Milt Smith

Milt Smith
Milt Smith
Runs batted in	8
Teams
	Negro leagues Philadelphia Stars (1949, 1950–1951); Kansas City Monarchs (1950); Major League Baseball Cincinnati Redlegs (1955);
Career highlights and awards
	NgL All-Star (1951);

Milton Smith (March 27, 1929 – April 11, 1997) was an American

Cincinnati Redlegs. Primarily a third baseman

Smith was born in Columbus, Georgia. He broke into professional baseball in 1948 with the minor league Raleigh Tigers of the Negro American Association and then the New Orleans Creoles of the Negro Southern League. In 1949, Smith was with the Charlotte Blues of the NAA before moving on to the major league Philadelphia Stars of the Negro American League later that year. He played for the Stars until 1951, with only a brief stint with the Kansas City Monarchs at the start of 1950.^[1]

Smith entered "organized baseball" in 1952 when he was signed by the

runs batted in

in 108 games.

He stayed with Cincinnati for the remainder of the baseball season, starting 25 games at third base and three at

home runs

. He was sent back to the Pacific Coast League in 1956 and played the remainder of his career in the minors, retiring after the 1961 campaign.

Milt Smith died in

San Diego at the age of 68 and was interred in that city's Greenwood Memorial Park

References

^ "Rigby, Charles B. - R-S 2018-04" (PDF). cnlb.org. Center for Negro League Baseball Research. pp. 360–361. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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