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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
Baseball Highlights vs St. Thomas
Friday, March 06
Kansas Baseball Press Conference
Wednesday, March 04
Dan Fitzgerald Preseason Press Conference
Thursday, February 05
Baseball 2026 Preseason Press Conference
Tuesday, February 03
