Orioles at age 35. Final seasons Smith was sent to the Baltimore Orioles before the 1963 season with Luis Aparicio in the same transaction that brought Hoyt Wilhelm, Dave Nicholson, Pete Ward and Ron Hansen to the White Sox. His last major league season was in 1964, when he divided his playing time between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox. Post-playing career Following his baseball career, Smith became manager of the Chicago park district's baseball program, from 1966 through 1981. He also was the supervisor of recreation for Ogden Park, Illinois and worked part-time as a community relations representative for the White Sox. Smith died in 2002, at the age of 73 in Hammond, Indiana. In his 2010 Gold Mine, Bill James compared Smith to contemporary player Melvin Mora, and wondered if Smith was still well known enough to warrant an English Wikipedia page. (Smith's page was created in 2006.) See also List of Negro league baseball players who played in Major League Baseball List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders References External links and Seamheads Negro Leagues Baseball Players Association The Deadball Era Baseball Library 1928 births 2002 deaths African-American baseball players American League All-Stars Baltimore Orioles players Baseball players from Missouri Boston Red Sox players Chicago White Sox players Cleveland Buckeyes players Cleveland Indians players Indianapolis Indians players Major League Baseball outfielders Major League Baseball third basemen People from Kirkwood, Missouri San Diego Padres (minor league) players Sportspeople from St. Louis County, Missouri Wilkes-Barre Indians players 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people