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Mark Smith Outfielder Born: May 7, 1970
Pasadena, CaliforniaBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut May 14, 1994 for the Baltimore Orioles Last MLB appearance September 28, 2003 for the Milwaukee Brewers Career statistics Batting average .243 Runs scored 125 Hits 233 Teams Mark Edward Smith (born May 7, 1970 in Pasadena, California) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder.
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College career
Mark Smith played college baseball at the University of Southern California.
Professional career
Mark Smith played between 1994 and 2003 for the Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, Montreal Expos and Milwaukee Brewers. In 1999, he played in Japan for the Yakult Swallows.In 2005, he played in South Korea for the Hanwha Eagles,but was released on the regular season.
What may be regarded as the most noteworthy of Smith's accomplishments on the baseball diamond occurred on July 12, 1997. Smith hit a 3-run home run off of John Hudek in the bottom of the 10th inning in a 0-0 game to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-0 win over the Houston Astros. The home run also ended the first extra-innings combined no-hitter in MLB history. Francisco Cordova no-hit the Astros in the first 9 innings, while reliever Ricardo Rincón pitched a hitless 10th inning for the Pirates.[1]
Award for heroism
In 2001, Smith received the Steve Palermo Award for heroism from the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.) for his actions in July 2000, when he rescued a man whose car had crashed and was on fire.[2]
See also
- 1991 College Baseball All-America Team
References
External links
- ESPN profile
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
Baltimore Orioles first-round draft picks 1965: McDonald | 1966: Parks | 1967: Grich | 1968: Kennedy | 1969: Hood | 1970: West | 1971: Stein | 1972: Thomas | 1973: Parrott | 1974: Dauer | 1975: Ford | 1976: D. Williams | 1977: Hazewood | 1978: Boyce | 1979: No first round pick | 1980: J. Williams | 1981: No first round pick | 1982: Kucharski | 1983: Wilson | 1984: Hoover | 1985: No first round pick | 1986: No first round pick | 1987: Myers, DuVall, Harnisch | 1988: Olson, Gutiérrez | 1989: B. McDonald | 1990: Mussina | 1991: M. Smith | 1992: Hammonds | 1993: Powell | 1994: No first round pick | 1995: Shepherd | 1996: No first round pick | 1997: Werth, D. McDonald, Ndungidi | 1998: Elder, Tucker | 1999: Paradis, Stahl, Bigbie, Reed, Cenate, Rice, Roberts | 2000: Hale, Johnson | 2001: C. Smith, Fontenot, Bass | 2002: Loewen | 2003: Markakis | 2004: Townsend | 2005: Snyder, Olson | 2006: Rowell, Beato | 2007: Wieters | 2008: Matusz | 2009: Hobgood | 2010: Machado | 2011: BundyCategories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- USC Trojans baseball players
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Florida Marlins players
- Montreal Expos players
- Milwaukee Brewers players
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Major League Baseball right fielders
- Baseball players from California
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Expatriate baseball players in South Korea
- Yakult Swallows players
- Hanwha Eagles players
- Frederick Keys players
- Hagerstown Suns players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- Bowie Baysox players
- Calgary Cannons players
- Carolina Mudcats players
- Nashville Sounds players
- Ottawa Lynx players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons players
- American baseball outfielder, 1970s birth stubs
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