Mark Edward Smith
Biographical
Uniform #: 00
Bats: Right Height: 6-3
Throws: Right Weight: 205
Born: May 7, 1970
Pasadena, CA
Lives: Arcadia, CA
Graduated from the University of Southern California
Transactions
06/91 Selected by the Orioles as their #1 pick, 9th overall, in the
annual June draft
01/xx/97 Traded from Baltimore to the Padres for XXX
03/29/97 Traded from the Padres to the Pirates with RHP Harrold Garret
for Trey Beamon and Angelo Encarnacion.
Stats
Year Team Lvl AVG/OBP/SLG G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K SB-CS
1970 Baltimore AL 235/316/235 8 17 4 0 0 0 4 4 2 3 1
1991 Frederick A
1992 Hagerstown AA
1993 Rochester AAA
1994 Rochester AAA
Baltimore AL
1995 Rochester AAA
Baltimore AL
1996 Rochester AAA 348/ 39 132 31 14 1 8 32 14 22 10
Baltimore AL 244/ 27 78 4 10
1997 SPRING TRAINING 362/ 19 3 9
1997 Pittsburgh NL
TTL American League 233/ 67 7 27
Career Highlights
- 1993 Started in AAA All-Star game.
My commentary
I'm sure he is a very nice guy, but as a number 1 pick, this was a complete flop. Smith is basically a fourth outfielder,at best. He does not have much power, nor does he walk much. He's Mike Devereaux with less power and no speed. Okay, he has a better arm than Devereaux. His problem is that he doesn't really DO anything. If you've got a player excellent in one area and awful in other areas, a good manager can tailor his usage of the player to take advantage of those strengths. When the player is just subpar in everything, there isn't really a place to use him. He wouldn't kill a team off the bench, hitting only versus lefties.