Bull Smith

Outfielder

Born: August 20, 1880
Plum, West Virginia

Died: May 1, 1928 (aged 47)
Charleston, West Virginia

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

August 30, 1904, for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Last MLB appearance

August 30, 1911, for the Washington Senators

MLB statistics

Batting average

.140

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

Bull Smith
Career information
Position(s)	Halfback
College	West Virginia
Career history
As coach
1903	West Virginia Wesleyan
As player
1905	Canton Athletic Club
1906	Canton Bulldogs
Career highlights and awards
2x Ohio League Runner-up (1905, 1906)

Lewis Oscar "Bull" Smith (August 20, 1880 – May 1, 1928) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He would play from 1904 to 1911 for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Washington Senators. Smith attended West Virginia University, where he played four seasons (1900–1903) of college baseball for the Mountaineers.^[1]

Outside of baseball, Smith played football in 1905 for the Canton Athletic Club. He remained with the team in 1906 as they were renamed the Canton Bulldogs. Smith and Canton played in the "Ohio League", which was the direct predecessor to the National Football League. Smith played halfback for the Bulldogs in 1906 when a betting scandal involving Canton and their rival, the Massillon Tigers, arose.^[2]

References

↑ "West Virginia University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
↑ "Blondy Wallace and the Biggest Football Scandal Ever" (PDF). PFRA Annual (Professional Football Researchers Association) 5: 1–16. 1984.

External links

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

West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats head football coaches

Henry White (1898)
No team (1899)
No coach (1900–1901)
Edward Kenna (1902)
Bull Smith (1903)
Homer Roy Waugh (1904–1906)
Paul Martin (1907)
O. Kerr Price (1908–1909)
Howard Edwards (1910–1911)
John Felton & Mont McIntire (1912–1913)
Frank Mount Pleasant (1914)
William Garlow (1915)
Greasy Neale (1916–1917)
Don Drumm (1919)
Bob Higgins (1920)
John Felton (1921)
Bob Higgins (1922–1924)
Cecil B. Ross (1925–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Cecil B. Ross (1946–1950)
No team (1951–1952)
David E. Reemsnyder (1953–1957)
Samuel Ross (1958–1961)
William Pugh (1962–1968)
Ralph Bouch (1969–1972)
Kent Carpenter (1973–1982)
Bill Struble (1983–2008)
Dennis Creehan (2009–2010)
Jonas Jackson (2011–2012)
George Shehl (2013–2015)
Del Smith (2016– )

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