Greg Smith (infielder)

Gregory Alan Smith (born April 5, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball infielder and current scout.

In 1986, he was promoted to the Cubs' Peoria A-level minor league team, where Smith played shortstop and second base and hit .253 in 53 games.

[1] In 1988, Smith played second base and hit .280 in 95 games for the Cubs Winston-Salem minor league team.

On September 4, 1990, Smith was called back up to the Cubs for the remainder of the 1990 season, along with Dave Pavlas and Derrick May.

On December 14, 1990, the Cubs traded Smith to the Los Angeles Dodgers for José Vizcaíno.

"He is hard-nosed, he is a battler, he runs well...everybody we talk to likes him a lot", the Dodgers' executive Fred Claire told the Chicago Tribune immediately after the trade, in an article that was published on December 15, 1990.

He was recalled to the Dodgers in mid-May 1991 to replace injured utility infielder Mike Sharperson, and was sent down again on May 24, 1991.