Wally Goldsmith

Warren M. Goldsmith

• Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown
• Height 5' 7", Weight 146 lb.

• Debut May 4, 1871
• Final Game June 14, 1875
• Born October, 1848 in Baltimore, MD USA
• Died September 16, 1915 in Washington, DC USA

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Biographical Information

Infielder Wally Goldsmith played for four different teams in the period 1871-1875.

In 1869 Wally played with the amateur Marylands, along with some other players who would come with him to the Fort Wayne Kekiongas in 1871.

A ball used in a game in amateur days (pre-1871) was in Wally's family for decades until it was eventually donated to the Babe Ruth Museum. Source: Baseball in Baltimore: The First Hundred Years.

After 1875 he played in an amateur club in Quincy.

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