Career
Smith was a switch hitter and threw right-handed. His major league debut came on September 26, 1914, with the Chicago Chi-Feds. During Prohibition, Smith smuggled bootlegged alcohol from various cities into his Greenfield neighborhood.
He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
Smith had four children: Mary Louise, Jimmy Junior., Nora, and Tommy. Jimmy Junior. played baseball for the University of Pennsylvania, and some professional baseball in the minor leagues with the Gladewater Bears, a team in the Texas League.
Tommy played basketball at Pennsylvania and then attended the Wharton school of business. Jimmy Junior. had a son, Jimmy Smith III, who was an All-Ivy League football player at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jimmy Smith III signed a contract to play with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1983 but was released after a knee injury.