In 2002, shortly after being drafted by the Red Sox, 21-year-old Chris Smith got into a severe ATV accident that took away most of his first professional season with the Lowell Spinners. A few months before, he was celebrating setting the UC Riverside season strikeout record (127), and now his progression into the majors had come to a screeching halt. He was lucky enough to get out of with his life, never mind the ability to keep on pitching.
If you type “Chris Smith” into Baseball-Reference there are three players with the same name; two are active, right-handed relievers.