Syd Smith (baseball)

Syd Smith
Playing career
Baseball
1902–1903	South Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1905	The Citadel
Baseball
1915	South Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	2–3–1 (football); 6–11 (baseball)

Syd Smith
Syd Smith
	Catcher
	Born: August 31, 1883; Smithville, South Carolina
	Died: June 5, 1961 (aged 77); Orangeburg, South Carolina
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 14, 1908, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
	October 18, 1915, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average	.247
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	40
Teams
	Philadelphia Athletics (1908); St. Louis Browns (1908); Cleveland Naps (1910–1911); Pittsburgh Pirates (1914–1915);

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, The Military College of South Carolina, serving for one season, in 1905, and compiling a record of 2–3–1.[1]

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.[2]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
The Citadel Bulldogs (Independent) (1905)
1905	The Citadel	2–3–1
The Citadel:		2–3–1
Total:		2–3–1

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