Tommy Smith (baseball)
| Tommy Smith | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: August 1, 1948 Albemarle, North Carolina, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 6, 1973, for the Cleveland Indians | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 10, 1977, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .232 |
| Home runs | 4 |
| Runs batted in | 21 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Tommy Alexander Smith (born August 1, 1948) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played five seasons in the majors, four for the Cleveland Indians and one for the Seattle Mariners, mostly in the outfield.
Smith attended Lincoln High School and North Carolina State University, where he played college baseball for the Wolfpack.[1] In 1969, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Canalmen of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.[2][3]
Smith was selected by the Indians in the third round of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft. He spent the next several seasons in their farm system, seeing only brief stints with the major league club in each season from 1973 until 1975. In 1976, Smith got his first real shot at big league playing time, playing 55 games and batting .256.
Prior to the 1977 season, Smith was selected with the 58th pick (third round) of the 1976 MLB expansion draft by the Mariners. However, with the expansion team Smith saw very little time in the majors, playing in just 21 games, going 7-for-27 in his final major league season.
References
[edit]- ^ "North Carolina State University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2005. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "Cape League All-Stars". Cape Cod Standard-Times. Hyannis, MA. July 19, 1969. p. 5.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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