Syd Smith (baseball)

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Syd Smith

|image= File:Sid Smith, Atlanta Team, baseball card portrait LCCN2008676865.jpg

|position=Catcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1883|8|31}}

|birth_place=Smithville, South Carolina, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|1961|6|5|1883|8|31}}

|death_place=Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 14

|debutyear=1908

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 18

|finalyear=1915

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.247

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=40

|teams=

Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1908}})
St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1908}})
Cleveland Naps ({{mlby|1910}}–{{mlby|1911}})
Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1914}}–{{mlby|1915}})

}}

{{Infobox college coach

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| player_sport1 = Baseball

| player_years2 = 1902–1903

| player_team2 = South Carolina

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1905

| coach_team2 = The Citadel

| coach_sport3 = Baseball

| coach_years4 = 1915

| coach_team4 = South Carolina

| overall_record = 2–3–1 (football)
6–11 (baseball)

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Sydney A. Smith (August 31, 1883 – June 5, 1961) was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Browns in 1908, the Cleveland Naps from 1910 to 1911, and the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1914 to 1915. Smith was also the first head football coach at The Citadel, serving for one season, in 1905, and compiling a record of 2–3–1.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southern/citadel/coaching_records.php Citadel Coaching Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094438/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southern/citadel/coaching_records.php |date=April 2, 2015 }}

Smith later worked for the South Carolina Employment Security Commission. He retired to Camden, South Carolina and died on June 5, 1961, at a hospital in Orangeburg, South Carolina.{{cite news |author= |title=Smith Services Held At Camden |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rosxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EqoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1980,4944835 |newspaper=The Sumter Daily Item |location=Sumter, South Carolina |agency=Associated Press |date=June 6, 1961 |page=9 |access-date=June 14, 2019 |via=Google News }}