Bull Smith

{{Short description|American baseball player (1880–1928)}}

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|name=Bull Smith

|position=Outfielder

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|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1880|8|20|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Plum, West Virginia, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1928|5|1|1880|8|20}}

|death_place=Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 30

|debutyear=1904

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 30

|finalyear=1911

|finalteam=Washington Senators

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.140

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates (1904)
• Chicago Cubs (1906)
• Washington Senators (1911)

}}

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| position1 = Halfback

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| college = West Virginia

| playing_years1 = 1905

| playing_team1 = Canton Athletic Club

| playing_years2 = 1906

| playing_team2 = Canton Bulldogs

| coaching_years1 = 1903

| coaching_team1 = West Virginia Wesleyan

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Lewis Oscar "Bull" Smith (August 20, 1880 – May 1, 1928) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played from 1904 to 1911 for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Washington Senators. In 1911 Bull was asked to “teach the finer points of the game” as a coach for the Washington Senators. Bull was given an official at-bat for the big club for his services. He took a walk. Smith attended West Virginia University, where he played four seasons (1900–1903) of college baseball for the Mountaineers.{{cite web|title=West Virginia University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/west_virginia_university_baseball_players.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|accessdate=July 11, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040406215753/http://baseball-almanac.com/college/west_virginia_university_baseball_players.shtml|url-status=dead|archivedate=April 6, 2004}}

Outside of baseball, Smith played football in 1905 for the Canton Athletic Club. He remained with the team in 1906 as they were renamed the Canton Bulldogs. Smith and Canton played in the "Ohio League", which was the direct predecessor to the National Football League. Smith played halfback for the Bulldogs in 1906 when a betting scandal involving Canton and their rival, the Massillon Tigers, arose.{{cite journal|title=Blondy Wallace and the Biggest Football Scandal Ever |journal=PFRA Annual |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |volume=5 |year=1984 |pages=1–16 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/06-An-209.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928221224/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/06-An-209.pdf |archivedate=September 28, 2014 }}