Reggie Smith Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
REGGIE SMITH
Born: April 2, 1945 in Shreveport, Louisiana
Player Career
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 180
First Game: September 18, 1966 ; Final Game: October 3, 1982
Won AL Gold Glove as outfielder (1968)
First Game: September 18, 1966 ; Final Game: October 3, 1982
Awards and Achievements
Named outfielder on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1970)Won AL Gold Glove as outfielder (1968)
Reggie Smith
This article was written by Jeff Angus and is presented in part, courtesy of the Society for American Baseball Research
Reggie Smith was a rookie in 1967 when the Boston Red Sox came back from a ninth-place finish to craft an extraordinary pennant-winning season. The All-Star caliber major league career he completed in 1982 was a great success that has been muddied by other people's expectations (too high) and Smith's media profile (too low).
Smith batted with power and average from both sides of the plate, was a fine center fielder, had superior base-running speed, and had a legendary throwing arm that may have been the best of his era. In the argot of the game, he was a "five-tool player." He took a scientific, analytical approach to the game. His teammates describe him as a man who relentlessly learned to do new things and who strived to be great at everything he did. And the discerning Dick Williams, who managed him in Boston, places Smith on his All-Dick Williams team, a team that includes players from 22 years of helmsmanship and five first-place teams, two of which won World Series.
According to pitcher John Curtis, a teammate of Smith's on both the Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals, "I will always remember Reg as one of the most complete players I ever saw. ...I know he labored under the weight of everyone's expectations. In Boston, the sportswriters would wonder aloud why Reg wasn't playing up to his demonstrated abilities. ... He once told me that the worst word in the English language was 'potential.'"1 At the same time, Smith was little-known because another outfielder named Reggie with a Hall of Fame career and a gregarious, exhibitionist personality overshadowed the more businesslike Smith in the eyes of national media. Curtis pitched against both and said, "On the basis of talent, I'd take Smith over Jackson any day. I played with both of them, and I wouldn't hesitate to take Smith's overall game over Jackson's showmanship."
This article was written by Jeff Angus and is presented in part, courtesy of the Society for American Baseball Research
Reggie Smith was a rookie in 1967 when the Boston Red Sox came back from a ninth-place finish to craft an extraordinary pennant-winning season. The All-Star caliber major league career he completed in 1982 was a great success that has been muddied by other people's expectations (too high) and Smith's media profile (too low).
Smith batted with power and average from both sides of the plate, was a fine center fielder, had superior base-running speed, and had a legendary throwing arm that may have been the best of his era. In the argot of the game, he was a "five-tool player." He took a scientific, analytical approach to the game. His teammates describe him as a man who relentlessly learned to do new things and who strived to be great at everything he did. And the discerning Dick Williams, who managed him in Boston, places Smith on his All-Dick Williams team, a team that includes players from 22 years of helmsmanship and five first-place teams, two of which won World Series.
According to pitcher John Curtis, a teammate of Smith's on both the Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals, "I will always remember Reg as one of the most complete players I ever saw. ...I know he labored under the weight of everyone's expectations. In Boston, the sportswriters would wonder aloud why Reg wasn't playing up to his demonstrated abilities. ... He once told me that the worst word in the English language was 'potential.'"1 At the same time, Smith was little-known because another outfielder named Reggie with a Hall of Fame career and a gregarious, exhibitionist personality overshadowed the more businesslike Smith in the eyes of national media. Curtis pitched against both and said, "On the basis of talent, I'd take Smith over Jackson any day. I played with both of them, and I wouldn't hesitate to take Smith's overall game over Jackson's showmanship."
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REGGIE SMITH Signed color photograph of the Dodgers outfielder who took home the Golden Glove in 1968. (3½x5) Photograph signed: "Reggie Smith", in blue ink. Color, 3½x5. A fixture from 1967 through 1973 in potent Fenway outfields, first in center, later in right, Reggie Smith (b.1945) batted . read more...Sale Price $102.00
$120.00
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REGGIE SMITH Signed color photograph of the Dodgers 7-time All-Star outfielder. (3½x5) Photograph signed: "Reggie Smith", in black ink. Color, 3½x5. A fixture from 1967 through 1973 in potent Fenway outfields, first in center, later in right, Reggie Smith (b.1945) batted . read more...Sale Price $102.00
$120.00
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REGGIE SMITH Signed photograph of the Dodgers 7-time All-Star outfielder. (3½x5) Photograph signed: "Reggie Smith", in black ink. B/w, 3½x5. A fixture from 1967 through 1973 in potent Fenway outfields, first in center, later in right, Reggie Smith (b.1945) batted . read more...Sale Price $102.00
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REGGIE SMITH Smith's signature on a Los Angeles Dodgers trading card Trading/sports card signed: "Reggie Smith", in blue ink, 2½x3½. Written beneath black facsimile signature. A fixture from 1967 through 1973 in potent Fenway outfields, first in center, later in right, Reggie Smith (b.1945) batted . read more...Sale Price $85.00
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THE 1969 BOSTON RED SOX Nineteen members of the squad that finished third in the A.L. East signed this baseball Baseball signed: "Carl Yastrzemski", "Bobby read more...Sale Price $560.00
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LOS ANGELES DODGERS (1981) Baseball signed by members of the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball signed: "Tom Lasorda", "Burt Hooton", "Dave Goltz" (twice), "Jay Johnstone", "Derrell Thomas", read more...Sale Price $306.00
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LOS ANGELES DODGERS (1981) Members of the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers sign on a baseball bearing the LA Dodgers logo Baseball signed: "Burt Hooten", "Dave Goltz" (twice), "Jay Johnstone", read more...Sale Price $306.00
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1980 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 15 members of the team pen their names on this baseball Baseball Signed: “Tom Lasorda” in the sweet spot, “ read more...Sale Price $238.00
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1981 LOS ANGELES DODGERS Classic Spalding baseball signed by 15 of the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball signed: "Tom Lasorda", "Dave Goltz", "Jay read more...Sale Price $204.00
$240.00
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1981 LOS ANGELES DODGERS Official Dodgers Spalding baseball signed by various members of the World Championship team Baseball Signed: “Jerry Reuss”, “ read more...Sale Price $204.00
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THE BROOKLYN/LOS ANGELES DODGERS Signed Official Rawlings baseball featuring Dodgers greats Ralph Branca, Carl Erksine and Duke Snider. 12 signatures total. Baseball signed: read more...Sale Price $680.00
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SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS. Official Feeney National League Baseball signed: "Reggie Smith", "Frank Robinson", "Champ Summers", "Max Venable", "Rich read more...Sale Price $306.00
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