Colleen Smith
{{Short description|Canadian baseball player}}
{{Other people}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=April 2024}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
| name= Colleen Smith
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| team= {{small|All-American Girls Professional Baseball League}}
| position= Third base
| birth_date= {{Birth date|1925|05|31}}
| birth_place= Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| death_date= {{Death date and age|2018|12|28|1925|5|31}}
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| bats= Right
| throws= Right
| teams=
- Grand Rapids Chicks (1949)
|highlights=
- Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (since 1988)
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Colleen Smith (May 31, 1925 – December 28, 2018) was a Canadian infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 120 lb., Smith batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.[https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/colleen-smith-mcculloch-smitty/180 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website]
Colleen Smith was one of the 68 players born in Canada to join the AAGPBL in its twelve-year history. She made 40 appearances at third base for the Grand Rapids Chicks in its 1946 season, posting a batting average of .184 (18-for-98) with four RBI and seven runs scored, including a double and three stolen bases.Madden, W. C. (2005) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-0597-8}} As a fielder, she collected 45 putouts and 81 assists, committing 11 errors in 137 chances for a .920 career fielding average.
After baseball, Smith became an accomplished golfer, winning the Amateur Crown and Senior Crown five times.
The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since November 5, 1988, that honours the entire league rather than any individual figure.[http://baseballhall.org/discover/league-of-women-ballplayers Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website]
In 1998, Colleen Smith and all Canadian AAGPBL players gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.[http://www.baseballhalloffame.ca/ The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website]