Charlie Smith (pitcher), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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pitcher, born 1880
Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1880
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 03-Jan-1929
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Charlie Smith (pitcher)
- Charles Edwin Smith (April 20, 1880 – January 3, 1929) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1902 through 1914 for the Cleveland Bronchos (1902), Washington Senators (1906–1909), Boston Red Sox (1909–1911) and Chicago Cubs (1911–1914).
- Listed at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 185 pounds, Smith batted and threw right-handed.
- He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
- His older brother, Fred Smith, was an infielder in the majors. Smith always was a bad-luck pitcher either due to injury or playing on a bad baseball team.
- He had a promising debut for Cleveland on August 6, 1902, defeating future Hall of Famer Rube Waddell and the Philadelphia Athletics, 5–4, at League Park.
- Then, working with two days' rest, he shut out the Baltimore Orioles, 7–0, ending his rookie season with a 2–1 record in three starts. He spent three years in the minors before joining the Senators in 1906.
- In three seasons for Washington, he posted ERAs of 2.91, 2.61 and 2.41, but finished with negative records of 9–16, 10–20 and 6–12.
- In 1909 he went 6–12 with a 3.27 ERA for Washington, before being traded to the Red Sox for Doc Gessler late in the season.
- In three starts for Boston he went 3–0 with a 2.16 ERA, and resurfaced in 1910 going 11–6 with a 2.30 ERA.
- While pitching for the Cubs, he led the National League with six relief wins in 1912. In a 10-year career, Smith posted a 66–87 record with a 2.81 ERA in 212 appearances, including 148 starts, 87 complete games, 10 shutouts, three saves, and 1349? innings of work.
- A fine control pitcher, he collected a 1.62 strikeout-to-walk ratio (570-to-353). Smith died at the age of 48 in Wickliffe, Ohio.
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