Jeff Smith
Jeffrey Harold Smith
Born: June 17, 1974
Akron, OH US
Primary Position: Catcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, CF, LF, OF
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 210
Draft: Round 20 (1995 June Amateur Draft, Minnesota Twins)
School: Stetson
Career: 1996-2004
Jeff Smith compiled a career batting average of .282 with 44 home runs and 285 RBI in his 658-game career with the Fort Wayne Wizards, Fort Myers Miracle, New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz, Edmonton Trappers, Red Sox, Frisco RoughRiders, Portland Sea Dogs and Oklahoma RedHawks. He began playing during the 1996 season and last took the field during the 2004 campaign.
 Fort Wayne Wizards |
 Salt Lake Buzz |
 Fort Myers Miracle |
 Salt Lake Buzz |
 New Britain Rock Cats |
 Edmonton Trappers |
 Portland Sea Dogs |
 Frisco RoughRiders |
 Oklahoma RedHawks |
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Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | A | MIDW | Fort Wayne Wizards | 63 | 233 | 208 | 20 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 32 | .236 | .306 | .293 | .599 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | Advanced A | FLOR | Fort Myers Miracle | 49 | 139 | 121 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | .281 | .331 | .421 | .752 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake Buzz | 7 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .308 | .417 | .724 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .222 | .300 | .278 | .578 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake Buzz | 23 | 73 | 67 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .254 | .296 | .299 | .594 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | 27 | 93 | 84 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .274 | .315 | .440 | .756 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | Advanced A | FLOR | Fort Myers Miracle | 6 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .348 | .400 | .435 | .835 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | 79 | 298 | 265 | 25 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 40 | .253 | .315 | .370 | .685 | 98 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake Buzz | 5 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .389 | .389 | .722 | 1.111 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake Buzz | 25 | 87 | 84 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .286 | .310 | .405 | .715 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | 37 | 147 | 140 | 23 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | .386 | .415 | .600 | 1.015 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | 102 | 374 | 351 | 38 | 100 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 57 | .285 | .320 | .393 | .713 | 138 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | 90 | 332 | 297 | 40 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 47 | .296 | .348 | .458 | .805 | 136 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | AAA | PCL | Edmonton Trappers | 10 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .074 | .167 | .111 | .278 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | AA | EL | Portland Sea Dogs | 10 | 36 | 35 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .286 | .306 | .429 | .734 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | AA | TL | Frisco RoughRiders | 31 | 112 | 102 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .255 | .315 | .324 | .639 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | R | GULF | Red Sox | 7 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | AAA | PCL | Oklahoma RedHawks | 13 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .200 | .300 | .257 | .557 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | AA | TL | Frisco RoughRiders | 69 | 245 | 221 | 23 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 32 | .330 | .389 | .439 | .828 | 97 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 658 | 2342 | 2130 | 242 | 600 | 115 | 3 | 44 | 285 | 8 | 6 | 151 | 343 | .282 | .332 | .400 | .733 | 853 | 50 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 4 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | A | MIDW | Fort Wayne Wizards | C | 50 | 314 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .989 | 6.900 | 6 | 39 | 16 | 29.1 |
| 1996 | A | MIDW | Fort Wayne Wizards | 1B | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| 1997 | Advanced A | FLOR | Fort Myers Miracle | 1B | 8 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 6.250 | ||||
| 1997 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake Buzz | C | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| 1997 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | C | 5 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 8.600 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| 1997 | Advanced A | FLOR | Fort Myers Miracle | C | 18 | 120 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 6.944 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13.3 |
| 1998 | Advanced A | FLOR | Fort Myers Miracle | C | 4 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 9.000 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 |
| 1998 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | C | 23 | 151 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 7.217 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 36.0 |
| 1998 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake Buzz | C | 22 | 145 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 7.000 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 29.4 |
| 1999 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | C | 69 | 437 | 49 | 10 | 4 | .980 | 7.043 | 8 | 50 | 25 | 33.3 |
| 1999 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake Buzz | C | 4 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 7.750 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| 2000 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake Buzz | 1B | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| 2000 | AAA | PCL | Salt Lake Buzz | C | 18 | 106 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 6.611 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 22.7 |
| 2000 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | C | 14 | 123 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 9.357 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 20.0 |
| 2000 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| 2001 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | C | 60 | 472 | 57 | 4 | 3 | .992 | 8.817 | 3 | 42 | 28 | 40.0 |
| 2001 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| 2001 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| 2001 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| 2002 | AA | EL | New Britain Rock Cats | C | 80 | 493 | 58 | 8 | 4 | .986 | 6.888 | 3 | 59 | 35 | 37.2 |
| 2002 | AAA | PCL | Edmonton Trappers | C | 10 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 6.200 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 8.3 |
| 2003 | R | GULF | Red Sox | C | 7 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 6.286 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14.3 |
| 2003 | AA | TL | Frisco RoughRiders | C | 26 | 148 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 6.231 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 23.1 |
| 2003 | AA | EL | Portland Sea Dogs | C | 10 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.600 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 22.2 |
| 2004 | AA | TL | Frisco RoughRiders | C | 64 | 481 | 38 | 4 | 4 | .992 | 8.109 | 4 | |||
| 2004 | AAA | PCL | Oklahoma RedHawks | C | 13 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 1 | |||
| 2004 | AA | TL | Frisco RoughRiders | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 521 | 3424 | 325 | 47 | 31 | .988 | 7.196 | 41 | 318 | 142 | 30.9 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | A | Midwest League | Fort Wayne Wizards | MIN | ||
| 1997 | Advanced A | Florida State League | Fort Myers Miracle | MIN | ||
| 1997 | AA | Eastern League | New Britain Rock Cats | MIN | ||
| 1997 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Salt Lake Buzz | MIN | ||
| 1998 | AA | Eastern League | New Britain Rock Cats | MIN | ||
| 1998 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Salt Lake Buzz | MIN | ||
| 1998 | Advanced A | Florida State League | Fort Myers Miracle | MIN | ||
| 1999 | AA | Eastern League | New Britain Rock Cats | MIN | ||
| 1999 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Salt Lake Buzz | MIN | ||
| 2000 | AA | Eastern League | New Britain Rock Cats | MIN | ||
| 2000 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Salt Lake Buzz | MIN | ||
| 2001 | AA | Eastern League | New Britain Rock Cats | MIN | ||
| 2002 | AA | Eastern League | New Britain Rock Cats | MIN | ||
| 2002 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Edmonton Trappers | MIN | April 6, 2002 | May 1, 2002 |
| 2003 | R | Gulf Coast League | Red Sox | BOS | ||
| 2003 | AA | Texas League | Frisco RoughRiders | TEX | ||
| 2003 | AA | Eastern League | Portland Sea Dogs | BOS | ||
| 2004 | AA | Texas League | Frisco RoughRiders | TEX | April 8, 2004 | July 13, 2004 |
| 2004 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Oklahoma RedHawks | TEX | July 15, 2004 | August 13, 2004 |
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