Pop Smith

Charles Marv "Pop" Smith (October 12, 1856 – April 18, 1927) was a Canadian Major League Baseball player from Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Pop played as an infielder for ten different teams over his 12-year career, spanning from 1880 to 1891.

On the 17th of April, 1890, Smith became the first player to come up to the plate 6 times and not have an official-at-bat. He received 5 walks and was a hit by the pitcher in the remaining at-bat.

Smith died in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 70, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Brighton, Massachusetts.

In 2005, Charles "Pop" Smith was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

See also

• List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• SABR Biographical Project

• Baseball-Reference player page
• Solomon, Abbot Neil, "Baseball Records Illustrated", Quintet Publishing, London, 1988
• Baseball Almanac
• Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame