James Abner "Stub" Smith (November 24, 1873 – November 14, 1947) was a

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. He played for the

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in 1898 and was 5'6" in height.

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1873 births 1947 deaths Major League Baseball shortstops Boston Beaneaters players 19th-century baseball players 19th-century American sportsmen Baseball players from Peoria County, Illinois Fall River Indians players Hartford Cooperatives players Newark Colts players Portland Phenoms players Worcester Farmers players Norfolk Phenoms players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Shreveport Giants players Shreveport Pirates (baseball) players Denver Grizzlies players Memphis Egyptians players Burials at Oak Grove Cemetery (Fall River, Massachusetts) {{US-baseball-shortstop-stub