Mark Christopher Smith (born November 23, 1955) is a retired

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. He played during one season at the major league level for the

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. He was drafted by the

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in the 9th round of the amateur draft. He played his first professional season with their Class A-Advanced Miami Orioles in 1978, and his last with the Oakland Athletics in 1983. He is the head coach of the Canadian women's national softball team. He coached them at the

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and won a bronze medal.

References

Sources

"Mark Smith Statistics - MLB".
''The Baseball Cube''. 7 January 2008.
"Mark Smith Statistics - AAA".
''The Baseball Cube''. 7 January 2008.

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