
45 7/25/08 A Fort Wayne C, E 2-4 2B, R, 2 RBI, K
46 7/27/08 A Dayton C 1-5 HR, R, RBI, K
47 7/28/08 A Dayton 1B 0-3
48 7/29/08 A Peoria DH 2-5 RBI, 2 R, BB
49 7/30/08 A Peoria C 1-4 HR, R, 4 RBI, BB, K
50 7/31/08 A Peoria C 1-4 R, K
51 8/1/08 H West Michigan DH 1-3 2 RBI, SACF, BB, K
52 8/2/08 H West Michigan DH 2-4 RBI, K
53 8/3/08 H West Michigan C 2-4 2B, RBI
54 8/5/08 H Beloit DH 0-4 K
55 8/6/08 H Beloit DH 1-4 2B, R
56 8/7/08 H Beloit 1B, E 1-4 K
57 8/8/08 H Beloit C 1-3 2B, 2 HBP, Kc
58 8/9/08 A Wisconsin DH 0-4 BB, K
59 8/10/08 A Wisconsin DH 2-5 R, SB, K
60 8/11/08 A Wisconsin C 0-4 K, GIDP
61 8/12/08 A Wisconsin 1B, E 0-4
62 7/7/08 A Cedar Rapids C, E 1-4 2 RBI, BB, 2 K
63 8/13/08 H Cedar Rapids DH 0-2 BB, R, Kc
64 8/14/08 H Cedar Rapids DH 4-5 2 R, RBI
65 8/15/08 H Cedar Rapids DH 0-4
66 8/16/08 H Wisconsin DH 2-5 2B, 2 RBI, K
67 8/17/08 H Wisconsin C 2-3 RBI, BB, K
68 8/18/08 H Wisconsin DH 2-6 R, RBI, K
69 8/19/08 H Wisconsin C 1-4 HR, R, RBI, GIDP
70 8/21/08 A Clinton DH 0-4 Kc
71 8/22/08 A Clinton DH 1-4 2B, K
72 8/23/08 A Clinton DH 1-6 2B, RBI, R, K
73 8/24/08 A Clinton C 1-4 K
74 8/25/08 A Beloit DH 1-5 Kc
75 8/26/08 A Beloit 1B 2-4 2 RBI, SACB, Kc
76 8/27/08 A Beloit DH 0-3 BB
77 8/28/08 A Beloit C 2-5 2B
78 8/29/08 H Peoria DH 2-4 2B, RBI, R, 2 K
79 8/30/08 H Peoria DH 2-4 2B, BB
80 8/31/08 H Peoria 1B/C, E 1-4 2B, R, BB, K
81 9/1/08 H Peoria C 2-5 2B,2 RBI, 2 R

No Date H/A Opponent Inning Pitcher Runs
1 5/14/07 H Wisconsin 6 Rollie Gibson 1
2 6/27/08 A Peoria 2 Robert Hernandez 1
3 7/1/08 H Burlington 4 Danny Gutierrez 1
4 7/24/08 A Fort Wayne 6 Dylan Axelrod 1
5 7/27/08 A Dayton 1 Daniel Guerrero 1
6 7/30/08 A Peoria 5 Jon Muller 3
7 8/19/08 H Wisconsin 9 Keith Meyer 1