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Syd Smith

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Full Name: Sydney A. Smith Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/190 First Game: April 14, 1908
Birthdate: August 31, 1883 Final Game: April 18, 1915
Birthplace: Smithville, South Carolina MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: June 5, 1961
Deathplace: Orangeburg, South Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Syd Smith (Sydney A. Smith) was born on August 31, 1883 in Smithville, South Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1908 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1908, his rookie year, he hit .196 with 1 home run and 15 RBI. Smith played for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Naps and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 4 year career.

Most people believe that Syd Smith's best season was 1911, when he hit for a .299 average.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1908 STL A 27 76 6 14 0 5 .184 .225 .237 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0
1908 PHI A 46 128 8 26 1 10 .203 .233 .289 8 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 0
1908 TOT A 73 204 14 40 1 15 .196 .230 .270 12 0 8 0 1 4 2 0 0
1910 CLE A 9 27 1 9 0 3 .333 .400 .370 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1911 CLE A 58 154 8 46 1 21 .299 .353 .383 8 1 11 0 2 5 0 0 0
1914 PIT N 5 11 1 3 0 1 .273 .273 .273 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1915 PIT N 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 6 12 1 3 0 1 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 140 385 23 95 2 39 .247 .293 .322 21 1 22 0 3 9 2 0 0
Total 146 397 24 98 2 40 .247 .291 .320 21 1 22 1 3 9 2 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1908 STL A C 24 0 0 137 32 4 1 0 6 0 0 0 .977
1908 PHI A C 31 0 0 158 39 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1908 PHI A 1B 6 0 0 57 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1908 PHI A OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1908 TOT A C 55 0 0 295 71 9 7 0 6 0 0 0 .976
1910 CLE A C 9 0 0 33 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1911 CLE A 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1911 CLE A 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1911 CLE A C 48 0 0 270 62 7 10 0 9 0 0 0 .979
1914 PIT N C 3 0 0 12 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total C 115 0 0 610 149 18 20 0 16 0 0 0 .977
Total 1B 7 0 0 57 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Bert Blue (August 2, 1908).
  • Selected by Cleveland Naps from Anderson (Carolina Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 1, 1910).

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