18 Facts About Reggie Smith

1.

Carl Reginald Smith was born on April 2,1945 and is an American former professional baseball player.

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2.

Reggie Smith played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and afterwards served as a coach and front office executive.

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3.

Reggie Smith played in the Nippon Professional Baseball for two seasons at the end of his playing career.

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4.

Reggie Smith played at least seventy games in thirteen different seasons, and in every one of those thirteen seasons, his team had a winning record.

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5.

Reggie Smith grew up in Los Angeles, California, and attended Centennial High School in Compton, California.

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6.

Reggie Smith was called up to the MLB late in that season and played for the Boston Red Sox, St Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants.

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7.

Reggie Smith appeared in four World Series, including during his rookie 1967 season for the Red Sox, and three for the Dodgers.

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8.

Reggie Smith was traded along with Ken Tatum from the Red Sox to the St Louis Cardinals for Bernie Carbo and Rick Wise on October 26,1973.

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9.

On June 15,1976, Reggie Smith was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bob Detherage, Joe Ferguson, and Freddie Tisdale.

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10.

Tommy John, who played with Reggie Smith in Los Angeles, thought that Reggie Smith was a great leader.

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11.

Reggie Smith then jumped into the stands at Candlestick Park and started punching him.

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12.

Reggie Smith was a productive power-hitter for the Giants for two seasons, but often bristled against the codified traditions of the Yomiuri organization in particular and baseball in Japan in general.

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13.

Reggie Smith became involved with USA Baseball in 1999 as hitting coach on the 1999 Professional Team at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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14.

Reggie Smith again served as USA hitting coach in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia where the US Team took home Gold.

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15.

Reggie Smith served as hitting coach for the 2007 IBAF Baseball World Cup in Taiwan.

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16.

Reggie Smith served as hitting coach for Team USA during the 2006 World Baseball Classic, and served as hitting coach for the Bronze medal winning USA Baseball Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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17.

Reggie Smith helped coach the NL All Stars in 2021 as part of Dave Roberts' staff.

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18.

Reggie Smith has a pilot's license and can play seven different musical instruments.

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