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

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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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