Charlie Smith (pitcher)
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| Charlie Smith | ||
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Win–loss record 66–87 | | |
| Earned run average | 2.81 | |
| Strikeouts | 570 | |
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Charles Edwin Smith (April 20, 1880 – January 3, 1929) was a
Cleveland, Ohio. His older brother, Fred Smith
, was an infielder in the majors.
Smith always was a bad-luck pitcher[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
saves, and 1349+1⁄3 innings of work. A fine control pitcher,[citation needed] he collected a 1.62 strikeout-to-walk ratio
(570-to-353).
Smith died at the age of 48 in Wickliffe, Ohio.