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Nate Smith (catcher)

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Nate Smith
Catcher
Born: (1935-04-26)April 26, 1935
Chicago
Died: August 18, 2019(2019-08-18) (aged 84)
Atlanta
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
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 runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams

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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