Jimmy Smith
Baseball Player
1895 – 1974
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Who was Jimmy Smith?
James Lawrence "Jimmy" Smith was a Major League Baseball infielder often referred to as "Greenfield Jimmy" or "Bluejacket".
Smith was a switch hitter and threw right-handed. His major league debut came on September 26, 1914, with the Chicago Chi-Feds. In 1919, he won the World Series with the Cincinnati Reds, and he went on to play his final game with the Philadelphia Phillies on September 3, 1922.
During Prohibition, Smith smuggled bootlegged alcohol from various cities into his Greenfield neighborhood. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
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- Born
- May 15, 1895
Pittsburgh - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 1, 1974
Pittsburgh
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on July 23, 2013
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