- Tommy Smith (baseball)
Infobox MLB retired
name=Tommy Smith
position=Outfielder
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1948|8|1
city-state|Albemarle|North Carolina
debutdate=September 6
debutyear=by|1973
debutteam=Cleveland Indians
finaldate=September 10
finalyear=by|1977
finalteam=Seattle Mariners
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.232
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=4
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=21
teams=
*Cleveland Indians (1973-76)
*Seattle Mariners (1977)Tommy Alexander Smith is a former
Major League Baseball outfielder. He played five seasons in the majors, four for theCleveland Indians and one for theSeattle Mariners , mostly in the outfield.Smith was selected by the Indians in the 3rd 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 by|1973 until by|1975. In by|1976, he got his first real shot at big league playing time, playing 55 games and batting .256.Prior to the by|1977 season, Smith was selected with the 58th pick (third round) of the
1976 MLB expansion draft by the Mariners. However, even with an 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.ources
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