Hagen Smith
Smith with Arkansas in 2024
Chicago White Sox – No. 82
Pitcher
Born: (2003-08-19)August 19, 2003 (age 21) Tyler, Texas, U.S.
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Career highlights and awards
National Pitcher of the Year Award (2024) SEC Pitcher of the Year (2024)

Hagen Boyd Smith (born August 19, 2003) is an American professionalbaseballpitcher in theChicago White Sox organization.

Smith attendedBullard High School inBullard, Texas. He underwentTommy John surgery before his junior year in 2020.^[1][2] As a senior in 2021, he went 11-0 with a 0.19 ERA, 168 strikeouts, and seven hits allowed over 73 innings alongside hitting .349.^[3] Smith's seven no-hitters during senior year tied a Texas high school record.^[4] He went unselected in the2021 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at theUniversity of Arkansas to playcollege baseball.^[5]

As a freshman at Arkansas in 2022, Smith appeared in twenty games (15 starts) and went 7-2 with a 4.66 ERA and ninety strikeouts over77+1⁄3 innings.^[6] As a sophomore in 2023, he pitched in 18 games (11 starts) and posted an 8-2 record with a 3.64 ERA and 109 strikeouts over71+2⁄3 innings and was named a first-team All-American.^[7][8] After the season, he was named to theUSA Baseball Collegiate National Team.^[9]

On February 23, 2024, Smith struck out 17 batters in a start againstOregon State, matching the Arkansas program record for strikeouts in a game.^[10] Smith holds the career strikeouts record at Arkansas (360).^[4] He finished 2024 year with a 9-2 record, 2.04 ERA and 161 strikeouts, including 7-0 with a 1.35 ERA and 110 strikeouts in conference play. Smith was named theSEC Pitcher of the Year^[11] and won theNational Pitcher of the Year Award.^[12]

Smith was selected by theChicago White Sox in the first round with the fifth overall pick of the2024 Major League Baseball draft.^[13] On July 22, 2024, Smith signed with the White Sox on an $8 million contract.^[14]

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