Jason Smith (baseball)

Infobox MLB player
name=Jason Smith


position=Infielder
team=Kansas City Royals
number=26
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1977|7|24
debutdate=June 17
debutyear=2001
debutteam=Chicago Cubs
statyear=2007
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.222
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=17
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=58
teams=
*Chicago Cubs (by|2001)
*Tampa Bay Devil Rays (by|2002–by|2003)
*Detroit Tigers (by|2004–by|2005)
*Colorado Rockies (by|2006)
*Toronto Blue Jays (by|2007)
*Arizona Diamondbacks (by|2007)
*Kansas City Royals (by|2007-present)

Jason William Smith (born July 24, 1977 in Meridian, Mississippi) is an infielder for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball.

In by|1995, Smith was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 42nd round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign. A year later, he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 23rd round of the by|1996 amateur draft. He made his major league debut with the Cubs on June 17, by|2001.

After stints in Tampa Bay, Detroit and Colorado, Smith was claimed in the Rule 5 Draft by Toronto in December by|2006. He may be remembered most for a May 5, 2006, game in which the last name on his jersey was misspelled "Smtih". cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2006 | url = http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/061228&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab4pos1 | title = The Year in Uniforms, 2006 | format = | work = ESPN | publisher = ESPN Internet Ventures | accessdate = 2006-12-28]

He was claimed off waivers by Arizona on May 15, by|2007. He played 2 games for the Diamondbacks going 1-4 before being placed on the disabled list. On July 11, 2007, while on the disabled list, he was claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals.

References

External links

*baseball-reference|id=s/smithja05
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=400136 MLB.com Player File]
* [http://thebaseballcube.com/players/S/Jason-Smith-1.shtml The Baseball Cube player page]