Brick Smith
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| Brick Smith | |
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| First baseman | |
| Born: May 2, 1959 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 13, 1987, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 23, 1988, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .111 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs Batted In | 1 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Brick Dudley Smith (born May 2, 1959) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Seattle Mariners in 1987 and 1988.
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Smith played college baseball for Wake Forest University. In 1979 and 1980, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL), helping lead the team to the league championship in 1979,[1][2] and winning the league's Sportsmanship Award and Thurman Munson Award for Batting Champion the following season.[3][4] He was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2024.[5]
Professional career
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 5th round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft, Smith made his MLB debut with the Mariners on September 13, 1987, and notched his first major league hit on the final day of the season against Texas Rangers hurler Steve Howe. Smith appeared in his final MLB game on April 23, 1988.[6]
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