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Jersey Number 20
Dalton Smith
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Raymore, Mo.
- High School:
- Raymore-Peculiar HS
- Prev School:
- Kansas City Kansas CC
Get to Know Dalton ...
At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?
- I started playing when I was four. I played wiffle ball with my cousins and have played ever since.
Do you have any pregame superstitions or routines?
- I wear certain cleats. I also always have a coffee or energy drink and a glass of chocolate milk.
- Smooth and dominate, just have fun.
- Football or golf. I played football my whole life and I love slicing my drive into the woods.
- I can solve a Rubik's Cube, and I am fluent in Spanish.
- Easily my dad, he inspired me to keep playing and he helped me get to where I am.
- The whole 2015 Royals pitching staff but especially Yordano Ventura.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
JUNIOR – 2025
- NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List
- Appeared in 22 games out of the bullpen
- 0-0, 7.36 ERA, 22.0 IP, 15 BB, 26 SO
- At least one strikeout in 17 of his 22 appearances
- Seven appearances of more than 1.0 inning
- Struck out the side vs. St. Thomas 3/26/25
- No. 87 reliever for 2025 by D1Baseball
- Committed in April 2024
KANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 2023-24
- Spent two years in the KCK program
- Went 4-1 with a 4.93 ERA in 38.1 innings pitched with 26 walks and 40 strikeouts and three saves in 30 career appearances (three starts)
- 2024: 3-1, 2.19 ERA, 24.2 IP, 16 BB, 27 SO, 3 SV in 18 appearances (one start)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at Raymore-Peculiar High School in Peculiar, Missouri
- Helped his team become district champions his junior and senior seasons
- Also played three years of football and two years of basketball
PERSONAL
- Son of James and Ladonna Smith
- Has one sister, Jamie
- Picked Kansas over Missouri, FAU, Nebraska, South Alabama and SEMO
- Chose Kansas because, “When I first got the call from Coach Coyne, it felt like the right fit. Even after a bad game, from him watching me he saw something in me. Once I got onto campus for my visit it felt like home and was also close to home. Coming off a great year last year, I knew the staff would make me the best player I could.”
- Majoring in liberal arts & sciences
Kansas Baseball Press Conference
Wednesday, March 04
Dan Fitzgerald Preseason Press Conference
Thursday, February 05
Baseball 2026 Preseason Press Conference
Tuesday, February 03
Fitz Fridays: The 2026 Pitching Staff
Friday, January 30
