About Walt Smallwood
Lived 1893 – 1967 (aged 74). Walt Smallwood was an American baseball player.
Walter Clayton Smallwood (April 24, 1893 – April 29, 1967) was an American professional baseball pitcher from 1913 to 1931. He won 192 games in the minor leagues and also played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Smallwood was 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighed .
Career Smallwood was born in Dayton, Maryland, in 1893. He started his professional baseball career in 1913. The following season, he joined the South Atlantic League's Savannah Colts and compiled a win–loss record of 17–6. Smallwood then went 8–16 in 1915 to lead the league in losses. He moved to the International League in 1916 and went 14–19 there to lead that league in losses, too.
Smallwood rebounded in 1917, going 21–15, and he made his major league debut in September with the New York Yankees.
For the next few years, Smallwood bounced around the minor leagues. He had stints in the Pacific Coast League, American Association, International League, and Eastern League from 1920 to 1927 and pitched over 150 innings in most of those seasons. He finished his playing career with the Western League's Pueblo Braves, which he also managed, in 1931.
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Who was Walt Smallwood?
Major League Baseball pitcher (1893-1967)
When was Walt Smallwood born?
Walt Smallwood was born on 24 April 1893 in Dayton.
When did Walt Smallwood die?
Walt Smallwood died on 29 April 1967 in Baltimore.
What was Walt Smallwood's occupation?
Walt Smallwood was a baseball player.
What nationality was Walt Smallwood?
Walt Smallwood was American.
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