Jake Smith (catcher)

Jake Smith

Catcher

Born: June 5, 1983
Greensboro, North Carolina

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

Jacob Spencer Smith (born June 5, 1983) is a retired professional baseball catcher.

Smith attended East Carolina University, where he played for the East Carolina Pirates baseball team. He won the Johnny Bench Award as the top collegiate catcher in 2006.^[1]

Smith was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 21st round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft.

References

Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Johnny Bench Award

2000: Cresse 2001: Shoppach 2002: Brown 2003: Garko 2004: Suzuki 2005: Clement 2006: Smith 2007: Easley 2008: Posey 2009: Wise 2010: Holaday 2011: Lowery 2012: Zunino 2013: Turner 2014: Pentecost 2015: Stubbs 2016: Collins

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