Nate Smith (catcher)
| Nate Smith | |||
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| Catcher | |||
| Born: April 26, 1935 Chicago |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 19, 1962, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 29, 1962, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .222 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 0 | ||
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Nathaniel Beverly Smith (April 26, 1935 – August 18, 2019) was an 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).
Born in Chicago, Smith attended Tennessee State University. His professional career (1956–59; 1961–64) 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]
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