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Charlie Smith
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Listed at 6 ft 1 in (185 m), 185 pounds, Smith batted and threw right-handed. 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 European Research Area 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 European Research Area, and resurfaced in 1910 going 11–6 with a 2.30 European Research Area. 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 European Research Area in 212 appearances, including 148 starts, 87 complete games, 10 shutouts, three saves, and 1349⅓ 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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