Roy Smith

Le Roy Purdy Smith (born September 6, 1961) is a former professional baseball pitcher and executive. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball from until . He has served as a scout for the New York Mets. Playing career Smith was drafted in the 3rd round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. After three seasons in the Phillies' farm system, Smith and two other players, were traded to the Cleveland Indians late in the season for pitcher John Denny. After another season and a half in the minors, he made his major league debut on June 23, , against the Seattle Mariners, a game in which he also picked up his first major league win. Smith split between the major and minor leagues once again, then was traded in the following off-season to the Minnesota Twins in a four-player deal. He continued to shuttle between the majors and minors for three more seasons before finally making the majors to stay in . He had his best season that year, going 10–6 with a 3.92 ERA. He would fall to 5–10 with an ERA nearly a run higher the following season, and was released.