Nate Smith (baseball)

Nate Smith
Catcher
Born: April 26, 1935 (1935-04-26) (age 76) Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 19, 1962 for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1962 for the Baltimore Orioles
Career statistics
Batting average	.222
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Teams
Baltimore Orioles (1962)

Nathaniel Beverly Smith (born April 26, 1935, at Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional baseball player, a catcher whose career was confined to minor league baseball except for a five-game Major League stint with the Baltimore Orioles at the end of the 1962 season. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg).

Smith attended Tennessee State University. His professional career (1956–1959; 1961–1964) was spent in the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers' organization until the Orioles purchased his contract from the Triple-A Omaha Dodgers in September 1962. In his first MLB at bat, Smith pinch hit for Oriole pitcher Wes Stock and singled off left-hander Ted Bowsfield of the Los Angeles Angels.^[1] He would collect one more hit, a double off another lefty, Jack Kralick of the Minnesota Twins, in his last MLB game.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Retrosheet

External links

• Career record and playing statistics from Baseball Reference

Persondata
Name	Smith, Nate
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	April 26, 1935
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death
Place of death