Grant Judson Smith was a professional baseball

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 player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 for the Cincinnati Reds

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 (1893), St. Louis Browns

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 (1893), Pittsburgh Pirates

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 (1896 and 1901) and Washington Senators

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 (1898), primarily as a third baseman

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Smith, who was born in Green Oak, Michigan was a member of the Pirates team that won the 1901 National League

National League

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 pennant

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In 4 seasons he played in 103 games and had 346 at bats, 48 runs, 97 hits, 11 doubles, 6 triples, 4 home runs, 37 RBI, 15 stolen bases, 37 walks, .280 batting average, .363 on-base percentage, .382 slugging percentage and 132 total bases.

He went to college at Ohio State University

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He died in Los Angeles, California

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 at the age of 78.

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