Reggie Smith | |
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![]() Smith in 1969 | |
Right fielder / Center fielder | |
Born: Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | April 2, 1945|
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 18, 1966, for the Boston Red Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 3, 1982, for the San Francisco Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .287 |
Hits | 2,020 |
Home runs | 314 |
Runs batted in | 1,092 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Carl Reginald Smith (born April 2, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and afterwards served as a coach and front office executive. He also played in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for two seasons at the end of his playing career. During a seventeen-year MLB career (1966–1982), Smith appeared in 1,987 games, hit 314 home runs with 1,092 RBI and batted .287. He was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed. In his prime, he had one of the strongest throwing arms of any outfielder in the MLB. Smith played at least seventy games in thirteen different seasons, and in every one of those thirteen seasons, his team had a winning record.