Gregory Alan Smith (born April 5, 1967, in Baltimore, Maryland) is a former Major League Baseball infielder and current major league baseball scout. He played for the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1989 through 1991. Early life and education Smith graduated from Glenelg High School in Howard County, Maryland in 1985. Baseball career A switch-hitter, Smith was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1985 MLB amateur draft. He was signed on June 10, 1985. In his first season in the minor leagues, Smith played shortstop in 51 games for the Cubs' Wytheville minor league team, hitting .235. 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. Smith returned to Peoria the following year, where he hit .270 in 124 games and again played shortstop and second base. In 1988, Smith played second base and hit .280 in 95 games for the Cubs Winston-Salem minor league team. In 1989, Smith played for the Cubs' AA Charlotte minor-league team, hitting .296 in 126 games. The Cubs promoted Smith to the major leagues in September 1989, and Smith made his Major League Baseball debut on September 2, 1989. Smith played in four games in September 1989, going two for five. In 1990, the Cubs invited Smith to their training camp as a nonroster player. He made the club in April and hit .205 in 18 games, playing both shortstop and second base. After making three errors in nine games, the Cubs announced on April 30, 1990, that Smith was being sent down to the minors, where he hit .291 in 105 games for the Cubs AAA Iowa 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 appeared in the Tribune on December 15, 1990. Smith started the 1991 season with the Dodgers. He was later sent down to the Dodgers' AAA Albuquerque minor league team on April 8,