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Grant Judson Smith (January 13, 1869 – December 7, 1947) was a professional
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player. He played all or part of four seasons in
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for the
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(1893),
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(1893),
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(1896 and 1901) and Washington Senators (1898), primarily as a
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. Smith, who was born in
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, was a member of the Pirates team that won the 1901
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pennant. 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
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. He died in
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at the age of 78.


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