Frederick William Smith (born Schmidt) (April, 1861 – May 24, 1928) was an American professional baseball pitcher from 1886 to 1889.
He played Major League Baseball for the Detroit Wolverines in 1886, compiling a 5-4 win–loss record and a 4.09 earned run average (ERA).
[2] Smith began his professional baseball career in 1886 as a minor league pitcher for the Southern Association club in Macon, Georgia.
[1] A newspaper article in The Times-Picayune reported that Smith married a young lady from New Orleans' Sixth Ward shortly before leaving for Macon, Georgia, to join the Detroit team in early March 1887.
[4] However, in April 1887, the Detroit club sold Smith for $500 to the Memphis Grays of the Southern League.