Syd Smith (baseball)

Syd Smith

Catcher

Born: August 31, 1883
Smithville, South Carolina

Died: June 5, 1961 (aged 77)
Orangeburg, South Carolina

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 14, 1908, for the Philadelphia Athletics

Last MLB appearance

October 18, 1915, for the Pittsburgh Pirates

MLB statistics

Batting average

.247

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

Philadelphia Athletics (1908)
St. Louis Browns (1908)
Cleveland Naps (1910–1911)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1914–1915)

Sidney Smith
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Sport(s)	College football
1905	The Citadel
Head coaching record
Overall	2–3–1

Sydney A. Smith (August 31, 1883 – June 5, 1961) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for five seasons. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Browns in 1908, the Cleveland Naps from 1910 to 1911, and the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1914 to 1915.

Smith was also the first head college football coach for The Citadel Bulldogs located in Charleston, South Carolina holding that position for the 1905 season.^[1] His career coaching record at The Citadel was 2 wins, 3 losses, and 1 ties. This ranks him 23rd at The Citadel in total wins and 18th at The Citadel in winning percentage.^[2] He was a former football and baseball player.^[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall
The Citadel Bulldogs (Independent) (1905)
1905	The Citadel	2–3–1
Total:		2–3–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

External links

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

The Citadel Bulldogs head football coaches

Syd Smith (1905)
Ralph Foster (1906–1908)
Sam Costen (1909–1910)
Louis LeTellier (1911–1912)
George C. Rogers (1913–1915)
Harvey O'Brien (1916–1918)
George C. Rogers (1919)
Harvey O'Brien (1920–1921)
Carl Prause (1922–1929)
Johnny Floyd (1930–1931)
Tatum Gressette (1932–1939)
Bo Rowland (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
J. Quinn Decker (1946–1952)
John D. McMillan (1953–1954)
John Sauer (1955–1956)
Eddie Teague (1957–1965)
Red Parker (1966–1972)
Bobby Ross (1973–1977)
Art Baker (1978–1982)
Tom Moore (1983–1986)
Charlie Taaffe (1987–1995)
Don Powers (1996–2000)
Ellis Johnson (2001–2003)
John Zernhelt (2004)
Kevin Higgins (2005–2013)
Mike Houston (2014–2015)
Brent Thompson (2016– )

South Carolina Gamecocks head baseball coaches

No coach (1892–1893)
No team (1894)
No coach (1895)
E. R. Wilson (1896)
Lee Hagood (1897)
W. C. Benet, Jr. (1898)
J. C. Hughes (1899)
A. H. Brooker (1900)
J. D. Ardrey (1901)
George Bell Timmerman, Sr. (1902)
W. Augustus Lee (1903–1904)
L. William Earle (1905)
George Needham (1906)
Dicky James (1907)
Frank Lohr (1908)
R. C. Reid (1909)
Bill Breitenstein (1910)
P. L. Wright (1911)
James G. Driver (1912–1913)
G. I. Guerrant (1914)
Syd Smith (1915)
Bill Clark (1916)
Dixon Foster (1917–1920)
Bill Clark (1921–1924)
Branch Bocock (1925–1927)
Billy Laval (1928–1934)
Dutch Stamman (1935–1937)
Vernon Smith (1938–1939)
Ted Petoskey (1940–1942)
Kay Kirven (1943)
H. W. Klocker (1944)
John D. McMillan (1945)
Vernon Smith (1946–1947)
Ted Petoskey (1948–1956)
Joe Grugan (1957–1963)
Bob Reising (1964–1965)
Dick Weldon (1966)
Jack Powers) (1967–1969)
Bobby Richardson (1970–1976)
June Raines (1977–1996)
Ray Tanner (1997–2012)
Chad Holbrook (2013– )

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