Dwight Smith, who as a rookie in 1989 helped the Chicago Cubs win the National League East title, died Friday. He was 58.
“We are saddened by the passing earlier today of Dwight Smith, an intetral member of our 1995 World Series Championship team,” the tweet read.
Smith, a Tallahassee, Fla., native, was runner-up to Cubs teammate Jerome Walton for NL Rookie of the Year in 1989, when the Cubs finished 93-69 to win the East under manager Don Zimmer. They lost to the San Francisco Giants in five games in the NL Championship Series.Smith, an outfielder and pinch hitter in eight major-league seasons with the Cubs, California Angels, Baltimore Orioles and Braves, hit .324 in 111 games as a rookie with a 141 OPS+. In five seasons in Chicago, he hit .
Selected by the Cubs in the 1984 June Draft, Smith roamed the outfield for five seasons with Chicago, helping the 1989 club reach the postseason and finishing 2nd in NL Rookie of the Year voting.
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