James H. Smith (February 1874 – December 24, 1960) was an American infielder in the Negro leagues.

Smith played for the Chicago Columbia Giants at the age of 28, eventually moving on to the Cuban X-Giants in 1904.

He then appears to have wrapped up his professional baseball career with the St. Paul Colored Gophers in 1909.

Smith also wrote for the newspapers about many fellow players in 1910, not only giving opinions about their playing, and giving first and last names, but also helping to piece together where many of the players were coming and going during the season of 1910.

He played in the Philippines, Cuba, Japan, the United States and Canada.