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Ken Smith (baseball)

1958–

United States

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Kenneth Earl Smith (born February 12, 1958) is an American former Major League Baseball player who served as a reserve first baseman for the Atlanta Braves between 1981 and 1983. Smith was born in Youngstown, Ohio, where he gained early recognition as a star athlete at the city's East High School. In 1976, he garnered national attention when he became the Atlanta Braves' No. 1 selection in the free agent draft. Following a spring training that produced a .400 average, Smith was assigned to a Class A club in Greenwood, South Carolina, in the Western Carolinas League.

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