Pete Smith (baseball player, 1940)

Pete Smith
Pitcher
Born: March 19, 1940 Natick ,  United States
Strikes: Right	Throws: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
September 13,  1962  with the  Boston Red Sox
Last MLB assignment
September 28,  1963  with the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Win - Loss	0-1
ERA	6.75
Pitched innings	18 2 ⁄ 3
Teams
Boston Red Sox ( 1962 - 1963 )

Peter Luke "Pete" Smith (born March 19, 1940 in Natick , Massachusetts ) is a former American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the position of pitcher who played in 1962 and 1963 for the Boston Red Sox .

Career

Smith made his MLB debut on September 13, 1962 at the age of 22 against the Detroit Tigers . In that game he pitched 3 ² ⁄ ₃  innings and allowed seven hits and eight runs . The game lost the Red Sox 6 to 14. Smith moved between the Triple-A and the MLB in 1962 and 1963 . In the Triple-A he played for the Seattle Rainiers in the Pacific Coast League (PCL). There he came to a total of 63 games, 22 wins and 26 losses . Smith played his last game in the MLB on September 28, 1963 against the Los Angeles Angels . In that game he pitched two innings and initiated a triple play ; an extremely rare defensive move. Charlie Dees of the Angels was on second base and Lee Thomas of the Angels was on first base . The batsman Félix Torres tried to get both runners one base further with a bunt . Smith caught the colored ball and threw it to third base where Frank Malzone was standing and played the first out. Malzone threw the ball to Eddie Bressoud , the Red Sox's shortstop . He made the second out at second base and threw the ball on to first base where the second baseman Félix Mantilla was standing and made the third out. The Red Sox won the game 4 to 3.

Web links

• Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference  or  Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
• Biography on the Society for American Baseball Research website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers Box Score, September 13, 1962. In: Baseball-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC, accessed March 15, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Los Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox Box Score, September 28, 1963. In: Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC, accessed March 15, 2020 .