Elmer John Smith (September 21, 1892 – August 3, 1984) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians (1914–16, 1917 and 1919–21), Washington Senators (1916–17), Boston Red Sox (1922), New York Yankees (1922–23), and Cincinnati Reds (1925).

Smith played baseball, football, and basketball in high school as well as for semi-professional sports teams near Milan.

Smith began the 1914 season with the Waterbury Contenders of the Class B Eastern Association, and made his major league debut with Cleveland, now known as the Indians, on September 20, 1914.

[5] Leibold won the job, but Smith forced his way into Cleveland's batting lineup, with Shoeless Joe Jackson moving from right field to first base.

[6] In 1917, Smith became a bench player, as the Senators started Clyde Milan, Sam Rice, and Mike Menosky in the outfield.

[11] After the 1921 season, Cleveland traded Smith, George Burns, and Joe Harris to the Boston Red Sox for Stuffy McInnis.

On July 23, 1922, the Red Sox traded Smith and Joe Dugan to the New York Yankees for Chick Fewster, Elmer Miller, Johnny Mitchell, a player to be named later and $50,000 ($910,139 in current dollar terms).

[13] Smith became a bench player for the Yankees, pinch hitting for Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel.

[15] Smith played in 96 games for Cincinnati and tied with Edd Roush for the team lead for home runs with eight.

[1] After the 1925 season, the Reds sold Smith to the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League (PCL).

[21] In May, he played for the New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association,[22] and he joined the Springfield Senators in the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League in June.