Dick Smith (third baseman)

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American baseball player (1926–2021)

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::summary American baseball player (1926–2021) ::

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Field	Value
name	Dick Smith
position	Third baseman
image	Dick Smith 1955.jpg
width	260px
bats	Right
throws	Right
birth_date
birth_place	Blandburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
debutleague	MLB
debutdate	September 14
debutyear	1951
debutteam	Pittsburgh Pirates
finalleague	MLB
finaldate	May 1
finalyear	1955
finalteam	Pittsburgh Pirates
statleague	MLB
stat1label	Batting average
stat1value	.134
stat2label	Home runs
stat2value	0
stat3label	Runs batted in
stat3value	11
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Pittsburgh Pirates (–) Richard Harrison Smith (July 21, 1926 – January 25, 2021) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in seventy games over parts of five Major League Baseball seasons (1951–1955) as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Smith was primarily a third baseman who also played shortstop and second base.

Biography

The Blandburg, Pennsylvania, native threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 5 ft tall and 160 lb. He attended Penn State University and Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania.

Smith's professional career lasted for a dozen seasons, beginning in 1949. His highest MLB batting average was .174 in forty-six at bats during his rookie 1951 campaign. Lifetime, he hit .134, with his twenty-five hits including two doubles and two triples. He was credited with eleven runs batted in. In his longest stint in the majors, Smith appeared in twenty-nine games for the last-place 1952 Pirates, but collecting seven hits and batting .106. The Pirates went 42–112 that year.

After his playing career, Smith became a professor of sports science and physical education at Pennsylvania State University, as well as an assistant coach of the Nittany Lions' varsity baseball team. He died on January 25, 2021, in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania.

References

(November 30, 2009). "Baseball Players of the 1950s: A Biographical Dictionary of All 1,560 Major Leaguers". McFarland & Co..
"Richard Smith Obituary (1926 - 2021)".

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