Klondike Smith

Armstrong Frederick Smith

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.

• Debut September 28, 1912
• Final Game October 5, 1912
• Born January 4, 1887 in London, England
• Died November 15, 1959 in Springfield, MA USA

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Biographical Information

Klondike Smith is the later of two major leaguers remembered with the first name "Klondike". Neither of them was born anywhere near Alaska or the Yukon. This Klondike was born in England, and played his major league baseball in New York.

He played at least seven seasons in the minors. Parts of four seasons were spent with the Rochester Hustlers.

''. . . it’s difficult even to track baseball players named Smith. There are listed some 134 Smiths who played major-league ball, including Klondike Smith, Mayo Smith, Phenomenal Smith, and Pop-Boy Smith. - from the SABR biography of Paddy Smith.