Professional career Seth Smith
1 professional career
1.1 colorado rockies
1.2 oakland athletics
1.3 san diego padres
1.4 seattle mariners
1.5 baltimore orioles
professional career
colorado rockies
smith batting colorado rockies in 2010.
smith made major league baseball debut colorado rockies on september 16, 2007, in 13–0 home win on florida marlins. did not record hit in 2 total @ bats during game. got first hit, infield single, on september 21, 2007, in 2–1 extra-innings road win on san diego padres. hit came off of doug brocail in top of 12th inning. smith played in 7 games during regular season, racking 5 hits in 8 @ bats.
smith s successful stint during regular season earned him spot on rockies 2007 postseason roster. in 2007 national league division series against philadelphia phillies, smith had 1 pinch hit in 2 @ bats. lone hit came in second game of series in 10–5 win against phillies. infield hit in top of fourth inning loaded bases rockies down, 3–2. next batter, colorado second baseman kazuo matsui, went on hit memorable grand slam give rockies lead never relinquish. colorado went on sweep phillies in 3 games , went on sweep arizona diamondbacks in 4 games in 2007 national league championship series. once again, smith had 1 pinch hit in 2 @ bats. 1 hit in fourth game of series in 6–4 series-clinching win against diamondbacks. time, smith hit double came 2 outs , 2 runners in scoring position in bottom of fourth inning rockies down, 1–0. double drove in both runners give colorado 2–1 lead. smith went on score during inning after matsui single. colorado left fielder matt holliday hit three-run home run in fourth inning cap off six-run fourth inning, 2 outs.
smith final out in 2007 world series, striking out against boston red sox s closer jonathan papelbon. in postseason smith excelled, hitting above .500.
smith hit first career home run, three-run shot, on may 25, 2008, in 4–1 home win on new york mets. hit home run off of john maine in bottom of fourth inning. smith hit first career inside park home run season, eighth in colorado rockies history.
oakland athletics
on january 16, 2012, rockies traded smith oakland athletics guillermo moscoso , josh outman. due severe splits between facing right handed , left handed pitching, smith platooned in 2 seasons in oakland. hit .246 22 home runs s between 2012 , 2013.
san diego padres
on december 3, 2013, smith traded san diego padres pitcher luke gregerson. on march 30, 2014, smith hit home run against los angeles dodgers pitcher brian wilson in first at-bat padre. on july 2, 2014, signed two-year, $13 million extension. smith finished season batting .266 12 homers , 48 rbis. led padres in batting average (.266), obp (.367) , hits (118), doubles, triples , walks. during 2014–15 offseason, padres traded trio of outfielders in matt kemp, wil myers, , justin upton, leaving smith open traded.
seattle mariners
on december 30, 2014, padres traded smith seattle mariners in exchange pitcher brandon maurer. in first full season in seattle, smith hit .248 12 home runs while platooning majority of season franklin gutierrez.
baltimore orioles
on january 6, 2017, mariners traded smith baltimore orioles in exchange pitcher yovani gallardo. on april 7, smith hit first home run of season against yankees in eighth inning secure 5-4 win orioles. on april 26, smith collected first walk-off of season, bases loaded walk against rays win in 11th inning 5-4. smith appeared in 13 games in month of april orioles, slashing .238/.347/.476. on may 4, in 8-3 win against red sox, smith went 4-4 walk. on may 9, hit game-tying home run late in game against nationals , orioles go on win 5-4.
Comments
Post a Comment