Patrick Keith Smith is a retired Major League Baseball

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 shortstop

Shortstop

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. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 15th round of the 1979 amateur draft. Smith played his first professional season with their Class A (Short Season) Oneonta Yankees

Oneonta Tigers

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 in 1979, and his last season with the New York Mets

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' Triple-A Tidewater Tides, in 1992.